I’m heading overseas on Easter Sunday to speak to the graduates of a Bible program. I’m looking forward to sharing their delight as they celebrate this milestone. In preparing my talk—in which I want to encourage them in their calling—I recalled a quote often attributed to Mark Twain:
The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.
I’ve thought about that quote in the context of my own birth and calling. I share more about this in my podcast this week with my son Bo.
During our chat, Bo mentioned the THIRD most important day in your life: TODAY! And he’s right!
So, I’ve modified my talk to share the THREE most important days in your life: the day you were born, the day you find out why, and TODAY!
Every day is a gift from God. Every day God gives us reasons to live. Every day, we can wake up and say, “Thank You, Lord, for the gift of today. Help me to use it in a special way.”
I pray for YOUR day ahead, that God will speak to you about how you can use it to glorify and enjoy Him.
He is so glad you were born. He is so glad you are here. And He is so glad to walk you through THIS day, TODAY.
You can watch the rest of our podcast at this link.
And if you need encouragement that YOU were born for a purpose, here are three Bible verses I’d love for you to read and even commit to memory. They can bring life to your soul.
As God said to Jeremiah:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5).
As Paul said to the Ephesians:
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
And as David sang in the Psalms:
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb… all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalms 139:13-16).
Before I go, I wanted to show you a painting I made this week, capturing an image of my puppet carver friend from Italy, Girolamo Botta, with one of his “babies,” as he calls them. This one is Rinaldo. You can click the link or the picture to watch how I painted it. :)
https://youtube.com/shorts/-KRUb7FiZqM
Have a great week! And enjoy TODAY!
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