A Family Saying

Some see the sun of the new day with dread.  They rise expecting what it is to come to be as bad, if not worse than yesterday.  Some see the sun of the new day with hope.  Surely, the new day cannot be as bad as yesterday is the mantra.  And, there are some who see the new day with anticipation believing and knowing that what is to come is going to be filled with something new, something surprising, and something which is a part of the unfolding plan of God.    

It should go without saying that our expectations do have some bearing on how our life is experienced.  There is a family saying among those who are a part of my life which refers to speaking things into existence.  Surely, there is some truth is this family word as it points to the expectations we carry with us into the newness of each day.  If we go into the day looking for something good, we are likely to find it and, of course, the antithesis of this is true as well.    

What is always true and what is often missed as we get up and hurry into the day is that God is always in the midst of what is ahead of us.  It would do us all good to read or remember each day a word Jesus spoke to the disicples long ago as He said, "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!"  (Matthew 7:11)  If we go forth believing that the new day is a day in which God's blessings of grace and mercy will be falling on our path, it might stir us to get up and get our feet moving into the way God is making ready for us.