Today is day 26,838. That’s how many days I’ve been on planet earth. I look at that number and find it kind of mind numbing. That’s a lot of days and I can only remember a fraction of them. And it has gone by fast. The Psalmist reminds us that our days are numbered and our lives are fleeting quickly! How does that happen, that all that time has gone by? And the question begging to be asked is “And how many more days are left?” I don’t know…no human knows. But God does. God saw me before I was born and every day of my life was recorded in God’s book before I made my appearance here. The Bible says that every moment of this life of mine was laid out before that first day had passed. God knew me and he was thinking about me from before I was born. How often has God thought about me? The Bible says that those thoughts are precious and that we couldn’t even begin to number them…so many coming so fast. And they still are. God is there with me when I go to sleep and when I wake up he is still there with me! He knows about me and knows what no one else does. He knows my victories and my defeats, my virtues and my sins. And the Bible tells me that he loves me right where I am. But he wants me to continue to grow and change with him in this stretch of life and if I will follow him, he will continue his good work in my heart and soul to conform me to the image of this Jesus of the cross. And even with all 26,838 days behind me, he calls me to look to the future both here in this journey on earth and then with him in eternity. And through his Bible and in my heart I am convinced that the good days are not over…that the best is yet to come. So no matter how new or how long your journey has been, God promises to be with you, to constantly direct his thoughts about you and then guide you through this and every day. And he can do that with ease, because he has known about you and about this day you are about to live since before you were born. And this God who knows all this…well, he is just crazy in love with you…and invites you to be in love with him as well. Here’s our Bible verse for today…
Psalms 139:16-18 NLT You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (17) How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! (18) I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ
Psalms 139:16-18 NLT You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (17) How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! (18) I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ