backwards

well my dear ones,

Take a moment and ask yourself this:

is there any thing in your life

that you love so much

that you'd not be willing to sell it

if someone you love needed the money

and it was the only way they could get it?

My friend, Mike, wanted a Harley badly;

when he finally got the one he wanted,

he said it was a great bike

and he really loved it,

but he sincerely hoped

that he would never get so attached to it

that he wouldn't be willing to give it up

if God put it on his heart

that he was being asked to part with it

in order to have the money to help others.

A friend of mine once pointed out to me

that many of us have life backwards;

we are meant to use things and love people,

yet many people seem to have that reversed;

they tend to love things and use people.

If we focus our lives on ourselves

and our possessions,

then we will always be disappointed,

always left wanting for more.

But if we focus our lives on others,

even if they don't appreciate it at the time

(some will, some will not),

if we choose to live

with an attitude of gratitude for what we have,

if we choose to live with an attitude

that we are blessed to be a blessing,

then God will honor that choice

and multiply the blessings in our lives.

(& from my own personal experience,

 I can verify for you the truth of that =>)

Have a great week!

grace, peace, and love to you,

dave

"Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

 And your wages for what does not satisfy?"

Isaiah 55:2