Encounter

Whether the act was done by you or some other random person, when is the last time you encountered a situation that had an impact? I am not talking about jumping in front of a mack truck to push someone out of the way. It does not have to be some life saving event. But it does have to meet the minimum requirements of making you or the recipient smile.

I love Thanksgiving. I am willing to bet all my chips that you do as well. The last Thursday of every November is filled with green bean casserole, blueberry pie, and football. What's not to love? Everyone is happy, we open doors for strangers, and we give plentiful in the Sunday offering because we have so much to be thankful for. Wait a minute.... Are we truly thankful for what we have? And even further more, do we display it? Are we more likely to exert energy by screaming at the nut who just cut you off? I know sometimes I am!

Whenever we start something new we have to begin with baby steps. My goal is to be thankful no matter how down and out I feel. No matter what our problems are in life, they can always be worse. God told us that he would never put something on our plate that we couldn't handle.

So, no matter what the situation is in our life, it's nothing more than minor when we look at the eternal picture. Like I said, my goal is be thankful to the Lord in all I do. Then the rest of life will just fall into place.