Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love

These words from Psalm 103 seem appropriate to begin my tale of one perfect day.

That day had a preamble that began the night my first wife died. She made me promise to marry again and be happy. Over the next six months God showed me signs and wonders in answer to my prayer, “Show me your will for me.” The image of a woman began to be formed with all that she had suffered.

We met at BigChurch.com and wrote letters for weeks before speaking on the phone. We talked and what she said about her life matched up with what God had shown me by signs and wonders. We decided to meet. When I saw her for the first time I raised my hands and praised God. I did not consider what she might think of that but later she said she thought it was cute.

We ate breakfast at IHOP and got along very well. I asked if she wanted to continue the date and she said yes. She wanted me to choose what to do next. I heard the Lord tell me to take her shopping and when I told her that she smiled and said, “The Outlet Mall, I was thinking about the Outlet Mall.” It was like the Lord knew her mind and told me what to say.

The whole day was like that with the Lord right in the middle, one perfect day.

Fourteen hours later while eating dinner her brother called and wanted to know if I had kidnapped her. We laughed and looked at our watches. It did not seem like we had been gone that long.

Twenty years later we often reminisce about that one perfect day when God answered both of our prayers with each other. You see, my wife had prayed “Show me your will for me.” after her fiance died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm.

It has been like that for twenty years but it started on that one perfect day.

Deuteronomy 32:4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”

1 Corinthians 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

When Paul says “all drank” he is referring to those of us that have placed our faith in Jesus Christ. That is not “everybody”.

There is so much negativity in the world these days. It is not impossible to stay positive but the world does make it difficult.

We know that Jesus is “The Rock”. If we focus on what He has done and is doing we should be able to stay positive. 

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

While this is true for we who believe, this is not true of everyone. 

Psalm 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

The cornerstone determines the alignment of the temple and offers up the best view of the world outside. He allows us to “see” the world for what it is in truth, without distortion, laying bare the lies that the world offers as an alternative to justice and faithfulness.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.