Saturday, January 22, 2005

Yesterday was one of those days when I got a really big surprise. Unfortunately, it was not the kind of thing I was excited about. The surprise was, that things were going down that affected me but it went on for a while without me knowing, and then, boom-shaka-laka!, guess what you got some stuff you need to handle. When I was talking about all this stuff with my friends, it turned out that all of them had sort of had the same kind of day. Bad news, broken cars and failing plans. I was so amazed to hear their perspective. "Hey, blessed be the name of the Lord" is all they said. God has blessed me to by connecting me with people who know him intimately. That little reminder snapped me back to a place of rememberance. What ever happens on this earth is of no consequence to the believer. It does not matter, in the long term, what kind of day we have. Good or bad, glorious or gut wrenching, we are secure. We are safe. We have hope. We know Jesus. Blessed be the name of the Lord. "What can man do to me?" No matter how my little situation turns out, I know how I've got to react. Knowing that God is still working out his glorious purpose in my life and my only response is to worship and believe. (stepping into karate stance) "hai-yah!"