good vs bad days

I am borrowing this from Simon Lovell, who wrote this in L2 church's newsletter. Because this is where I'm at. Whether or not Kaeli and I sleep well should not determine whether it is a good or bad day. Or any other circumstances.

Is God unashamed to be called our God? Are we in a place of the world not being worthy of us? We claim to overcome and conquer by the blood of the lamb, but do we really? What really made these people so worthy? Well, God is unashamed to be their God because they were unwavering in their faith – though they never saw once in this life what was promised. The world is counted as unworthy of them for the same reason.

Those that “conquered by the blood of the lamb” did not throw out blithe statements of faith and “name-it-and-claim-it” philosophies – they loved not their lives unto death! “…They were stoned, they were sawn in two, and they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated…”
What makes a day a Good Day? We are so fickle that it is completely dependent upon whether or not things go the way we want them to.

What constitutes a Bad Day? Obliviously when things do not go the way that is “pleasing” to us, when our affections are not tickled, and our egos are not fed.

Really?

Life is not, and will not be dictated to as to what it shall bring – nor shall God. If the Lord sees fit that my day – according to my mislead affections – sucks – then what? Is it a bad day? Or is it a Good Day for that particular occurrence?

We are going to be sick, and when that day comes, it will be a good day to be sick. We are all most certainly going to die, and when that day comes it will be a good day to die.
Job says “…shall we accept good from the hand of the Lord and not evil?” Solomon says “…In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other…” If God sees fit that whatever it is that is pissing me off is actually good – who am I to say otherwise. Or do we not honestly believe that God is in fact sovereign and likely knows a little more than we do? He works ALL things according to the counsel of His will, AND works all things for what? GOOD.

We need to die to self. We need to take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ – NOT have our affections rule our heads and therefore our lives, but have our regenerated minds rule our Affections, and tell our affections what constitutes Good. Until then we shall wander in a wasteland of disillusionment, embittered at the lack of emotional satisfaction life, church, others, or indeed anything else provides.
Look at the poor kid to the right – It was a GOOD DAY for a pigeon to crap on his head. Have a good day.