This morning as I drove my son to school I was once again amazed by the beauty of the Ozarks in the fall. The air was a crisp 46 degrees. The leaves are just beginning to turn the trees into a mix of fiery reds and oranges. The sun was shining and the sky was a cheery shade of blue painted with big fluffy white clouds. I love mornings like that! I love it when my day starts with joy in my heart and gratefulness on my mind.
The problem is that joy isn’t always the song my heart sings throughout the day. I find it easy to get discouraged and dragged down by the circumstances and cares in life, and sometimes I just wake up feeling low for no apparent reason at all.
You might be thinking: Wow! That is super depressing. Why are you telling us this?
Because today I’m so grateful for chapters in the Bible like Psalm 31. Because it doesn’t matter what “mood” I wake up in, or end up in at the end of the day. I have an anchor in God’s Word that keeps me from swinging wildly from emotion to
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