Day 418 - August 7 - Another Day

Connor spent today the way we spend so many these days - hanging around the house. Just another day, without too much excitement or variation. I was reading in the Psalms this morning and was just struck by how much we don't deserve to be rescued - we have rebelled against God from our birth; even in our knowledge of Him, we deny it and choose our own way; we insist on returning to roll in the mire of our own sins, despite the sure knowledge of redemption from their power; we just plain don't deserve anything but utter separation from the holiness of God. And when I am able to see myself in this light, it amazes me that God promises good in our lives - we don't even deserve the daily sustenance with which He sustains us!

But the truth is that none of those things are dependent on me deserving them (good thing, eh?) - they just are because of who God is. And so my response, in my own halting, pathetic way, is to try to be obedient to Him and bring Him just a tiny bit of the glory due His name.

Today is "E", and once again Joélle comes through and helps out her old man. Today I'm thankful for "eternity", because some days (like today), the only way we carry on is in the realization that even if my worst nightmare comes true and we are in this current condition longer than we hope, our entire lives are but a very tiny foreword to the eternal joy and peace we will share with Jesus. That is worth thanking God for!

Y'all have any other ideas?

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