It’s a vapor, a mist.
We work, and strive, and plan, and acquire, and do.
Yet, it will end … in a breath.
Life is brief, valuable, unexpected and its conclusion is unforeseen.
Do we awaken in our mornings with thanks, joy, with the appreciation that we have another day?
Do we greet the rising (or risen) sun with awareness that this day, this very moment is a gift and opportunity?
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
– Psalm 118:24
Maybe today is one that we know will be filled with tough stuff … pain, sadness, tough decisions and actions … and we are still to rejoice?
Yes …
The Matthew Henry commentary for this verse tells us,
The duty which the Lord has made, brings light with it, true light. The duty this privilege calls for, is here set forth; the sacrifices we are to offer to God in gratitude for redeeming love, are ourselves; not to be slain upon the altar, but living sacrifices, to be bound to the altar; spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise, in which our hearts must be engaged.
This rejoicing is our sacrifice … and sacrifice it might very well be for some of us today. Somehow if today’s sun rises on a day are not looking forward to, then we understand even better the sacrifice it is to pray and praise … when our hearts are heavy, when our souls ache.
The thing is … we only know that we have this very day, this moment.
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow!
What is your life?
You are a mist that appears for a little while
and then vanishes.
-John 4:14
Let us rejoice today.
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