I awoke this morning in the middle of a thunderstorm and a hard down pouring rain. The weather forecast had predicted this so it was no surprise. The whole day is supposed to be like this; dark, cloudy, thunder, lightning, lots of rain, a flash flood watch and even a tornado watch. I thought, this would be a good day to just go back to sleep and sleep through it. However, I can’t do that. Once I’m awake, I can’t go back to sleep that easily. I’ve always been driven by the philosophy that too much sleeping is a waste of precious time.
John Denver recorded a hit song entitled, Some Days are Diamonds. The catch line said, “Some days are diamonds and some days are stones.” At first appearance, this day was definitely a stone. But God, who made the stones, also made some diamonds.
Then a scripture verse came to my mind. “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24) Isn’t it great that God has made all our days. He could have cut off my days yesterday and I would never have seen this day. So, I have to see this day as another gift from the Lord. Just as surely as he has given us another day, he has also given us many reasons to rejoice and be glad in it. He has left it up to us to choose whether we will rejoice or let the bad weather or some other circumstance rob us of our joy.
How many of us have learned that rejoicing and being glad in the Lord is not conditional on the weather? Too many people let the weather or some other situation in which they find themselves, rob them of their rejoicing. Regardless of our situation, we can find many reasons to rejoice and be glad in the Lord.
When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, “It is well; it is well with my soul.
It is well––with my soul,––It is well, it is well with my soul.
Horatio G. Spafford
When Horatio G. Spafford penned the words to this beautiful hymn, he had just experienced the loss of all four of his daughters in a tragic shipwreck. Few people ever suffer a loss of such magnitude. My wife and I have lost one son and that was devastating to us and I can’t imagine the loss of all four of our children. I can say however, on this otherwise dreary day, “It is well with my soul.”
John Denver recorded a hit song entitled, Some Days are Diamonds. The catch line said, “Some days are diamonds and some days are stones.” At first appearance, this day was definitely a stone. But God, who made the stones, also made some diamonds.
Then a scripture verse came to my mind. “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24) Isn’t it great that God has made all our days. He could have cut off my days yesterday and I would never have seen this day. So, I have to see this day as another gift from the Lord. Just as surely as he has given us another day, he has also given us many reasons to rejoice and be glad in it. He has left it up to us to choose whether we will rejoice or let the bad weather or some other circumstance rob us of our joy.
How many of us have learned that rejoicing and being glad in the Lord is not conditional on the weather? Too many people let the weather or some other situation in which they find themselves, rob them of their rejoicing. Regardless of our situation, we can find many reasons to rejoice and be glad in the Lord.
When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, “It is well; it is well with my soul.
It is well––with my soul,––It is well, it is well with my soul.
Horatio G. Spafford
When Horatio G. Spafford penned the words to this beautiful hymn, he had just experienced the loss of all four of his daughters in a tragic shipwreck. Few people ever suffer a loss of such magnitude. My wife and I have lost one son and that was devastating to us and I can’t imagine the loss of all four of our children. I can say however, on this otherwise dreary day, “It is well with my soul.”
If you can say that, you too have something to rejoice and be glad about. Remember, it is God who made this day. It may first appear as a stone but God can turn it into a diamond.
God Bless You
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