"This is the day that the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
I am thinking about what that means this morning... to "be glad in" a day. Last night on that show that my husband and I watch, but hesitate to admit to (Desperate Housewives)... a mother told her son, "You know it takes more effort to be miserable than happy"... or words to that effect. That's so true!
They say that you use many, many more muscles in your face to frown than to smile. To be joyful-- to PRAISE God, should be as simple as breathing in. It should be, as I prayed in the pastoral prayer yesterday, the only thing we CAN do... the only option of a response to the One who Created and Creates us.
When I taught voice lessons many moons ago, one exercise I did with students was to help them see how much air goes in when you simply open your mouth and make the space. No great gasp for air is needed to have sufficient breath to sing a song.
The same is true for praising God. We just need to make SPACE for it in our lives. We need to simply open up our hearts and let it be the natural response from a grateful heart to the One who is the Giver of the day.
This is the day that the Lord has made. I can choose to be happy and rejoice in it.
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