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"Don't heavy today with yesterday's regrets or acidize it with tomorrow's troubles."

A thought by Max Lucado from his book, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours (p. 5). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

But that is what we do so much of the time, isn’t it?

Max says, “We do to our day what I did to a bike ride. My friend and I went on an extended hill-country trek. A few minutes into the trip I began to tire. Within a half hour, my thighs ached and my lungs heaved like a beached whale. I could scarcely pump the pedals. I’m no Tour de France contender, but neither am I a newcomer, yet I felt like one. After forty-five minutes I had to dismount and catch my breath. That’s when my partner spotted the problem. Both rear brakes were rubbing my back tire! Rubber grips contested every pedal stroke. The ride was destined to be a tough one.”

He goes on, “Don’t we do the same? Guilt presses on one side. Dread drags the other. No wonder we weary so. We sabotage our day, wiring it for disaster, lugging along yesterday’s troubles, downloading tomorrow’s struggles. Remorse over the past, anxiety over the future. We aren’t giving the day a chance.

“How can we? What can we do? Here’s my proposal: consult Jesus. The Ancient of Days has something to say about our days. He doesn’t use the term day very often in Scripture. But the few times he does use it provides a delightful formula for upgrading each of ours to blue-ribbon status.

“Saturate your day in his grace.  ‘I tell you in solemn truth,’ replied Jesus, ‘that this very day you shall be with me in Paradise.’ (Luke 23:43 wey)

“Entrust your day to his oversight. ‘Give us day by day our daily bread.’ (Luke 11:3 nkjv)

“Accept his direction. ‘If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross each day and follow me.’ (Luke 9:23 cev)

“Grace. Oversight. Direction. G-O-D”

“Fill your day with God. Give the day a chance.”

So will you do that?


Yes, yes!
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