Rejoice for the New Day

Psalm 118:24 - This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Often times we wake up each morning and think about all of the things that we have to get done or the places that we have to get to that day. Sometimes we wake up not wanting to get out of bed and not wanting to do the many things that we have ahead of us that day. There may be a few times when we actually want to spring right out of bed because we are so excited about something that day. No matter what it is that we have going on that day, whether it is something we look forward to or something that we don't want to go to, we should be rejoicing. God has given us another day and we should be thankful that He has given us another day to live, another opportunity to share His love with others.

I feel as if we take many things for granted and are thankful for a very small portion of the things that we should be thankful for. If we have a problem that is what we usually focus on and sometimes we blame God and get mad at Him because of the bad situation we are in. We have struggles to help make us stronger and to help us grow closer to God. At times we may struggle, but God is there to carry us through the times where we feel weak and like we can't go on. The bad things that happen aren't because of God, they are because of the evil and sin in the world. We have so many things to us, but we take them for granted because we are used to getting these things.

There are people in other countries that are lucky to get a little bit of food, that are lucky if they have a roof to sleep under for a night and are lucky to have more than one pair of clothing. Yet most of the time those people are the ones who are thankful for every little thing that they have. We can learn a great deal from them and be grateful for all that we have including every little thing. Think of how much happier we would be if we thought of all the little things that we are thankful for and not about the few things that make us unhappy. Abundance of things we don't need makes us appreciate less of those things that we do need. It does seem like the more we have the less appreciative we are of the things we have. The thing that we do have in abundance is God's love and we should love Him and others in an abundance as well.

Remember to be thankful for the little things.
Justina Marie