Almost everyday of my life, I find myself talking with someone, who finds that they are having to face a giant!  Most of us do not face giants everyday of our lives, but all of us are facing, have faced, will face a giant.  And when you get finished dealing with one giant, you can almost bank on the reality that another is just around the corner!

When someone comes to me with a personal problem or an overwhelming challenge, I listen to what is going on and then almost always share this simple advice:  “Take it one day at a time!”  Most of us mess our selves up, when we get out past today!  Today is all you’ve got, so don’t get out into tomorrow or next week, and who has any idea about a year from now?

My Granny used to sing this song!  “One Day At A Time!”  She was a very wise woman, who faced some of life’s hardest curve balls, but she did it with grace and charm.  This was one of her favorite songs and the older I get, the more I understand why!

"I'm only human, I'm just a woman. 
Help me believe in what I could be 
And all that I am. 
Show me the stairway, I have to climb. 
Lord for my sake, teach me to take 
One day at a time. 

Chorus: 
One day at a time sweet Jesus 
That's all I'm asking from you. 
Just give me the strength 
To do everyday what I have to do. 
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus 
And tomorrow may never be mine. 
Lord help me today, show me the way 
One day at a time. 

Do you remember, when you walked among men? 
Well Jesus you know if you're looking below 
It's worse now, than then. 
Cheating and stealing, violence and crime 
So for my sake, teach me to take 
One day at a time. 
Chorus: 
One day at a time sweet Jesus 
That's all I'm asking from you. 
Just give me the strength 
To do everyday what I have to do. 
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus 
And tomorrow may never be mine. 
Lord help me today, show me the way 
One day at a time. 
Now that's some good advice - put it into practice, you will be glad you did!

I was thinking tonight – does God’s will make sense?  I think sometimes it does and sometimes it does not!  When it does make sense, it is fairly easy to move forward and pursue.  While there are those times when it does not make sense, and it is hard to move forward!

Faith is a lot easier when it all makes sense.  However, faith takes on its real power, majesty and glory when it does not make sense, because as we trust God the amazing, incredible and unexplainable  happen.

You may have some things going on in your life right now that do not make sense, trust God anyway and you will be amazed at what faith will accomplish in your life!

I used to think that as I got older, life would get easier, but I am discovering that just the opposite is true!  It does not get easier, but more difficult!  It’s difficult to have and keep the right attitude.  It’s difficult to not get discouraged and depressed.  It’s difficult to not want to throw up your hands and in desperation yell out “I quit!”  And this is why conversation with God is such a very important thing in our lives, regardless of our age.

As I was growing up, I was very fortunate to have some great spiritual leaders in my life.  If I called their name, you would not recognize most of them.  They were not great because they had obtained a great name for themselves.  They were great because they loved and pursued Jesus and taught me to do the same.  These men and women helped to grow in me a desire to live in closer and ever-growing relationship with my Savior.

Just saying “I am a Christian!” has never been enough for me!  I want to be a Christian and experience everything that goes with it!  I want to know and experience everything that my Creator has for me.  Before I became a teenager, I had already learned the benefits of the daily discipline of a “Quiet Time”.  As a teenager, I began to spend time with God and discovered rather quickly that these times with God were powerful and very satisfying.  I really have never been able to understand how or why a person does not get this!  I still begin every day by spending time with Him in meaningful conversation which consists of prayer and His Word!

Recently, God has been doing a work in my spending time with Him that includes an ongoing conversation that never really seems to end.  I am not exactly sure when it began, but I know that for a while now, we have been involved in an ongoing conversation.  This is not to say that there are not times that neither of us are talking, because they certainly are.  But when either one of us starts to talk, it’s as if we pick right back up, wherever it was that we left off before!  It is a most amazing sensation!

I am not really sure why I am sharing this with you, other than the fact that I want you to know that God loves you and desires to have conversation with you.  He wants to talk with you, listen to you and show you amazing things!  Take some time today to have a conversation with God – you will be glad you did!