Shouldn't life be more of something to treasure than to throw away or sit on.
If we took a little time everyday to sit and be quiet, to feed on the word of life, and to ponder what we have read and to search ourselves to find a way to move with faith. How different our lives would be. Can you imagine your life lived out with purpose? I have coasted through life in my past. Following my heart, looking for a sign, waiting...always waiting for something,someone. Then I picked up my bible and started reading. I spent hours reading and pondering, then I began to believe what I was reading. I knew that I believed by the way I actually began to change the way I live. Is this not what faith is? ~Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.For by it the elders obtained a good report.(Hebrews 11:1+2) What did the elders do to obtain this good report? They did things that seemed outlandish to the people who were around to see. They believed God when no one else would, they did for him things that no one else wanted to do. They lived in a way that pleased the Father and stood to seem ridiculous because of it. I can imagine, just as we do, that these elders sure had it tough at times too, they may have been lonely on their journey too, they may have wanted to cry and give up too, but they didn't. They believed God's promises and wanted to obtain them. And believe it or not~These all died in faith,not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims on the earth~(Hebrews 11:13) PILGRIMS~ We are just travelling through,brothers and sisters, so don't get caught up and trapped into serving the distractions that this world has to offer.
We are in these vessels right now, and I pray that we all die in faith, having been persuaded of God's promises and having embraced them. I hope you are confessing to yourself and to others that you are a pilgrim. Our home is Heaven!
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Monday, August 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Work hard, Play harder!
I have recently come to understand that just working hard in life will not ensure us great personal success. Nor does it ensure great financial success for that matter! Hard work needs to be mixed with such core values as, integrity, compassion, vision, and a deep driving desire to reap the greatest rewards.Most importantly, having a joyful disposition will make even the most difficult of workdays smoother and more enjoyable. How dreadful a thing it is to not find joy in what you do and how you live.
I have witnessed people who are labeled "workaholics" who work night and day, yet don't seem to have any satisfaction either in their pocketbook nor in the area of personal accomplishment. The lives of these people sadden me deeply because I value life, I know that our time is our greatest commodity. Our time cannot be bought nor sold, it is PRICELESS and IRREPLACEABLE, so it is important to use the precious hours and days, minutes and seconds of our life and our time with the greatest of care. What good is a 16hr work day if it hasn't helped you to move any closer to your goals or desires?
I am a firm believer that small chunks of time used everyday to work on our life goals will without a doubt reward us with our hearts desire in time. The key,however, is to be CONSISTENT. This is a VERY VALUABLE way of spending one's time.
Our day's work should not end at the end of a work day. Especially if we are working for someone else doing something that we don't love. Instead, our workday should just be begining! Instead of parking ourselves in front of the TV night after night right after supper, why not get down to the business of LIVING! MOVING! PLAYING! Even if you love your job, that isn't a reason to stop dreaming and planning and living.
I don't know about you, but I know that I definately do NOT want to live to pay my bills!
So, try something different tonight after work and supper. Go for a long walk with someone you love, or take up a class that teaches something that intrigues you. Read a book, do some exercise, just try it...You can do it! I believe in you ( :
If you need ideas of what to do, then try writing down some of the dreams or goals or any interest that you have and then try to chose an activity that will be a fun way to explore those interest or goals.
If you have a crush on an italian guy at work, then take an italian class for beginners, practice with your crush...who knows where that can lead ( ;
If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, start up a knitting group that meets once a week to just chat, knit and enjoy some good times.
Have a sweet tooth? Take up a baking class! I'm sure you get the point by now, if not...then let me spell it out for you... HAVE FUN, amuse yourself and enjoy yourself, doing something thing that is foreign to you. You never know where this may lead you!
~Think and grow rich- Napoleon Hill~
Strange and varied are the ways of life, and stranger still are the ways of infinite intelligence, through which people are sometimes forced to undergo all sorts of punishment before discovering their own brains, and their own capacity to create useful ideas tthrough imagination.
~ 1 Corinthians 2:9~
But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
I have witnessed people who are labeled "workaholics" who work night and day, yet don't seem to have any satisfaction either in their pocketbook nor in the area of personal accomplishment. The lives of these people sadden me deeply because I value life, I know that our time is our greatest commodity. Our time cannot be bought nor sold, it is PRICELESS and IRREPLACEABLE, so it is important to use the precious hours and days, minutes and seconds of our life and our time with the greatest of care. What good is a 16hr work day if it hasn't helped you to move any closer to your goals or desires?
I am a firm believer that small chunks of time used everyday to work on our life goals will without a doubt reward us with our hearts desire in time. The key,however, is to be CONSISTENT. This is a VERY VALUABLE way of spending one's time.
Our day's work should not end at the end of a work day. Especially if we are working for someone else doing something that we don't love. Instead, our workday should just be begining! Instead of parking ourselves in front of the TV night after night right after supper, why not get down to the business of LIVING! MOVING! PLAYING! Even if you love your job, that isn't a reason to stop dreaming and planning and living.
I don't know about you, but I know that I definately do NOT want to live to pay my bills!
So, try something different tonight after work and supper. Go for a long walk with someone you love, or take up a class that teaches something that intrigues you. Read a book, do some exercise, just try it...You can do it! I believe in you ( :
If you need ideas of what to do, then try writing down some of the dreams or goals or any interest that you have and then try to chose an activity that will be a fun way to explore those interest or goals.
If you have a crush on an italian guy at work, then take an italian class for beginners, practice with your crush...who knows where that can lead ( ;
If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, start up a knitting group that meets once a week to just chat, knit and enjoy some good times.
Have a sweet tooth? Take up a baking class! I'm sure you get the point by now, if not...then let me spell it out for you... HAVE FUN, amuse yourself and enjoy yourself, doing something thing that is foreign to you. You never know where this may lead you!
~Think and grow rich- Napoleon Hill~
Strange and varied are the ways of life, and stranger still are the ways of infinite intelligence, through which people are sometimes forced to undergo all sorts of punishment before discovering their own brains, and their own capacity to create useful ideas tthrough imagination.
~ 1 Corinthians 2:9~
But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Open your eyes
The most moving and exciting thing happened to me this morning....my eyes opened! How marvelous! I will live to see another day! Of all of the gifts that I have received, LIFE has been the most significant to me. As any other gift that I receive, I will appreciate this gift and put it to GOOD use! I will fill my day with all of the GOOD and wonderful works that are well pleasing to my Heavenly Father.
Last night I ran into a friend whom I had not seen in maybe two years. She shared some very sad news with me, the news that her dear sister had passed away last year. She had gone to wake her sister in the morning, and it was then that my friend realized that her sister had lived her last day on the previous day. No one had expected her heart attack. She was vivacious and young. I can't help but wonder if she had lived a life that was fulfilling to her.
When your eyes opened this morning, did you greet this day as though it were the first and the last day of your life? Are you doing your very best to make little steps at every moment of your day that will lead you in the direction that you WANT to head in, or are you just coasting along in life hoping that you will drift into peace, joy, fulfillment, or any other exciting life achievement?
Take control of your life today! This precious gift is YOUR life and no one else knows what stirs your heart and brings you joy. No one else can live out your dreams for you. Be responsible for your life and where it is going. Today may be your last. If this were your last day, would you be ready or would your end come before you had done ALL of the things that would make you feel satisfied and unashamed to meet the KING OF KINGS?
From THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD ~ OG MANDINO
I will live this day as if it is my last.
I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time. When I waste one I destroy the other. If I waste today I destroy the last page of my life. Therefore, each hour of this day will I cherish for it can never return. It cannot be banked today to be withdrawn on the morrow, for who can trap the wind? Each minute of this day will I grasp with both hands and fondle with love for it's value is beyond price. What dying man can purchase another breath though he willingly give all his gold? What price dare I place on the hours ahead? I will make them priceless!
King James Bible ~ Ecclesiastes 8:5-8~
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
So as you can read. We have no power over the time of our death, but we do have power over the state of our souls and the state of our lives at the UNKNOWN time of our death! So start living RIGHT today! Now, while your eyes are open!
Last night I ran into a friend whom I had not seen in maybe two years. She shared some very sad news with me, the news that her dear sister had passed away last year. She had gone to wake her sister in the morning, and it was then that my friend realized that her sister had lived her last day on the previous day. No one had expected her heart attack. She was vivacious and young. I can't help but wonder if she had lived a life that was fulfilling to her.
When your eyes opened this morning, did you greet this day as though it were the first and the last day of your life? Are you doing your very best to make little steps at every moment of your day that will lead you in the direction that you WANT to head in, or are you just coasting along in life hoping that you will drift into peace, joy, fulfillment, or any other exciting life achievement?
Take control of your life today! This precious gift is YOUR life and no one else knows what stirs your heart and brings you joy. No one else can live out your dreams for you. Be responsible for your life and where it is going. Today may be your last. If this were your last day, would you be ready or would your end come before you had done ALL of the things that would make you feel satisfied and unashamed to meet the KING OF KINGS?
From THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD ~ OG MANDINO
I will live this day as if it is my last.
I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time. When I waste one I destroy the other. If I waste today I destroy the last page of my life. Therefore, each hour of this day will I cherish for it can never return. It cannot be banked today to be withdrawn on the morrow, for who can trap the wind? Each minute of this day will I grasp with both hands and fondle with love for it's value is beyond price. What dying man can purchase another breath though he willingly give all his gold? What price dare I place on the hours ahead? I will make them priceless!
King James Bible ~ Ecclesiastes 8:5-8~
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
So as you can read. We have no power over the time of our death, but we do have power over the state of our souls and the state of our lives at the UNKNOWN time of our death! So start living RIGHT today! Now, while your eyes are open!
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