Between The Bookends

‘I’m here between the bookends of everything that was and what will be’
It’s a quote from an Amy Grant song.

Every one of us is on a journey. We have no idea of where we
are in the journey between those two bookends. In a sense, there is little or nothing
we can do about that.

But what we can do is ensure that where we are right now is
as effective and life affirming as it’s possible to be. To give our all. To live
to the full.

The Apostle Paul said ‘God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to
do and places to go!’ That’s true for every one of us. There’s a life
worth living, a life worth giving.

If I’m between the bookends with no idea at what particular point,
I want to make my life count. So for me, with apologies to Amy Grant for
changing the lyrics, it’s not ‘what will be’ but what, with God’s help, CAN be.

 

All men dream, but not
equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in
the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous
men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

T. E. Lawrence