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He was a young man and he had it all figured out. He had not come to his minister for advice but rather to point out his well laid plans. With complete confidence in what he had learned from the past and what he now planned for the future he began, “I plan to go to the University and become an architect.”
“What then?” asked his minister?
“I plan to become not just an architect but a famous architect.”
“What then?” asked his minister?
“I plan to marry and have a great family.”
“What then?” asked his minister? “I expect to become wealthy and retire.”
“What then?” asked his minister? The young man paused and then responded, “I see what you mean. Well, of course, then I will make my peace with God.”
“Why not do that in the first place?” asked his minister. Why not?Why wait until one has one foot in the grave?
If one needs God when they are half dead, think what He could mean to one if when still whole and alive the quest was daily made? Certainly when that last breath is nearer than ever before some get scared but what about when a whole life is ahead…why not be constantly innovated by this Father God.
Embrace the NOW rather than taking the time for God only a few minutes before there is not much Now left…for to do so is not only a cowardly act…it is a disappointing one. (rewrite of words by Gaston Foote)John Quincy Adams was no longer a young man as he walked the street at no too steady a pace. Someone asked, “And how is John Quincy Adams this morning?”And John replied, “John Quincy Adams himself is quite well thank you. But the house in which he lives at present is becoming dilapidated. It is tottering upon its foundation. Time and the season have nearly destroyed it. Its roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is becoming almost uninhabitable and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon. But he, himself is quite well, quite well.”
The ongoing faith of John Quincy Adams is well known to any and all historians.
He was a young man and he had it all figured out. He had not come to his minister for advice but rather to point out his well laid plans. With complete confidence in what he had learned from the past and what he now planned for the future he began, “I plan to go to the University and become an architect.”
“What then?” asked his minister?
“I plan to become not just an architect but a famous architect.”
“What then?” asked his minister?
“I plan to marry and have a great family.”
“What then?” asked his minister? “I expect to become wealthy and retire.”
“What then?” asked his minister? The young man paused and then responded, “I see what you mean. Well, of course, then I will make my peace with God.”
“Why not do that in the first place?” asked his minister. Why not?Why wait until one has one foot in the grave?
If one needs God when they are half dead, think what He could mean to one if when still whole and alive the quest was daily made? Certainly when that last breath is nearer than ever before some get scared but what about when a whole life is ahead…why not be constantly innovated by this Father God.
Embrace the NOW rather than taking the time for God only a few minutes before there is not much Now left…for to do so is not only a cowardly act…it is a disappointing one. (rewrite of words by Gaston Foote)John Quincy Adams was no longer a young man as he walked the street at no too steady a pace. Someone asked, “And how is John Quincy Adams this morning?”And John replied, “John Quincy Adams himself is quite well thank you. But the house in which he lives at present is becoming dilapidated. It is tottering upon its foundation. Time and the season have nearly destroyed it. Its roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is becoming almost uninhabitable and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon. But he, himself is quite well, quite well.”
The ongoing faith of John Quincy Adams is well known to any and all historians.
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