I love the way God can bring new spiritual food out of the same texts I've read over and over! Today, as I woke up and started thinking about my upcoming day, the new habits I've been developing started to kick in
and I remembered that I wanted to start my day with praise to God. I started
singing Psalm 100 in my mind. This time it was verse 2 that jumped out at me: "Serve
the Lord with gladness. . . "
I had been glad when my friend asked me to put together the memory board for her husband's funeral. I wanted do whatever I could to help, and this gave me something concrete to do. This morning, as I recited that psalm, however, I suddenly realized two things. I recognized that by making this memory board for my friend, I was also serving God. And I realized that I hadn't been serving with gladness; I'd been serving with a bit of fear! As I worked on this project, I had allowed myself to become concerned that I might inadvertently do something "wrong": use a picture she wouldn't like or that someone else would find non-flattering, mislabel something, upset someone by the use of too many pictures that included one person or another, leave someone or something out that someone thought should be there, etc. Through all of that I was losing the gladness with which I had started my task.
I remembered what my husband had said last night when I asked his opinion about something related to the memory board. He said, "I'm sure you've been praying about this as you worked on it, so I'm sure it will be fine." He was right, I had been - I just let my concerns make me forget. There's a song I learned in my childhood that says, "Why worry, when you can pray?" That's such a good question! For today I choose to let go of my concerns and serve with gladness in my heart.
Father, thank you for your loving guidance as I work to create this memory board for my friend. May it be a blessing to her and her family. Thank you for the blessing it is for me to make it for her. Thank you for showing me yet another reason why praise is so important as it takes away my fears and fills me with gladness. Thank you, Father!
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