Today’s Reflection
It’s true.
I’ve made some terrible decisions in my life—choices that have affected everyone around me in one way or another, with consequences that linger to this day.
This morning, I sit in the quiet stillness of Sunday, drinking coffee, hugging the dogs, and gazing at the beautiful garden God shaped with my hands.
I look around at the many riches He has entrusted to me, blessings I am called to protect for His glory.
Every day, I wrestle with the feeling that I’ve failed God—not merely because I’m fallible and foolish, but because the very things He’s trusted me with sometimes seem to fall apart before my eyes.
No amount of intervention seems to fix this. No actions, no examples, no modeling of good habits seem to bear fruit.
It’s frustrating to witness rebellion, fear, and emotions running unrestrained, while I sit and wonder whether anything I’ve done has contributed to what I’m seeing.
I wonder, too, how much I’m being tested—and influenced by the world—to rebel and make unwise choices of my own.
But my coffee is hot, there is peace where I sit, and though my faith is tested in many ways, I remember that I am not in control.
Instead, I am called to lead by example, to live by faith, and to love as God has loved me.
It might not be a good day—but it’s God’s day, and that’s good enough for me.
