OUR DAILY BREAD             Sunday, July 2, 1995    
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READ:  Psalm 5

                
                  ON TODAY'S THRESHOLD

               "My voice You shall hear 
                in the morning, Oh Lord."

                        -- Psalm 5:3


Are you a morning person?  Some of us aren't.  Maybe
for you waking up and getting out of bed is a daily
ordeal.  But after you're fully alert, what's your
mood?  Do you have a spirit of thankfulness despite
problems or afflictions you may have?  Do you face
hours that lie ahead with confidence and expectancy?

I was challenged by the epitaph engraved on a tomb-
stone in the Mackinac Island Cemetery in northern 
Michigan.  Marking the grave of Virginia Verdier Allen,
who died at the age of 57, are these words:

        SHE NEVER LOST HER SENSE OF WONDER,
        APPROACHING EACH DAY AS A SURPRISE
       PACKAGE TO BE OPENED WITH ENCHANTMENT.

Admittedly, life for even the most dedicated of God's 
people may be an ordeal of drudgery and difficulty.  
Circumstances may be hard and burdens heavy.  But the
Lord wants us to bring our cares to Him.  The Psalmist
had the right idea when he said to God, "To You I
will pray.  My voice You shall hear in the morning,
O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You and
I will look up"  (Ps. 5:2-3).

If we start each day with prayer, we'll be able to
say with the psalmist, "This is the day the Lord has 
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (118:24).

                                -- Vernon C. Grounds

        Day by day and with each passing moment,
        Strength I find to meet my trials here;
        Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,
          I've no cause for worry or for fear.

                                -- Berg

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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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             Each day is a gift
          to be opened with prayer.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Psalms 115-118

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