Psalm 36:9
Several years ago, Frank Sinatra recorded a hit song entitled “That’s Life”. The song is about a person who, looking back over his life realizes that “now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain” and has admissions of “mistakes, I’ve made a few…” and also the fact that regardless of how difficult things got, “I saw it through, without exemption.” With pride the singer says, “I took the blows…I stood tall…and did it my way.” I’ve always liked that song because it reveals the type of character, goal oriented perseverance and individualism that made America great.
But unfortunately, too many people take that same approach when it comes to governing their lives. They are going to do it “My way” with little or no regard for God or traditional values. Those who try to live their lives without faith in a Higher Power often are reduced to resignedly repeating the refrain from another Sinatra hit that says, “That’s life…ridin’ high in April, shot down in May” when their path grows dark and fills with disappointments.
But for those who live their lives by faith, they realize that God’s steadfast love provides them with a fountain of life. Of course, this doesn’t refer to the length of our lives, rather the quality of our lives. This fountain of life springs forth in each of us and gives us “songs in the night”, “turns our mourning to joy” and makes us “more than conquerors” when we choose to drink from it. It gives us the power to soar in the April months of our lives, the guidance to get through the May months of our lives and the power to turn my way into “Thy way”, thus making “That’s life” into “That’s Abundant life!” For with you is the fountain of life…
Heavenly Father, We thank you for the gift of life that you offer us so that we can maximize our ability to fully realize our dreams, work toward our goals with integrity and find the spiritual inner strength we need to "keep on keeping on" in the face of adversity. Forgive us for too often following "my way" instead of merging our way into your way and lead us to better understand how to apply your principles and thereby experience not only life, but life to its fullest. In Jesus name, AMEN
