Keeping Things in Perspective

One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 119:33-48

"Teach me, O Lord, to follow every one of your principles.
Give me understanding and I will obey your law;
I will put it into practice with all my heart.
Make me walk along the path of your commands,
for that is where my happiness is found.
Give me an eagerness for your decrees;
do not inflict me with the love of money!
Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give
me life through your word.
Reassure me of your promise, which is for those
who honor you.
Help me abandon my shameful ways;
your laws are all I want in my life.
I long to obey your commandments!
Renew my life with your goodness.
Lord, give to me your unfailing love, the
salvation that you promised me.
Then I will have an answer for those who
taunt me,
for I trust in your word.
Do not snatch your word of truth from me,
for my only hope is in your laws.
I will keep on obeying in your law forever
and forever.
I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted
myself to your commandments.
I will speak to kings about your decrees,
and I will not be ashamed.
How I delight in your commands!
How I love them!
I honor and love your commands.
I meditate on your principles.

Amen!

It is very easy to get caught up in a world that detracts from Heavenly Father. Inhaling the last of my newborn's scent while I rock Hudson in my arms during the day, I focus on the moment instead of thinking all that I have to do and could be doing. Life's precious moments aren't tomorrow or later but now, what is happening right at the second around you! Please, Lord, let me hang onto all the moments around me and not focus on worldly appetites of money and "to do lists"!