New Mercies Every Day (by randi)

The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.  --Zephaniah 3:17

Hold MY hand and trust.  So long as you are conscious of MY presence with you, all is well.  You find the deepest fulfillment of your heart in ME alone.  --from Jesus Calling on June 24

It's funny (or not) that I am able to get up in the morning, have quiet time, feel completely pressed into God, and the minute I get out of bed, something chips away at that feeling.  Something small, generally: a job left undone by my kids or a post-it note on the counter reminding me of today's to-do list.

Lately I have noticed a quick temper in myself that I don't like. Is it impatience, anger, unbelief?  Hormones?

I don't know, but it's there.

Yesterday I was trying to head out the door and had to run upstairs to get my purse. I came back downstairs, openned the front door and then realized that my phone was still upstairs on the charger.

Immediately I was upset at the hassle of having to go upstairs AGAIN to retreive my phone.

"Seriously?"  "Are you kidding me?"  "I am in a hurry here and I don't have time for this!"

When all of a sudden it dawned on me that there were 8 stairs and a few extra steps that separated me from my phone.  And I realized I was being ridiculous.  And that my attitude lately has not been what I want to be walking in.

So today I get to start over.  HIS mercies are new every day, after all.  A new day is like a clean slate, ready to be written on.  And today I want to be sure that what I write reflects trust.  And hope.  And peace.

All of the stress and freaking out is free to go away.  It's making me tired.

HE will quiet me with His love.

On this new day, I am hanging onto that promise!

Comments

[erinnorberg]

Whew! Exactly! Goodbye stress and freaking out. You are free to go away!!

[Yvonne]

Thank you for inspiring me to let go of all my self imposed stress. you're my new BFF!

[Louise]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading and relating to this post.

[Robin in New Jersey]

I can totally relate. Hormones play a big part! Life changes make things worse too. I like your attitude though! Thank goodness the Lord gives us a new day to start over!