One Person ((YOU)) Can Make A Difference

I've been thinking a lot about life lately. A good friend of mine recently passed away and his passing has put a lot of things into perspective. Some say that life is like a marathon...but I beg to differ. Life is so much more challenging, to me, then just some marathon. Marathons are infinitesimally easier to navigate and complete. In a marathon the racers all line up at equal distance, they race for 5/6 miles or so, and can see the finish line within a couple hours and all the while, the racers have crowds of adoring fans cheering them to completion. Life's race on the other had is quite different..you never really know where or when the finish line will appear. Life isn't fair and we all don't start at the same points and though life may be harder then just a fair weather marathon, it is still so worth the race. We were given life to live abundantly and the unknowns in this life race we run, provides for more excitement and a reason to strive to uncover and fulfill that which we dream. Not seeing the finish line of life gives us the reason to dream, to close our eyes and imagine the possibilities. You see, though life is harder then a mere marathon...we are not governed by a set path, we have the ability to choose or own paths.


God, with his love and longing for us to succeed, gave us the Bible, full of many GREAT, blessed and anointed people that have run and completed their life's race. Many that have given us a good model on how to go about life's challenges. And one of my favorites is NOAH!! Noah's life is a perfect example for the fact that one person's life CAN make a difference for many!


Noah, the Bible says, lived to be 950 years old...which is one heck of an accomplishment, but it's absolutely nothing to the way he lived his life. His uprightness and love for God saved our humanity from certain extinction!!! The Bible, in Genesis, breaks down the condition of humanity and the actions Noah took to save the people from complete destruction.

5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9 This is the account of Noah.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.... •Genesis 6:5-9•

The rest of Genesis 6 gives an account of Noah and his family and how his life affected theirs. I encourage you to read the rest!!



I am blessed to know that our lives, too, can make a difference. We can make a difference for our families by living lives of integrity and obedience to God making good examples and role models, for our surroundings by taking extra steps to make the places around us better then they were before we came, for our future generations by passing on the positive knowledge we have to others, and for God by being ready to take on the tasks he entrusts to us. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE...any time, any place, at any age. It's up to you! Are you willing to be the difference you want to see in this world?



My Prayer
Father, please help my family and friends to embrace the power you've given us individually. Give them the will and the endurance to run the life race set in front of them and the power to follow through with the tasks at hand. Thank you for this day Lord, and for any of the day to follow.
Amen

Yawn...exhausted again, but blessed to see another day!! I hope this post find you blessed as well, loves. xoxo

LIFE: to want, to have, and to do.

Lately I've been so so enamored with life and the blessings that God has blessed me with. My mind is constantly taking in the overwhelming beauty of the world around me. I am most richly blessed and I know that am privileged to wake the mornings I wake and to rest the nights I rest. Our Lives...Our Time...Our Families...Our Friends...Our Possessions, they are all gifts, given to us by a Mighty and Loving God. But the gifts given to us by God are more then just simple givings...it's what we do with these gifts, how we spend these gifts that determine the life we lead. We want, We have, We do....Life!!! What defines yours?

Below are some quotes that help put my daily life into perspective. Let me know what think, how you feel and share some of your favorite quotes with me if you'd like...

• "A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."
~ Larry Bird

• "All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge."
~ Albert Einstein

• "Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldnt buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure?"
~Unknown

• "For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone."
~ Audrey Hepburn

• "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own;
but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd
keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "Learning is like rowing upstream:
not to advance is to drop back."
~ Chinese Proverb

• "Dont run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."
~Unknown

• "Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and
actively becomes the answer."
~ William A. Ward

• "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way and not starting."
~ The Buddha

• "People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
... Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
... Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
... Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
... Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
... Build anyway."
~ Mother Teresa's prayers

Thanks for stopping by again to read my pondering. I hope this post finds you blessed. Life...in the good and bad times is still amazingly wonderful. Keep your head up!