How Will You Start Your Day?

This is the day the Lord has made.
    We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24 

 

I will confess, I am not the brightest bulb in the lamp and first thing in the morning my bulb takes a long time to even glow.  But this changed several days ago.  Ever so often, I get a craving to add a packet of hot chocolate mix to at cup of coffee (don't ask).  On this particular morning, I blindly grabbed a packet, poured it into my coffee, and went to the sofa to share the morning with Woody.  It was upon my first sip of this concoction that I realized that the packet I had poured blindly into my coffee was actually Taco Seasoning.  That's when I got the feeling that it was going to be one of "those" days.

 

How did you start your day?  If you're like me, you cringed when the alarm went off and then stumbled sleepily to the coffee maker, then toddle of the the bathroom to begin the ritual cleaning.  I am NOT a morning person!  But I'm learning.  Over the past year, I tend to get up before the alarm, get coffee and sit on the couch to scratch Woody's tummy while I have quiet time.

 

It was during this quiet time that today's verse slapped me in the face.  Let's contemplate this for a minute.   Notice which day is mentioned as being the day God has made.  TODAY!  Yesterday has gone, it's already in the books, can't be changed!  But God has given us TODAY!  Tomorrow is not here yet, nor is it promised, but TODAY is the day God has made!

 

Consider how much time and energy we waste dragging our yesterdays around with us.  Some of us cannot even see today because we are stuck in yesterdays.  And yet God made THIS DAY for us to enjoy and share.  AND remember this as well, because God created today, He is with us throughout this day.  Why?  Because He loves us and has promised to never leave us or turn His back on us.

 

If that's not a good enough reason to rejoice, then perhaps a heart check would be in order.