Jan 25 GOD ISN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AS WE ARE.

Affirmation: Just because the water is calm, doesn’t mean there aren’t crocodiles 🐊.

This is a reminder to be wise, aware and discerning.

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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown 

Guidepost 6: Cultivating Creativity and Letting Go of Comparison

Start practicing:
Get in the habit of making things. What’s your favorite way to be creative? What’s a way you used to love being creative, but haven’t practiced in a while? What’s a creative class you’ve always wanted to take? Get creating, and share your gifts with the world!Bring awareness to when you fall into the trap of comparison. Note this without judgment. Pay attention to the sensations you feel in your body while you’re in comparison. Then, return your focus within to clarify your intentions. What do you value? What do you want to create? What’s important for you right now in your current situation?

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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews 

The Active Decision 

3. I AM A PERSON OF ACTION. I am Resilient 

I will create a new future by creating a new me. I inspire others with my activity. I am a leader. I will create a habit of lively behavior.

I will walk with a spring in my step and a smile on my face. My activity will create a wave of success for the people who follow me. As a leader, I have the ability to encourage and inspire others to greatness. I do not fear failure, because failure exists only for the person who quits.

I do not quit. I am courageous. I am a leader. I seize the moment. I choose now. I am resilient. 

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Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff

Jan. 25

GOD ISN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AS WE ARE. HE WANTS US TO BE HIS WHILE WE TRY. 

"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

ISAIAH 1:18 

 

If you've never been to a kids' baseball game, you're in for a real treat when you go. At least one time a game, when a kid happens to connect the bat with the ball, I bet you'll see them dart toward third base while the fans erupt with applause. Meanwhile, there's at least one player sitting down in the outfield, picking dandelions and blowing them out like birthday candles. At the end of the game, the kids line up to give high fives and then, win or lose, everyone gets a free soda and everyone makes a mad dash, side by side, for the concession stand where snacks are waiting.

 

Those games always remind me of how God feels about us. He doesn't get wound up when our plans fail, and He's not thrown off when we run in the wrong direction. We're the ones who came up with competitions, winners and losers. These distinctions were never part of God's plan. And God never told us that success meant big accomplishments. Success with Him has always meant simply living in grace and walking in love.

 

Have you blown it? Me too. Next time you feel like you've missed the mark, go watch a kids' baseball game. Watch the kids who wander around the outfield with curiosity and wonder. God delights in their joy even though they don't always have their eye on the ball. He delights in you too. Look at their faces when they guzzle the postgame sodas and remember God isn't as concerned about the outcomes as we are. He doesn't care what jersey we wear. He just wants us to be His while we try.

 

How have you blown it lately? Are you letting that setback convince you that God thinks less of you?