Start the Day Right

No, this won’t be a blog about breakfast cereals, oatmeal or bacon and eggs. The only way I know to start the day right is by reading the Bible and drawing strength from God’s word.

Several times throughout the Psalms, people who trust and find strength in the Lord are compared to palm trees. Palm trees have deep roots and are able to sway in the winds without breaking. Palm trees are able to survive and thrive in harsh arid climates. They are resilient trees.

As I was reading Psalm 92 this morning, I was reminded of a place called Palm Canyon. It’s a beautiful oasis and the palm trees flourish. That’s the picture I used this morning. We live near a golf course and there are many palm trees there too. Tall, stately palm trees, a daily reminder of how God’s wants us to be.

“It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High!
² It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love and at night to announce how faithful you are. ³ I enjoy praising your name to the music of harps,⁴ because everything you do
makes me happy, and I sing joyful songs.

⁵ You do great things, Lord.  Your thoughts are too deep ⁶ for an ignorant fool to know or understand. ⁷ Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots. ⁸ But you will rule over all of us forever, ⁹ and your hateful enemies will be scattered and then destroyed.

¹⁰ You have given me the strength of a wild ox, and you have chosen me to be your very own. ¹¹ My eyes have seen, and my ears have heard the doom and destruction of my evil enemies.

¹² Good people will prosper like palm trees, and they will grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. ¹³ They will take root in your house, Lord God, and they will do well. ¹⁴ They will be like trees that stay healthy and fruitful,  even when they are old. ¹⁵ And they will say about you, ‘The Lord always does right! God is our mighty rock.’” Psalm 92 CEV

I particularly like the last four verses. Good people will prosper, grow strong, take root and do well. They will stay healthy and fruitful, even when they are old. (That’s me! At 72, I am grateful to be strong and healthy.)

The Lord always does right! God is our mighty rock!!

There is no better way to start the day then by praising our God!!