A gift from God himself

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This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

No day is the same when Jesus is your Lord. Life is not very monotonous when we are serving Jesus as we should. How's your 'attitude' toward your day? If you find it a bit 'prickly', stop for a moment, take a breath and consider that YOU are responsible for what you feel AND what you appreciate in your day. Look for the right stuff in your day and you are more likely to find it!

This day is a gift from God - choose to be blessed in it. Remember this: The devil will always try to make you 'like' him, his 'things', and his 'attitude' toward life. He attempts to destroy our joy, the unity we enjoy with each other, and the relationships we need. When we allow the devil to be in control of how we see the world around us, we will be robbed of so much. Focus on those with differing views from yours long enough and you will begin to 'conform' to their views or be miserable trying to defend your own!

We must be unified in our mission to be devoted followers of Jesus. With God's help, we can choose what matters most over what calls for our attention now. The devil is all about the 'now' - get it now, do it now, say it now. Become aware of what you want MOST and focus on that - not on the NOW he proffers as the answer to our every whim. Define what drives you. If it is what you can have NOW instead of what you need he MOST, you might just find your days are a bit more 'prickly' than you'd like.

Time is measured in minutes, but life is measured in moments. (Psalm 39:4-5) We must learn to make every moment count - not just the NOW. As we experience God together, we grow together. As we share the good, the bad, the beautiful and even the ugly of our days with each other, we learn from one another. Our lives are always best when we take in the 'moments' we have together. What might just make our day a little better is to stop counting the minutes in our day and start focusing on the moments that we share. Just sayin!

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