Have you ever had one of those days… you know, the kind that starts off with good intentions. I woke up intending to be happy. I woke up intending to have a good day. I woke up just happy that it was Friday and that meant the weekend was right around the corner.
And then – BAM – out of the blue, someone slams you with something unexpected. Something you weren’t planning for. Something you didn’t really like or care for… but yet, here it is… and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Today was one of those days. I battled a crummy attitude for most of the morning. I didn’t want to talk to anyone… really because I didn’t want to spew my bad attitude on them. So… what did I do… I turned up my iTunes really really loud and sang along with the songs we’re rehearsing for our Christmas Musical at Trevecca Community Church.
It’s amazing how songs can change my mood. I think it’s more about what I’m singing than the singing itself.
In just a few weeks, we’ll be celebrating the birth of our Savior – Lord Jesus Christ. How can I not be happy about that? I know for some people, Christmas is about putting up trees and buying presents and having dinner with family and friends. I like those things too, but Christmas isn’t about that for me.
For me, Christmas is about that night in Bethlehem when a young girl – yes, girl… not a woman… was riding along with her husband and went into labor. And yet they couldn’t find anywhere but a stable to give birth.
What a day that must have been… BAM – I’m sure they had good intentions of getting where they needed to and her going into labor was something unexpected – at least at that moment. Of course, she had nine months to prepare, but even the birth itself was unexpected. It was a MIRACLE.
Sometimes MIRACLES show up in ways we can never explain. That’s what makes them so special… it can be explained.
I didn’t like the unexpectedness of today, but I am grateful for it, because it reminds me of “THIS DAY” – this day God has given me. I didn’t ask for it. I don’t deserve it. But God loves me so much He’s chosen to bless me with it.
Please let me glorify Him, somehow, some way – in this day!
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November 22, 2008 at 6:57 pm
cornishevangelist
For faith is believing in things that we cannot see. Now we must believe that what we have prayed for will soon manifest in our lives, for by faith we will truly receive.
Yet some people say, “ but it’s not easy and you don’t know what I am going through,” well, that is true, but it still doesn’t change the fact that Jesus said, “ All things are possible to them that believe,” and we must live by faith.
It is worth hoping and believing for things in our lives to change, it really does not matter what people say, or what we feel, for God said, “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God”. {1 Corinthians 3 v 19}. cornishevangelist. wordpress.com.
June 25, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Jeff Goins
I’ve definitely had a few of those days lately!