Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This

And again I say rejoice!  You are the star that shines bright in someone’s midnight sky!  And again I say rejoice!  You are victorious in all things through Jesus Christ!  And again I say rejoice!  The battle has already been fought on your behalf!  God has dried up your tears so again you may laugh!  God is adding more to your life so it’s easy to do the math! AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE!

Good day to you all!  Take a look at what you have accomplished and know that God is not done yet!  Know that you are in the midst of a miracle, and once God starts to move forward there is no turning back!  Smile for today, and give Him praise for tomorrow!

So, I don't worry, 'cause...
Mama said there'll be days like this,
"There'll be days like this," my mama said.
(Mama said, mama said.)
Mama said there'll be days like this,
"There'll be days like this," my mama said-The Shirelles

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18

I am going to make an epic statement today!  Today I am going to reveal something that is so ground breaking and earth shattering, that you may not be able to take it.  Today I tell you: Every day is a good day!  It doesn’t matter if it is a Monday that you wake up to with thunderstorms and flat tire, or a Wednesday when you find out that there are lay off’s at your job, I am making the case to you that every day is a good day when you are in step with God. Blessing can be like an Easter egg hunt. Some blessings are easy to see because they are obvious, and out in the open.  Some blessing are hidden, and not easily seen.  I want you to know that just because you have picked up on the blessings that are out in the open, it doesn’t mean that blessings that you can’t see are not there.  What some people call a bad day, is merely a day that the blessings are not as easy to see, but please believe me when I tell you that they are there!  You are blessed every day!

Dear Reader, I want you to know that God does not wait for any particular time or place to bless you.  My mama told me that God is good all the time.  It always confused me when people would say that God is good all the time (and all the time God is good), but then I would hear those same people tell me about what a bad day they just had.  Circumstances should not change your outlook.  I want to encourage you today to look at the Brightside.  Jesus said “I am the light of the world”. When you are at your darkest, turn to the light.  I want to encourage you to keep searching for your blessings with persistence of a child looking for a golden Easter egg.  When you seek, Dear Reader, you shall find!

Mama said there would be days that I would have to praise Him through my tears.  Mama said that I would have to praise Him through my fears.  Mama said there would be days that I would have to trust Him with all of my heart even though my eyes told me that there was not hope.  Mama said that I would have to listen to His voice when there was nothing but silence!  Mama said there’d be days like this.  On those Monday’s when the thunder has come and the rain is falling, God is cooling down what would have been a hot day.  When you get that tire fixed, God is using you to bless a tire shop that was one customer away from going out of business.  Isn’t it a blessing to be a blessing?  I am a witness that just because your job lays you off, it does not mean that God has put you down. Never forget where the source of your blessings comes from. Sometimes we have to know when we are being pushed out of the nest.  When a baby bird is pushed out of the next it has to flap it’s wings otherwise it will hit the ground.  The next time you get pushed out the nest start flapping your wings of praise and God will be the wind beneath your wings and you will fly higher than the nest from which you came.   Yes Dear Reader, my mama told me about those days, but she also told me that God would never leave me or forsake me.  Mama told me that no matter what I went through there would never be a day that God would let me down.  I am on the right side of salvation and on the Brightside of dark situation.  I praise His name every day. Every day is a good day and I am so glad that mama told me there’d be days like this!

You are beautiful, loved, and blessed

John Reed