Tick. Tick. Tick.
It was JUST CHRISTMAS and now it is not.
It was JUST NEW YEARS DAY and now it is not.
It is JUST January 3.
And now what?
Do you see a long winter up ahead?
Are you buying Valentine's candy?
Are you planning your Easter vacation?
But it is JUST January 3.
Don't we LIVE our LIVES treating our days as JUST.
But we have it all wrong,
as every day is more than
JUST SECONDS
because every SECOND is not JUST a SECOND,
as it can become so much more
depending on how you LIVE it.
Now that SECOND is gone
and another has JUST come
and
now it is gone.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
We can't stop TIME,
but oh how we can LIVE it.
Let's LIVE this next SECOND.
Ready. Set. Go.
SMILE!
Do you feel the SMILE running from your face to your toes?
I do.
Oh how a SMILE changes this SECOND
no matter what is happening or not happening in the SECOND.
When my children were small and they were not having a very good
SECOND
I would drive them nutty and say,
"I bet I can make your SMILE".
And oh they would try not to SMILE,
but in a SECOND a SMILE would overwhelm their face and hearts.
A SMILE sends oxygen
to the HEART
reminding the
HEART
that it is beating,
reminding you that you are ALIVE.
Something so simple
that is at our disposable at every moment
to remind us that we are BREATHING
especially in those moments
when it is hard to even take you next breath~
when the
trials
when the
sorrow
when the
unknowns
make your HEART hurt.
Oh I know those seconds
that turn into minutes that turn into hours
that turn into days
that turn into months
that turn into years
when you wonder if you will ever SMILE again.
But then you wonder how did you make it through
all those SECONDS.
And you look up
and just have to SMILE and THANK the ONE
who was there with you
BREATHING LIFE into your every SECOND.
And better yet
because
"GOD works ALL THINGS for the GOOD for those who LOVE HIM" (Romans 8:28)
and oh how GOD ALWAYS keeps HIS PROMISES.
So on this day
that is JUST JANUARY 3
will you make your HEART SMILE
in all your SECONDS
and INVITE JESUS into your HEART
so HE can do what HE has PROMISED to do
for all who BELIEVE IN HIM.
SMILE as
JESUS takes you
From an Old Creation to a NEW CREATION.
From Bitter to FORGIVEN.
From Anxious to PEACE.
From Rejected to ACCEPTED.
From Lost to FOUND.
From Ignored to CHOSEN.
From Unworthy to LOVED.
From Insecure to SECURE
From Insignificant to SIGNIFICANT
From Fearful to COURAGEOUS
From Doubting to TRUSTING.
From Empty to FULL
From Nothing to EVERYTHING
From Broken to HEALED.
From Unseen to SEEN.
From Unheard to HEARD
From Dead to FRUITFUL.
From Cursed to BLESSED.
From Condemned to GRACED.
From a Nobody to a SOMEBODY.
So is it JUST January 3?
Well
JUST SMILE
because
IN CHRIST
you always have
SOMEONE who SMILES with you
because that is
"MY JESUS"
(listen to the song below)
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