Day 63 - One beautiful Day

On the map it was a beautiful in western Alabama. It was sunny and in the mid 80's. Today would have been a day of going through little towns like Grove Hill, Whatley, Gosport, Claiborne, and Perdue Hill. I think I would have enjoyed riding through those towns. Had annother good day on the bike. I rode 43.4 miles in 2 hours and 1 minute for an average of 21.4 mph. I reached milestones this week. First, I rode over 260 miles in one week for the first time. Second, I went over 2,000 miles for the trip. I am at 2,034 miles. Last night we talked a bit about Psalm 100:2 and the last half of that verse, "Come into His presence with singing." we talked a lot about coming into His presence. But he has a very specific way He wants us to come into His presence --- with singing. One of the things that has to be noticed about this is that there is a great amount of joy in our relationship with the Lord. We are to make a joyful noise, verse 1; have a great deal of gladness while we are serving Him; and we should come into His presence with singing. Be joyful, be glad, sing. There is much happiness that comes with a relationship with the Lord. But when we come into His presence, we should come we ought to be singing. For too many it is like pulling teeth getting them to sing. That should be what our coming into His presence begins, consists of and ends with. The singing has to do with the attitude in our hearts that we pour into our singing. The singing doesn't have to e good but the heart that produces it, is the key. I hope each of you have a good Lord's Day. Come into His presence with singing. Talk to you on Monday.