Monday, January 9, 2012

Happy Day


Taste and see that the LORD is good. 

How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Psalm 34:8, HCSB


May you find happiness in God the giver of all good gifts today,
deep comfort under the wings of His mercy,
and a cozy place to pause and lift the eyes of your heart to Him
in response to His great love for you
which does not change,
no matter how much the days do.
Amen.

Thanks be to God today for
His good and perfect gifts
His faithfulness over four decades of life
His grace for a decade with a lupus diagnosis
time with family
the wise guys men finally ceasing from wandering at the feet of the Christ child
the orange glow of the setting sun reflected in the gulls' feathers as the moon grins from behind them
ability to learn, albeit slowly, a new technology help
not missing out on or being left out of anything that is His will
an opportunity to write again for our local church's Lenten devotional booklet
2 Corinthians 12:9, the gift of thorns
light-jacket days
heaviest coat-scarf-mitten-hat days
the warmth of His love the same through them all

(still taking the Joy Dare, counting gifts #2613-2625)