October 31: When We Ration Our Love, Everyone Goes Hungry…
Affirmation: I step into my strength and power with confidence, grace and love.
Lord how majestic is Your Name, by Sandy Pattyhttps://youtu.be/WXzzsoL7tEI?si=Q4sx_tPmDIOE5na3
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Personalize Romans 12:12 today. Be intentional about being joyful in hope. Make joyful hope your perspective. Cultivate gratitude and joy with purpose. (Read more from Brene Briwn below.Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Guidepost 4: Cultivating Gratitude and Joy, Letting go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark
Imagine you’re watching a movie. The opening scene is a beautiful, sunlight day in the mountains. There’s a young family driving along the mountain road. They’re laughing, and smiling together. The camera cuts from scene to scene, showing their joy, and watching them as they drive together.
…What do you think happens next?
If you’re like most people, you had a thought like:
“They get hit by a truck.”
“They drive off a cliff.”
“The dad has a heart-attack.”
This is what Brown refers to as “Foreboding Joy.” It’s the fear that the other shoe is going to drop when good things happen to us in life.
Many people carry an unconscious belief that says “I can’t have too much of a good thing…”
This belief comes from a place of scarcity. It says “I won’t let myself feel this joy, because it won’t last forever.”
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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews
1. The Responsible Decision
The Buck Stops Here.
From this moment forward, I will accept responsibility for my past. I understand that the beginning of wisdom is to accept the responsibility for my own problems and that by accepting responsibility for my past, I free myself to move into a bigger, brighter future of my own choosing.
Never again will I blame my parents, my spouse, my boss, or employees for my present situation. Neither my education or lack of one, my genetics, or the circumstantial ebb and flow of everyday life will affect my future in a negative way. If I allow myself to blame these uncontrollable forces for my lack of success, I will be forever caught in a web of the past. I will look forward. I will not let my history control my destiny.
The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I am where I am today—mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially—because of decisions I have made. My decisions have always been governed by my thinking. Therefore, I am where I am today—mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially—because of how I think. Today I will begin the process of changing where I am—mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially—by changing the way I think.
My thoughts will be constructive, never destructive. My mind will live in the solutions of the future. It will not dwell in the problems of the past. I will seek the association of those who are working and striving to bring about positive changes in the world. I will never seek comfort by associating with those who have decided to be comfortable.
When faced with the opportunity to make a decision, I will make one. I understand that God did not put in me the ability to always make right decisions. He did, however, put in me the ability to make a decision and then make it right. The rise and fall of my emotional tide will not deter me from my course. When I make a decision, I will stand behind it. My energy will go into making the decision. I will waste none on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.
The buck stops here. I control my thoughts. I control my emotions.
In the future, when I am tempted to ask the question “Why me?”, I will immediately counter with the answer: “Why not me?” Challenges are a gift, an opportunity to learn. Problems are the common thread running through the lives of great men and women. In times of adversity, I will not have a problem to deal with, I will have a choice to make. My thoughts will be clear. I will make the right choice. Adversity is preparation for greatness. I will accept the preparation. Why me? Why not me? I will be prepared for something great!
I accept responsibility for my past. I control my thoughts. I control my emotions. I am respon- sible for my success.
The buck stops here.
© 2006 Andy Andrews 1
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff
October 31
When We Ration Our Love, Everyone Goes Hungry. The More Extravagant We Are, The Less It’s Wasted.
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love, for you, will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace removed. Isaiah 54:10
The best holidays are the ones with open invites to all the people who have nowhere else to go. When strangers come through the door from all corners of our communities, and they leave as friends. These are the potluck dinners, when we tell people to bring whatever they can, but most of all their authentic selves.
When we celebrate holidays, potluck style with an open door policy, we always end up with more food than we could possibly eat. The more guests, we have, the more leftovers we send home, and no one spends the holidays hungry or alone. Love works the same way. We tend to think we should limit the number of people we let in because we think love is a finite resource. We think there won’t be enough to go around. This just isn’t the way Love works.
The more people we let in, the more those people, fill us, and energize us, the larger the potluck dinner. You walk into the living room and see old friends engaging new friends. You hear stories about traditions and trips, books, and recipes. Each person, each conversation is another main dish for us. It’s no different than what Jesus did with the potluck that consisted of a couple of fish and loaves of bread. They brought what they had to Jesus and let him decide what to make of it.
When we ration our love, everyone goes hungry. But the more extravagant we are, the less it’s wasted, and the better we are fed. Love isn’t a limited resource. It’s a potluck where everyone who comes brings what they’ve got – and there’s more than enough for all of us.
How have you been rationing love?
The best holidays are the ones with open invites to all the people who have nowhere else to go. When strangers come through the door from all corners of our communities, and they leave as friends. These are the potluck dinners, when we tell people to bring whatever they can, but most of all their authentic selves.
When we celebrate holidays, potluck style with an open door policy, we always end up with more food than we could possibly eat. The more guests, we have, the more leftovers we send home, and no one spends the holidays hungry or alone. Love works the same way. We tend to think we should limit the number of people we let in because we think love is a finite resource. We think there won’t be enough to go around. This just isn’t the way Love works.
The more people we let in, the more those people, fill us, and energize us, the larger the potluck dinner. You walk into the living room and see old friends engaging new friends. You hear stories about traditions and trips, books, and recipes. Each person, each conversation is another main dish for us. It’s no different than what Jesus did with the potluck that consisted of a couple of fish and loaves of bread. They brought what they had to Jesus and let him decide what to make of it.
When we ration our love, everyone goes hungry. But the more extravagant we are, the less it’s wasted, and the better we are fed. Love isn’t a limited resource. It’s a potluck where everyone who comes brings what they’ve got – and there’s more than enough for all of us.
How have you been rationing love?
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