03-03-24

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
March 3, 2024
Today will be a good day! I say that not because I know about anything special that will make it a good day, but because I sort of wonder if there is a better chance of it being a good day if my attitude and expectation are suggesting it might be. I have always believed that if I am open to the possibility, I am more likely to notice good things coming my way. And if I wake up grumpy, burn my breakfast, and hit my head on the doorframe of the car as I am getting in, I don’t care how many good things come my way; I will probably miss every single one of them. I have been thinking a lot about Reset this Lent, and just recently, I have been pondering the possibility of a quick mid-day reset in my attitude… especially on those days that started off in the negative. As I referenced a few days ago the Psalm that announces, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it,” I realize those words don’t necessarily need to be said first thing in the morning. I might even need to say, “This is the day the Lord has made, and though I sort of missed the opportunity to embrace that first thing this morning and then pretty much ignored it over lunch, I pray that I am able to pause, punch a reset, and then find some gratitude for the gift I have been given this day.” 

Whatever time of day I pause and open myself to your grace, O Giver of All Good Things, I pray for the capacity to acknowledge you and all the blessings you have bestowed upon me this day. Amen.