Inspired by lyrics from “Takin’ Back My Day” by JD Martin, Jan Garrett, and Richard Mekdeci:
It’s a beautiful start to a brand new morning. Then, out of the blue, without warning, I let a little thing like a gnat in my tea steal away my sanity. In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be ok. I’d start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! . . . Standin’ in my shoes, I know what to do—takin’ back my day!
Just a slight adjustment, is really all it takes. See the great big picture, ‘stead of all the mistakes. Oh, I just smile at the things on my list—can’t stay inside on a day like this.
In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be okay, I start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! … Takin’ back my day, standin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves, takin’ back my day.
There’s a blue sky over my head. I got a spring in my step. You can bet the best is just a breath away, Takin back my day! Dancin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves—takin’ back my day!
Responsive Reading for May 1
Jesus said to those who questioned Him: “Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad” (John 8:56).
It’s a beautiful start to a brand new morning. Then, if some little irritation happens, out of the blue, without warning, I won’t let a little thing like a gnat in my tea steal away my sanity. I’m takin’ back my day!
“So Jacob told his household and all who were with him: “. . . ‘purify yourselves and change your clothes. Let us now go up to Bethel so that I might build an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone’” (Gen. 35:2-3).
Just a slight adjustment, is really all it takes; see the great big picture, ‘stead of all the mistakes. Oh, I just smile at the things on my list—Can’t stay inside on a day like this. I’m takin’ back my day!
“…Choose this day whom you will serve …. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).
In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be ok. I’d start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away. Standin’ in my shoes, I know what to do. I’m takin’ back my day!
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad” (Ps. 118:24).
There’s a blue sky over my head, I got a spring in my step, you can bet the best is just a breath away. I’m takin’ back my day!