I have had a lot of jobs over the last 30 years. I have bussed tables
and washed dishes. I have mopped floors and carried out garbage. I have
chopped wood and stacked lumber. I have shoveled sawdust and pushed a
broom. I have substitute taught every grade from seniors to
kindergarteners and every subject from English literature to Algebra. I
have cared for the handicapped in first a group home and then in my own
home. I have worked with my brain. I have worked with my back. I have
worked with my hands. I have worked with my heart. I have done
everything I could to make a living so I could take care of those I
love.
During those years of making a living, however, I realized
something. I wasn't making a life. I was earning money to feed my
family, but I wasn't feeding my own soul. I was doing enough to keep a
roof over our heads, but I wasn't doing enough to keep love in our
lives. I was working hard to keep clothes on our backs, but I wasn't
working hard to keep God in our hearts.
When I realized this I
slowly began to not only make a living but also to make a life worth
living. I began to pray more. I thanked God for my life and welcomed Him
into my heart. I took more than just a second to glance at a rainbow in
the sky or to watch the sun rise in the morning.
I hugged my
children more. I laughed with them more. I told them I loved them more.
I spent more time playing with my dogs and petting my cats. I began to
read more and watch television less. I allowed inspiration from above to
take my own writing in a new direction and I delighted in writing about
how much God loves us. I loved more from the depths of my heart and saw
how the more love we share, the more joy we have. I took the time to
help others in every way I could and to contribute to my community. I
did everything I could to become a better person and along the way I
realized that I was helping to build a better world. In making my life
here I saw too that I was also making my life for the hereafter.
Don't be so busy making a living then that you forget to make a life.
Bring your love to your days and your joy to your work. Be the Child of
God you were meant to be and delight in this life you were given. Give
the glorious gift of YOU to this world! If you do then you will have a
life worth living. If you do you will have a love worth sharing. If you
do you will have a Heavenly happiness in your soul, today, tomorrow, and
forever.
Making a Life
Today's Bible Verse:
"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose
that prevails." (Prov 19:21)
Making a Life
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