Is today a normal Friday? It sure feels like a Friday. It’s summer, I know that. It’s not Saturday yet, I sense that… but is there anything normal now?

What is consistent and constant about change in life is that life constantly changes – you feel change consistently.

Normal now is that there is no normal.

The new normal changes – like covid-era made some activities “the new normal” even if there really wasn’t an old normal, but we thought there was. 

Normal for us is normally different than someone else’s normal. 

I can normally say I now crave a normal even if do I want a change in what’s normally going on. And yet I want to define my own normal. And then, on top of that, I could use a vacation to get out of my normal routine. 

I could use a vacation even if I wouldn’t want to lose my normal work schedule for something worse.

Perhaps it’s best we just thank the Lord for whatever we have wherever we are whenever we remember we have Him. 

God is in control, focus on Him.

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace.” Yes, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus” one of my favorite praise/hymn songs. It is posted on my wall alongside two dollar store stickers of most important scriptures: Corinthians 13 of LOVE, “Love is patient – love never fails”, and James 5 of “Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.” (Amen to that in these not so normal normal times where change is constant)…

Wow, talk about a new normal when Jesus returns! Wow! Scholars may disagree the when, but remember Jesus Himself is ALSO waiting for God the Almighty’s Sign to MOVE. God does not change but we will see one on earth. That’s going to be a change which will bring about a new time then era called FOREVER. Can you imagine eternal? I can’t.  I can’t wait even if I am in no rush. I’ll let God plan.

If we think we have tough times now (even when many of us have adapted to cushy existence) will we adapt to change? The change to life seemingly out of control is NOT happening BECAUSE GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN CONTROL. 

The new times is of the same God who DOES NOT CHANGE. God is love and love is God, so our whole existence to experience LOVE IN GOD encompassing us, encourages us to STAY STEADY IN HIM. Exactly!!!

And our current existence needs to continually turn into a Jesus-focused force of not nature but NURTURE. “For the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace.”

That’s a normal thing to fail to wrap our heads around, FOREVER, but if we could just focus the EYES OF OUR HEARTS upon JESUS, we will get there.

Maybe this is my Friday normal, should be my everyday, knowing Jesus is already here. “Look full in His wonderful face!”

Amen