Living Right-Side Up

It takes very little to turn a day upside down! Maintaining a calendar helps keep Mister Bill and I on-track ... appointments, meetings, events, deadlines, etc. A common discussion at the breakfast table is what is on the calendar for the day and week. It isn't uncommon, of course, for plan's to be up-ended, cancelled, rescheduled or cancelled altogether. A psalm of Moses says, "O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning that we may rejoice and be glad all our days" (Psalm 90:14 NASB). We can save ourselves from needless stress when we realize our plans amount to very little in relationship to God's perfect plans. In Him - day by day - we find the satisfaction for our souls; and, the psalmist enjoys satisfaction early in the day ... in the morning, he writes. I suggest those morning hours may well be the most slippery - moments turning into minutes, minutes into hours then "boom" the morning is gone. In Mark 1:35, we learn that Jesus rose early "in the morning" to spend time with The Father. A pre-determined, deliberate and well-orchestrated start to the day. There's a much greater reward and certain satisfaction in a day begun with The Lord rather than a perfectly-kept calendar. It's really the only way to live ... right-side-up!