If you played a drinking game with this word this week you would find yourself sufficiently drunk. But actually being grateful means more than that. This week reflect on the things that you are grateful for.
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joy
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Big G little ratefu big L. I try to be grateful which looks like a big G in the beginning. I become complacent. Then I am reminded of all I have and end with a big L. It is not something you can just be once. You have to work at it.
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It is not smooth. It is not straight forward. It is not always easy.
Have you ever had someone say they are grateful, but…
Those people are not grateful. They greedy. Be grateful.
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Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103:2
I spend much of my time thinking about what I want and need. It is time to focus on what I have and be grateful. Making the invisible, a little more visible.
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One of my problems with self control is knowing where to focus. Where I am usually all over the place, time has taught me to focus on one area. Focus.
T-Shirt of the Month
Like a dancer, the amount of control you have determines how successful you are in life.
Seeing it helps you remember it. This month’s affirmation is self control. It is that thing that helps us create discipline and accomplish new things. Things we were created to do. Buy this and remind yourself Self Control Shirt
What reminds you to work on your self control?
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Sometimes you don’t even recognize it, Self Control. We dress it up fancy to look like something else. It doesn’t need to be more than it is.
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Like a city whose walls are broken through is a persons who lacks self control. Proverbs 25:28
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The word of the month is SELF CONTROL. It is defined as the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts and behaviors. It is that thing that determines if we eat one oreo cookie, or the whole bag.
For most of us self control does not come without putting some work into it. So lets focus.
Art Auction
My cousin Alice is really my daddy’s first cousin. This older African American woman is truly a delight to me. She is in her 90s, and I’m not giving her exact age cause she may not like that. At her age she is still living her life to the fullest. We have to “catch up” with her.
We are raising money to pay for some repairs to her home. I am auctioning five canvas prints to the highest bidders. You can pick which one you want to bid on and put a number in the comments. OR you can email me at uppcreative@yahoo.com with your bid. The bid starts at $65.
On the last day, October 25, the person with the highest bid gets their chosen artwork. And I hopefully will have enough to buy sheet rock and paint for cousin Alice’s home.
If you have any questions please let me know.
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