Every New Day is a Gift, that's why we call it the Present.

Today is a New Day. It is not yesterday, nor is it tomorrow. It is a gift, just as everyday is. I will choose how I will spend this gift given to me. I will not fret about yesterday, or worry about tomorrow. I will accept the things I can not change and trust God to help me change the things I can. God's mercies are new every day. I will choose to show mercy to those who do not deserve it, just as I do not deserve it. I will see my troubles as opportunities for growth and as a chance to get to know God's thoughts, instead of set backs and becoming discouraged. I will live as though this day might be my last, because it just might be. I will live with no regrets, and strive to keep God smiling down on me. My faith, hope, peace and love come from Jesus alone, nobody or nothing on this earth can give these things to me. I am complete in Him. I am not ashamed, I am no longer condemned. I might be criticized, and judged by others and persecuted, but I am will not be moved. I am not perfect, and never will be on this earth. But I can strive for perfection, because after all, I want to be like my Father. No, not like my earthly father. I already have some of his qualities. But my heavenly Father has the eternal, everlasting qualities I am searching for. His Love lasts forever and will never fail me, nor forsake me. I would never want to live on this earth without Him in me and in my life.