While It Is Still Called Today

Posted on December 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

Encourage Each Other

Thought for the Week

Brooding about our past

and worrying about our future

is the most efficient way

to ruin our present.

Instead, let us focus on the now,

and upon our fellow travelers.

And let us:

“Encourage each other every day,

while it is still called today.”

~Hebrews 3:13

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35 Responses to While It Is Still Called Today

  2. Joan says:
    December 1, 2025 at 8:48 am

    Great verse. I have to try to memorize that one! Thanks.

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  3. SanVercell says:
    December 1, 2025 at 8:53 am

    Encouragement for the journey. We are not the only ones on the journey. Thanks for reminding us we can make it together, Mitch.

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  4. Anonymous says:
    December 1, 2025 at 9:01 am

    What a powerful thought to enter the week armed with. And a wonderful maxim for the new year!

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  5. beth says:
    December 1, 2025 at 10:15 am

    love this

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  6. atimetoshare.me says:
    December 1, 2025 at 10:24 am

    The old hymn, “One Day at a Time,” comes to mind. Each day, I thank Jesus for giving me one more chance by giving me one more day. Each day consists of only 24 hours – of which we spend 8-10 sleeping. In those remaining hours, minutes and seconds, we have an opportunity to share God with others. Breaking it down into one day at a time, lightens the load.

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  7. Liz Gauffreau says:
    December 1, 2025 at 11:06 am

    Words to live by, for sure.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    December 1, 2025 at 12:20 pm

    Well Said

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  9. Norman E Peterson says:
    December 1, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    What are two things always coming but never arrive?

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  10. Andrew McDowell says:
    December 1, 2025 at 6:28 pm

    You’re absolutely right, Mitch.

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  12. Lokesh says:
    December 1, 2025 at 8:25 pm

    “Brooding about our past
    and worrying about our future
    is the most efficient way
    to ruin our present.”
    It happens with me sometimes.😆🤭

    I really the last line. Let us keep eachother in check and balance, encourage wherever required.

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  13. #hood says:
    December 1, 2025 at 9:30 pm

    & hebrews 3:11 says hide the word every day, do not sin against thee, don’t tell me that verse it’s from psalm 103? god likes you, he gave encourage, to believe & have everlasting life.

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  14. bernadette massiah says:
    December 2, 2025 at 12:41 am

    On reading your post, I thought of this question. Am I following God’s word to encourage my fellow-man each day by being honest to tell of what I see. Mistakes we all make. Steps we all take before reaching the top. It takes courage of a friend or a reader, to tell another when things need fixing.

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  15. Innerdialects says:
    December 2, 2025 at 7:21 am

    “…the most efficient way to ruin our present…”
    I’ll try remember that.😃

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  16. Anonymous says:
    December 2, 2025 at 11:51 am

    Loved the scripture!

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  17. David says:
    December 3, 2025 at 12:47 am

    Today id called the present because it is a present, and one to be appreciated and enjoyed.

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  18. Saima.SK says:
    December 4, 2025 at 4:17 am

    Such a gentle and necessary reminder.😊 The present is the only place life truly happens, and your words invite us back into it with grace. Encouraging one another “while it is still called today” feels like one of the simplest and deepest acts of love.

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  19. Michael Summers says:
    December 4, 2025 at 10:41 am

    Thank you for this reminder. I must confess that sometimes I brood about the future.

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  20. sue.1957@yahoo.com says:
    December 6, 2025 at 12:54 pm

    I love this, Mitch. Much needed in the ofttimes cruel world in which we live.

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