Mondays do not seem to be a popular day with most people. Most likely because it's the beginning of a long work week, a dreaded final exam, or the fun weekend with family and friends has now passed. A bad day can arise because of something we have to face that we dread. For some, the dread could be just another day of living in misery due to their circumstances at the time. There have been days and times I have struggled to wonder why I should bother getting out of bed. The phrase, "Make the world go away", has been my first thought on such dreaded mornings. It is at that time God's voice will ring out from memorizing this verse: "This is the day that I have made! Now you go out and rejoice in it!" (My paraphrase of Psalm 118:24). When I reflect on this, I begin to have hope. If God made this day, and He wants me to rejoice in it, then there is purpose in me getting up and living life out for His glory of which He has invited me to come and share in! At best, I have made a difference in this world or in someone's life on this created day. At the worst, I simply made it through another day. Most days that fall in between...I have discovered that what I dreaded wasn't nearly as horrible as my mind had imagined it. Oh if only every day I would get up and recite that verse with great anticipation! God has such big plans for us on each and every day! "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:10-12
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Wouldn't everday start so much better if we did wake up and just Praise God for this day... simple...but so hard to follow through with.
Amen to that! We may have snow flurries in the AM..so I think I'll start practicing this even before looking out the window! :D
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