A Day to Accomplish Something

I have nothing especially in mind to accomplish today, but today matters. It is God’s Day. He bestowed it on me. It is now up to me to turn my today into something special. 

     I thought, at first, I would have a little talk with God since He is always to come first. Then I heard the word “prepare.” Prepare for what? I didn’t expect company or have plans to go anywhere. Next, popped out the word, “tomorrow.” Tomorrow? Tomorrow is Sunday. That’s right. I could begin to prepare my heart and mind. Prepare for God’s Day of rest! Prepare for worship! 

     Preparing meant studying my Sunday School lesson, making a list of those who are working to serve and praying for them. I was going to plan ahead, today. I could also plan my wardrobe to prevent the rush and drama which occurs on Sunday morning and which robs me of my still and calm and, I admit, thoughts of just staying home and doing nothing. 

     Today, I will make use of; I will accomplish something. It is the Lord’s Day!

     

LIFE

The writer of the Bible Study I am currently taking talked a lot about the “Provision of Life- how God designed it- about our overflowing abundance- and how it is impossible to out give God.” I took his idea and created a LIFE acronym: 

 

L iving as God designed is rewarding

I mpossible to out give God

F ullness of abundance is given by God

E verything in our living belongs to God. 

Yoked With Jesus

Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you...for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:29a, 30

 

Acronym on being yoked with Jesus: 

    Y our heavy load is shared

    O verload of burdens is lifted

    K ept from falling 

    E asier is the weight

Prayer -Good for the Soul

Sometimes, it hard to know what to pray and how to pray. Many think they can’t just pray for themselves, but we all need the Lord’s help. When I was reading Colossians 1:10, I recognized that it can be a prayer and good for the soul. If we are watchful in our reading we will find many verses useful in "praying the scriptures." 

 

Lord, 

“Help me to walk in a manner worthy of You, to please You in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in Your knowledge.” Amen.                                           (Colossians 1:10)

Good, Humble, Patient

There is:

Good vs bad

Humble vs proud

Patient vs rash

 

I would like to say, in all cases, I would choose the good, the humble, and the patient; however, I am a sinner and do not always choose the right one. 

     I am just so glad and thankful that God loves me enough to take the bad I create and turn it to something good ‘cause He can. I am also thankful that God can use circumstances to help me see that being prideful does me no good and that being patient often wins out over rash decisions and actions. 

 

 “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” 1 Peter 5:6b-7

 

“And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To Him be the power for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:10-11

Praise

A quote I read by John Calvin is: “Praise is the best of sacrifices and the true evidence of godliness.”

 

This got me to thinking more on praise and how I can praise daily: 

 

I praise in (P)rayer.

I praise with (R)aised voice.

In good and bad, (A)ll things I praise. 

I praise through my (I)nner being- in heart and soul.

I praise in lifted heart a (S)ong.

I praise if sad or joyful - in (E)verything I give praise!  

 

My Helper

Everyone needs a Helper!

My Helper

 

Everyone needs a helper.

I have one.

My helper isn’t here to sweep my house

But to sweep the cobwebs from my thinking

And keep me from sinking.

My helper isn’t with me to move around the furniture

But to lift away life’s heavy loads

And point me toward righteous roads.

My helper was sent to give me truth.

I’ve had Him since my youth.

He’s never left me or walked away.

He just stays the course every single day.

Everyone needs a Helper, true.

Ask the Lord for one,

and He’ll send you one, too.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 10/4/2026

 

“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14: 16