But not today! I
awoke looking for peace as I was a little apprehensive as to what the day had
in store for me. I didn’t mention it in my
Valentine’s post, but my wife had another seizure when I was getting her ready
for the day yesterday. It was somewhat
lighter than previous ones so I did not call 911 and she bounced back rather
quickly, although she slept for a good portion of the day. But never-the-less, I was dealing with the
memories today. After conferencing with
our doctor we increased her evening dosage of the new med she is on and I was
wondering how this day would begin.
As soon as I wrote down my declaration of the Good
Things that I was expecting today, I felt something jump inside of
me! Then as I perused through Hebrews 13,
I came to verse nine and read: “For it is
a Good Thing that the heart be
established with grace.” (KJV) That
made my heart jump even higher! It is a Good
Thing that we be established in His unmerited favor and love in action
in our lives!
When I neared the end of the letter I camped out at verse 21
and took in the glorious sights and truth that are there. It states: “May this God of peace prepare you to do every Good Thing he wants.” (God’s Word ©) It would seem that God
wants us established in the Good Things that are available
through His grace and that He has Good Things in store for us to
accomplish because of this grace! Those
words gave me another jolt and I realized that I had been looking at all the
wrong things since the moment I had gotten up about an hour previous to this
time.
I had been looking at what could possible go wrong again
this morning instead of the Good Things that would cause things
to go right! A few moments later I came
across a quote by the beloved children’s writer Dr. Seuss who made the comment
in one of his books that “You’ll miss the
best (or good) things if you keep your eyes shut!”
I realized that I had allowed myself to get so caught up in
the things that were happening in the natural around me, that I had inadvertently
shut my eyes to the Good Things of God’s Word!
Well… I might have been born at
night, but I wasn’t born last night! It didn’t take me long at all to see the folly
of my ways and make an instant adjustment!
And with that adjustment came a “peace
which goes far beyond anything that we can imagine (in the natural)…”
(Philippians 4:7 God’s Word ©)
Now I am allowing my heart to be reestablished in His grace so
that I can see and dwell on the Good Things around me. And let
me tell you… I sure feel a lot better and much more positive about the
outlook of my day!
So… don’t let yourself be like a character in one of Dr.
Seuss’ books who tried to read with his eyes shut! Open ‘em up, but make sure they are looking
at the right things - the Good Things of God! Then you’ll see everything around you through
the eyes of His grace! Give it a try
this weekend and see if you don’t find yourself with a better outlook on life! Have a great weekend! Stay in tune to His word and keep asking
yourself… “What Good Things am I expecting today?”
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