December 2nd- 31st
Day 1 – a person I’m glad to have in my life: I’m grateful for my mother and all that she does for us. We tend to forget all the many things our mothers do for us. You may not realize it until you no longer have her. Don’t let the beautiful things you love become the beautiful things you miss! I’m thankful I still have my mom. 🌸
Day 2 – something I find comfort in: I find comfort in knowing that God’s mercies are new EVERY morning! Knowing that even when I fall, He gives me the opportunity to get back up and try again, because He is so merciful and long-suffering. Despite the countless times I fail, tomorrow is ALWAYS a new day. 🌞
Day 3 – My favorite part of the morning…is being able to see the sunrise and the peace and quietness of being alone.
My absolute favorite part about mornings is that God’s mercies are new each day and every morning is the start of a new day! A new day to start over, a new day to glorify God, a new day to be refined, a new day to do something new 🌻🌞 “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” -Isaiah 26:3
Day 4 – My favorite memory: One of my favorite memories is when we went to fellowship with our church brethren and the first night we were singing “Sing Hosanna” together, which led to everyone singing spontaneous new verses while dancing too. We sang for literally a couple hours straight! That was one of my favorite days!! Precious moments💛
“🌻Put praises in my mouth so I can bless you.🌸Graph me into the vine so I can bear fruit.💟Give me a heart O Yahveh so I can love you.✨Give me a living faith so I can please you.🌞Write your name on me so I can be yours.✝️Fill me with your spirit so I can be your witness.”
Day 5 – An accomplishment I’m pleased with or thankful for: I am so thankful that I overcame my fear of singing… it was all because of God though and not at all through my own strength. I am weak but he is strong. I was in bondage to my fear of man, until God freed me. I used to sing in front of people when I was younger, but then at some point I clammed up and wouldn’t sing at all. My fear of singing was so great that I wouldn’t even sing in a group. I guess I was worried about what people would think about how I sounded. I wanted to break out of my shell, but I just couldn’t make myself. Then I started writing poems and songs, and I had so many that I wrote but was too afraid to share them, so it felt like I wasn’t allowing God to use my songs to edify others. When I had the opportunity to play at a festival in 2019, I asked my guitar teacher if he would play and sing with me, and he said yes, so we sang a song that I wrote called “The One”. This was the first time in years that my parents, grandparents, and really anybody other than a couple of people, had heard me sing. My mom said she teared up. I remember her telling somebody before that if I ever was to start singing again that she knew it would be because of God. So in 2019, Jesus did free me of my chains of fear, and now I sing and write music to the Lord and share it with other people.
He is why I sing!!
Day 6 – A hidden blessing in a difficult situation: I courted a young man for the first time early this year, and I had really hoped that it was God’s will for us to marry one day, and I kept praying that He would make it known to me whether it was His will or not. He certainly did answer my prayers, with a very clear answer, but in a way I least expected. When we found out that he wasn’t how we thought he was and it didn’t work out, the answer was so obviously no. I was so heartbroken and didn’t understand why. But now, oh how I am so thankful that God revealed he wasn’t the one for me; that God showed us early on rather than years later down the line. God kept me from something that would have made me live a life of regret. It was most definitely a blessing in disguise. As devastated and heartbroken as I was and as much as I wanted it to work out, now I’m so glad that it didn’t. I see now that it was a blessing and God saved me from what I didn’t really want, though I didn’t know at the time. It also made me cling to Jesus more. “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.” -Psalm 34:18
This verse is so so true.
His plan is always greater, so just trust Him! Always, always 💛💛💛
Day 7 – An opportunity I’m grateful for: Being able to take music lessons (guitar for 2 years and now piano).
I’m so grateful that God put the desire in my heart to play guitar a few years ago, which led me to finally start singing, and now learning piano. Songwriting has been a way for me to express what is in my heart, which started out as writing poems. I get an inspiration, write it down, and the rest usually just flows. I am thankful that I have parents who are willing to pay for lessons. Music can be a way to just take a break from everything and the time just flies! It is a way to witness, worship and praise, and glorify God. It can make you joyful, or make you sad; help ease the pain that you’re feeling, or make your heart ache even more. Whatever it is though, may God be glorified through all that we do ✝️
“Music is a gift and grace of God, not an invention of men.” -Martin Luther — “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” -Psalm 69:30 — “Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs…Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD!” -Psalm 150:4,6
Day 8 – My favorite song (and why): This is a hard one, for I have so many. I’ll have to choose ‘Home To Me’ because it has my favorite meaning, though I don’t listen to it as often anymore. I love the meaning behind this song, that Jesus is our home! I’ve wrote so many poems about this topic (including the one attached) ❤️ He has known us from the very beginning, before we were even born. He has had a plan for each and every one of our lives, and he desires that we would love him as he loves us. He. Is. Home. Forever. Home is where we feel most loved and is the place most familiar. Home is our resting place! It’s where you always run back to. Home is the sweetest place of all, where our hearts reside. There is no place more comforting than home. This world is NOT our home. Jesus. Is. Home. 🏡Listen here:
https://youtu.be/x7ywtADwnQY
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