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November 1, 2025

Good morning! It is 3:45 a.m. and I’m excited to share with you today. At this moment in Lusk, Wyoming the thermometer is showing 17 degrees, but the wind isn’t howling, at least not yet!

Today, we are going to visit about “Today.” The Lord Jesus tells us to just deal with today and not to worry about tomorrow, for “each day has enough trouble of its own.” When Jesus draws our focus to the “trouble” of today, He is simply reminding us that we tend to focus upon what will go wrong today, instead of praising God for that which will be a blessing today.

As such, I want to challenge each of us to get a notebook of some kind and write your “God sighting” in it for each day of the month of November. We are told that it takes 28 days to form a new habit, so let’s get started today. Each day you are to write your answer to the statement: “I saw God today when….! You fill in the blank with as many words as you want to write.

I’ll warn you, for the first few days it may be difficult to answer this question, but by the end of the month you will be able to answer it two or three different ways. You see my friends, our enemy wants us to focus upon what goes wrong each day, but our Heavenly Father wants us to give Him praise for all that goes well each day.

Some biblical examples can be found in the following passages: Genesis 24:42; Deuteronomy 30:16; Joshua 24:15; Matthew 6:30; Luke 2:6-11; Hebrews 3:7-13. Each of these passages has something to do with the word “today.” Allow the Holy Spirit to speak into your life in such a way that today is a very special day, because “Today, I saw God when………..!

In Luke 5:26 we read, “They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, ‘We have seen remarkable things today.” I challenge you, each day of November write about the “remarkable things” that the Holy Spirit will reveal to you! Then on November 27, 2025, when you gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, share some of your writings with those gathered around the table with you.

But each day of this month, tell someone about your experience of seeing God at work in and through your life! Don’t waste one day worrying about trivial details, invest every day as one more moment in your journey of life!

I remember learning this little adage long ago: “Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note, today is the only cash on hand – invest it wisely.” Another day of life is no guarantee from God, if we get to see tomorrow – it is a gift from God.

Well, it is now 4:45 a.m. and I have already seen God’s hand at work in my life. It has been very difficult to know what to write about in this blog every day, of every month, for the past 20-plus years. I praise my Heavenly Father for gently waking me an hour ago so that I could share with you an exercise that I hope will last the rest of your life, and that is something worth writing about!

Finding God in each day with you, Neal