Praise!

 God, help me to love You extravagantly everyday, with every breath. Holy Spirit, teach me to live a lifestyle so ablaze with praise, that not one day is wasted by neglecting to offer You my extreme praise! You are the Lord of Lords, majestic and awesome. I worship You with all I am-and like the disciples before me, may I leave this place in a blaze of praise!!

Rejoice

   I heard a message this past Sunday evening at church about rejoicing today. “This is the day the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 (NIV) It seems like a simple verse, but how many of us actually do this? We are so busy wishing for the weekend, payday, vacation, summertime, winter break…. And so on, that we forget about today. We have wished it away.

   When I made lunch for Connor this afternoon and handed him his plate I smiled. He asked if I was happy. I said yes! Jesus made this day. I get to spend it with you. Isn’t that amazing? He looked up and said “Yea, that is amazing!” He thankfully started munching away on his lunch and then spilled his Kool-Aid. That sweet baby helped me clean up and decided he would use a sippy cup, because big boy cups are messy.

   I started to think about how easy it is to get caught up in the “messes” of everyday life and forget that this is the day the Lord has made! He is sustaining my heartbeat right now while I type. Somewhere today there is a mother just like me in a hospital praying to God for what I have right now. She’s not concerned with payday, the weekend, or the next family vacation. She prays for God to sustain her heartbeat today, this moment, so that she can eat lunch with her toddler. She realizes how valuable today is. She would probably enjoy cleaning up a few spills this evening.

   Every single day we are given is valuable. What we do each day is important; God cares about the big things and the small details. We are cherished and loved so much and we are all serving a divine purpose. If your house is a mess, praise God that you have a home to clean and then pray for someone who doesn’t. If you worked to hard this week, praise God that you have a job and then pray for someone who is unemployed. If you can’t think of anything to be thankful for, look outside, it’s cold today. Are you warm? Put your hand on your chest, can you feel your heart beating? Rejoice friends!! Tomorrow is not promised, make the most of this day! The creator of the universe made it and allowed us to be a part of it. Isn’t that amazing? Even my four year knows….. Yea, that is amazing!  ;)