Always appreciate what and who you have in your life, because in just a second everything and everyone could disappear! Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know the least thing about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are really but a wisp of vapor a puff of smoke, a mist that is visible for a little while and then disappears into thin air. You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that thing. (James 4:13-15) What Will Matter? It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! (St. Luke 6:31) Choose to live a life that matters. God Grant Me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with Him forever in the next. (Reinhold Niebuhr) Sometimes you have to speak victory during the test no matter how you feel, speak the word and you will be healed. Speak over yourself, encourage yourself in the Lord. (Donald Lawrence) KEEP THE FAITH!!! Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but it is a matter of choice.
"You Be Encouraged"
Posted By: Bishop Matthew A. Barber
Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 6:51PM
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