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HAPPY THANKSLiving

We are in the time of year where our country celebrates a time of thanksgiving, a that we set aside to be grateful for what we have. I think that this is an awesome thing, but what if we we re able to find a way to be thankful everyday so instead of celebrating a day called thanksgiving, we live a lifestyle I call ThanksLiving! Here is how you get started,th e first thing you have to do is when you wake up make a choice, you have to choose whether or not you want to be in a good mood or a bad mood. This will determine how the rest of your day goes. Think about it, if you choose good, you will find yourself having a positive perspective and approach to all situations in your day. You will find yourself developing ways of breaking down barriers of resentment and anger and building bridges of forgiveness and thankfulness. It sounds easy when you say it but this is something that takes a lifetime to figure out, that is why it is called thanksLiving, a lifetime of learning how to have a grateful heart. Now if you wake up and choose to have a bad attitude you will find yourself creating mountains out of molehills, you will miss read people's body language and you will be building barriers of resentment and breaking down bridges of love and forgiveness, finding ways to be ungrateful for the life you have been given. This approach is the easier of the he two, because it is much easier to be the victim of life and find ways to loath the cards you have been given. To make excuses of why you can't be a better person, to find reasons to be mad at God, and to find reasons to be mediocre is an easier road than choosing to be the victor of your circumstances. ThanksLiving happens when you choose to not let the world defeat you but to take a stand with the help of Christ and say NO MORE! I choose life and I choose to live it to the full and be grateful for each day, and use the gift of each to to be not only a better person but to be a better spouse, a better son or daughter, parent, student, employee, boss, Christian, there are so many things that we could be better at if we see our role as a gift insteado f a burden. Today is Monday, many of you regret this day every week. You drag yourselves to work and you complain the whole day about having to be there, that is not having a grateful heart. Change your perspective, be grateful you have a job, you make an income and support your family, but even more importantly you have a forum where your positive attitude can impact the lives of others who are struggling, who don't know our savior, and who are just going through the motions of life aimlessly. God has placed you where you are so you can be the light to this world, the salt of the earth. With a grateful heart how much brighter will your light be, how much greater will your flavor of salt be, and how much happier will you be. Let's start today by being grateful for what God has given us,this is Called contentment, a definition I have heard that I liked for contentment is, "contentment is understanding that God has given me everything I need for my current happiness." We get caught in the comparison trap that leads to an ungrateful heart because we have a hard time measuring up to others around us. God wants us to know to that our worth is not base do n what we have but who created us. God made us so special that out of all of his creation we were the only think and he made with his hands and not just his voice. That he so intimately created us that he even are using in his own image. What makes our relationship even more amazing is that even when we were consumed in sin, and were at our absolute worst he sent his son to die for us! If you can't live a grateful life knowing this we will need to check your plus and make sure you are alive! Be grateful choose happiness over anger, choose love over hate, choose forgiveness over resentment, choose good over bad, choose life over death...basically choose God and allow him to lead your life and you will achieve thanksLiving

Time management

There is never enough time in the day, you may have heard this statement or have even said it numerous times. I seems like there just isn't enough time to get all the things you need to get done in a day, with work, kids, their school work and sports, not to mention all the tv you have to watch plus sleeping and playing on the internet ... There just isn't enough time! What if I told you, there was not only enough time in the day for all that but there is even time for God, mainly because we start to put him first. If we truly think about getting our proorities straight we would see that if we place God first , then our family, then our work, then all the other stuff we would see that we can get things done that we need to. Our priorities shift from being all about us to being all about God. In matthew it says, " But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and All these things will be given unto you."

    Seek God first, change your priorities and He will bless you, and your time will start to take shape as you do. Lean on God and his timing and he will bless you.