Discouraging Thought: Today was a ______ day.
Encouraging Truth: "This is the day that the Lord has made" - Psalm 118:24a
Loving Instruction: "Let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24b
"I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands." - Psalm 63:4
Recently, I've found myself taking a deep breath after the kids are in bed, and thinking to myself, "That was a really _____ day." If it was good I may say "Thank you Lord!" If it was bad, I sulk - I sit on the couch and do nothing, reasoning in my head that I can do nothing because I've had an awful day. Now, sometimes, we moms do need to just sit and take a deep breath, but not with the heart I had. It hit me that I was basing my praise to God on whether or not I had a good day. I wasn't praying "God, how could you allow all three kids to be whiny and clingy on the same day?", but as far as my sinful heart goes, I may as well have questioned His love. I don't know why I do that, because even on the bad days, we are to praise our Heavenly Father, who loves us unconditionally. On the bad days, I can praise Him and remember this:
"Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory." - Psalm 73:23, 24
"The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing." - Zephaniah 3:17
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