Time-Past, Present, Future

Time is different for different folks. Some might say, "Time is not your friend." Some might say they have "too much time" or "too little time". Some just do not know what to do with their time. One thing is for sure and that is "time moves on" and "time waits for no one." What will I do with my time? 

 Time - Past, Present, Future-

I have deeds in the past I’d rather not rehash,

but there were some that helped me to grow,

though, at the time, I did not know.

My present is here today-

A day in which to pray,

A day to make gray or gay,

A day my options to weigh,

A day to meditate and enrich my mental state, 

And a day to work or to play.

My future comes with the morrow-

A time in which God lets me borrow.

The past will have been left behind.

The tomorrow will have become the present- 

A day in which to be well spent.

And what of the future?

In looking back, 

What would I find?

Would it be kindness or self-fish blindness?

Would it be forgiveness in my liveness?

Would there be love in which to think of?

Was there joy within day’s ploy?

Past, Present, Future- 

The past is history- no longer a mystery.

The present is here today- to live it in mine or God’s way?

The future is unknown, but not to the One upon His throne.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 5/6/2026

 

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. Psalms 1:1-2 Niv 

 

 

Past, Present, Future

 Past, Present, Future...I am blessed!

     "But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgression, made us alive together with Christ -by grace you have been saved- and raised up with Him, and seated up with Him in the heavenly place in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:4-6

     In the past He loved me. In the present I still loved, made rich in mercy, made alive, and saved. In the future I will be raised up in Christ Jesus.  

The Future

How often have I said, “Oh, if I only knew the future!” I suppose some people have resorted to fortune tellers in an attempt to find out but to no avail. Only God knows “the plans He has in store.” 

     Even Daniel told the King, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery…but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.”  

     Based on this, I do know one thing about my future with God. It involves: 

1.     Study 

2.    Prayer

3. Obedience

4. Listening

    By doing this, I see in my future: 

1. Faith 

2. Hope

3. Love 

4. Joy

5. Endurance

 

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I Do Not Know But I Know!

I did not know if there would be electricity when I woke this morning because of the predicted weather, but I was hopeful. I did not know if the ground would be covered in ice or snow but it was predicted. There was only one thing I knew for sure about this morning when I went to bed last night, and that was that God would be in charge. I was in His care. My surety in life goes something like the following: 

I Know Not

 

I know not what life will bring

But I know how my story will end.

For that I give praise to the King.

I know not the joys or challenges ahead,

But I know of the final victory

Because of the blood my Savior shed.

I know not how long I live

But I know who always does

And what He came to give.

I know not of what, tomorrow, I face, 

But I know who holds the future

And about God’s grace.

So many things I do not know

But I know, my life, God bought

And in heaven, for me, He makes a space.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 1/15/2024

 

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” Proverbs 27:1  

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14

 

 

 

The Present

Today is what I am given. Yesterday is in the past never to return, and tomorrow is not promised. I must live in the present although making wise plans for the future if it should be provided. Below are some actions I would like in my life today as I attempt to live my best in the present: 

 

P repare

R elax 

E ncourage 

S upport 

E mbrace

T hank

What I Need To Know

As much as I wish I knew what to expect today and tomorrow, I know there is a reason I am not given full details on what could surprisingly occur at any time, even into the future. One thing I do know is that my purpose is to love Jesus everyday. I carry with me daily the knowledge that Jesus came to save me. He died and rose again in order to give me a permanent home in heaven. "For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."   John 3:16