Don't say I will endure till I can get away to pray... pray now. One of the conclusions I have come to in  my old age is the importance of living in the ever present now. In the past, too often I indulged in the belief that somehow or other tomorrow would be brighter, happier or richer.                                                     Ruth Casey In the past I have asked of the Lord to walk with Him, his answer seemed to be, "how can two walk together except they agree?" Hearing that I began to realize one of the biggest ways I have to agree with him is that he is the "I Am" and if I truly desire to walk with him, I need to learn to live in the present. We often find ourselves thinking., "When I  get the kids to bed... then. or "If I could only get a certain task done... then. I recall once, as I was making my way to my kitchen to pray, I found myself changing a diaper. It wasn't what I wanted to be doing at the moment, my desire was to be in my kitchen praying. In my frustration, I could hear the Lord speaking to the lady at the well, saying, it isn't in this mountain nor at Jerusalem (it isn't in the kitchen nor in the living room) that we worship God, but  in spirit and in truth. Right there, changing a diaper... I found God. How often the future robs us of the present. Jesus spoke of an abundant life he came to give us. He says, broad is the way that leads to destruction, and narrow is the way that leads to life. When we take a simple look at an hour glass, it reveals the future is broad, and the past is broad, but the present is so narrow, it is only this moment. All we have of life, all it can offer is here, now. If we close our minds to the present, this present, we will only continue to do so when the tomorrow we dream of now becomes the present. I will let go of the past and the future. God is here...now.