Day of Praise

Fr, 08/09/13, "Day of Praise"

"[O, God,] because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you" - Psalm 63:3

Who and what do you aspire to be?

If you're not sure, you can easily access all sorts of people who are willing to make suggestions. Just go to http://www.google.com/search?client=ms-rim&hl=en&q=for%20what%20do%20you%20aspire&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&channel=browser.

As for myself, today's Bible verse inspires me to aspire to be a beautiful person who has a good grasp on life.

I can explain very simply. At http://mobile.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/lips.html, I found two quotes that sum up my aspiration to be a beautiful person who has a good grasp on life.

The famous, British actress Audrey Hepburn said, "For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

I aspire to have beautiful eyes that look for the good in God and others. I aspire to have beautiful lips that speak praise to God and kindness to others. And I aspire to have poise, walking with the knowledge that God is always with me.

And Hugh Sidey, the famous Time-Life magazine journalist who covered the American President for almost half a century, said, "Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."

I aspire to have such a grasp on life where joy and laughter spill prevalently from my life each day.

In sum, I aspire to be a beautiful person who has a good grasp on life.

What about you?

"[O, God,] because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you" - Psalm 63:3

Praise God!

(For an archive of "Day of Praise", please visit my daughter Calley's website at http://dayofpraisepc.blogspot.com/?m=1)

Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson