If you have hung around church or Sunday School very long or are familiar with only a few Bible verses, chances are pretty good that you have heard this one:

PSALMS 118:24 - "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."

Recall that one? Good verse.........when everything is going the way that we would have it go!

But what about the days when  we would choose something else? I can recall some of the days right after Merry was killed, running that verse through and through my mind........"this is the day You have made, God.........you want me to rejoice and be glad.....you have everything under control......."  

Rejoicing doesn't mean liking everything which happens to us. It means making a choice.........to rejoice or not to rejoice. That choice is ours! It doesn't have to be having BIG bad things happening to us. It can be stupid, silly things which drag us down.

So what happens when we choose to "rejoice"? Some of our confusion, frustration, depressing thoughts begin to lessen. God gives us mental, spiritual, and maybe even more physical health.........whether what is happening to us, agrees with our timetable and agenda or not.

But just the other day, I read the next verse. I am not familiar with this one:  PSALMS 118.25 - "O Lord, please help us. Save us. Give us success."

Very little are we capable of doing on our own.......are we thankful for each day? Chances are pretty good we don't rejoice as often as we should. Stuff will probably happen to us today for which we are going to need help. We are probably going to need Someone to save and rescue us today. If not from a situation, from ourselves and some of the silly thoughts we might have. And we certainly are going to need all of the help to be successful that is possible.

"Dear Lord,  thank you for creating us, loving us, helping us, saving us, and making us more successful than we could ever be on our own.......and thank you just for today. Amen."