YOUR STORY

Psalm 139:16 NLT You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

I read this quote the other day, “Today is part of your story. Make it beautiful.”

God has written all the days of our lives in His book but we have our part to play by following His direction, in asking that we be at the right place at the right time, and what He wants for us. We can choose to go our own way and try to write our own story, but God’s story will be so much better than anything we can come up with, and His story will carry His blessing on it.😊

Do we sometimes breeze into things and forget to commit them to Him first, or ask for His help, and then wonder why things go wrong or we feel frustrated or disgruntled!?

We know He speaks to us in a still small voice but if everything around is pressing for our attention we’ll find it difficult to hear Him. It’s why Jesus withdrew to be alone with His Father before the day began. He knew all about pressure but He wanted God’s plan for His day not His own and we all know what wonderful results He had!😊

We all realise some days are more of a challenge than others, but if we’ll include God in each moment He can still make it beautiful just because He is in it with us, to help us see the positives and not dwell on the negatives, to be grateful for what we have and not complain about our have nots!

There is always beauty to be found in the little moments; the text from a friend, the sparrows singing in the hedgerow, the sunlight on raindrops. So let’s ask God to help us recognise them and enjoy them.😊

Today is part of our story so why not ask God to help you see the blessings and beauty in it, to make your story beautiful today, for His glory? He’s just waiting to be asked.😊 Amen.

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OUR ATMOSPHERE

Proverbs 18:21 AMP Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.

I have an old barometer which I upcycled to make it look less old fashioned and of course  it measures the atmospheric pressure so we have warning, if the needle goes down that a storm is on the way, or if it goes up, then we can expect fair weather.😊

Day to day life is subject to atmospheric pressure of a different kind. We can walk into a room and ‘feel’ the atmosphere sometimes, either joy filled, or tension in the air that you could cut with a knife! The interesting thing is we can regulate the atmosphere around us by our own attitude and the words we speak out. We have the power to diffuse a situation just by speaking words that smooth ruffled feathers or bring comfort to those who are upset, or just by praying.

How we start our day will often determine the atmosphere for ourselves as well as everybody else in the house. We have the ability to set the tone for everyone to believe for the best, to know God is with us whatever we’re doing, and if we pray together before we go out then our day is covered by God’s grace and favour, covered by the protection of His blood.

I heard recently about one mum who set the atmosphere by always blessing her kids as they left in the morning and only God knows what she may have saved them from, just by blessing them!😊

So, as we walk through this week, whatever the atmosphere is around us at work, or at home, let’s remember we’re always in the presence of God because He’s always with us, and in His presence is fulness of joy and we can tap into it when our atmospheric pressure is building up! Lord help us remember You’re with us and to choose to speak Your words of life. Amen.