A Time to Delight
Our house is so old that we use a pull chain to turn on the ceiling lights in almost half of the rooms. Even when we got a new light fixture for the dining room a few years ago, we had to have it modified to accommodate a chain. I think it’s fun to use pull chains, especially since I have learned to turn on the light in an adjacent room before I walk into a dark one. Trust me!
Twice I have walked into a dark room, after forgetting that I had left something lying in the floor. Kerplunk! Down I went, so I don’t do that anymore. That’s when you learn the advantages of flipping on a switch by a door, rather than walking to the middle of the room to pull a chain!
The grandchildren think the pull chains are the bee’s knees! Recently the youngest was delighted when he got to pull the long one on the front porch — absolutely delighted. I love to watch children delight in things we adults have long seen as quite ordinary.
Today could be a day to feel blue, discouraged, scared, tired, or at least ho-hum. Let’s look for ways to feel delight.
Today let’s delight in our lives, our husbands, our homes, our books, our friends, our meals, our relatives, our clothes, our children . . . . Let’s take a close look at what delights the children in our lives — and let’s teach them what delights the Lord.
Thus says the Lord,
“Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man boast of his might,
let not a rich man boast of his riches;
but let him who boasts boast of this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness,
justice and righteousness on earth;
for I delight in these things,”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thank you so much for this message today, Charlene! So many of us could use it!
Me, too! Thank you, Melissa.