| Thought of the day 7/21/08 ~ Magnificent Opportunities Awaiting! |
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Greetings friends and 360 family, I praise God for this day. Praying that it finds you and yours in good health and spiritually sound. I have been enjoying some me-time, while the kids are away for the summer I have been basking in taking in my new hometown. Openning my heart to the new things that God has in-store for me.
The vast majority of the things you do are not forced upon you. They are your choice. Yes, certainly there are powerful influences on your life that are outside your control. And yet, the choice of how to respond to those influences is yours. There are plenty of perfectly understandable reasons, rationalizations and excuses for the things you do. And yet, the actions you end up taking are the direct result of the choices you make, whether there are good reasons behind them or not. It is indeed a demanding job to be responsible for your own behavior. It is also a magnificent opportunity. By exercising thoughtful, purposeful control over the actions you take, you can achieve whatever you decide to achieve. By always remembering that your behavior is your choice, you can use that behavior to extremely valuable benefit, for yourself and for your world. Before you act, remind yourself that you are in control of your actions. Then choose to take those actions that will lift you ever higher. I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. If we learn to obey we would eliminate sacrifice for to sacrifice simply mean that the choice you choose to follow was the wrong one....Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. Have a blessed Day.. |
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