Toast To The New Year

Happy new year!!!!!!!wow am back,you are back we crossed over and I can't believe we did am so grateful to the Almighty for letting us see the beauty and wonder of another year...how have you been how did you spend your holidays I missed you so much I missed writing I missed our little engagement how have you been really....I hope you have been good i hope you had an amazing time i hope God came through for you in ways you didn't even expect I hope you experienced him in new ways that left you speechless...the Bible tells us he is always doing something new can't we perceive it?Our God is always doing something new and just like David said let's seek his presence let us thank him let's give him all the glory and honour...I love David so much because he was a man after God's own heart he told God to search his heart he sung to the Lord and praised him he was in awe of the Lord and worshipped him with everything he had...and we can see even after his death in generations to come God always referred to him as his servant...his relationship with David inspires and intrigues me at the same time am curious I want to know more about it...

Anyway that's besides the point I merely wanted to tell you we always have something to be grateful for In December the last two weeks one word resonated and stayed with me like I can't explain,it just came don't know from where I think the holy spirit deposited it because I didn't read it.. it came and settled in my heart it made my heart it's home and till today am still  unfolding it the wonders and treasures stored in it,I can't even say how much it blessed me...the word is blessed is the day that the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it...I know its commonly said but guys this word has been giving me so much joy i cant explain it...its been blessing me inside and out just saying it aloud makes me want to dance....its that serious

This word reminds me that any day I get to see is blessed that God made it,he created and released it...he knew everything that would occur on that day,the same way he made us,he made that day too... orchestrated it with so much intentionality and mindfulness...i think i lived my life with so much anxiety...if a day goes well am happy if it doesn't am not happy...if things go as planned am full of joy if they don't am distressed...and this made my joy so fragile it limited how i rejoiced in him how i rested and depended on him because my joy was dependant on the events of my day not on the one who made it and counted me worthy to see it...its not something we should take for granted...i promise you when our perception of a day changes our attitude and heart posture also changes we begin to see the beauty of a day and how blessed it is...we rejoice and be glad in it we become present and sensitive to the holy spirit...the joy of the Lord fills our heart as we start to see the little and big blessings he has given us,his joy even becomes our strength when the day is stressful and hectic we trust him to take care of us we believe he is present and with us we trust him so much that we depend on him for everything and anything we need...our God says blessed is the day that he has made so today is blessed indeed nothing is coming to make it blessed it was blessed when the sun rose in the far east when the birds woke up with such sweet melodies with dew on the grass and with my family up and moving it was blessed...

He created it with his perfect hands he is not just a creator he is the only creator and he is perfect... anything he makes is a masterpiece look at you look at me look at your family with the same eyes look at this day breathe in breathe out let the air fill your lungs say a little prayer of thanksgiving tell him God my father thank you for letting me see this day thank you for counting me worthy thank you that when you were waking people up this morning I was one of them,thank you for my loved ones too God thank you that nothing I can do will add or subtract what you have willed for this particular day thank you that it's already in your plan thank you that the day is blessed already for me to walk into it with a glad heart thank you that I am blessed that I am alive healthy and able to do what I had planned to do above all thank you that I am yours and you are mine thank you that your spirit hands and heart is so heavy on this day that your glory is already present and we will see it...help us rejoice in it help us be glad in it help us praise and honour you with every single minute of this day....when people see us or encounter us let them encounter you for that is in enough...and it's in  Jesus name I do pray trusting and believing Amen.

I don't know why I felt the urge to pray I didn't even know how it transitioned into a prayer but I pray it blesses your heart as it blessed me...I think it's important I mention everyday won't be joyful sometimes you will cry through the day sometimes you will have a bad day and can't help being moody our emotions are valid and accepted by God I think I've written an article about it...I really struggle acknowledging my emotions and thoughts and bringing them to God without feeling ashamed...if you're honest sometimes they aren't good thoughts,others are bad others unholy sometimes when am having a bad or crazy day i dont feel like talking to anyone even God I just shut everything out...and I end up beating myself up for doing this for not spending time with him but slowly God has been teaching me to just rest in him to stop trying doing things based on my own strength to rely on him and not my flesh...to let him work everything out that he already knows everything that's happening within me my crazy emotions my crazy day my thoughts and he is not condemning me infact I think God is like my therapist because he will tell me to rest in him so that he can dissect every thought and emotion and in turn helps me through it with so much gentleness...i hope we will know and believe that everyday is blessed and know it for ourselves i also hope that in doing so we will let God take the lead and free us from the shackles of perfectionism and control so that we can perceive and behold the wonder and beauty of each day,so that we can rejoice and be glad in it...I really believe that it's only when we are present mentally and emotionally can we delight in the day.. I believe rejoicing helps us rest in the strength and shadow of the Almighty even when the day is mad crazy and hectic for us.. in doing so we can laugh more engage more with the people we meet along the day be kind to one another and do the things we are supposed to do with a glad heart.
Imagine going through each day of this new year with such a mindset and attitude...I meannnn I can only hope...and you know what I love about God is when he gives you a word it won't stop there he will continue unfolding and digging it deeper into your heart he will reveal to you the wonders and wisdom contained in that word he will let the word take root in your heart and just like a seed it will germinate if only we hold on to it... water it with prayer and worship and seek his presence I believe every word can grow in our hearts and take root... I believe our hearts can be good soil for each word God gives us...I really believe it...let's remind each other this as we go through 2024.

Blessed is the day that the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it...Peace.