Praise for the Ordinary Day
Meg Chaney
“You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.”
How is your heart doing this week?
What have you been reading? What have you been exploring? What has given you joy?
Last night at dinner, my husband asked each of us to share our favorite part of the day. My first reaction was to list everything I didn’t do. Everything that I meant to enjoy and accomplish in the day, and didn’t happen. He asked again, “yes, but what did you enjoy?”
Which got me to thinking. We really are our own worst critics. We really do give ourselves such hard time.
But Joy.
Joy can be found pretty much anywhere.
Yesterday was a pretty normal day in our house. We worked on homeschooling, I cleaned some bathrooms, did some loads of laundry, swept the floors, made a nice, healthy dinner for my family. The kids got along pretty well. It was just a busy, relatively normal day in the life.
But what joy could be found?
I found joy in the warm sunshine, and my children playing outside.
I found joy in watching an interview online, of a Prince & His wife that left Royal Life.
I found joy in the Disney Music my kids blasted, while doing their afternoon Math.
I found joy in that our day was unrushed enough for me to make dinner for my family.
Sometimes our life feels way too rushed, and I don’t feel like I even have a moment to spare.
Yesterday was a beautifully ordinary day, with so many ways in which to praise my LORD.
How was your yesterday? Was it ordinary? Was it frustrating? Was it beyond hard? We all have such days.
What out of your yesterday can you Praise the Lord for? How did He show up? In big ways and small?
I am so thankful for the refreshing breathe I can take on such ordinary days. Often, raising my children is really hard. Often, our lives are incredibly full. Often, the cares of this world will feel so heavy on my shoulders.
Never underestimate the joy found in an ordinary day. Never underestimate how much we can worship our God above, just by living out even the tiniest parts of our lives for His glory.
He can be praised in all things, big and small.
So what could you find joy in, today? In your big or small day? What could you praise your Lord above for?