This is a good day. This is a good day. This is a good day. This is a good day. . . .

This is a good day. When my supervisor came in the office she declared that we were going to have a good day today in the office. In contrast to yesterday that seemed a bit chaotic, she shared with us that we were not going to allow today to be like yesterday. Right after she said this, it seemed like everything hit the fan for me. The phone began to ring. I was responding to emails. I had a last minute meeting added to my schedule for which I needed to prepare. I started working a project first thing in the morning that ended up taking most of my day. At 5:10 PM I announced that I was ready to start a project that I wanted to start when I first came in this morning.
I kept saying over and over again: "This is a good day. This is a good day. This is a good day. . . ." I repeated this in the hopes that it would make a difference on my outlook as my head was spinning. However, I think I kept saying this mantra with a bit of a sarcastic tone. I said it with my lips but I didn't really take these words and their meaning to heart. Instead, I kept wishing I could just put everyone else's agenda aside and do what I wanted and needed to do.
When I finally got home this evening around 9:00 PM after my unscheduled meeting, I was feeling kind of grouchy and really tired. It then dawned on my, I should not have been saying that this is a good day trying to convince myself that it was. Instead, I should have been saying "This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it." Instead of whining all day about how stressed I was, I should have seen this day as a gift from God. I should have taken the time to thank God for the opportunity of another day to serve others and to put my faith into action.
In the end, it wasn't all that bad of a day. I love the work I do. I enjoy the people with whom I work. I feel great passionate about the work I do with the poor. My meeting tonight allowed me to spend some quality time with two of our Habitat Partner Families. I also did find myself laughing a lot today. I laughed mostly at myself or at the absurdity of some of the situations in which I found myself in, but I did laugh. I experienced a kind of joy even in the midst of what seemed total chaos. Yes, there was also a lot of whining but I still was able to enjoy enjoy myself.
When I think back on it now as I write this, it really was a good day. It is the day that the Lord has made. I rejoice and am glad.
Thanks for being a part of my journey!