Ever get the feeling that today is nothing more than a repeat of yesterday? Day after day, I hear young people who talk about their day as if it is nothing special. Often when asked the question, “what are your plans for today”, a common response is “nothing new, same old, same old”. When I think about what a “gift” each day is, I am troubled when I hear young people react with such a response.
Jesus died that you might have life and have life abundantly! Each day is a day of new beginnings. Each day is a gift, which when opened with anticipation, is full of surprises. I challenge you to look at today with a new awareness. God has hidden treasures in store for you. Only those that are diligently seeking after those treasures will find them.
Look at today as an adventure. Many of you, at one time or other have gone out on a “hidden treasure hunt”; remember how much fun that was! Just the anticipation that you would find new things as you searched around for them, was so much fun, and being the first to find them made it even more exciting!
Just think how different your day would be, if you looked at each moment as part of a “treasure hunt”. God knows the plans he has for you today! God’s blessings are new every morning!
Take the challenge, start today as part of a new adventure and see what is hidden around the corner for you to discover! Keep your eyes opened, expect to find hidden treasures. They are hidden that you may discover them; see each day as a journey of discovery. Most of all, take someone along on the journey with you. See the wonders God has hidden just for you!
Thank you for this devotional. It’s true that you will not find something you are not looking for. Often I look at my life and am not pleased with the way it is going. A lot of times it feels so mundane. When all I have to do is anticipate that the day will be a lot different than the past and it will. When I start looking for something new I will eventually find it. Thanks again and God bless.
Thanks, Lucy Ann, for writing this. It’s true. Usually when I wake up I’m just yawn and roll over. The day usually doesn’t lure me out of my bed. Tomorrow I will try this.
I love this part:
“Take the challenge, start today as part of a new adventure and see what is hidden around the corner for you to discover! Keep your eyes opened, expect to find hidden treasures. They are hidden that you may discover them; see each day as a journey of discovery. Most of all, take someone along on the journey with you. See the wonders God has hidden just for you!”
And I think that I will take the challenge!!
~Heidi
Heidi, Great to hear from you! I am sure you will find many hidden treasures!!! Glad you have the courage to take the challenge….I am praying for you.
Blessings
Rhia, Praying that each day be a day of discovery for you!!!
Blessings!!
Thank you Lucy Ann.
There are so many devotionals out there, but I think they are more effective when you are given feedback. May God bless you.
Thanks for this devotional. It really made me think about how I’ve been viewing my life here recently. Things haven’t been going as planned for me. I’ve been spending my summer in and out of the hospital, with a diagnosis that means a life of physical pain with near non-existant chance of short term remission. Since I was diagnosed it’s been a struggle just to coax myself out of bed to do physical therapy. I battle depression along with the disease and while I trust God to use this for his honor and glory I must say I had been selfish, and I didn’t look at the day as I should have, as what it is, which is a gift from God. I just saw it as another day just like the previous, filled with pain, and loneliness. I didn’t bother to try to find joy in each day, I just went through the motions, just to get by and try to keep the depressed thoughts out of my mind, thoughts which were trying to get me to do some bad things. I’m going to start tomorrow with finding joy in the day set before me. I want to see God in every aspect of my life, and I think this will be the first step to doing so. Thanks again for posting this.
Jamie, I am praying that God touch you with his healing power. I am thankful that you are willing to start to find the ‘joy’ in your day. May God show you his faithfulness in a very real way. You are loved and being prayed for.
Lucy Ann
Jamie, please know that I am praying for you. I have a couple verses I want you to read.
John 11:40
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40Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you and [a]promise you that if you would believe and rely on Me, you would see the glory of God?
Psalm 26:1
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[A Psalm] of David.
1VINDICATE ME, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [expectantly] trusted in, leaned on, and relied on the Lord without wavering and I shall not slide.
Psalm 27:13-14
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13[What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living!
14Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord
Exodus 3:13-14
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13And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them?
14And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you!
3 John 1:2
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2Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.
Exodus 15:26
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26Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you.
Proverbs 4:20-22
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20My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.
21Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.
22For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.
All you have to do is believe in God, that Jesus is your Great Physician. Believe and expect, Jamie. God doesn’t want you to be sick or in pain, God wants you to be well.
Praying for you,
Heidi
This was exactly what I needed to hear this morning. I am a college student, and many times I feel like my days are so repetitive doing the same routines over and over. Today, I am going on a treasure hunt to find something new or try something different.
Jessica….Good for you…let us know what you discover. I am excited about what you will “find” as you start searching…enjoy the journey! Blessings.
Heidi,
Thank you SO much for posting those verses, and most of all thanks for your prayers! God is at work in my life, I’m off of crutches for the first time since April, and making progress in physical therapy. I thank God every day that I’m able to have my disease under control and go back to school without crutches. I’m also seeking help for my depression through a christian counselor. God is answering my prayers…not always how I think they will be answered but He knows what is best
Dear Jamie,
Thank you for persevering. You have inspired me to keep moving forward. I will pray that God will continue to work in your life.
Dear Heidi,
Thank you for posting those bible verses. All of them hit home. They are a reminder that though life is a constant storm God is always in control.
Dear Lucy,
Thank you for your blogs and the opportunities to talk with other Christians. It really gives us a chance to grow in faith.
May God bless you all!
Love in Christ,
Rhia
Jamie,
I am so happy to hear that you are off crutches!! I’m also very glad that you can accept that while His ways might not be your ways, they are best.
Praying for you,
Heidi
I really need to hear that,that is how I felt the way most of my days went just the same thing just differet day thank you Lucy Ann.
Mallory…. Remember with God each day is a blessing God is wanting to walk beside you each day. God has something new to show you each day !
After reading this again tonight I started thinking about how I used this to help me through a rough time earlier this year. It sometimes helps me to look for the little things in life that make each day special. Sometimes its just a little something and other times its what I like to call “God moments” which are those times when you know it was God that did something through someone else in your life. Its really easy to fall into the same old routine I know but I try to mix it up a bit. This year I’m a senior in high school and I wrote on here a couple months ago about a disease I have and how I never looked for the good things in the day and only looked at it as another day of constant pain. Now even though I can’t walk anymore and I’m dependent again on crutches I still make sure I look for God in every day. Even when life has been turned upside down He is still there, sometimes you just really have to listen to hear Him whispering to you. I thought life was already upside down with the disease I have and being back on crutches but this morning I woke up and went outside to feed the dogs and found my dog that I’ve had for 13 years, my best friend, she’d had a stroke and now she can’t walk or eat but right now she’s not in any pain, she’s actually really happy. At first I was mad that I’m going to lose my best friend soon but then I got to thinking about how great of life she’s had and how much trouble we got into together, God must need a mischievous and loving dog in heaven
if anyone is into Christian music check out the song Blessings by Laura Story, especially if you find yourself struggling. Its one of my favorites and it helps me remember that every trial I face could turn out to be one of Gods greatest blessings. This was true for me about a month ago. I was really really depressed and suicidal and was starting to get help for it when I started cutting. This began on a Thursday night then on Sunday I had an amazing God moment where I was at a point of complete brokenness and cried out to God to help me, to pick me up and carry me through this scary time of self harming, depression, and the news of a chronic progressive nerve pain disorder. Now even though I’m having two surgeries right before Christmas on my spine to implant a device to help reduce the pain I’m in I know that one day I”ll look back and see how much better of a person I am because of this disease.
Jamie,
Thanks for sharing…I listened to the song, it is a beautiful testimony of God’s unfailing love. May God continue to strengthen you. May you continue to give praise and glory to His mighty name!!!
Blessings,
Lucy Ann
Jamie, I love that song too!!!! It’s sooo good, and it makes me cry everytime.
I can’t believe how much you are going through and how strong you are to be telling us and I’m so proud of how much you are trusting in God. I’m really sorry about your dog, it probably feels like God just picked the ‘perfect’ timing (sarcastically) but He’s got a plan!
Heidi,
Thanks again, it means a lot knowing that there are people who see me as strong, even when I don’t see myself that way. 
Yeah, it did seem like “perfect timing” with my dog. She is my last connection to running, what I thought was my identity for the last 7 years. Sometimes I look at my life from “the outside” and see what I’m going through and think “how do I do it”. Its hard, but I really struggle sometimes to see myself as strong. Making it through a full day of school is getting hard because of CRPS (nerve pain disease) I cry on a daily basis and I also can no longer “power through” the pain and hide what is happening from my classmates and teachers. I often can’t eat from the pain, which is worrying my doctors because i was little to start with, now I”m littler. 3 hrs of sleep is also what I now consider a good nights sleep…thats total not a 3hr block. Thats why I’m up in the middle of the night.Thanks for your encouraging words. It helps me to see God even more when I’m reminded of God’s plan, a plan none of us know but we, as believers in Christ, know that we not only can, but also should trust in His plan.
Dear Jamie,
Thank you again for sharing. You give me hope to keep looking up. I just listened to that song this morning for the first time over and over again. I really needed. May God bless you.