Today is a new day!

I woke up this morning feeling sick. My allergies are killing. I drove to the office after talking to a pastor friend of mine for 30 minutes. I thought to myself this is just another Monday. Then I was challenged. I am reading a book called "Crazy Love" by Frances Chan. Here is the deal...I live on a sphere called earth that is spinning about 1000 mph. This sphere we call earth is traveling around a ball of fire called the sun at 67,000 mph. The earth is tilted and if that changed any we are in trouble. If we are closer or farther away from the sun, we are in big trouble. So when you think about it, no day is ordinary and normal. This place we live in is miraculous and special. Then there is you and I. We are miracles! I guess I am saying God loves you and I hope you live today with that mindset. It will change what you say, where you go, what you do. It will affect your conversations with people. You see God is not in heaven wanting to take things away. Sometimes I feel like people view God as a money grubbing being who is always saying "Show me the Money!" God does not need your money, if he did he is bigger than you can could take it if he wanted to. I have learned generosity is not a hardship to us it is a blessing for us. The bible says God wants to give. John 1:14 says Jesus came full of grace and glory. He did not need to get anything. I have realized again today I have really messed up. I am a sinner and no matter how good I try to live I still mess up. It is important because at the end of my life I do not get to judge myself, that will be left up to God. Life doesn't end with you walking through clouds and standing in front of a tall white podium and an old white haired man named St. Peter asking "so how do you think you did..." As you read the book of revelation you quickly see that we as Christians come face to face to a holy glorious God. To those who are not Christians, they face judgment and hell! So do not live your thinking success and godliness is based upon how you view yourself but how God views you. Let's be honest we can all find someone worse than us. God loves you, he loves me. Think about this, because of all of my mess-ups, God sent his son Jesus to die for them. We have all messed up and God punished his own son for the things that we did. That is love! The creator of the universe loves you. Not only does he love us, he also forgives us. So as I stare outside my window today I am thanking God for his blessings upon my life. This is no ordinary day, it is another day I have to live for God and glorify him in all that I do and say. As the psalmist said, "This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in HIM!"