Cherish the moments.

I've made it a habit, without even realizing it, of collecting flowers, drying them, and saving them from special life moments.
The flowers in the vase are my newest additions. A bouquet of stargazer lily's from my big brother and his girlfriend for my fourteenth birthday!
The dried peddles are from my other big brothers wedding, the rose ( it actually wood!) and dried white flower next to it are from the camp gala and a store by my camp. And the dried bouquet are from this past August when I had the honer of being my sisters bridesmaid.

That being said; I often think of how much I don't cherish some of  the little moments in life, the ones that I think back to and remember so fondly. But at the moment they didn't seem to be a big deal, how often do we just miss a opportunity, a moment, something that could change our lives, but we are just to busy, or worried to just stop, think, listen to what God has? those small moments with family, sisters, brothers, friends, that we just pass by with a shrug and not bother to enjoy and cherish the time that God allows us with our family and friends? I have so many fond moments with my siblings, and friends that mean so much to me, oh how much I wish I had a flower peddle for every of those moments. But looking back on my life, there are also a lot of moments that could have been so much better, if I would have just stopped, thought, prayed, instead of being so worried about time, about life. How much I wish I could go back in time, and change those times. But of course, I can't. I must  press on toward what God has for me, and remember to stop, pray, think. Before I get to preoccupied and caught up in life that I forget to Cherish those small moments...
" i press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."- Philippians 3:14
~KayK