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Wednesday... This used to be impossible to do, daily.


Wednesday... This used to be impossible to do, daily.

Psalm 105:1 (NLT) says, "Give thanks to the Lord..." now that hasn't been impossible. We even have a day next week set aside to give thanks. Yes, we really can do that and we need to do it everyday. And giving thanks to the Lord is a great way to start and continue our day. So, why not stop right now and give thanks to God for three things he did for you yesterday and today. 

Here are mine. Thanks God that I was able yesterday to get back to writing after having Covid. Thanks God, that Margaret is closer to getting over Covid. Thanks God that I was able to check in to the coffee shop, Aspire where I write, for the 400th time today. Oh, God, you are so good to me. And he is to you, too.

"Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done." Now that has been impossible. But now I can set down at my computer and share what he has done and anyone, anywhere can click on their phone or their computer or whatever connects them to the internet and they can know what he has done. But too many times that is not what we start out with, is it?

What if every Christ follower would start their day on their computer or phone by giving thanks to the Lord and proclaiming his greatness and in that they would be letting the whole world know how great our God is and what he has done in our lives? And it also would be a great reminder to ourselves of how great God is and that he cares for us and that he is working in us and doing great things for and through us.  

I was watching on YouTube yesterday a man who has had a tremendous impact on my life and the world and I woke up this morning with the desire to really make an impact, a difference in the world but realizing that what God has given me is the opportunity to share a simple truth from God's word each day that will help people in their beginning their today and we need that.  

Yes, God's word has so much depth but it also has simple, practical truths that will make a difference in our day. And this is one of them. We each one can make a difference in our day and in our world if we, "Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done." It use to be impossible but now it is possible. So let's do it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


 



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