Weekly e-news January 31, 2020

Hey, everyone! What an awesome day this is going to be!!

We can look forward to… hang on one sec…

“Cloudy with a chance of showers later with highs around 50…”

Oops. Weather-wise, not so amazing after all. I guess January’s like that tho… Usually cold, lots of “cloudy with a 70% chance of dreary”…

Today is January 31. January has 31 days. So does December. July and August have 31 days too. So the hottest two months and the coldest two months have the maximum number of days!

I just got an awesome idea!! What if they took one day from October, December, January, July and August (which all have 31 days) and put those days at the end of a few of the months that only have 30 days…

Like November (one more day for Christmas shopping! You’re welcome, economy!)…

They could even add two days each at the end of June and April! That way, the nicest months, weather-wise would be longer and the less awesome ones would be shorter!

That would also get rid of October 31/Halloween (which some love but not me!) and December 31/New Years Eve which has the most DUIs!

Wait!

I just realized that’s a terrible idea! Because today, dreary ol’ January 31, 2020 is the only one I’ll ever get!

Psalm 90, verse 12 is one of the most important verses in my whole life! “So teach us to number our days so we can have a heart of wisdom!”

Moses (who wrote it) said all things considered, we get 70 years to live on average… and the days till then aren’t a lot! I personally only have 1649 days till my 70th b-day! I can’t waste any!

One thing about complaining and griping about the weather…or whatever!… is that if I grump away a whole day… instead of enjoying it… and praising Jesus in it… and walking thru it with Him, finding out if there are any adventures He wants me to enjoy with Him in it…

In other words… If I waste one of my 1649 days… I can NEVER get it back!

When we get to Heaven, it is going to be sooooooooo unbelievably amazing!! We’ll be able to do things we’ve never imagined!! But there are some things we WON’T be able to do there!

Like…

having a thankful attitude even tho’ we’re having a tough time… (There won’t be any of those!)

or,

being “joyful in troubles”, as the Apostle puts in… (No troubles there!)

or,

renouncing all complaining about anything when I feel like I reeeeeaaaaallllly wanna! (Nothing to complain about up there!)

So if I’m gonna do those things well, well… today’s the day!

January 31, 2020!

What a great day this will be!

Makes you kinda wish there was a January 32!