JULY 31, 2025

  “Be true to yourself.

Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.” 
― John Wooden

PSALM 62-64

1Truly my soul finds rest in God;

my salvation comes from him.

2Truly he is my rock and my salvation;

he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.(62:1-2)

ROMANS 1

 20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

JOURNAL 

The breath in my lungs today is a gift. Life itself is a sacred invitation to participate in the beauty and power of God’s creation. As John Wooden said, “Make each day your masterpiece.” That simple line holds so much depth. It is not about perfection, but about presence. About showing up with intentionality, humility, and gratitude.

When I embrace the day as a masterpiece in the making, I am not striving for achievement. I am responding to grace. God did not have to give me today. But He did. My response to that gift is obedience. Not out of obligation, but out of deep appreciation. I honor Him by living fully, loving deeply, and seeing each moment, no matter how ordinary, as holy ground.

Psalm 62 reminds me where my rest and security come from. “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.” That kind of peace comes when I surrender my grip and trust the One who made me.

Romans 1:20 reveals that God's eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen through creation. To ignore that is to close my eyes to wonder. It is to pretend I am the center of the story when I am merely a part of His greater masterpiece.

To miss His presence in the rhythms of nature, the kindness of others, or the inner stirrings of conscience is to live blind to glory. But when I slow down and pay attention, when I obey the nudge to pray, to help, to forgive, to create, to listen, I step into alignment with why I am here.

Obedience becomes worship. It is the art of making each act, each word, each thought an offering. Not because I must, but because I can. Because I am grateful. Because I recognize the truth of Jeremiah 29:11-14. He has plans for me. Plans for hope and a future. And He promises that when I seek Him with all my heart, I will find Him.

I do not have to fix everything or carry the weight of the world. I just have to bring my best to the day I have been given. That is what it means to make each day my masterpiece. It is not about spotlight or applause. It is about faithfulness in the quiet, the small, the unseen.

Today is an honor. A gift. My gratitude is shown not just in words, but in how I live it.

11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord

JEREMIAH 29:11-14