“MAKE EACH DAY COUNT!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 698

August 27, 2024///

This morning my mind goes to how you and I go through each day!

We tend to have our agenda for the day and our goal is to get this stuff done and make it through the day.

We are thinking about just getting our list completed!

Interruptions are not welcome nor are they thought of as opportunities but that is exactly what they are.

Each day should be lived with eternal values, knowing that this life is just a vapor and eternity is long.

Our daughter Donna has a plaque in her kitchen that I took a picture of, and the picture is on our refrigerator. It says:

“DON’T COUNT THE DAYS, MAKE EACH DAY COUNT!”

What a powerful way to live our lives and to affect others for good!

Yes, it is good to be responsible and to know what needs to be done, but we must not get so caught up in our agenda, that getting through the day is all we are thinking about.

We should face each day with the assurance that we can make a difference in the lives of others as we do not grumble about interruptions or situations that come up that do not fit our daily plans.

We should count them as opportunities that can help someone and/or teach us something!

I want to point you to two translations of Psalm 90:12 in the Bible!

Psalm 90:12 (KJV)

So teach us to number our days,

That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalm 90:12 (TPT)

Help us to remember that our days are numbered,

and help us to interpret our lives correctly.

Set your wisdom deeply in our hearts

so that we may accept your correction.

If we are open to letting each day be a day of spreading good and letting our smile or our words lift another person up, we are affecting lives for good.

The last part of verse 17 of Psalms 90 tells us that Lord God Almighty will help us live everyday thinking of others and eternity!

Psalm 90:17B (TPT)

Come work with us, and then our works will endure,

and give us success in all we do.

What will my day consist of! Running and not paying any attention to those around who just may need a word of encouragement.

Will we take a few minutes and make a phone call to someone who is going through a difficult time or someone you have not talked to in a while?

Will we write a card expressing uplifting thoughts?

Will we stop and pick up something the person in front of us in line drops, or will we be in such a hurry, we just sigh as they take the time to set the other things on the counter and pick up what was dropped.

How will we treat the person who needs out from a side road into a line of cars backed up? Let the car out or take every possible inch we can get because we are in a hurry!

Jesus never hurried, He was interrupted, He stopped His journey for one! He did the Father’s will by making each moment count without hurrying past those who needed Him!

May I tell you that this would needs us to take time to:

“MAKE EACH DAY COUNT”

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Father, I come in the name of Jesus and thank you that you will help each of us live each day with eternity in mind. As we go through our days, may we understand that each situation and each person we see or talk to on the phone needs us to be unhurried and aware of them. Help us walk through each day with your Peace within, which will then allow us to spread peace. I release this day to your Lordship! Amen!

MAKE EACH DAY COUNT!

Love, MeMaw!