Meant to be

We all have a purpose, we may not know it. This morning I heard this song and I thought it applied to many people I have come in contact with.

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Long before you drew your first breath
A dream was coming true

God wanted to give a gift to the world
So he wrapped it up in you

Every step that you've taken
Every move that you make
Is part of his plan

You were meant to be touching
The lives that you touch
And meant to be here
Making this world so much more
Than it would be without you in it

You were meant to be bringing
The gifts that you bring
And singing the songs
You've been given to sing

You are perfectly, wonderfully,
Beautifully meant to be
You were meant to be

Long before you took your first fall
You stumbled to the ground
God started telling the story of you to the angles around
Every failure and victory
Everything inbetween
Its all in his hand

You were meant to be touching
The lives that you touch
And meant to be here
Making this world so much more
Than it would be without you in it

You were meant to be bringing
The gifts that you bring
And singing the songs
You've been given to sing

You are perfectly, wonderfully,
Beautifully meant to be
You were meant to be (yeah)
Meant to be
You are
You are
You are meant to be
You are
You are
You are meant to be

For every breath that your taking
And every move that you make
It's a meaningful life you've been given
Live it well

You were meant to be touching
The lives that you touch
And meant to be here
Making this world so much more
Than it would be without you in it

You were meant to be bringing
The gifts that you bring
And singing the songs
You've been given to sing

You are perfectly, wonderfully,
Beautifully meant to be (yeah)
You were meant to be (yeah)
You were meant to be (yeah)
You were meant to be
To be
You were meant to be

Complications

Today I was thinking about life and how complicated it can be. I am going to just put my random thoughts down and I hope you are able to follow. I believe we have a choices in what we do, we make life what it is. If that is correct, then we make life complicated by the choices we make or that we do not make.

When our relationships are complicated, is it then our choice to make them uncomplicated, to make them what they should be not what they are being? If that is the case then what are the complications and why are they there?

We tend to make the things more complicated then they have to be. We put everything in boxes. We have a box for junk, we have a box for life, we have a box for our relationships, our friendships and so on. Why do we have so many boxes? Why do we create boxes at all? When we want life to open up, what do we have to do? We have to think outside of the box, we have to stop putting people in boxes, things in boxes like we want to move them so quickly from point A to point B. I know easier said then done, but today it is about thinking outside the box. It is about stepping out of the box you built for yourself, a box that brought you shelter and safety and it is time that you see that life is not in the box. Life is outside and in order to step away from the complications, you are going to need to step outside of the box.

Yes, I am actually more talking to myself then maybe anyone else, but my life can't be defined by a box, it is defined by me looking outside of the box. It is defined by me seeing the answers are their, but they are not in the box.

Today, take a minute and think, do you define your life by boxes? Have you put people in boxes? Maybe it is time we burn the boxes and see life for what it can be, instead of what we defined it as.

Our Character

Why

As we grow up we tend to ask why a lot. But I don't think it just ends when we have grown up, I think it continues through our lives. Maybe not as much as we hear our kids asking, but we do ask why in different ways, or about different things.

Have you noticed that the we do this? Why did our marriage fall apart? Why did God let it happen? See it is across the board, but maybe it isn't in the why that matters, maybe it is in the how. We say why a lot, but maybe we should change it to How did our marriage fall apart? Instead of placing the blame with a why, we start taking the blame for our actions, for our reactions. Instead of being reactional we start being proactive.

In your relationships, when challenged do you react, or do you think before you speak? Today make a mental note, if you do not have anything positive to say, do not say anything at all. Bite your tongue when your partner wants to attack you, take a step back and as HOW can I answer this better, HOW can I change my prospective? How can I be a better partner?

All to often we want to rise to the occasion of a fight. Don't, step back and ask how.

Today is the first day to start making a difference and that difference begins with you.

Demons

I was thinking all weekend about things that crop up in each of our lives that we struggle with. Not the run of the mill things, but the things that we want to hide from others around us, from our spouse, or our partners. These things we think that no one would understand and I believe we all have them unless we deal with them. I call them demons, because the more we hide them, the more they eat at us, the kill us from the inside.

We all wonder how do we handle these things? Well, if running and hiding from them make them stronger, maybe we need to confront them, expose them for what they are instead of letting them grow inside of us. The more we expose them, share with others about them, the more control we will have over them, because no longer do we have to hide them.

Today it is about exposing the demons in our lives, it is about calling them what they are and stop hiding them from others, because the more we hide, the more we feed them. Call it like it is, no longer hiding behind the mask, take a stand and take a chance, because today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life. What is there to loose? Today take a stand, confront and expose them for what they are.

I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and soon it is going to be Monday. Don't look at it as a negative day, embrace it and see that it is the first day that you can make a difference. Don't lose hope, keep pushing forward.