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Tuesday... It really begins today.


Tuesday... It really begins today.

Oh I know the new year started yesterday but the routine starts today. Many are headed back to work, some are going back to school, the routine of the new year it would seem begins today, doesn't it?

I really do love routine. I love getting up at the same time each morning and starting with the tasks that I do each day. 

Now some of you are not looking forward to what you are facing today. You have really enjoyed the break but now it is back to situations and problems that are way greater than you can face. And you need a word of encouragement. 

I really did enjoy the break of Christmas and New Years and the time with our family but I also enjoy this time that I spend six days a week seeking out some word of encouragement from God's Word and then sharing it. I have been in God's Word on a daily basis but haven't been sharing it and I love getting back to this time, this routine.

Now this morning I found this in Proverbs 2:1-2 (NLT). It says, "My child, listen to what I say and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding."  

For some, 2023 was a horrible year. For others it was a great year but in which ever one we have faced there were lessons that we could have learned. That is one of the great benefits of being a child of God. He is constantly giving us wisdom and understanding. Stop and strive to remember what God taught you this past year. 

The Message Paraphrase says it this way, "Good friend, take to heart what I am telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of wisdom; set your heart on a life of understanding." 

Look at this. Verses 3-5 says, "That's right - if you make insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer, searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, believe me, before you know it Fear of God will be yours; you have come upon the knowledge of God." 

And remember this. Verses 6-8 (NLT) says, "For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him."

Thanks so much, God for your word, your encouragement, your wisdom, knowledge, understanding and common sense that you give to those who are honest and live with integrity. You will guard the paths of the just and protect those who are faithful to you.

Now that is a word of encouragement as we face this new year, isn't it? And it begins today!

And then verse 9 says, "Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go." And that is what we need to hear on the second day of 2024. "And you will find the right way to go." And that is what we want and need, isn't it? And it begins today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


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