It Is Your Choice-DD 10/1/2010

"This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psa 118:24

Do we ever really stop and think about the gift that every waking day is? I believe that many of us wake up every morning, trudge through our daily preparations and dread having to go to work, school or any number of other activities that require our attention on a daily basis. We drag ourselves to whatever is set for us that day and eventually give in to it, looking forward to the evening when we can experience a little leisure and get back to bed.

I suppose that is one way to look at the day, however, there is an alternative. It starts with experiencing wonder and expressing thanks for waking from the nearest we come to death on a regular basis. It continues by noticing that you are rising from a comfortable bed in a temperature controlled environment with the ability to go into a room where there is hot and cold running water and the ability to clean and refresh yourself. This room is often near another in which you keep enough clothing to where something different every day for a month. You may not be a breakfast person, but thank God that you have the ability to obtain it if you desire.

Whether your activities take you outside of the home or not, what a blessing it is to have the ability to accomplish tasks and to have tasks to accomplish. These things add purpose to our existence. For those who would complain about their jobs or supervisors, imagine what it would be like to have neither yet desire both. And while the majority of the world walks, what number and forms of transportation do we each possess to carry us where we both need and desire to go?

Beloved, gladness is a state of mind that is a result of choice. We can choose to be pessimistic and complain about every little thing, or we can choose to count every little blessing and be thankful. It is the individual that is the sole determiner of perspective and outlook no matter what the challenges of the day, week, month, year or life are. Today is all we have. Let us make the most of it. And if God sees fit to allow us to see another day tomorrow, let us approach it with gratitude for seeing it, breathless wonder at its supply and determination to enjoy it, if for no other reason than the next one is not promised.

In Revival,

Lee