The End of This Day March 6th, 2015

The Christian singing group, Casting Crowns, sing a song entitled, "Lifesong." Lead singer, Mark Hall, sings a line that jumps out of the radio and into my heart. I truly wish I could keep my heart full of the glory of God at all times, but I fail miserably each day.

Hall sings, "I want to sign your name to the end of my day _ Lord led my heart was true."

Rising in the morning I start my day by whispering "Good morning, Father." My day begins. Like all of us the day takes many turns. There are hills to climb, cliffs with dangerous ledges, and then there are things that just go nuts around the next bend in the journey.

The day goes from highs one moment to lows the next. God the Father is still there walking with me, but there are times I can't see Him at clearly as I have allowed my vision to be blurred by events around me. Had I just stopped right where I was and turned to Him my vision would have cleared. The path would have opened before me as He whispered, go this way, not that way.

How will I end this day? How will I finish this day out? There are still many hours to go. Will I be able to say, "Lord, would you sign Your name to the end of my day, even though I messed it up quite a few times?"

Our hearts cannot be trusted. If I set the Lord before me, I make better choices. And, as you know, there are many choices to be made during the day. The heart drags us into grey area's right before we enter the dark again. It transitions us slowly, right before it crashes us.

The psalmist says, "My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed."

I want a fixed heart, fixed totally on God. Each day, I get a little more fixed on God, growing ever closer to that transforming of my mind, being renewed by Him. Still not totally there, I go on toward the better calling, that higher calling of the Lord Jesus Christ.

May God look at our day, and may we look at our day, and may the signature of God be more than the signature of us. Then we will know there was "more of Him and less of us."

P.S. Mark Hall has been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his kidney and will soon have it removed. The diagnosis is good for a full recovery. Please remember to pray for this awesome man of God.