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By Jerry L. Ginther
Have you ever heard of Someday Isle? It actually exists. It is a resort on Coral Bay, St. John US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
Conversely, you know it as a phrase in this form, someday I'll… The phrase has been finished in a million different ways depending on one's future intentions, but for most it seems an elusive destination or a fantasy about something they wish to do, someday.
One thing is certain. Someday Isle keeps hope alive, and hopes for the future makes life worth living. We all want to believe that at some point in the future, the possibilities exist for the consummation of a dream or the accomplishment of a goal. Without hope, we perish.
For some of us, those goals or dreams are accomplished, but they are immediately supervened upon by loftier enticements. The soul's search never terminates at Someday Isle, but, instead, is unappeasable. It cries out, "There is still time to accomplish more. Here is another dream to pursue." So, we press on with renewed enthusiasm.
However, there is a contrasting point of view to consider. In that case, Someday Isle may be a place we never intend to go, we just think that saying we might go has the ring of good intentions. When used in retrospect, we may tell ourselves things such as, "Someday I'll redo something from the past that could have been done better." Just thinking it may make us feel better even if it is impossible to accomplish. Personally, I've accomplished many things, some in spite of myself, but I've also failed miserably at some things even when I thought I was giving the project my best shot. I've insisted that someday I'll revisit this or that and do it right. Of course, I could have meant I wish I hadn't done it in the first place. We may like to think of returning to Someday Isle with the best of intentions, but we know the old saying about the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
With all of its forward-looking possibilities we've discussed, Someday Isle is not without serious hazards to be considered. I'll discuss the one I believe to be the most serious of these pitfalls, procrastination. The phrase, someday I'll, smacks of procrastination; it always points to a future time. Many times, we have the means to deal with the task at hand or resolve the problem immediately, but we employ this phrase and kick the proverbial can down the road. Then regret becomes a constant companion, and we find we must add other phrases to this list, I wish I had... and I wish I had not... I've heard it said by some that they would rather be sorry for something they've done rather than something they didn't do. Still, procrastination and regret often go hand in hand.
This applies to our Spiritual life with even greater significance because the consequence is more severe than anything we will experience in this life and it is eternal. Dithering or procrastinating has been the topic of many revival sermons. If the Gospel of Christ has called you, it would be unwise to respond with someday I'll come to Him. Today is the day of salvation. The call may never come again, and we have no guarantee we will be here tomorrow. This would definitely not be a time for can kicking. Regret will most certainly follow, preceded by the phrase I wish I had... .
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