Name your Day and expect it! Take your wacks and move on.

Joshua 24:25 KJV
"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Let's name this day, "Great". A friend of mine went through a season of naming her day and she challenged me, unknowingly of course. Leaders tend to do that, again unknowingly of course. Never the less, the practice has stayed with me. And, Lord knows I need a better day than I've been having. This COVID19 has been some of the hardest days I've ever had. Many of you know I've had four teeth drilled on and refilled, one root canal, an allergic reaction to an antibiotic for an infected tooth that sent me into anaphylactic shock and now I am just recovering from a virus that put me in bed for four days. Needless to say, I am barely recuperated. But I'm making a comeback!

No, I'm not in sin. As a matter of fact I have been in the word and prayer more than any other time in my life. I am not run down, as I've been quarantined. I haven't been able to fly anywhere. This is just a plan old attack. So, I do what I can do, I withstand the devil, knowing this too shall pass. So today, I call you a GREAT DAY! Then, I always have my "To Do List". Today, I call my list COMPLETED! That sermon, that chapter of that book, that resource manual. You're done in Jesus name. Paybacks!!!

I love people, but have literally been too sick to talk. Now, that's sick. I can always find something to say. I read so many books and watch so many Christian true stories I always want to share, just give me someone to listen. You know what I am talking about. But, these last couple of months I swear the devil has been trying to kill me. Good thing for me, God is greater and He's not done with me yet.

So many of us preachers only want to share the mountain top experiences. Well, we have valleys too. And, like you we sometimes can't find a reason for them either. But, we get up. Brush ourselves off and start climbing again. You can too.

Remember the game above we use to play? How many kids will you have? Who will you marry. I got in trouble so many times playing this kids game. I am not the engineering type, but I could always find me a boy who liked me and wanted to impress me with his folding paper skills. Once, I even got paddled for tucking these under my skirt. Of course when the teacher made me stand up they fell on the floor. Mrs. McGregor I don't think liked me very well anyway; so I was the class example three wacks with the wooden paddle. In those days, this was normal. And when you got home, you got another wack for getting paddled at school. But, I got up and went right back to English class.

ACTION STEP: Jesus took His wacks for sure. He had days of pure hell on earth but He arose again! Victory was what He chose. He is our example. He is our Lion of the Tribe of Judah! If you are reading this early lick your paws and shack your mane back, give the devil a roar just to let him know your up!