My birthday was a fabulous affair. Now it is in the rearview mirror. But I am experiencing no let down. And since this devotional piece is called “The View from My Place,” I’d like to share with you the praises from “my place” from this morning that have kept my celebration going.
Thank You, Lord, for this new, day-after-my-birthday celebration, called “today.” It is a day You have made, and it is filled with possibilities and opportunities. All things are possible with You, and I have the opportunity to live each moment by faith in You.
The best thing about today and every day is You. You are my life, with or without the other things I have or do. You remain my truest treasure, my brightest dream and my supreme delight. The gift of Your presence is mine both now and forever.
I am thankful for how You have removed from me the feeling of guilt or being ashamed of “not spending time with You,” and replaced it with thankfulness for the longing in my heart for You that grows and intensifies after just a short while of “separation.” (Not actual separation, of course, because You are and always will be within me, but I mean when I have been otherwise engaged, preoccupied or focused on other things and have not “connected” with You.)
I have come to love to worship You, Lord. That is, to reflect on and to affirm Your greatness. To magnify You. To ascribe to You the glory due Your name. To meditate on Your goodness and love. Thank You for revealing Yourself to me day by day. You are my daily and forever after-party.
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