I don't know about you, but I was always looking for the big things and missing out on the small things. We look to be blessed in big ways, at least I did and when I was blessed in small ways it didn't seem to have that much impact on me, because it was like I was looking for something bigger, a bigger sign, a bigger thing. Instead of seeing the small things for big things. Does that make sense?
This morning on my way to work. It is a very cold morning. I left where I live and the roads were clear. It was a nice drive, but as I got closer to Buffalo, well the drive got worse and worse. I was following a tractor trailer. It was going at a steady speed at first, but as the roads got worse, it slowed down providing me a shield from the worsening conditions. That tractor trailer continued to move forward as I couldn't see 10 ft in front of me, but the one thing I could see was the lights flashing. It was a comfort knowing that even though I couldn't see anything else, that his lights was leading me on.
Life is so much the same way. We look for the big lights, but it is the little lights that can guide us home. Jesus is the light, no man comes to the father, but by Him. He is the light of the world and He is the flashing lights when the storm wages on. He is the great lighthouse that keeps our ships from crashing against the rocks. He is the only way and that tractor trailer reminded me that even in the darkest nights, the biggest storms, that Jesus will be our light, He will guide us to safety.
Be thankful in all the little things and you will be amazed how your perspective changes and what those little things will mean to you.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Change Your Focus
When we change our focus we change the result. If you are worrying about something, change what you are focusing on and watch the amazing thing happen. It is when we focus on something, does that something grow and it becomes more of an issue then it may have been. Take a moment to reflect on what you have been worried about, has the worry grown? Well, if you answered yes, stop focusing on it, change our thoughts and we change.
If you don't think you can do it, well that is where choice comes in. Believe in the concept of change, believe it can happen and it will, but if you say it is impossible, well nothing will change, other then you will become more and more worried about the things that seem to grow.
Change starts with you, it can be like a mustard seed and it can grow to something so big that you may shock yourself. Don't listen to others tell you that the change can't happen, because what do they know.
Change is a choice, are you ready to change?
If you don't think you can do it, well that is where choice comes in. Believe in the concept of change, believe it can happen and it will, but if you say it is impossible, well nothing will change, other then you will become more and more worried about the things that seem to grow.
Change starts with you, it can be like a mustard seed and it can grow to something so big that you may shock yourself. Don't listen to others tell you that the change can't happen, because what do they know.
Change is a choice, are you ready to change?
Monday, February 24, 2014
Follow up on Humanity
I was thinking more about my post from yesterday. We can tell someone we love them over and over again, but when our actions do not match what we are saying our words are mute. Our actions need to be what we say.
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Let our actions line up with what we say, it is important, because so many people think that they are worthless, that they mean nothing to no one. It is time that those people know what they are worth.
It is my hearts cry to let the forgotten know they are loved, to reach into the ones that think that they do not matter and realize that they do. Don't let the ones in your household be forgotten, don't think work is more important then our kids. Don't let the things stand between you and your husband or wife, for those things will cause the house to crumble and fall. Don't allow it, fight for your family, stand up and stand strong.
It is time to make the choice to come along family and friends to share with them the love that Jesus Christ has for them. We do that not by just telling them that Jesus loves them, but we love them too. What I am sharing with you reminds me of a song.
Don't Tell Them Jesus Loves Them.
Words by: Steve Camp & Rob Frazier
Oh, the suffering souls
Crying out for love
In a world that seldom cares
See the hungry hearts
Longing to be filled
With much more than our prayers
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
And you hear her crying out for help
My God! What will we do ?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
All the desperate men
Are we reaching for the souls
That are sinking down sin?
Oh, cry for the church
We've lost our passion for the lost
And there are billions left to win
And another 40,000 children starved to death today
Would we risk all we have
To see one of them saved!?!
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Why have we waited so long
To show them Jesus lives
To share salvation's song!
Why have our hearts become so proud
That we fail to see
To love them is to love God!
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
Hear her crying out for help
What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Let our actions line up with what we say, it is important, because so many people think that they are worthless, that they mean nothing to no one. It is time that those people know what they are worth.
It is my hearts cry to let the forgotten know they are loved, to reach into the ones that think that they do not matter and realize that they do. Don't let the ones in your household be forgotten, don't think work is more important then our kids. Don't let the things stand between you and your husband or wife, for those things will cause the house to crumble and fall. Don't allow it, fight for your family, stand up and stand strong.
It is time to make the choice to come along family and friends to share with them the love that Jesus Christ has for them. We do that not by just telling them that Jesus loves them, but we love them too. What I am sharing with you reminds me of a song.
Don't Tell Them Jesus Loves Them.
Words by: Steve Camp & Rob Frazier
Oh, the suffering souls
Crying out for love
In a world that seldom cares
See the hungry hearts
Longing to be filled
With much more than our prayers
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
And you hear her crying out for help
My God! What will we do ?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
All the desperate men
Are we reaching for the souls
That are sinking down sin?
Oh, cry for the church
We've lost our passion for the lost
And there are billions left to win
And another 40,000 children starved to death today
Would we risk all we have
To see one of them saved!?!
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Why have we waited so long
To show them Jesus lives
To share salvation's song!
Why have our hearts become so proud
That we fail to see
To love them is to love God!
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
Hear her crying out for help
What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Humanity
What a way to start this blog, what a title. Doesn't that cover all different roles of life, wait that covers us all, we are all human. What do we have that is the same, no matter the color of our skin, no matter what gender we are, no matter what sexual orientation we are we have one simple yet complicated thing the same. Are you ready for it? Do you know what it is?
OK, I have left you hanging long enough and no it isn't that we are human, because you already knew that. But we all have the need for acceptance. We all want to feel like we belong. You look at our kids, they want to say the right things and do the right things. If we are married, we avoid the wrong conversations, the wrong things to talk about. If we are single we talk to our friends as if we will lose them because we don't say the right thing. We want to be accepted in church and in home, we want to be accepted by our work, we want to be accepted no matter what and we will do anything to be accepted. It is a scary thought what we all do to feel apart of something.
Our kids need to know they are loved no matter what. That we are proud of them, that they mean the world to us no matter what. Our husbands and wives should not have to wait for a special occasion to know they are loved, today you should take a minute just to tell them why you love them. We don't know what life is going to bring to us, but we do know what we have right now, make sure they know how you feel, make sure they know that you love them. It doesn't matter the past, but what matters is today. Why wait for another Valentines day, or anniversery, or birthday or some special day to tell them just what they mean to you. Just how special they are to you, just how you love them. Don't wait and don't waste the time you have, because we do not know what tomorrow will bring, but today brings you hope for telling them just how much they mean to you.
We all want to belong to something, let the people you have with you, know that you are proud of them, that you love them and that you are so happy to be married to them, or that you are so happy that they are your kids, or that you are so happy that they are your boyfriend or girlfriend. There is no time like today to make sure they know what they mean to you.
Today can be the first day of the best of your life, start it right. Start making the changes, because change starts with you. Have a wonderful rest of Sunday and may you see that today is the day to begin the change. Don't put it off.
OK, I have left you hanging long enough and no it isn't that we are human, because you already knew that. But we all have the need for acceptance. We all want to feel like we belong. You look at our kids, they want to say the right things and do the right things. If we are married, we avoid the wrong conversations, the wrong things to talk about. If we are single we talk to our friends as if we will lose them because we don't say the right thing. We want to be accepted in church and in home, we want to be accepted by our work, we want to be accepted no matter what and we will do anything to be accepted. It is a scary thought what we all do to feel apart of something.
Our kids need to know they are loved no matter what. That we are proud of them, that they mean the world to us no matter what. Our husbands and wives should not have to wait for a special occasion to know they are loved, today you should take a minute just to tell them why you love them. We don't know what life is going to bring to us, but we do know what we have right now, make sure they know how you feel, make sure they know that you love them. It doesn't matter the past, but what matters is today. Why wait for another Valentines day, or anniversery, or birthday or some special day to tell them just what they mean to you. Just how special they are to you, just how you love them. Don't wait and don't waste the time you have, because we do not know what tomorrow will bring, but today brings you hope for telling them just how much they mean to you.
We all want to belong to something, let the people you have with you, know that you are proud of them, that you love them and that you are so happy to be married to them, or that you are so happy that they are your kids, or that you are so happy that they are your boyfriend or girlfriend. There is no time like today to make sure they know what they mean to you.
Today can be the first day of the best of your life, start it right. Start making the changes, because change starts with you. Have a wonderful rest of Sunday and may you see that today is the day to begin the change. Don't put it off.
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