Are you enjoying today?

Do you or your children enjoy the Berenstain Bears? Caleb got a "Berenstain Bears" movie for Easter. Lately he always wants to choose one (or two!) Bear books from the library every week, and I thought he'd enjoy a video. I got him one called "Fun Family Adventures." The new video has six different stories. He watched a couple more today. One is called "Bears for all Seasons." I was listening with him as I fixed up supper in the kitchen. I really loved the message of the cartoon and wanted to share it today.

The Bears didn't think they had anything to do one day but learned that really wasn't the case after they had a great day swimming. They wanted to swim the next day, but it turned cooler. After that they wanted to enjoy a nice fall hay ride together, but the next morning snow covered the ground. They enjoyed the day of snow and planned to go skiing as a family the next morning, but all the snow was gone so they spent the day indoors together.

Mama Bear gave the cubs some wise advice in the beginning when they were disappointed they couldn't go swimming again. I tried to write it down as she said it and think I got it right. She said-- "Instead of wasting today wishing it was yesterday, go out and enjoy all today has to offer."

I thought this was such great advice. How many times do we get up in the morning and have grand plans for the day and then something happens to mess up our plans causing us to get upset because things didn't happen as we'd hoped? Either the weather is different than we expected or a child is sick or the keys are lost or the car won't start or some unexpected event comes up. Instead of wasting away the day pouting and with a bad attitude because we can't do what we wanted to originally do, we need to find the good God has given us in THIS day. Every day He gives is a blessing and we need to enjoy what each day has to offer.

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"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24