We never think of keeping a day safe.
Rather we think of keeping our family safe and our life safe.
We never imagine a day needing protection.
Why even have this thought?
I thought of “protecting my day” recently when I realised how many times, my day was ruined because of different things that happened.
I felt a sense of indignation and I realised I was in charge of changing the course of my day for better, even when certain parts of the day were ruined!
What if I watched more carefully for someone or something coming along to hurt my day and what if I consciously made better choices so I was less affected by life’s negative events?
What if I protected all the hours in my day, really carefully?
Even if the last two hours of your day have been dreadful, you still have the rest of the day, to improve things now. I am sure this is God’s will.
I can never imagine Him saying, “Make your day as worse as possible!”
Rather I can imagine Him saying, “Redeem the time, for the days are evil.”
No one has heard of putting a Band-Aid on “an hour”, meaning you are “covering” a slot of time with some sort of protection.
But what if you did, figuratively speaking?
Right now?
Don’t you sometimes hear yourself saying, “My day was ruined because….”
What if you did not say that?
But rather you said, “Some of the day was ruined but I still have a few hours left to improve things.”
If I decide to sit back and do nothing, I will let someone or something kill my day.
You cannot control everything that happens, but at least you can control your responses.
God wants you to control all your responses.
After all, who will, if you don’t?
We have a lot more control over rough days than we think we do.
Your day is your subordinate. You are the boss of it.
Choose the most beautiful paths in the worst possible circumstances.
If this path is only in your head, so be it.
God will be on this path in your head.
Talk to Him on this path. He is always there.
God said, “Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” (Psalm 50:15)
Aim for better days every day.
Imagine a shield around “your day”.
Protect this God-given time as something very precious.
Harm will come to your day at times.
As if someone came along and stabbed your day!
But what if you realised that the day was not fully hurt?
Make the remaining hours, beautiful because God is with you right now.
I personally have written off so many days in the past because certain things weren’t going well.
Here I was acting as if someone killed my day 100% and was slowly killing me.
I was approving this day-killing even though the day was still alive and not finished yet.
Please don’t say, “Tomorrow will be better.”
Rather say, “I am going to make things better, right now!”
Why not say, “A lot of my day was ruined and the day truly hurt. But for the remaining hours, I am going to cherish them. What has not been hurt is still well. There are still a few hours left that need my love and protection. Good atomic habits for God, no matter how small, will help me improve my day.”
Helen Olenjin ❤️ X
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