While You Still Can

There was a moment today I haven’t been able to shake.

I was sitting in my Titus 2 group, women of different ages, different seasons… all gathered around the same desire…to know the Lord and to walk faithfully with Him.

We’re nearing the end of our time together, and today several of the mentors shared. One dear woman, faithful, the kind of woman you instinctively lean in to hear, spoke quietly about this season she’s in now.

She said that most days, she lives with pain.

And then she said something that settled deep in my heart…
There are so many things she wants to do for the Lord… but she simply can’t anymore.

Not because the desire is gone, but because her body will no longer carry what her heart still longs to give.

I’ve thought about that all day.

Because if I’m honest… I don’t live like that day is coming.

I still have strength and am basically pain-free.

And yet… how often do I leave things undone?

But what if later looks different than I imagine?

What if the very things I push aside today…
are the very things I will one day wish I had the strength to do?

There is a tenderness in that thought… not heavy or condemning… just clarifying.

Especially for you, sweet momma.

I know your days are full…sometimes overwhelmingly so.
Little hands, constant needs, laundry that never quite ends, meals to prepare, hearts to shepherd.

It can feel like the “real” work for the Lord is somewhere else… someday… when life slows down.

But can I gently remind you?

This is the work.

The rocking and the prayers whispered over sleepy heads.

These are not lesser things.

And one day… you may not have the same strength to do them.

One day, you may look back and realize that what felt ordinary… was actually amazing.

So today, just today, don’t rush past it.

Don’t save your “yes” for a future season.

If the Lord places something in front of you, lean in.

Not out of pressure… but out of gratitude.

Because strength is a gift.
And this season, right here, right now, is a gift too.

And when the day comes that your pace slows, or your body no longer keeps up with your heart…
you won’t regret the ways you spent yourself for what mattered.

You’ll be glad you didn’t wait.

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

With love,
Vicki