Today was a different day for me. In fact, I haven’t felt like doing much of anything. I have behind schedule all day. I was so cold during the night that it disturbed my sleep. Once the sun came up, I must have felt it’s warmth and promptly went back to sleep for two hours. School started an hour before lunchtime.
You would think with all that extra sleep all of us would be in good moods. It had the opposite effect on us all not to mention I just felt blah.
I sat outside finishing school with Mandi and wondered if I shouldn’t write anything at all today. I heard that Still Small Voice respond, “Write anyway. Keep pushing. Write even if you never publish today’s post.” Aw, so here I am.
While outside I noticed how beautiful of a day it is. It’s a breezy 79 degrees with no clouds in the sky. Everything looks bright and cheery. And here I am…. blah. I wondered how I could feel the opposite of the day. Why hasn’t my mood shifted to match the day?
I don’t know. But this I know, whether I feel like it or not, today is a day to be grateful and to allow my words and actions to reflect God’s blessings in my life.
I remember a book I read years ago that changed the way I feel about days like this. Ann Voskamp wrote One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are. She talks about writing everyday whatever comes to mind that you are thankful for. I bought a journal specifically for this and listed so many, many things. What I found is that it changed the direction of my thoughts.
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This morning when it was so cold, I felt grumpy, and my thoughts reflected that. Immediately, I felt God drop a song into my mind that I had listened to yesterday.
“My God will always be enough for the longings of my soul. He alone can fill my cup till my spirit overflows. From a well of living water, He renews me with His love. My God will always be enough.”
It didn’t make me physically warmer, but it changed my train of thought to the goodness of God.
When I awoke this morning, I continued to replay that song over in my mind asking Him to be enough today.
So, as I was sitting outside, I realized that He had been enough all day today. The rest of the day was up to me to make a difference. I could reflect on the blessings He always gives to me: food, water (hot water), my morning tea, a home, reliable vehicles, money to pay the bills, my beautiful family, etc.
I realized that even though today wasn’t on schedule, it was a perfect day, a blessed day and it gave me time to remember my blessings. I walked inside and joyfully peeled apples for a cobbler. It’s in the oven now and the aroma is filling the house. God is good all the time and all the time, God is so, so good. He has blessings for me every day, but sometimes I can’t see them because my focus has shifted.
As I sit here writing, I’m reflecting on how God held my day together. I really wanted to say something to someone that would have caused an argument to ensue, but I felt like I had a right to straighten them out. Instead, God had me turn around and walk away. Right now, as I write this, I feel peaceful. I realize now that it wasn’t as big of a deal as I thought and that what is wrong, I can leave in God’s hands.
While teaching school today, I repeated myself six times before my child decided to obey. That sixth time I was about to “let them have it” when I felt the Lord wanting me to say it again. I did that (I’ll say again, Lord but if I have to say it one more time, you know what I’m gonna do) and the child obeyed immediately. The peace stayed intact.
Feeling off my feed after lunch I just wanted to sit and relax, but my youngest wanted to go on a walk. I pushed myself and it was a great time. We found yellow and purple flowers in bloom, and I arranged a hair bouquet for her and took pictures. We had a wonderful time.
God was enough.
He held my day in His hands, showed me how faithful and good He is, reminded me of my blessings and inspired me to make a cobbler to end the day with.
I want to encourage you that your day will be perfect: perfectly the way God designed it. It might not follow your routine but trust the day to Him. As you engage with God, ask Him to show you His blessings today: small and large. Be willing to find the good and precious in the middle of a not-so-good moment.
I’ll end with this: Psalm 92:2 TPT
“At each and every sunrise we will be thanking You and for Your kindness and Your love. As the sun sets and all through the night, we will keep proclaiming,
‘You are so faithful!’”
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