Seize the Day...

Wow! Today it´s already the 1st of April! How crazy is that? I bet you it´s a joke! :-)

I don´t remember that it has been such a nice, warm and early spring in a looong time... I have really tried to enjoy being outside alot this week, taking long walks and enjoying the sunshine! I truly feel this freshness and new energy coming...:-)

Today at church pastor Eino preached about that all good gifts come from above, and how to take hold of the small things in life. How to change our thinking and words, and how we that way set the atmosphere. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he..." And I have been thinking alot about that as well- these heavenly moments on earth, when you can feel God- I guess what Darlene Zschech would call the "Kiss of Heaven". There are so many beautiful moments and we need to learn how to live in the presence, how to not be stressed but go throughout life with the inner peace, and live in constant communication with God-praying without ceasing. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, we have that joy and peace. When our thoughts are fixed on Jesus and all the things we have to thank him for, then how can we do anything but praise him? And God wants to embrace us. He wants to draw us closer to himself. He is so awesome! And his goodness shines! All creation testifies about Him! All creation sings his praise!

We were created to worship our creator. We were created to live in relationship with him, to walk with him... That´s the very essence of our being! And what an amazing reality we live in! That is what the world is longing to hear! The good news! Jesus came to bring us out of the darkness, into his wonderful kingdom!!! Let us never loose focus and the amazement of the biggest gift of all-Jesus Christ! In him we live, and move, and have our being!

Ps 96
Sing a new song to the Lord!

Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
Sing to the Lord; bless his name.

Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.

Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!

He is to be revered above all the gods.
The gods of other nations are merely idols,

but the Lord made the heavens!
Honor and majesty surround him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;

recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!

Bring your offering and come to worship him.
Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.

Let all the earth tremble before him.
Tell all the nations that the Lord is king.

The world is firmly established and cannot be shaken.

He will judge all peoples fairly.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!

Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the fields and their crops burst forth with joy!

Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise
before the Lord! For the Lord is coming!

He is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness

and all the nations with his truth.