What words are you using?

Today’s lesson: Pray, listen, obey, praise. This morning I started out the day not wanting to even go to work. The recent upset took all the joy out of something I normally find joy in. But in my devotion time God reminded me to pray. Talk to Him and leave it at His feet. I may not understand what He is doing, but He is not unaware of my circumstances. Then He reminded me to listen. He had something to say, words of peace to calm my heart and my mind. He reminded that He was with me guiding me, and that He had a plan and a purpose for me. Then (and this was the hard one) He reminded me to obey. To follow what He tells me to do. Which was do my work with a right attitude and a right heart. Be respectful and let my light shine (I admit I did have moments of “non-shining”). Then He said praise. Praise Him for all that He had reminded me of. Praise Him for getting me through this day. Praise Him for his love and peace. Today I got through this day with peace in my heart only because God held my heart in His hand. We have a choice to believe or to not believe. I choose to believe. Today prayer, listening, obedience, and praise allowed me to smile through the storm. I know not everyone that reads this views God the way I do. That’s okay.  As always I don’t ask you to believe just because I do. But I will ask you to seek truth, the real kind. It is not hiding.

“The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness'” (Jeremiah 31:3).

So what am I thankful for today? God’s unfailing kindness.