Rejoicing in Today-Encouragement Wednesday

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How many of us tend to not be grateful what we have been blessed with? How about take for granted what we have been given?

 Today we have been given one of the greatest gifts of all, another day. For in a day the world can change. We often rush through not life and do not even realize how blessed we are. Passing through life without taking a moment to pause and be grateful for the life that we have. The family that we love, the friends that are ride or die, and the ability to be free.

 If we pass by life and don't take a moment to smell the roses we are not living for the moment. I know that I rush, rush, rush and don't ever really just take the day as it is and soak up God. For He created everything, and we are all living on his clock not our own. If we spend our whole life working what are really accomplishing, but work. We get so caught up in doing we often forget about being.

 Look at Martha and Mary:


As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

They both are very important to the Lord, but we need balance in both.

Today I encourage you to look around and be thankful what you have a remember that God has given us everything and he shall accomplish what he wants to accomplish and it has nothing do about us and everything to do about Him.

In all things we must remember,

This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in.


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