My first thought almost every morning as I wake up is - 'what day is this?' Some mornings the answer comes quite quickly; almost along with the question. But more and more often the answer involves a little more effort! Sometimes it involves backtracking in my mind to the day before and trying to remember what I was doing then, so figuring out what day 'yesterday' was!
As you get older, things like this can be a little worrying - like the old thing of going upstairs and wondering what you went there for. Or, as the old joke goes, even worse is finding yourself at the halfway point on the stairs and wondering if you were going up or coming down! The latter hasn't happened to me - yet! But I find myself more and more in the middle of a sentence wondering what I'm about to say next! I know these things happen to all of us - young and old, but it has to be confessed it gets worse as you get older. The huge blessing for me was discovering that I wasn't the only one. There is a whole bunch of us all with funny 'forgetfulness' stories.
I am so thankful for my 'forgetfulness companions' and even more thankful for the God who never forgets. He never forgets me for a start. He not only knows what day it is, but what he and I are going to do this day. He not only knows whether I'm halfway up the stairs or down, but exactly where I'm going. He not only knows why I'm standing in the middle of my bedroom wondering why I'm there. He knows why I'm where I am and just simply the whole 'why' of my life. How good is that?!
So, in the mornings, my corny or cheesy (some would say) little thought will be - 'Hey Lord, what are you and I going to do today?' - and I'll leave him to fill in the blank which names the day!
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