It seems like only yesterday we were making vacation plans, opening up the cottage, booking campsites, and looking forward to those long summer evenings. Now the stores are filling up with school supplies, calendars are beginning to fill again, and we’re starting to realize that summer won’t last forever.

And suddenly, we find ourselves wanting just a little more time.

Maybe that desire to hold onto summer reveals something important about the way we’re meant to live every day.

There’s something bittersweet about this time of year.

Part of us wants to hold onto summer just a little longer. One more evening on the deck. One more campfire. One more walk along the beach. One more ice cream with the grandchildren. One more beautiful sunset before life settles back into its familiar routines.

Maybe there’s something important for us to learn in that feeling.

Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

I don’t think the Psalmist was asking God to make us constantly aware that time is running out. I think it’s an invitation to recognize that time matters.

Our days are gifts from God.

And yet, it’s so easy to spend our lives looking toward the next thing. When we’re working, we’re looking forward to vacation. When we’re on vacation, we’re thinking about everything waiting for us when we get home. We anticipate the weekend, the next holiday, the next season… and sometimes we become so focused on what’s coming that we miss the gift of where we are right now.

God doesn’t ask us to live tomorrow today.

He gives us today.

So while summer is still here, enjoy it.

Take the walk. Sit outside a little longer. Go for the evening drive. Have coffee with someone you haven’t seen in a while. Watch the sunset. Put the phone away and really listen to the people sitting around the table with you.

These things aren’t distractions from life.

They are part of life.

And when fall does arrive—with its schedules, routines, responsibilities, and opportunities—receive that season too.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”

Every season brings something different. Some seasons are busy. Some are restful. Some bring beginnings, while others bring endings. Some are filled with laughter and celebration, while others require patience, perseverance, and faith.

But through every season, God remains faithful.

Perhaps that’s one of the gifts of watching summer slowly give way to fall. It reminds us that life is always changing, but the God who walks with us through it never does.

So don’t rush through these remaining days of summer wishing for what’s next. And don’t hold onto them so tightly that you become afraid of the season that’s coming.

Enjoy today.

Thank God for it.

Make another memory with someone you love.

Because today’s moments really do become tomorrow’s memories—and the days God gives us are gifts to be received, not simply schedules to be managed.

Dr. Terry Branscombe
CEO, Inspire FM