.. not sure if having a Birthday lunch today counts for drawing this Birthday thingi out another day... just kidding...
it is a grey day, yucky and cold and it is now 362 days to my birthday... that's depressing but also a good thing... I definitely can wait another 362 days until I am a year closer to being 50... phew...
But all kidding aside... just a regular, grey day today... some conflict last night, an Ortho appointment this morning, the lunch a high light in a rather blah kind of a day...
I don't know about you but I would rather just go back to bed and snuggle up under my blankets than face the day...
good thing is that encountering my best friend early this morning gave me reason to get up and seize the day.. His mercies are new every morning...
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. (Psalm 5:3)
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. (Psalm 90:14)
This morning I am assured once again that your love for me is unfailing... that those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way (Psalm 142:3)
the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (Psalm 121:8)
So, no matter what we are facing this day... if it is difficult, or just blah... we can be assured that the One who delights over us with singing, who quiets us with His love, will always be right there with us...
with Him we can do all things... Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Birthday, or no Birthday... excitement or just a regular grey day... with Him, every day has a purpose and joy... a joy that no one can take away... in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:37-39)
