Living In The Moment

   
Let's be completely honest here for a second.
Are you honestly content with where you are and with what day it is? 
If you're anything like me, you'll say, "haha...nope! But I wish I was!"
Everyday we seem to wish away the moments that could be used doing something useful, and we think if only it was _____. You fill in the blank. I would fill it in with summer, or the weekend, or once I'm out of high school.
It's so hard to live in the moment, but I think that is something that God calls us to do.
First of all, we are called to be content with where the Lord has placed us.
Philippians 4:11 is one of my favorite passages:
".... for I have learned in whatever situation I am in to be content." 
Ouch. That verse makes me cringe at the same time. I'm not content with where I am, and I most certainly wouldn't choose myself to be in the middle of a long, dreary school week when I'm wishing it was the weekend.
I try to think of this:
Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day....what would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such a bank, it's name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. You must live inthe present on today's deposits. The clock is running. 
It's so hard to be content sometimes, but we really do need to focus on living in the moment. Lots of people I've heard say that they wish they had been more productive with their teenage years. There is so much that we can accomplish and do every moment of everyday, and we can do everything to the glory of God. We should be so thrilled to get up everyday and glorify Christ.
I can't say I'm ever excited to get up for school at 6am, but I am grateful that God has put me in a position where he can use me to positively impact others and hopefully show them the only example of Christ they may ever run across.
What I've been struggling with a lot lately is wasting the week and only wishing for the weekend. There's nothing wrong with wanting it to be the weekend so I can have time with my Christian friends, but the reality is I am around these non-christian friends for a reason.
This is definitely easier said than done though. My Christian friends are sooo wonderful and they really encourage me to continue to live for Christ. 
I do really think that our Church and my Christian friends should get together more just because otherwise we can really get weighed down by the non-christian influences though. But that certainly isn't an excuse to waste the week.
I've also been struggling with wishing I could be out of high school (those long hours from 7am until about 3pm) and actually serving God with all this stupid time that's wasted at school.
The best way I've learned to cope with this complaint is to think about school as a "mission field". Not all adults get the privilege to be able to impact the next generation of kids that are growing up,while we are stuck in the middle of it, and we could be a huge light.
Reading through the New Testament brought a verse to my mind from Matthew 5.
Matthew 5:15 says, "Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house." 
This parable that Jesus used is a reminder to let your light shine so that all men can see it.
In fact, going to a secular high school may be just as good of a mission field as going overseas to minister.
It's not as fun, but it's the truth.
In what ways do you live in the moment and seek to be a light for the nonbelievers around you instead of waiting until you are "older" to serve and develop a stronger relationship for and with God? 
I would really like to hear anything that you do :) It's so hard to live in the moment!