O Happy Day

The subject that I had sensed some weeks ago to post here is still developing. I say that to say what follows is fresh in this moment and not so much related to the initial prompting to get out of me and onto this space and before whomever is to read it.

The freshness of this is now…today yet the catalyst to form these thoughts came by mail some weeks ago just prior to my 59th birthday. This planted seed of inspiration was sent by the staff of Fullness Christian Fellowship where I and Denise attend church. Every member of FCF gets one of these on their birthday each card signed by Pastor Bart and all the other staff including the interns at the time. Honestly, I look forward to this card. I am not certain why but I do. It is most likely because it is a simple yet effective way to encourage. We all need encouragement even if one thinks otherwise. Who was it that said “No man is an Island”?

The card came, it was opened (ok, I do confess, with excited anticipation!), read, then placed standing up on our kitchen island so I could see it there … for weeks.

Yesterday while moving it I read the thought on the front cover of the card.
It reads:

“Each day God is writing
New things upon our hearts,
And our years are the chapters
That record His faithfulness.”
Roy Lessin

I was captivated by this in that moment. Challenged beyond any measured response by these words. Not so much challenged to do something grand…but challenged to dare to believe that everyday God writes new things upon my heart.

For example: New mercies, for I am desperate in my need of his mercy. New faith, for I am extreme in my need for today’s measure of faith. New grace, for I am so in need of the grace to walk in the faith that he measured out to Roger Humphreys for this day.

I can not worry about yesterday…it is gone. I can not fret over tomorrow cause I am not promised tomorrow. Today though…today is a new day for God to write upon my heart…and He wants too! I want him too!

He writes upon your heart as well. What is he writing? Well, take look at the years past and you have an accounting … a manifest of God’s faithful, relentless expression of Himself through your days. This is true of me and of you.

I am challenged and sense the urgency to remain aware each day of his writings upon my heart. Why? you may ask. For this reason, His writings create a choice I must make.

Will I acknowledge the posting of my Creator upon my heart?

Will I embrace those postings and allow them life for the outward expression of Father’s plans and purposes for the day intended to be expressed through me?

BTW: I love seeing what Father has written upon other’s hearts as well. It truly makes for a good read!

Well I'll Be...!

This will be my first blog post in some time and it will also be a short blog to celebrate in brief the remembrance of ... that is not true cause I actually did not remember what I had forgotten which was my user id AND my password which one must have to blog on one's blog.

For three actually four days counting today I have been at at total lost as to how to sign into this blog site. I had something I wanted to post but could not because I totally forgot both my Id and Password ... oh ... I have already said that once before I think. Did I say this is a short blog to briefly celebrate my remembering which I actually did not? I have Technical Assist to thank as they obviously did remember!

However, I am certain I will not forget it again as I have taken out insurance to assure my self that this will not possibly happen again. I screen printed the response email from Technical Assist as to what my user name is ... yes I know... it was my name all along. Well I'll be ... who would have thought that? But... but... before you go all hysterical with laughter remember I just had a birthday and I am way over the hill ... and the user name I chose though my own is one that I seldom used in this context and ... Well I'll be ... just give me a little grace here, ok?

So, with my user name AND (new) password in a safe place so I shall not have to face the embarrassment of having to confess how I forgot my own name and the chosen password I thought I could easily remember ... Well I'll be ... who would have thought this possible?

Anyway, I close this blog so I can began to gather my thoughts for the upcoming post that I wanted to do four days ago before I forgot my own name and password. Ok, Well, I'll be... where is that "ENTER" key?