The Heart of Thanksgiving
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What a year! Seperated from my wife of 13 years, living in an apartment, unemployed for 11 1/2 months, at the end of my rope and at the end of my resources. I discovered some things, though. Very important things.
1. Without people who care about me, I would be homeless and begging for food. No doubt. No exageration.
2. Without a purpose in life, there appears to be not much of a reason to go on.
3. Without prayer, there is no hope for things to get better.
4. Without a positive hobby to occupy my mind (in this case, Wincustomize), I would have gone crazy - thinking too much, worrying.
5. Without the Bible, there is no spiritual growth, which is a stagnation more horrible than death.
6. Without God, there is none of the above.
I never missed a meal. I slept under a roof every night. I always had clothes to wear. I was always warm. I was always loved.
I am getting back on my feet again, and am so appreciative to those that helped me through this dark valley. Some were family members, some were friends, and some were people I don't even know on this website who I am now proud to call "friends". But there are people in life who don't have all of these "blessings" and are always hungry, always cold, always alone. When I think about it, I am undone, ... feel like I am coming apart at the seams. How do they have the strength to survive? Where do they get their grit and determination when my "inconveniant" circumstances almost led me to despair.
So here it is; the heart of the matter: God has given me this life to manage ... for a reason.
My prayer is that I can use the resources that He has entrusted me with, to help those who do not have, who are alone, who are in need more than me. Whether it is an unknown person on the street in need of a ride, or a shelter for the homeless, or just a person at work that needs help with something. My new motto is "I'm here for you!!"
Jim Elliot said "He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep, in order to gain that which he cannot lose".
I want to be the type of person that can lay down my life for another.
I want to be the type of person that makes a difference in someone's life, whether I get the credit or not. That's my goal.
I'm not sure this is what was intended by this "article" page, but I wanted to share a thread of my life with you.
Thanks for listening.
1. Without people who care about me, I would be homeless and begging for food. No doubt. No exageration.
2. Without a purpose in life, there appears to be not much of a reason to go on.
3. Without prayer, there is no hope for things to get better.
4. Without a positive hobby to occupy my mind (in this case, Wincustomize), I would have gone crazy - thinking too much, worrying.
5. Without the Bible, there is no spiritual growth, which is a stagnation more horrible than death.
6. Without God, there is none of the above.
I never missed a meal. I slept under a roof every night. I always had clothes to wear. I was always warm. I was always loved.
I am getting back on my feet again, and am so appreciative to those that helped me through this dark valley. Some were family members, some were friends, and some were people I don't even know on this website who I am now proud to call "friends". But there are people in life who don't have all of these "blessings" and are always hungry, always cold, always alone. When I think about it, I am undone, ... feel like I am coming apart at the seams. How do they have the strength to survive? Where do they get their grit and determination when my "inconveniant" circumstances almost led me to despair.
So here it is; the heart of the matter: God has given me this life to manage ... for a reason.
My prayer is that I can use the resources that He has entrusted me with, to help those who do not have, who are alone, who are in need more than me. Whether it is an unknown person on the street in need of a ride, or a shelter for the homeless, or just a person at work that needs help with something. My new motto is "I'm here for you!!"
Jim Elliot said "He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep, in order to gain that which he cannot lose".
I want to be the type of person that can lay down my life for another.
I want to be the type of person that makes a difference in someone's life, whether I get the credit or not. That's my goal.
I'm not sure this is what was intended by this "article" page, but I wanted to share a thread of my life with you.
Thanks for listening.
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