Short Sighted, Please

A more Christian attitude, which can be attained at any age, is that of leaving futurity in God’s hands. We may as well, for God will certainly retain it whether we leave it to Him or not.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-tem plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment “as to the Lord.” It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

C.S. Lewis

Essay "Learning in war-time."

Found in the book The Weight of Glory

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hmm, good point. We are young! We always place our hopes and expectations into the future, simply for the fact that we there is a higher percentage of life yet to come than lies behind us. True true. I see how I bank my happiness on what I expect from the future. Especially on the big issues of marriage, family and career. Help me God to be short sighted, happily working in the present time and leaving the future to you.