LIFE

MONDAY! Now, the W/E is gone, what lies ahead for this week? For those who are off to work, for those on vacation, for those who are retired, have homes, food , and clothing..well, all have a great day, and a great week!! Stop, now, and think of your fellow man, the one who does not have a job to go to,, out of money, losing their home, their car, no clothes, except the ones on their back, homeless, children crying for clothes, school, and food...please, stop, pray for them, and if you know someone who is like this,drop off something to them, it might, just might make their Monday the first day of a better week,,, how about it, will you,,, after reading this, or , will you not?


Prayer Request: For my good friend , Gerald Turner, who is recovering from a great and serious operation... He is at home, but , far, far from "over" it... so pray many, many prayers for Gerald , and his wife Paula who stands beside him daily.

LIFE!

What is life? It is more than just existing. It is more than just breathing. It is more than just slowly counting your birthdays while your body gets older and weaker. It has taken me many years of learning and growing, but I think that now I am finally beginning to understand what life is and what life isn't.

Life isn't some frantic race towards some distant goal. Life is a leisurely walk you take each day seeing all the wonder and beauty around you. Life isn't some tightrope balancing act where you must be perfect or lose everything. Life is a joyful stroll down some old railroad tracks where if you fall off you just smile, laugh, and jump right back on. Life isn’t some worrisome counting of every penny you make. Life is smelling flowers, smiling at sunrises, playing with laughing children, and collecting priceless memories. Life isn't what happens to you. Life is rather the many wonderful choices that you make all through the day and all through your life.

It is these many wonderful choices that bring you the joy you seek. It is these many loving choices that bring you the love you need. It is these many Heavenly choices that bring you the oneness with God you desire. It is these many choices that allow you to smile and forgive instead of stewing in your anger when someone hurts you. It is these many choices that allow you to laugh and love instead of despair when things go wrong. It is these many choices that allow you to give joy and goodness to others instead of always trying to get things from them.

All of life comes down to the many wonderful choices we make each day.
Let's use them to choose a lifetime of love, joy, peace, happiness, goodness, delight, and oneness with God for ourselves. Let's use them to bless the world, help others, and bring truth, joy, love, and light to everyone we meet.

Thank You God for Life its' self,, for You are life, without You there would be none. Amen

Thanks Lori for the thoughts, from 09/17/2010!

John HIcks
Living life with my God, Who is that with you? As I started these thoughts this morning, this is what I kept seeing, "Life", and then to my memories of another day, and their it was on this day in2010, for a good friend of mine, whom I have only meet through the heart and networking,,, may she continue to influence my life, so again, God Bless You Lori Mays!