“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” ‭‭(Psalms‬ ‭118:24‬ ‭NLT‬‬, emphasis mine)

How can I be glad? What can I be thankful for during this day?

I am thankful for breath. I will use all of it to glorify my King.

I am thankful for life. I woke up this morning and have 24 more hours to live life to the fullest.

I am thankful for community. I will gather today with friends who have become family and “we will rejoice and be glad” together.

Today is the 114th day of the year, so I’m not quite one-third of the way through my goal of writing something every day in 2021.

But this morning, I don’t want to write. I want to simply sit quietly and listen to that still small voice that tells me I’m enough.

The truth is that we will often not do enough, or say enough, or earn enough. I may not write enough, or develop a thought deeply enough, or weave my words together beautifully enough to make people want to read more.

But the greater truth is that it’s impossible to not be enough. We were all enough on the day we were born, and we’ll still be enough on the day we die. We don’t have to do anything to be enough, and every single day we live is another attempt to convince us that that statement isn’t true.

But it is.

And when I’m quiet — really quiet — the loving whispers from God grow louder than the lying shouts from the enemy.

“You are my beloved. Period.”

Now, that’s something to write about. 😀

A little over a year ago, our family started making plans for a 2021 Family Extravaganza. Since 2021 was going to be a year of big things (3 graduations and a 30-year anniversary), we decided to celebrate in a “bigger than usual” way.

Today, after a year of planning and saving, we finished booking all the stuff we’ll need for a family trip to Utah. As each email with the word CONFIRMED in the subject line came into my inbox, my smile got a little bigger, but so did the revelation from the Holy Spirit.

Just as our family has anticipated this trip for a year and even wondered if it would happen because of all the stuff that’s happened in that year, we often go through this life hoping and doubting. Praying things will work out and then panicking a bit when it seems they won’t.

But there is something about that word CONFIRMATION that sets all of that aside. There is no more worry about what will happen on June 8, 2021. Our family WILL get on a plane, and we WILL sleep in another place, and we WILL celebrate! It’s booked, and we have the confirmation to back it up.

Paul reminds us of an even greater booking that took place when we chose to trust and follow Jesus. In Ephesians 1:14, he wrote.

“The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.” (‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬, emphasis mine)

My salvation, my inheritance, and all the promises of God have been booked for me and the Holy Spirit is my CONFIRMATION. God WILL bring us to our destination no matter what the journey holds. HE HAS CONFIRMED IT!!!