My Life Is Not My Own....
I have know this for a long time, but it is still sinking in. Or maybe sometimes its just easy to forget.... I heard a guy say one time 'The secret to contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.' So many times i think that we get consumed in living our life and forget that there is so much more out there. I find that when i am focused on my life and what i want it is so easy to complain, to get discouraged and be discouraging to those around me. And days when I am really focused on the fact that I am living with the purpose of bringing glory to God in each and every thing i do, it all just fades away. It no longer matters if I did not get enough sleep last night, or i really dont feel like going to work, or whatever the situation may be.
I am trying to look on life with this view: That every situation, every circumstance has been ordained that way for a reason, the people that I work with, the people that I go to school with, the retarted driver in the lane next to me, the fact that my life intersects for a brief minute with theirs- there is a reason for it. I want to trust God, that he knows what he is doing, cause he can see the whole puzzle put together and all i can see is a few peices at a time. He is not going to put me in a situation for no reason, and if a situation at first seems bad I need to stop myself from complaining or questioning and look for the reason I am in the situation in the first place. But even if I never understand why i was put in that situation, I should still take heart in knowing that God understands, not only does he understand, but he planned it that way, and just knowing that should make it okay.
What would happen if we started looking at every day, every situation, every moment of interaction with another human being as a divine appointment? How would we live our lives differently? Personally, I would watch what I say and how I act, not only externally, but in my mind as well. I would try to be aware that there is a much bigger picture out there, that i am only one peice in an enourmously large puzzle and just because it does not make sense to me at the current moment, does not mean that it is pointless. That is what I would do... that is what i WILL do. How about you??......
I am trying to look on life with this view: That every situation, every circumstance has been ordained that way for a reason, the people that I work with, the people that I go to school with, the retarted driver in the lane next to me, the fact that my life intersects for a brief minute with theirs- there is a reason for it. I want to trust God, that he knows what he is doing, cause he can see the whole puzzle put together and all i can see is a few peices at a time. He is not going to put me in a situation for no reason, and if a situation at first seems bad I need to stop myself from complaining or questioning and look for the reason I am in the situation in the first place. But even if I never understand why i was put in that situation, I should still take heart in knowing that God understands, not only does he understand, but he planned it that way, and just knowing that should make it okay.
What would happen if we started looking at every day, every situation, every moment of interaction with another human being as a divine appointment? How would we live our lives differently? Personally, I would watch what I say and how I act, not only externally, but in my mind as well. I would try to be aware that there is a much bigger picture out there, that i am only one peice in an enourmously large puzzle and just because it does not make sense to me at the current moment, does not mean that it is pointless. That is what I would do... that is what i WILL do. How about you??......
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