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Friday... Is it with dread or anticipation?


Friday... Is it with dread or anticipation?

It is so easy to live with the monotony of life. It's just another day. But is it?

I mean, today is a new day, a day that we have never lived and our attitude tells us a lot about how we will handle it, how we will live it.

The writer of Psalm 149:1 (MSG) says, "Hallelujah! Sing to God a brand-new song," Not a song of yesterday, not a song of the weekend, not a song of monotony, no sing a new song. Today is a new day. It has never been lived, it has never been experienced, it is a new day and it deserves a new song. And the Psalmist starts with a Hallelujah, a cheer. I know, I know, that may be a little much for you but it is a great way to start.

Last week at this time, my wife and I were sitting on an airplane looking forward to spending some time with our family in Denver. When we got to the airport all of them were there greeting us with hugs and excitement. Now we started the day with not much sleep but we started it with excitement. It was a great day, it was a weekend of adventure and I'm starting this new day with anticipation. "Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a brand-new song."

Here is the point. We have never lived today. Nobody has. So why not start it with excitement, with anticipation.

Now last weekend had some adventure with wind and cold and some new experiences. And this weekend also will have some adventure. It is a new song ready for us to live and sing.

I was reading in the Gospel of Mark in the NT this morning and it told of this mother who woke up to a new day with a daughter who was possessed with an evil spirit. But she also woke up and found out that Jesus was going to be coming to her town. And He changed her life. He drove out the evil spirit so that her daughter could live, really live. The mother woke up with hope because Jesus was coming to her town.  And that is true of all of us today.

With Jesus in your life you can start your day with, "Hallelujah! Sing to God a brand-new song," So let's live this day with great anticipation because Jesus is in it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


  

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