Make it a good day, or not, the choice is yours

When I was in high school (don't ask how long ago that was *_-), my principle used to announce this every morning during homeroom. At the time I used to either blank it out or mumble some pessimistic sentiment to gloss over it. It's a pretty simple thing to say, but it holds a lot of weight too. As Christians we too have a choice, one to either glorify God or not. Not to say that we'll have an eay time of it, but as Gloria even mentioned at tonight's prayer meeting, Jesus was able to die for us because the Lord had imparted his joy upon him.
I myself had a crummy day, for at least most of it. I missed my morning lab and got 0 points for the lab, and 1/2 credit for the previous lab, missed extra credit questions 'cause I was late to class, not to mention being bummed out from all the time and energy expended on last nights disapointing bball game. Prayer meeting helped cheer me up though, just to see almost everyone there put a smile on my face.
Continuing on with Jeremiah, I read chapters 25-26 tonight.
Some thoughts:

Chapter 25: So 38 the Lord, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. 39 “Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. 40 Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it. 25:16 When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro 41 and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.”

Reading this made me think about nations today such as Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, etc. which are gripped in a state of perpetual violence and riots (not everywhere mind you, but largely). What these nations share is a disdain for the living God and an outright animosity towards Israel. Even when they claim to desire peace, they are far from it. Similarly, the book of Jeremiah carries prophetic omens of doom to nations such as Egypt, Babylon, Syria, Arabia, Moab, and Philistia. But just as he brought destruction upon the Egyptians during the Israeli exodus, so will he not let those who persecute his chosen people go unpunished. I believe that part of America's prosperity lies in her alliance with Israel, but with the new presidency it remains to be seen how long this will be so. I find it such a strange coincidence that America saw such a booming time of prosperity at the same time that Israel became established, in 1948.