After a
sleepless night the day seemed far off. It’s 1 AM, 2 AM, 3 AM, the darkness and
quiet surround me. I am wide awake with no apparent reason to be, I am not
sick, nor unsettled, just wide awake. For those of you who know me, this is not
like me.
So in those
early morning hours I tried to see if God was beckoning me, but that did not
seem to be the case. So I waited — through the darkness — for daylight to come. I awaited the dawn of
Easter Sunday morning, hoping the sun would awaken with streams of glorious
light to announce this Resurrection morning. That was not to be either, I saw
before me ice that covered the trees and lawn and a heavy grey sky that brought
us chilly temperatures.
HOWEVER, I
am not going to let that get me down, I said to myself; it’s Resurrection
Sunday, Christ is Risen, He is Alive, He prepares every new day for me and you
and suddenly I am reminded of the third verse of Psalm 23,
He restoreth
my soul, as we read in the King James Version or, He gives me new strength as
written in The Good News Bible.
Even after
the night of not resting comfortably in my bed, I realized that a new day dawns
with new mercies every morning. No matter how dark or restless the night, every single morning we have new mercy as
told to us in Lamentations chapter 3 verse 22 and 23 in the Good News Bible. It
reads as follows
(22 The
Lord‘s unfailing love and mercy still continue,
(23) Fresh
as the morning, as sure as the sunrise,
(24) The
Lord is all I have, and so in Him I put my hope.
What a
promise for each new day. So even after a sleepless night I am restored to a
new freshness and strength because of His promise of unfailingly love and mercy
for me.
What a way
to put a spring in my step as I face the new day.
Sleep or no
sleep, sunshine or rain, I am refreshed and restored every morning by God’s
wonderful faithfulness and His continued promise. How about you? Are you
restored today? Go to your Bible and open it at random and God will show you a
word for today, a word to strengthen and restore you.
Remember
after the rain, a rainbow, after the storm, a calm, after the winter, a spring,
after a night, a new day, and always the love and mercy of the Lord, fresh
everyday!! Praise the Lord!
Enjoy your
day today walking and talking with the Lord and be restored in the name of
Jesus.
Please join
us for Mike’s reading tomorrow along with Peter’s Picks.
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