Good morning and Happy Saturday! It is beautiful out this morning a fresh blanket of white on the ground and although the sky is hazy the sun has popped its head out and is causing the snow to glisten! Beautiful, just BE U T FUL:)
I pray your morning has been a quiet and calm one, that all of you got a good nights rest and are revved up, rejuvenated and ready for whatever the day brings your way. In prayer this morning I sat outside admiring the beauty that God has laid for us this day and I could not help but wonder what it would be like without the colors, the sounds, and the smells that we are blessed with. Imagine if everything were shades of black, white, and gray? I thanked Him for his gift of color in our lives. I said my normal morning prayers asking God to bless each of you with a day of delight, to take each of your trials and let them lay dormant this day, to allow you the blessings of answered prayers and the release of stress and drama. Imagine a day with nothing but love, joy, and laughter...if you can imagine it, you can have it! Positive is as positive does:) As I was closing my prayer, a very strong emotion crossed my heart, "Life is a gift" and the word understanding. In my day to day dealings I see so much back stabbing, so much gossip, so much "fakeness" so much ignorance! Each person we come across has a story, each person has a rhyme to their reason and many times the rhyme and reason do not measure up to what we deem as "correct" "normal" or "accepted" instead of trying to understand what makes the person be the person they are, we turn away, sometimes we act "put out", sometimes we act frightened, some times we act mean in spirit toward that person. I pray today that if you feel any of these feeling brewing up in you as you see someone who is not up to "standard" that you be understanding! Until you have walked in their shoes you have no idea what they are going through. It starts with the gift of hello and a smile, let them know that all people do not think them disgusting simply because they do not "have." Give the gift of YOU today...compassion starts with a smile and then God leads your from there! Some of the richest people I have met are the ones that have no worldly possessions, some of the most spirit filled people I have met are struggling each day just to make it through! Look with your heart and love with what God has given you. Gifts do not have to cost money, the finest gifts I have ever received have been a simple hello, a genuine smile and a comforting touch. Share the gift of you today!
This is how human brain changes when the status changed. Only few remember what life was before, and who’s always been there even in the most painful situations.
Life Is A Gift
Today before you think of saying an unkind word–
think of someone who can’t speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food–
think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife–
think of someone who is crying out to God for a companion.
Today before you complain about life–
think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before you complain about your children–
think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.
Before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn’t clean or sweep–
think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive–
think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job–
think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another–
remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down–
put a smile on your face and thank God you’re alive and still around.
Life is a gift – Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, and Fulfill it.
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