Wednesday, June 27, 2007

WALKING ON MAIN STREET OR A DEAD-END ALLEY?

Make a list of your good qualities. They might include:
  • Intelligence
  • Locale
  • Appearance
  • Relationships
  • Finances
  • Occupation
  • Accomplishments
  • Possessions

You may be strong in one or more of these. The overall best quality of a believer is we know how to really live. We know how to maximize life eternal...both for earth and later for heaven. We know God knows us. Jesus came that we might have abundant life. Then? Live abundantly!

Whether rich like Solomon, graced like Mary, or disgraced like Job, God's people do the best job of living on earth. It doesn't matter who we know or wish we knew or never met, we really live because our God is all about life. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks and every time God speaks, life comes out. We are in His/Their image. We are all about life!

So many are still looking for their break in life. They can't see it's going on now. Some aren't married and want in. More are married and want out. Some are too short and others are too heavy. Regardless of the income, outgo seems to win by a nose every week. Life has become far too tangled and God didn't design it to be such.

We are no longer dependent on circumstances, inheritance, or good breaks. We live in the very center of every kind of day in simply MARVELOUS AND GIGANTIC WAYS. Therefore, stop the sweat. Curb the fret. Awaken to yourself.....your real self. The one who can shatter roadblocks intending to shut you down after the divorce is you. The one who shrugs a shoulder at a bad medical report is you. The one who smiles in the center of persecution.....is you, my friend. Determine to carefully cultivate awareness of blessings of now. Otherwise, you will be destined to focus on the wrong things and will end up dead while you try to live.

Live....not just later after death....during life. It's far more enjoyable and certainly reflects the participation of The Presence. Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me (Philippians 4:11-13).

Let's talk.....and then walk.....as if we are sure these things are true.

3 comments:

Donna G said...

Thank you...this is exactly what I needed to hear today.

Liz Moore said...

Terry,

thank you for such an awesome reminder! What a great way to start my weekend! I love you friend!

Stoogelover said...

This is very good. For that matter, I'm still waiting for you to post a blog that isn't good! Sort of like the rest of us from time to time. As I read these words my mother was written all through them. She had so many health issues, but she lived every day to the fullest, no matter how full that fullest might be on a given day.