Feb 6

 Give the Day a Shot

“This is the day the Lord has made!  Rejoice and be glad in it!”

This one, Lord?  This surgery day?  This exam day?  This sending my firstborn off to college day?

That last one took the starch out of my shirt!  We packed Jenna’s stuff, loaded up the car, and left life as we’d known it for eighteen years.

The day was necessary.  The day was planned.  But the day undid me!  I was a mess.

But God made this day.  So I decided to give the day a chance, change my view and imitate the Psalmist, “I will rejoice and be glad in it!”

Give the day a shot.  An audition.  A swing at the plate. 

An hour is too short, a year too long.  Days are the bite-sized portions of life, the God-designed segments of life management.

A day changer!  Choose to make it a great day—every day!