My Day Before God — Basilea Schlink

God lives and works today. That should be the happy experience of your life, too. Not just sometime, someday. No, it can and should be your experience today. Listen to today's meditation by Basilia Schlink called, My Day Before God.

Quieting the Heart Before God

Perhaps you still have a whole day ahead of you, or perhaps you're already busily at work. But wherever you are, whatever you're doing at the moment, however you feel, try for a minute to become very quiet.

Seeing God as Father Throughout the Day

Fix in your heart on God alone, your Father. And let's pray together. My Father, I thank you that you've given me another day. I know that you have thoughts of love and goodness for me today, because you're my Father and I'm your child.

Recognizing God’s Loving Work in Ordinary Gifts

Oh Lord, please give me eyes to see your hand at work today, to do me good through the love and kindness of other people, through their taking care of me, through help, joy, and all the good things for body, soul, and spirit.

Entering Deeper Fellowship Through Thanksgiving

Let me be a grateful child today, really thanking you, my Father, for the smallest tokens of your love. Grant that through thanksgiving, I might recognize your love more and more, and enter into deeper and richer fellowship of child to father.

Guarding Against Pride and Taking Grace for Granted

Don't let me take your good gifts for granted today. Guard me from viewing and taking advantage of all your grace out of self-pride and haughtiness. Lord, free me from the sin of pride, which makes me so blind.

Dependence on God’s Mercy and Grace

Give me the light to see that I'm your creation, totally dependent upon your grace, and furthermore a sinner who's lost every right to your love and goodness. Yes, Lord, help me to always remember that every good gift comes only out of your mercy and grace.

Rejecting Complaint and Grumbling

Dear Lord, I want to promise you that I won't complain today about anything, for when I start to make accusations against people and circumstances, I'm really accusing you. Cover my lips with the power of Jesus' blood, so that I don't sin by complaining or grumbling.

Giving Thanks in Chastening and Difficulty

Rather, let me answer as a repentant sinner ought to, by giving the right response to everything you bring to me today, saying, thank you, and again, thank you. Please grant me the grace to be able to give thanks, even for the chastenings and difficulties.

Finding Blessing and Glory Through Suffering

Help me to remember that suffering brings the greatest blessing, and that affliction gives birth to glory. And so let this day become a day of thanksgiving, in which I can show my true childlike love for you as my Father.

Rejoicing God’s Heart Through Gratitude

And so let this day be a day of joy for you, a day in which my gratitude may rejoice your heart, so that your pleasure may rest upon me as your creation and your child. 85028 -4099. That's God Lives and Works Today, 9849 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85028 -4099.

God bless you.