STUCK IN GROUNDHOG DAY?

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For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Psalms 62:1‭, ‬11‭-‬12 ESV
 

¶Most of the time my soul's pinings are just to get me through the day. How am I experiencing God's presence? What should I be grateful for at this moment? Sometimes I just draw a blank. The attitude of gratitude is not a posture you can just assume. We golfers call that posing. Ending up at the right place depends on doing every previous step right. The steps lead you or pull you into the right position. So can we just mimic the steps? No, we would have to start again at the beginning. As much as we would sometimes like to return to the womb, and start again, would the result be any different? Our attitude can never be "Thanks, Jesus, I got this now". Every new beginning is just another chance to screw up. We would like to envisage the perfect Groundhog Day reprise where we finally get everything right. Actually the never-ending process involved in such a striving would be a fairly close approximation of Hell! (Otherwise known as "golfing") I am grateful for this: God is not a god of second (third, fourth...) chances, but as James writes, He give more grace (literally "mega-grace"). His grace is not parceled out in units just enough to give us another chance, it is sufficient for all our sins, already paid, fully accepted in the beloved. Does this apply even to the sin of ingratitude? You bet! I can be grateful that God loves me even when I am ungrateful.

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