be a vessel to benefit all of us

​Life is short so it’s important to make the best out of our day. It’s not worth holding on to things, it’s not worth having a negative attitude, it’s not worth trying to bring people down and it’s not worth doing things that would stop us from being what God has called us to be.
 
Everything we do either moves us to the next level or puts a pause on reaching our destiny. In thinking back on my life, I can see that a lot of time was wasted by doing things that were not important, doing things that didn’t enhance my relationship with God and doing things that didn’t make me a better person.  However, in order for me to grow within, I had to go through some things to see God’s work.  You see, sometimes God puts a mirror right in front of us so that we can clearly see ourselves in what we’re doing or the life that we’re living.
 
I didn’t understand the importance of things until I got older and had to suffer some of the consequences. I realized that life is a gift and I had to change some things in my life in order to serve and have joy doing it one day at a time.  Life is truly what we make of it but when we put God first and not ourselves, we can clearly see-through God’s lenses and have peace in our lives.  The purpose of life is to serve and work towards holiness the best way we know how.  God uses us to do the work to prepare us for Heaven and He gives us the wisdom to know how to act and respond to situations.  We should never hold grudges because life is not about us, when someone is negative, we should show kindness, when someone does something that we think is not right, we should speak our peace but still show love and sometimes it’s important to just be still.  When we don’t show love, we’re bringing others down as well as stopping others from seeing the light of Jesus.  That is so true.
 
The bottom line is let’s not waste time from enjoying life, giving hope to the world, and fixing ourselves. God told me awhile back to stop looking at what others do and look at what I was doing.  Once I realize how true that statement was, it changed my life.  In order to have peace and enjoy each day, we have to be humble, accept God’s grace, show love, treat people the way we would want to be treated and most of all, work towards listening more to God and answering Him when He calls so we can be the vessel in what He has called us to be on our journey.
 
Amen and Thank You Lord