When my sons were little, we lived way out in the country, so far that we were the boondocks. On the 30 minute drive to school, I always asked them, “What is today?” They had to answer, “Today is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be happy in it.”
Now, the truth is that many of those mornings, I was frazzled and impatient, and the boys were fighting with each other and certainly not cooperating with me. But somehow we got into the car with backpacks stuffed with books and (hopefully finished) homework and lunch bags and (hopefully signed) permission slips. I would pull out of our long driveway and head out on our gravel road toward town and school.
Too many times, I am sure I asked the question through gritted teeth in an angry tone of voice, causing my sons to respond with sarcasm and rolled eyes. This would be one of many reasons that, once my little boys grew up and moved out to lead their separate lives, I have often prayed for God to fill in the gaps from where my parenting flopped.
Still, I hope they got the message that I was trying to learn myself. Whatever the day brings, even when, actually especially when, the day starts out like the worst Monday morning ever, with nothing going right and everything going wrong, we need to acknowledge that God gave us THIS day to rejoice in. We don’t get another one, just today.
And in the words of my beloved friend Phyllis, have a day of your choosing.
Hi! I started this blog over a year ago because I wanted to share what's most important to me--seeing God at work all around and inside me. Although I was raised going to church, I am not interested in religion, which is all about rules. What makes my heart beat and weep and shout hallelujah is knowing our Savior, the one who lives to make intercession for me (even me!) and to give me life more abundant. His name is Jesus, and He not only saved my life many decades ago, He keeps saving it and amazing me all the time. Relationship with the creator of the world is why I crave to write to let anyone willing to read know.
The title, So You Will Know, comes from many passages in the Bible. Frequently, God tells us that a big reason He does what He does is so we will know that He is the Lord. In fact, He tells us this more than 60 times in the Book of Ezekiel alone. He tells us this over and over, as a parent telling his kids something important, so we will understand and remember.
My prayer for this blog is that what God reveals to me about Him will intrigue you to find out more about Him yourself. Don't take my word for it. Look Him up. He's as close as your heartbeat, knows you better than you know yourself, including your worst, most hateful thoughts and deeds, the things you are ashamed of and would never tell anyone. He knows, and He loves you immeasurably anyway.
This is my little light, and I'm letting it shine.
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