Episode 219: Living in the Present

May can feel like a whirlwind of transitions—graduations, shifting schedules, and unexpected change. Today Dot and Cara talk honestly about the tension between longing for the past, trying to control the future, and learning to stay grounded in the present. Sharing Paul’s words in Philippians 3, they remind us that contentment isn’t found in control but in knowing Christ. Whether you’re overwhelmed by change or wishing for it, grab your Bible, turn to Philippians, and lean in with us.

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Episode recap:

• Start by writing down Philippians 3:10-14 (0:14)
• May is a transitional month in a lot of ways (3:06)
• Some of us get caught living in and hoping for the past, while others try to live too much in the future (6:10)
• Whether you’re in transition, or longing for it, you have to trust the Lord (12:50)
• He’s going to give us manna for each day (17:35)
• In all of life, there’s a letting go of what we think we might have had (19:45)
• All we have is this moment, what are you going to do with it? (25:50)
• Transition often brings with it an uncertainty that we cannot control (27:50)
• At the end of your life, what is going to be important to you? (30:15)
• Even (especially) in our busiest seasons, don’t miss the main thing God has for you (33:00)
• Try looking at the season that you’re in with an eternal perspective (36:30)

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Scripture Verse:  

Philippians 3:10-14 (ESV)  “that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”