This is the Day the Lord has Made

"I don't wanna be here today", I thought to myself as I rolled over and hit my alarm off. It looked really cold outside, seeing as snow covered every piece of ground there was and watching the trees bending beneath the weight of the chilly wind. The third week of school was about to begin and I was already tired of it. I didn't quite know why I was in such a dire mood; usually I am ready to start school on monday after having a fun weekend. And I HAD had a fun weekend, so why was I complaining?

I got out of bed grumbling silently to myself, got dressed, and put all my books in my backpack whose weight made me wish even more that I didn't have to leave the dorm. I walked to my first class, astronomy, and in that class no one spoke. I mean, who speaks IN CLASS at 7:45 in the MORNING? The hour went by very slowly, and my brother who usually picks me up after my first class on MWF's didn't go to class that morning and forgot to tell me that he was not going to be there to take me back to my dorm. So there I stood waiting for him outside the library . . .in the cold . . .in a not so good mood. After I had had enough of waiting, I started on the long walk back to my dorm. A could not wait to get back; a break between my 8 and 10 class was just what I needed.

Back in the dorm, I began really wondering why in the world I was so . . . down. It really bothered me to say the least. I realized that I was dissatisfied. Not with one or two things, but just dissatisfied in general. In less than I minute, I had my bible open looking up in the index the word "satisfy". Finding myself in the book of Psalms, I read and read, verse after verse.

"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14

"You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing." Psalm 145:16

"Praise the Lord . . .who satisfies your desires with good things." Psalm 103:2a, 5a


Honestly, I thought, how could I possibly be dissatisfied with anything? My Lord's love at every moment of the day should be enough for me to take joy in every single moment of the day. There should never be anything that distracts me from His love. There should never be anything that dissatisfies me because I am satisfied wholly by the knowledge that the "Lord is still on the throne", as a worship song that escapes me goes . . . I should never be dissatisfied no matter what happens because each day is the Lord's and it is always good.

As I am writing this, I am reminded by a simple children's song - "This is the day". The main statement made in the chorus is, "This is the day that the Lord has made and I will be glad and rejoice in it". All I need to satisfy me is the knowledge that the Lord has made each day, and every day He makes is worthy of rejoicing over because all that He makes is good. Nothing else in this world should take my focus off the goodness of my Lord for creating day after day, basically signifying that He is STLL in control. So now when I feel down, I just remember that each day is full of joy because in it, God has placed His love and attention. He takes great care in creating anything He so chooses.

Each. Day. Is. Reason. In. Itself. To. Find. Joy. In. Everything. That. Surrounds. Me.

Yes. :)