CHRIST, rhymes, & Life

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." I am so thankful for having an amazing God, who loves me in a way I cannot understand. For the cross. For every single blessing in my life, from family to friends, all of which I do not deserve. All I have is from Him, and I should not have any of it. I can go on and on listing everything but to put it simply, I have all I need. Thank you God, for everything.

" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." - Romans 11:36 I've seen so many people give glory to creations rather than the Creator and turn their focus from Him. Yes, God's creations are beautiful and His blessings are nice. But we tend to look at these rather than God. He's the only reason these things exists. Jesus spoke the universe into the existence and created everything we know! So why do we often give so much attention to these things rather than the one who deserves it? " Do not love the world or the things in the world" (1 John 2:15). Many prayers begin by thanking God for blessings. There's nothing wrong with this. But when most of the focus is on that, it's a problem. It's selfish to just thank God for what He's done in your life! He does not exist to just give us a bunch of things. He is not good because He blesses us. He's just good. "'No one is good - except ...

" This is the day that the LORD has made;  let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24 Every day I remember that verse, thanks to a good friend of mine. I used to wake up in the morning and think, "Ah man, another day..." Now I wake up and think, "Man, another day!" There's no such thing as a regular day. Every day is special because God has made it. He planned it out. He blesses us with another day and we can choose to either go through the motions or find joy in it. Of course, not every day is going to be rainbows and sunshine. But I definitely appreciate every one and try to treat it as special. I know I'm living in the Christ and God blesses me abundantly, so I can just rejoice and be glad because I know I have God. The fact that every day is a new day holds more meaning to me. Every morning and every night I ask God to renew me. Just as Jesus said, "Each day has enough trouble of it's own" (Matthew 6:34) . In the mor...