We have to cultivate thankfulness and gratitude over bitterness and accusation. We have to be intentional rather than distracted. We have to remind ourselves to think about our change in that new light we are cultivating.
It’s not a choice; it’s a hundred choices, a thousand choices, and then a hundred thousand choices.
If we keep doing that, it’s like we’re planting a seed and then watering the ground, fertilizing around it, and weeding it. First we see the shoot, then the leaf, and finally the flower.
In other words, we can grow to cherish thankfulness and gratitude. We create the grooves by what we do, what we think about, and how we respond until it becomes our default mode of relating.
taken in part from a message by Gary Thomas from the book Cherish
"Life is often lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road a bit that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life as a result"
Monday, January 9, 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
Mix It All Together You May Get Great Bisquits
Happy New Year 2017.....
Most everything I post I have found somewhere and I always try to give credit where credit is due. The following prayer came through Facebook share, originally from Justin Cross. It's a cowboy way of saying what we see, feel or taste by itself may not be the end product. I think of it kinda like me, without Jesus and my faith I'm not the same person..enjoy
Most everything I post I have found somewhere and I always try to give credit where credit is due. The following prayer came through Facebook share, originally from Justin Cross. It's a cowboy way of saying what we see, feel or taste by itself may not be the end product. I think of it kinda like me, without Jesus and my faith I'm not the same person..enjoy
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