Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I stepped out onto a cold front porch this morning with a hot cup of coffee, a hunger for His Word, and a desire to be Taught by the Author and Perfecter of my Faith. It’s a new day of a new week in this Journey called “life” and if I want to be ALL that He Created me to be, then I need to put my Relationship with the King of all kings above all else. It’s almost as if I could hear the voice of my 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. Undoubtedly we’ll find a whole lot more Peace in the process when we rely on the Living God for it all.

Humans are much more capable than our feathered friends but our lives are similar in many ways when you think about it. We have a sense of security as we approach each new day even though there are very few things that we can actually 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 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 these things tomorrow. We can store up 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 so we need to Treasure the time we have today. 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…just like the birds.

We know for sure that one day life on this earth will cease to exist for each of us and that our days are Determined by the One who gave us this life to live. Life 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 the birds of the air – here today, gone tomorrow and when it’s over it’s over…and even though that makes no sense at all, it makes me sad to see how shallow their perspective is. 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 and roll the dice that they’ll be able to make the Decision to Surrender before they draw their last breath. Some of us Understand what this life on this earth is really all about, and we Know with absolute Certainty what Life will look like for us for all of Eternity based on our Choice for the Best of us. We look at Life a whole lot differently than the rest of the world does, and we Understand that what we have today may be gone tomorrow because “the Lord gives and takes away”. We Live out our lives like those carefree birds at the farm…we give it all we’ve got to give 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 because we Know that “the righteous will never go hungry”. We have “Peace that surpasses all understanding”, we have Joy no matter the circumstances, 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 He puts in my path today. Some of them may fly away and they won’t give a second thought about the Best part of themselves 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 too. I’m just a soul wrapped in a package. Although the outside of me will weather and age and one day it will wear out for good, my Soul aka known as the Best Part of me will live on for Eternity.

How about you?