A New Day

A Minister at a local church often started his services quoting Psalm 118 verse 24 "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Some days are much easier to rejoice in than others and after a few days of rain and grey skies, today, which has been much brighter than many of those last week, has been one of those easier days.


I often think though of the words of a former work colleague who used to say "Every day is a good day if you wake up." Whatever our trials and troubles, if you are reading this, you are more fortunate than millions of others in the world and this week I only have to mention the devastation caused to Haiti by the earthquake. Whatever our circumstances we should be grateful for what we have, for what we can to do help those less fortunate than ourselves and rejoice in the day that the Lord has given us.



Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)