Gather ye Rosebuds

Tonight after I finished my homework I decided to settle down, allow myself to take a break from thinking and other academic stuff, and watch a movie with my wonderful boyfriend, Ty.  Unfortunately, being the literary nerd that I am, I couldn't help but to be drawn to the literary allusions that were present in the movie (its my fault for renting a movie about an English teacher.)

The underlying theme of the movie was the philosophy of "carpe diem".  This is a Latin term that simply means "seize the day."  In the film, this philosophy challenged many young men at a boarding school to step out of their comfort zones and do something different with their lives; to embrace the principle that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.  They were inspired by this philosophy to be moved to change, to become better versions of themselves.  I think this principle is both overlooked and imperative in our Christian walk.

It is so easy to put off tell people about Christ until tomorrow.  Tomorrow i will be more prepared, tomorrow i won't be so tired, tomorrow i will have the courage, and the best thing about tomorrow... it's not today!!!  But if we keep putting off what we know we have to do, we may never have the chance to do it.  I should know, I am just as guilty.  

See, I used to pray, "God, give me the opportunity to witness today," and every once in a while I would be given one.  But one day while praying at War On the Floor, God spoke to me and said "why are you waiting for an opportunity?  Make one goober!"  I am unsure if god really called me a goober, but the point was clear; I know what I have to do, I know I haven't been doing it to the best of my abilities, and all I have to do is step out of my comfort zone and seize the day.

I would like to end with an excerpt from a very famous poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674):

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying:

And this same flower that smiles to-day

To-marrow will be dying.

So anywho, let now be the time that you call that person you have been thinking about and invite them to your church the next time the doors our open.  Gather ye rosebuds, and seize the day, friends!

Peace,

Sister Mauldin