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Feb3

DAY 34

Posted on February 3, 2013 by lsgrlr

Let the games begin!

“The Super Bowl is a game. Life is for real. What I went through helped me get to where I am today. I won’t forget. I can’t forget. Because a man who forgets his past sometimes loses his soul and forgets where to go in the future.” – Junior Seau

Many times we view life as a game. As the saying goes, “He who has the most toys wins”. But as the late Junior Seau points out, life is NOT a game. On the contrary, it is very REAL! Here’s another truth. At the end of life, your toys WON’T matter. So instead of amassing “stuff” that won’t matter in the end, we should start investing in what really matters…REAL life. Invest in the lives of those around you like family and friends, but most of all invest in the ONE who holds it all together…GOD.

Life is hard and sometimes we feel like we can’t go on. It is in those times we need to remember who and whose we are. Our past teaches us to be grateful for our present and it gives us hope for our future. Live life. Don’t play with it…it’s NOT a game.

So what am I thankful for today? I am thankful that I am living life, REALLY living life.

Jan27

DAY 27

Posted on January 27, 2013 by lsgrlr

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We all have a purpose: Take a Stance.

“If you have nothing worth dying for, you have nothing worth living for.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

What do you stand for? When push comes to shove do you stand for what you believe or do you crumble under the weight of the pressure? My pastor is currently going through the book of Daniel (yes, the Bible book…but don’t click off the page just yet, hear me out). Today the topic was about choices. All choices come with options and consequences, the choices we make show us what we are made of. Nothing tells you about yourself like having your back against the wall. It is in those moments that you choose to stand, or choose to surrender.

I don’t think there is a person in the word that says, “When I grow up I want to surrender!” So, then why do we give up what we believe so easily? Each time we surrender, we break off a part of ourselves and this continues until there is nothing left of us but a shell.

We all have a purpose so don’t be afraid to seek it. Stand for what you believe, even if everyone else disagrees with you. It is better to have the whole world against you and know who you are, than to have everyone’s agreement and be lost. Find something worth dying for…then STAND your ground.

So what am I thankful for today? Thankful that I have something worth dying for…therefore, I live for it.

Jan21

Day 21

Posted on January 21, 2013 by lsgrlr

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Today I had a friend share her story. Mind blowing was the only way to describe it. After listening to her I realized this…we can know someone our whole lives and never know what’s going on inside of them. Why? I honestly don’t know why. However, what I do know is that I don’t want to miss the opportunity to see another person, REALLY see them. As she was talking I thought to myself how did no one know? Were the people around her so caught up in their lives that the couldn’t see her pain? Was she that good of an actress? Life is very hard, there is family pressure, work pressure, and, worst of all, self-inflicted pressure. All of these stressors make us feel directionless and small. Sometimes all we need is someone else to acknowledge our existence. My friend cried out in prayer…God answered. My prayer is that I have eyes to see. I pray that I am not so caught up in my pain and my problems that I can’t see the pain of others.