Just a day!
January 2nd. What a good place to be- thinking about it this morning, I wondered if this were not one of the favorite days of most people….New Years Day sometimes gets ripped off- cause most folks stay up really really early waiting to ring in the New Year and before they know it is 3:00 in the morning and they are still playing the 40th hand of Yatzee or Spades…..and then they sleep lots on New Years Day- rolling over only to grab a bite of cornbread and black-eyed peas. :) By the time you know it you are well into the evening of the New Year….and that brings me to January 2nd. This day when—resolutions have been made but most likely not broken. The day when the shopping is still cheap but not as crowded. The day when you start thinking about going back to work and doing better this year then you ever ever have! What a cool day! So this morning as I sat outside on my back patio-literally watching the sun come up-I felt an urge to praise God for January 2nd. A day with a long list of things to do and a day when there are no pressures of “holiday-ness” but still that beautiful new feeling is there. One of my favorite passages has always been Jeremiah 29:11— I love it and have for a long long time- but today as I wrote it on my white board as the chosen scripture of the month- I realized that this year— I want more than ever to live it, to believe it, to trust it— the Lord knows His plans for me and that requires me to trust and just live this day and all others with His hand in my life …..I do not have to know the plans- He does and let’s be honest- I feel very very secure in His knowing. So a big thank you to January 2nd for just being a day!
