January 15 is the 15th day of the new year (1.15.2021 can’t get here soon enough, can I get an “Amen”)
February 15 is the post Valentine chocolate let down day
March 15 is the Ides of March
April 15 is Tax Day (Boo)
May 15 is one month from the prettiest girl’s birthday.
June 15 is Karla’s birthday (duh)
July 15 is exactly 11 days after July 4th and exactly 31 days before August 15th
August 15 is India’s Independence Day.
September 15 is Prince Harry’s birthday (by the way, we celebrate several Prince birthdays at my house and ironically Prince Harry’s birthday isn’t one of them).
November 15 is the 320th day of 2020 (and one of the best 366 days of this entire year)
December 15 is National Cup Cake Day (if you can’t celebrate cupcakes, then you my friend are in trouble).
But what’s October 15?
October 15 is TODAY!
Psalm 118 tells us that today is the “day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” The author of Hebrews said, “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today.”
As far as I can tell, neither the author of Psalm 118 nor the author of Hebrews, put any disqualifiers on their words. They didn’t say rejoice only if everything going great or do not rejoice if there is a pandemic. They just wrote that we need to rejoice and to encourage one another as long as it’s called today. Depending on when you are reading this, you have a few more hours to do just that today—encourage and rejoice!
Don’t look at what’s wrong with today. Don’t snarl up a fist and bemoan all of the world’s troubles. Don’t even wish for tomorrow. Let’s be happy in today. The Lord made today! Whatever the Lord makes is good. Can you name something the Lord made that is not good? Even mosquitoes are good. Birds and bats say they taste like chicken. So let’s encourage one another and rejoice! The world needs to see that no matter the circumstance, followers of Jesus are people of hope, not despair. If we have “our eyes fixed on the Author and Perfecter of our faith” (more great words from the author of Hebrews), then we “won’t grow weary and lose heart.”
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