Greetings! ,
I have not been very happy these last couple of days... seriously, I'm amazed I have the stamina to write to you today. Can you say Virus... the yucky chills-one-moment-sweaty-fever-the-next kind of virus!
I even missed a special East To West choir presentation at church... ugh!!! I don't like being sick. In fact it is one thing that, if I'm being truthfully honest, really ticks me off. I have way too many things on my agenda to even consider penciling in 'virus' on my calendar. Can I get an amen??? As I mentioned, I was not happy at all. But I remained blessed and highly favored even in the midst of my puniness... and my happiness had nothing to do with it!
Happy is defined as feeling or showing pleasure, contentment, or joy. And I would place an emphasis on the feeling portion. My happiness is totally dependent on how I feel at any given moment, therefore it is temporal... fleeting as the wind that changes from season to season. If this is true, then how much value should I place on my happiness? Blessed and highly favored are defined as made holy and chosen by God. Therefore by their definition this is a state of being unaffected by seasons... once and for always. As a child of God, I will experience ups and downs in my health, relationships, and even in my finances and I may not be happy about it... but as a daughter of the Most High God I can choose to be defined by my circumstance or claim daily to be blessed and highly favored. What do you choose? ..................................................... Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us without reservation... thank You for caring enough for us that our very thoughts are heard before they emerge from our mouths. Help us to believe that those who love You are blessed and highly favored as Your Word of Truth assures us. Give us a desire to know You more! Stir up in us a passion for Your passions and a heart for Your people! If we stray from Your path beckon us to return, whatever it takes... in the precious name of Jesus the Christ we pray. Amen. .................................................... Thank you for allowing me to share God's blessings from this week... I'd love to hear what He did in your life over the weekend. Really... let me know. Email me at linda@livepowerfullynow.org Check out our radio offerings, I hope you will take the time to listen in. Blessings to you and yours this upcoming week! Hugs... Linda |