A Simple Song

"Some days are diamonds, some days are stone" is how the song from way back is remembered in the memory I carry with me these days.  The song has more than a measure of truth.  Some days seem like sunrises all day long and some seem like a billowing thunderstorm from beginning to end.  Some days end with lingering frustration and some end on a note of joy.  Every day brings to us its own music.  We never know for sure when our feet hit the floor exactly where they are going to walk.  

However, this morning started with a surprising rendition of "This is the day that the Lord has made...I will rejoice and be glad in it."  It is a simple song.  Most of us know it.  Most of us have sung it a time or two.  It is a song which refutes the idea that some days are stones as it declares all days are diamonds because we see and know and experience the presence of the Lord inside of them.  When I heard the song at the beginning of this day, my spirit without a thought said, "Amen!"   

To paraphrase a poem by Cushman which has within it the line, "all day long His presence lingered, like glory in my breast," I have walked through a day which had a lot things which could have derailed it causing disaster; yet, this song kept an awareness of presence in my heart.  Indeed, every day is a good day.  No matter how we feel on rising and no matter what stones get thrown at us during the day, it a good day for one very simple reason.  It is a day the Lord has made.  It is also a day that the Lord has given to us.  Thanks be to God for a simple song to provide steering for the day.