Daily Lesson for June 9, 2014

Today's Daily Lesson is from Ecclesiastes 7 verse 14:

"In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him."

So you're having a good day, maybe even a great day - wonderful.  Rejoice in it.  Delight in it.  Enjoy it while it lasts.  And whatever you do, don't ruin all that is good about today by worrying about losing it tomorrow. That's a greyhound chasing a fake rabbit around the check - he'll never catch it.

So your day isn't going so great, maybe it's even a bad one; well rejoice in it.  Learn what you can from it.  Find the gift it has to offer to you.  Receive the gift.  Know that adversity and failure often have more to teach us than does success.  Grow.

Every day is a gift.  A good day is given to us to delight in.  A bad day is given to us to persevere.  High tide and low tide each have their place; and we can't do much to change them.

Through all this - high tide and low - we learn to take nothing for granted.

"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."  We're alive today - tomorrow who knows; so let's make the most of it.