My backyard is alive and full of joy!  It is spring and all the little birds that take up residence in our cedar trees during the winter months are making their nests.  They are flying in and out of the trees with sticks and pieces of fluff—anything they can find to prepare for new life.

While they are in the trees, they are singing their hearts out. I like to think they are praising their Creator when they do that and are inviting me to join them! Join them I shall. How could I not?

I have the ability today to choose how I face what this day, May 10, 2022, holds. I can bemoan growing older, curse the aches and pains that often accompany my day. I can dwell on the insecurity of my income amid rising inflation. I can choose to complain about the everyday difficulties. I can become depressed or anxious. I can … but I won’t.

Not today. Today I will join the little birds in my backyard, and I will praise my Creator and Savior and LORD. Today I will be grateful. Today I will sing, and maybe even shout a bit about how wonderful my God is. I will smile and be joyful.

“The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.” [Exodus 15:2 HSB]

“I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.” [Psalm 7:17 HCSB]

“I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.” [Psalm 27:6b HCSB]

“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!” [Psalm 103:1 HCSB]

Today I sing!  I sing joyfully to my Savior. I praise His beautiful name. My joyful voice joins the little birds as they praise our Creator!