...'This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it'...
Simple statement. The second my eyes opened this morning, this ran through my mind. I have heard it a million times, obviously, and even sing it with the kids in the morning over breakfast. But, it has taken on a different meaning for me now...
...This: Today was not an accident. The Lord actually designed this day for me on purpose. He knows everything that will happen and it is actually ordained for me. Amazing thought. When I think back on my life, there are super awesome days, and there are really bad days.I think of my Dad's accident. When I woke up that morning, when my dad woke up, when my mom woke up, the Lord knew what was coming just hours later for all of us. Why Lord? Why? Well, the blessings that were the result of that are still flooding in. Sobering how the Lord works.
...Is the day: His mercies are new every morning. Every morning. Good thing that the Lord allows the sun to set and rise again. And, it's only a day. One day! Sometimes things that happen in a day seem to be the end of our world. But, it is only a pin prick on the heavenly calender. Just a vapor of a moment. Tomorrow, there will be a new batch of mercies and events, and adventures with the Lord. I need to learn to walk with Him moment by moment. The Lord demands my walk with Him to not be a annual event, like a marathon. It is a daily stroll.He wants the daily relationship with us. Amazing how the Lord works.
....That the Lord has made: made, created, formed, ordained, planned... Thinking about how the Lord has such a creative mind. He created sounds, color, the platypus, he created taste, and smells, the cactus, the ocean... I mean, he didn't have to do that. He created a beautiful world for us to enjoy. He could have thrown us in a world that was all shades of grey, with no sound, everything tasting the same, everybody looking the same. But, He chose to give us a glimpse into His nature. Awesome how the Lord works.
...I will rejoice and be glad: This is where the verse gets tricky. Because, depending on what type of day you are having, this could be an excited statement, or a forced statement. Think about it... you wake up and everything goes wrong... for me, it's the kids are sick, or the car breaks down, or my guitar is not right, or dinner burns in the oven, or the kids draw on the wall... and I think 'I will rejoice and be glad!" Come on! I can be happy right now! urggggg!!!! Or, you wake up, and the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the kids are angelic, dinner is a masterpiece. Ahhhhh! I will rejoice and be glad in it! See the difference? Same statement, totally different emotion. But, the Lord calls us to rejoice knowing that He does not make a mistake in what our days hold for us. Sovereign how the Lord works.
So, as I take on my day with my son with pneumonia, the house in disarray, laundry up to the ceiling from toddlers with the flu, feeling trapped in my house, not getting to go to church and lead communion tonight, and not even being able to get to STARBUCKS... I KNOW that: This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!
Simple statement. The second my eyes opened this morning, this ran through my mind. I have heard it a million times, obviously, and even sing it with the kids in the morning over breakfast. But, it has taken on a different meaning for me now...
...This: Today was not an accident. The Lord actually designed this day for me on purpose. He knows everything that will happen and it is actually ordained for me. Amazing thought. When I think back on my life, there are super awesome days, and there are really bad days.I think of my Dad's accident. When I woke up that morning, when my dad woke up, when my mom woke up, the Lord knew what was coming just hours later for all of us. Why Lord? Why? Well, the blessings that were the result of that are still flooding in. Sobering how the Lord works.
...Is the day: His mercies are new every morning. Every morning. Good thing that the Lord allows the sun to set and rise again. And, it's only a day. One day! Sometimes things that happen in a day seem to be the end of our world. But, it is only a pin prick on the heavenly calender. Just a vapor of a moment. Tomorrow, there will be a new batch of mercies and events, and adventures with the Lord. I need to learn to walk with Him moment by moment. The Lord demands my walk with Him to not be a annual event, like a marathon. It is a daily stroll.He wants the daily relationship with us. Amazing how the Lord works.
....That the Lord has made: made, created, formed, ordained, planned... Thinking about how the Lord has such a creative mind. He created sounds, color, the platypus, he created taste, and smells, the cactus, the ocean... I mean, he didn't have to do that. He created a beautiful world for us to enjoy. He could have thrown us in a world that was all shades of grey, with no sound, everything tasting the same, everybody looking the same. But, He chose to give us a glimpse into His nature. Awesome how the Lord works.
...I will rejoice and be glad: This is where the verse gets tricky. Because, depending on what type of day you are having, this could be an excited statement, or a forced statement. Think about it... you wake up and everything goes wrong... for me, it's the kids are sick, or the car breaks down, or my guitar is not right, or dinner burns in the oven, or the kids draw on the wall... and I think 'I will rejoice and be glad!" Come on! I can be happy right now! urggggg!!!! Or, you wake up, and the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the kids are angelic, dinner is a masterpiece. Ahhhhh! I will rejoice and be glad in it! See the difference? Same statement, totally different emotion. But, the Lord calls us to rejoice knowing that He does not make a mistake in what our days hold for us. Sovereign how the Lord works.
So, as I take on my day with my son with pneumonia, the house in disarray, laundry up to the ceiling from toddlers with the flu, feeling trapped in my house, not getting to go to church and lead communion tonight, and not even being able to get to STARBUCKS... I KNOW that: This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!
