This week I have struggled to come up with something to write about. Life has been so usually. There has been nothing extraordinary happen, no "A-ha" moments, no special revelations.
Don't you know that God has a sense of humor.
As I sit here writing that nothing special has happened, something special happened... I took a breath. I blinked my eyes. I had a thought. I heard Asher playing. Those are all extraordinary moments. Everyday that God chooses to let me wake up is an extraordinary moment. So often we get caught up in the day, in the ordinary, in the usually and we forget that everyday is a gift that could be gone in the blink of an eye. We get caught up in the what's next instead of living in the now. We look for fireworks and forget to appreciate the normal. Just imagine if things turned bad, would you long for the days when things were normal? Would you long for the usual days you took for granted?
I get caught up in my list of things to do, in my normal daily activities and sometimes forget to be thankful. In everything we have a reason to be thankful, a reason to give praise and even when things are extraordinary or even if they're less than desirable we have a reason to hope.
Psalm 52:9
9 For what you have done I will always praise you
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good.
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good.
