THIS IS THE DAY FOR WHAT?

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

I wonder how you greet each day?  Is it…

This is the day the Lord has made, but I feel rough so I think I’ll just go back to bed… On no that’s not right! How about….

This is the day the Lord has made, but things are very difficult at the minute, so I’ll try to cheer up tomorrow instead. Oh no, that’s not right either! Let me try again! 

This is the day the Lord has made, but I feel grumpy so I’ll have a moan!….Hmmm! Maybe not!

Now we might not feel like any of those today but maybe we’ve all had days when it’s been like it! When it does happen we need to make a choice, to decide that no matter what our day looks or feels like, we’re going to do what the Psalmist said and rejoice and be glad in it anyway.😊 

We can choose to be grateful we’re still alive, be thankful God loves us so very much and cares about everything going on in our lives and has offered to help us deal with it.

How about (just because it defeats the enemy), let’s rejoice and choose to be glad in today, right here, right now, in the middle of whatever is going on and give God a sacrifice of praise and find things to be thankful for.

When the praises flow the moans will go! God is still on the throne, we’re still on our way to heaven, we’re still the righteousness of God in Christ and our God is still for us and not against us. He’s never going to leave us so He’s right here with us, to lift us up and enable us to overcome, because Jesus is our Deliverer, and always will be.

You know what? God is good, God is full of loving kindness, God loves you and me - so we can rejoice and be glad - all day, everyday. And if you were having a fit of the moody blues, I hope you’re feeling better already, and that you choose to make today a really good day. Amen.😊

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