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Day 211, or July 30. Live today to the full.

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Our thoughts today are from Isaiah chapter 61 verse 10.

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I delight greatly in the LORD. My soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments

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of salvation, and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness. As a bridegroom adorns

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his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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And now the big picture surrounding this verse. Our chapters begin with some of the favorite

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words of Jesus, which he spoke in his hometown synagogue—truly wonderful words that I have

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read many times in an old disused synagogue in Nazareth. And speaking again about them

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makes the hair tingle on the back of my neck. It was a long time before Jesus did arrive

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on earth, but God always keeps his promises, even if they don't sink in with our diaries.

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And now our action step for today. We have lived as a family for many years in

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an area of England which attracts a lot of folk to settle down for their retirement.

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During the past thirty years we have seen too many hearts broken and visions shattered,

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as dreams failed to become realities for new neighbours. Many have said to me, we have worked

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really hard so that we could settle in the place where we spent many happy holidays when

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I was a child. We've scrimped and saved for ages. Sometimes it was the sadness of bereavement,

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sometimes simply the inability to settle in a place that isn't the place they remember—tangible

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disappointment after waiting so long. Isaiah reminds us of what our everyday attitude should

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be. I delight greatly and my soul rejoices. Don't wait to enjoy life. Do it now. Don't

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live for tomorrow, but enjoy what God has for you today. We can spend so much time planning

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for the future that we fail to enjoy today and all that it has to offer. Jesus says in

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Matthew 6 verse 34, So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own

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worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. If you always live today to the full, every

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day reaches its potential.