“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.”
–Nadine Stair

I could try to tell you I am content with what I have, where I am, what I am doing. But that would be a lie. I could tell you that it is bad to want more. That would be a lie also. Why? Because I am a child of God and He wants more for me!

God didn’t stop after creating the heavens and earth. He wanted more. He created light…and more.

God didn’t stop after He got His people out of Egypt. He wanted more for them.

After David killed Goliath…more.

After Jesus turned water to wine (His “first” miracle)…there were more.

Even after Jesus died for my sins…that wasn’t enough.

God is always at work doing more.

So, when I read Stair’s words this morning I first thought there is so much more for me to do, and I don’t want to be on death’s bed crushed by the weight of things I could have done but did not. However, no matter how much I get done, there will always be…more. More I could have done, should have done, wanted to do.

As I sit here this morning, I must find peace in realizing there will always be more. There is no way around that. God will always want more for me, and of me, and that is okay. That is good for me and for you.

My prayer this morning would be that I am not paralyzed by the would’ve, could’ve, and should’ves, but that I am empowered by the I AM who walks with me. Our God is not I WAS or I WILL BE (though He was and He will be). May God bless me with an unquenchable hunger to do more, and may His Spirit help me to discern what the “more” is for today. And I pray the same for you.