Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Today is a New Day

'This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24 NIV

What a way to start each day. No matter what happened yesterday, God offers us a new day - a new start. Yesterday, may not have gone how you would have liked but, in the world that we know, life goes on and we have to move with it, even though we may not want to sometimes. Yesterday may have been a good day but, we can't re-live it but we can build upon it making this day even better. On the other hand, yesterday may have been awful and you may need a little time to come to terms with such a day. You may have had a great loss and you are in a state of numbness and confusion. If this is you, just take one step at a time and allow Jesus to comfort you. and take you through each day. Then, when you're ready, He will take you into a new day, a new start.

Life is full of up's and down's. One minute we can be flying in joy, the next something can hit us leaving us flat and broken. It's still a day that the Lord has made, it may just be a very sad one for you. But time is a great healer they say. It is true, but for many people, it can take a long time to reach there. Loss affects us all, Colin Murray-Parkes, a leading psychologist calls it, 'It's the price we pay for having loved.' This is so true. When a person is in loss it brings out all of those memories, some of them good but others not so. Memories can lift us or make us sad. The trick is to try and filter out the good memories and discard the bad one's, although during the bad times, there may have been some nice one's. It's the good memories that can keep a person going. Of David's words in Ps 30:5, Spurgeon wrote, 'This is an emphasis on the certainty of God’s comfort and joy to His people. Morning always follows night, and the weeping believer may be confident that as he keeps his focus on God, He will bring him once again to joy. “‘Weeping may endure for a night’: but nights are not for ever.”

When we open our eyes each morning, it is another day that God has allowed us and, despite the tiredness, it is a good idea to thank Him for this. From thereon, other prayers can follow throughout the day. Jesus has done so much for us, protected us all our life and blessed us that we need to show Him how grateful we are. David wrote about rejoicing before God and being glad in the fact that it is another day that He can bless us and we can in turn, be a blessing to Him.

Remember bad nights or even bad times are not forever, the sun shines again and we begin to realise that, there is still life out there. It's just a matter of taking it easy until we have the strength to move on to our new day.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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