Don't Miss Your THENs While Wrestling With Your WHENS.

​There is an important question in front of each of us this morning. Maybe some of us don't hear it, but don't be fooled, that doesn't mean the question isn't there.

And that question is:

Then what?

Why is that such an important question?

Because today is designed to be the answer. Today is designed to introduce us to the part of our story that says:

Then I.......

Many of us miss out on the 'then I' part of the story. We miss out on it because we are so busy wrestling with the 'whens' in our lives that we never hear the question, then what?

And I did say 'whens' - not wins.

WHEN they walked away from me.

WHEN I was younger and thinner and braver.

WHEN I was the CEO.

WHEN I was dark and irresponsible and lacking much integrity.

WHEN I was abused.

WHEN I wasn't there for them.

If I turned the list over to many of you at this point, you could keep right on writing it. So could I.

When. When. When.

But do you know what today is? Today is the day to start a new list. Today is the day to start the THEN list.

Then I. Then I. Then I.

Then I made the choice to get healthier.

Then I took the chance on love again.

Then I allowed myself to believe God will accept the 'when' parts of me just as easily as he can accept the 'now' parts of me. The God who is my biggest 'then I' cheerleader.

The thing about THEN, it is all up to us. It's up to us, with commitment and conviction and trust, to say today is my then. Now is when I'm done wrestling with all the 'whens' in my life and I'm about to start writing the 'then I' part of my story.

Because if you think about it, that's maybe the biggest guiding questions in our life.

Then what?

You hold the answer. You hold the decision. You hold the direction. You hold the rest of the story.

Then I.......

Then I what?

Go begin answering that question today.