Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I grabbed a blanket and met with the Living God at the break of dawn on a cold front porch with a hot cup of coffee and an Instruction Manual to breathe warmth into my soul. It’s almost as if I could hear the voice of the Father as the world around me scurried around looking for sustenance. The birds need food for each new day – they can’t store provisions away like the squirrels can and they always seem happy to find what they find as they continually search for more. I think we stand to learn a few things from the birds when it comes to living each new day for what it is without a focus on what we’ll have tomorrow…and we find a whole lot more Peace in the process when we rely on the Living God for it all.

We’re more capable than the birds of the air but our lives are similar when you think about it. We have a sense of security as we approach each new day but there are so few things that we can bank on. We know that the sun will come up and the sun will go down and if we’re still breathing, we’ll enjoy them both…at least for one more time. We know that we’ll experience a lot of happy days throughout the Journey of Life and we know that we’ll experience some sorrow. Most of us know that we’ll have food on the table and a roof over our heads today, but there are no guarantees that we’ll have them tomorrow because “the Lord gives and He takes away”. We can store our food for the winter the same way the squirrels do around the farm, but there is no guarantee that it will be there for us tomorrow when we need it. We are loved and we love back, and it’s those things of the heart that bring the greatest joy in this life but there are no guarantees that the ones we love will be there tomorrow for us to love. It’s only when we consider how frail (and how brief) our lives really are that we learn to live each day to its fullest and we learn to appreciate what we have today without much worry about tomorrow.

We know for sure that one day life will cease to exist for each of us and that our days are determined by the One who gave us this life to live. It could cease on this very day or it could cease decades from now, but it will cease for all. One day we’ll be here and the next day we won’t, and if we live our lives with any depth at all there will be a void when we cease to exist here on earth. But the part of us that will die is the LEAST of us, and although it will get buried or burned one day, THE BEST OF US will go on forever. We know for sure that the choice we make for the Best of us will determine where we’ll spend our Forever. Some people see their lives like those birds…here today, gone tomorrow, and when it’s over it’s over. But that makes no sense at all! Some people live on the edge and even though they know that the choice they make for the Best of them needs to be made, they’d rather take their chances that they’ll be able to make it before they draw their last breath. But there are some of us that Understand what this Life is really all about and we know what Life will look like for us forever based on our choice for the Best of us. We look at Life a whole lot different than the rest of the world and we Understand that what we have today may be gone tomorrow. We live out our lives like those carefree birds at the farm…we work hard on each new day and we don’t try to plan too far ahead. We understand where our sustenance really comes from and we don’t fret about our provisions. We have Peace and we have Joy and we have a Lifetime Guarantee that will be honored for all of eternity. When you look at it that way, how could anybody NOT make a choice for the Best of them?

I will enjoy every second of this new day and I’ll do my best to make it my best. I am confident about the Best part of me and I’ll be ready and waiting to explain my Lifetime Guarantee to anybody put in my path today. Some of them will fly away and won’t give a second thought about the Best part of Life (or eternity) BUT there will always be some that want what I have and when I tell them about the Master Plan they’ll make the best choice for the Best of them.

How about you?