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A Cheerful Heart

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A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22 NKJV

In the last two and a half weeks, we have been through two hurricanes, an evacuation, a flood and are hosting a lady and her dog who lost their home. (Did I mention no garbage pick-up or mail!) With so much craziness it is easy to lose sight of the blessings that God has showered us with during this time. So, I thought now would be a great time to list a few of the blessings we have to be thankful for.

!) Banjo our foster dog and my new walking buddy –

2) A beautiful swan along with his buddies the ducks who greeted us at our evacuation home.

3) The lemon tree dropped enough lemons to make lemonade!

4) In the middle of all the disasters around us we never lost power!

5) I found a place to buy coffee this morning!

6) Friends, family members and neighbors we haven’t heard from in a while called to check in on us.

7) God has been with us every step of the way, kept us in health and taught us to count our blessings through everything ahead!

This is the day the Lord has made

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This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it Psalm 118:24

We may not always remember what day of the week, what month of the year or even what year it is while we are filling out our check in the grocery store. But whether we remember the date, today will always be the Lord’s day. We can long for the past or wish for the future but in quiet rejoicing there is rest. kimg0474

When we are struggling some people tell us that “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” in an effort to encourage us to go on. But another reality is that yesterday was the last day of the past of your life. That past victory or defeat now sits far beyond our control but our today belongs to Jesus Christ. Yielding moment by moment to Jesus will allow us to experience a joy that comes only at His side!

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling Isaiah 30:14