I heard something on the radio last night that I have not been able to get off my mind. The deejay asked if we knew what our best day ever was, if we had that one day that we knew was the best day of our life. I have thought about this repeatedly since hearing this and I can’t pinpoint one. Don’t get me wrong, there have been some amazing days, but I can’t honestly look back and say, “that was it, that was the best day of my life”. I know that the day I got saved was technically the best day of my life but at the time I didn’t truly understand what all I got on that day. It was a great day, but things happened that very same day that make it hard to say it was the best day of my life.
The days my children were born were some pretty amazing days and yet something happened on both days that make it a bittersweet memory. The day I went through the Steps to Freedom* was a really good day because I finally found the freedom, I had been needing but I still had to go home to a not so good situation. I finally concluded that I have had some really spectacular moments, but I have not yet had the best day of my life. I have had moments that have changed my life, I have had moments of great joy, and I have had moments for which I am truly grateful, but I have not yet had the best day of my life. I must confess that this realization bothered me and sort of bummed me out.
You would think that in forty-two years I would have had at least one day that was so fabulous that it could be declared the best day of my life. How could there not even be at least a few days to choose from that qualified as my best days? Okay, I confess at this point I was actually a little depressed as I acknowledged the fact that I had far too many days that would be in the running for the worst day of my life. I don’t want dozens of days vying for my worst day ever while I can’t find one day that qualified as a best day ever! How depressing is that! But the more I thought about it I realized I had to do what I always challenge you guys to do, I needed to change my perspective!
I needed to change the way I was looking at things! So maybe I hadn’t had my best day ever…yet. I haven’t had my best day ever…yet! Wait a minute! Just because I haven’t had the best day of my life yet didn’t mean I needed to be depressed, maybe just maybe, this was cause for excitement. My best day ever is still to come! The best day of my life hasn’t happened yet because it is still to come. Instead of focusing on the fact that the best day of my life hasn’t happened, I can look forward to knowing that someday my best day will be here. I don’t know when it will be, but I know my best day is going to happen! How do I know this you ask my friend? I’ll be glad to tell you!
You see I realized something while I was doing all this thinking. I realized that yes, I might eventually have what I think is the best day of my life, but it won’t really be the best day of my life after all. You see I already figured out what the best day of my life will be my friend. The best day of my life will actually be the day this life is over. That’s right my friend the best day of my life will actually be the last day of my life here on earth and the start of my life in heaven. The best day of my life will be the day I finally look into the eyes of the One who died to give me eternal life. The day I look into the face of my beloved Savior will be the best day of my life!
That my friends is why the best day of my life hasn’t happened yet and that is the reason for the hope that has welled up within my soul. I have my best day to look forward to. No matter how many bad days I may have had, I have the best day of my life coming; I have that hope to cling to. Someday this will all be worth it; someday every bad day will fade into distant memory as I behold the face of the One waiting to greet me. What a day that will be my friend! Some days I need the joy of that moment to look forward to. Some days I need to know that my best day is coming. There are days that I desperately need to know that all of this will come to an end and my best day is coming.
I don’t know about you my friend; I truly hope that you have had at least a dozen “best days of your life”. I hope that you have had days so beautiful they took your breath away. I hope you have so many beautiful memories that your heart can hardly store them all. I hope you have had joy my friend, days and days of joy. But even if you have my beloved, if you are a child of God, you haven’t even come close to having your best day yet! And my sweet friend, if you like me, struggle to find the best day of your life, take hope. If you are a child of the King, your best day is yet to come! No matter what kind of days your life has brought, child of God, your best day is yet to come!
“He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” Revelation 21:4. Beloved, I pray that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior because if you have, your best day is yet to come. When days get hard, when the load gets heavy, remind yourself of these words. My best day is yet to come! “Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven” (Lam. 3:41) my friends because better days are coming. Lift up your heart and put your focus on the One waiting at the finish line my friend. He’s waiting for you, and at last you will have the best day of your life.
See also: 1 Cor. 2:9; Rev. 21:21-25; Hebrews 11
Katrina Douglas
