Un-rain

#80: The Sun is Actually Out... Today

Enough of the gloom.
The Lord immediately gave me something to "un-rain in my un-parade" the day after I wrote the last entry. So forget about Annie's song, "Tomorrow." Here's something from Charles Swindoll's "Wisdom for the Way"

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CELEBRATE LIFE!

Psalm 90:12 "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

The Hebrew text suggests that we correctly "account" for our days. I find it interesting that we are to view life by the days, not the years. We are to live those days in such a way that when they draw to a close, we have gained "a heart of wisdom." With the Lord occupying first place in our lives we accept and live each day enthusiastically for Him. The result will be that "heart of wisdom" the psalmist mentions.

Because we cannot alter the inevitable, we adjust to it. And we do that not a year at a time, but a day at a time. Instead of eating our heart out because a few more aches and pains have attached themselves to our bodies, we determine to celebrate life rather than endure it. Aging isn't a choice. But our response to it is. In so many ways we ourselves determine how we shall grow old.

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So when some long-lost friend asks me, "So, how are you dear stranger," I will, from now on, squeeze every ounce of brain juice I can to answer anything other than, "Oh well, growing old." When I get asked, "So what's going on in your life," I will find a better answer other than, "Well, nothing but work here on my end."

Life is after all more than work; and a sigh doesn't do justice to the mercies that the Lord makes new for me every morning. For one who has beheld the joy of His salvation, there will always be reason to celebrate. Life. Everyday.