Ever have a week when it isn't a terrible week, but not overwhelmingly wonderful either? Just- normal. A normal week. You feel like there is nothing to complain about but not too much to get excited about? That's sort of the kind of week I have had. Predictable would be a good word for it. Day to day life.
When I start thinking that this life is too mundane- I remember what I deserve to get- hell, condemnation, isolation from God- and think on what I have been gifted instead- a relationship with the Living God for eternity and daily grace- and I realize that nothing about that is mundane! Sometimes this Gospel truth doesn't just jump into my head. Sometimes walking down the hall at school going through the motions (literally, as I wave my arms through the air interpreting for the 7th hour of the school day) the Gospel doesn't just shine through me like light through a jack-o-lantern. I've got to dig around, got to ask "what is it I'm placing my trust in right now?" "what does it look like in this situation to rely on Christ?"
Sometimes, the Lord brings to mind full Scripture, and as if flows through my mind, I find comfort and rest in the Truth. At times, all I can answer myself is "Christ. His grace. You don't deserve it, but He died for you". And that is enough too.
I need to preach the Gospel to myself daily. Don't you? Isn't it SO GOOD to know that salvation isn't walking down an aisle, saying a prayer and then its done? No- the Lord continually sanctifies us, blesses us, gifts us, teaches us, changes us from one degree of glory to another. And I, for one, desire to be filled with praise for this much more in the "mundane day-to-day" of life.
Continuing my list:
21. The GOSPEL- which I can hear every day for the rest of my life and I will never be tired of it.
22. I am thankful for my job, that I have one to go to everyday.
23. Thankful for cooler weather- the crispness new in the air today!
24. Thankful for a dear, bosom friend, and a few hours with her tonight before she moves away. Thankful for hundreds of hours of precious memories with her the past few years.
25. Thankful to the Lord for answered prayers concerning apt, job, safe travel, ect for friend.
26. Praise the Lord for Elisabeth Elliot and the grace given to her. Thankful for her books that are grace to me.
27. Thankful for beef stew in a bread bowl.
28. Grateful that tomorrow we can wear jeans and a t shirt to work.
29. Thankful for Psalm 105
30. I am thankful that tomorrow is a weekend!
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