Do you ever have
those times in your life where you have something unpleasant that you have to
deal with but you’d rather not? Like maybe an upcoming medical procedure, or
confronting a friend who hurt you, or filing your taxes. We all have things,
whether planned or not, that come into our lives that we would rather ignore.
When I have
something unpleasant on the horizon, I find myself first of all dreading it,
then wishing it would go away, then finally when it gets here I just want the
whole day to pass quickly so that I can be done with it and move on to the next
day. Kind of like making the day into a throw away day.
But when I throw the
day away, I’m not only throwing away the bad parts I don’t like, I’m also
throwing away all the good parts. When all I can focus on is the thing I want
to ignore, I end up blinding myself to God’s goodness around me. And believe
me, no matter what a day holds, there is always God’s goodness to be
found. Our attitude determines whether or not we see it.
Even if we are
facing the most horrendous and painful day and there is no joy to be found, we
are still handed the good gifts of grace and mercy. We may be having a
difficult day, or two, or three, or four, but our lord and Savior did the
unimaginable for us. The day Jesus faced (because of us) is a day that changed
all other days, past, present, or future. We haven’t a clue really as to what
God has done on our behalf. That day on the cross marked the beginning of every
single one of our days being filled with grace and mercy.
So if grace and
mercy are all you can find in your day – it is enough – and it is to be
celebrated, not thrown away with the rest of it. I’ve learned now that because
of grace and mercy there are no throw away days.
Through the LORD’s
mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
They
are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
(Emphasis added)
And of His fullness
we have all received, and grace for grace.
John 1:16
Dina Pugh
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