What A Day

What a great day to be alive.

It’s January the 9th, 2011, as I write this. Tomorrow is my fortieth birthday – no worries.

This has been a great year so far, hasn’t it? I mean, here I am, turning forty, and I really do feel like my life is turning a corner; and not one of those winding-road-late-at-night-after-an-allnite-bender-party-crash-and-burn-type of corners, either.

Things are definitely looking up. I can feel it in my spirit. Revival. An awakening. Blessings.

On a day when many people would be depressed, faced with thoughts of their own mortality, I am in great spirits, having the time of my life; I feel like nothing can bring me down. My Facebook status for the last several days has been “Life begins at 40”, and I really feel like, for me, that is truth. Everything is optimism and sunshine for me. My future looks bright.

God is looking out for me. I am looking at getting completely out of debt this year, and for the first time in two or three years, I actually see the light at the end of tunnel, and I’m understanding that I actually CAN get out of debt this year – what a blessing that is! I am awaiting changes at work, whether it is where I work, or my job description, or my rate of pay, or my job title, or my hours; or maybe all of the above! I do not know WHAT is going to change, but something IS going to change, and it is all God doing it, not me, and I feel pre-blessed because of it. I’m looking very hard at changing towns, moving back to Kelowna this year, and feel like this is a move that I need to make, and I know that if God wants me in Kelowna, He will open a door and get me there. My daughter got baptized recently and has been showing a real interest in God, and that is a blessing so huge I cannot even describe it. Two days ago, my ex-wife and daughter took me out for a pre-birthday celebration, bought me dinner, watched a movie with me; what an incredibly great time I had! Just last night, I was chatting with a musician friend from Vancouver about his newest project while on Facebook, listening to his rough samples and encouraging him and giving him his just-deserved kudos. Plus, thanks to one of my online friends from the States, who has a successful website and who recently posted a link to one of my websites, more and more people are getting interested in what I am writing online, broadening my scope of influence and just totally encouraging me and making me feel important – how amazing is that!?!

I dunno; this feeling, it is greater than the sum of its parts. It’s…expectation. The held breath right before something truly amazing and wonderful happens. I feel…alive, without knowing why I do. I just feel loved, and blessed, and on the right path for the first time in a long time, and life is truly good. God is good, and God is good to me, and I love Him even more for it.

This is an amazing year so far, and this is an amazing day to live in. You know, the worse the world gets, the more evil it becomes, the more doom and gloom is out there, the more encouraged I am, the more I remember that all these things shall pass and God is returning soon for His people! Great days are ahead, don’t let your light go out while you are waiting! God is active and alive, and His Word predicts His second coming! Be encouraged; God is your Saviour, your friend, your counselor, your comforter, your God and your Lord. He is my all in all. I live in Him.