God morning, You Are An Original As we asked you yesterday, have you resigned yourself to a normal life? Are you so preoccupied with trying to fit in that you never stand out? Dont you know you were designed to be distinctive, special, irreplaceable, and unique? Your Creator never intended you to be normal. God created you as an original. Be satisfied with nothing less than your best. Therefore I bind these lies and slanderous accusations to my person as an ornament; it belongs to my Christian profession to be vilified, slandered, reproached and reviled, and since all this is nothing but that, as God and my conscience testify, I rejoice in being reproached for Christs sake. Let no one imagine that he will lose anything of human dignity by this voluntary sell-out of his all to his God. He does not by this degrade himself as a man; rather he finds his right place of high honor as one made in the image of his Creator. His deep dis-grace lay in his moral derangement, his unnatural usurpation of the place of God. His honor will be proved by restoring again that stolen throne. In exalting God over all, he finds his own highest honor upheld. Wisdom of Living Beyond It was 4 oclock on a cold, wet winter morning. The snow had turned to mush, the wind blew with a vengeance, and the entire day seemed destined to be a source of depression. The small town appeared to be drugged as farmers, storekeepers, and street sweepers dragged themselves to their places of business. Suddenly a young boy of about 12 years of age skipped along the street as he clutched his very old cello case. The smile and quick stride revealed his anxiety and anticipation of reaching his intended destination. The little boys name was Pablo Casals. His interest in and commitment to music at such an early age inspired even his teacher and proved to be the seed of destiny for one of the worlds greatest cellists. Pablo Casals, at age 85, continued to rise early and spend most of the day practicing his cello. When he was asked during an interview why he continued to practice five hours a day, Casals replied, Because I think Im getting better. Great minds and souls, knowing always what they have done must never be confused with what they can yet do, never settle for great work. As a matter of fact, the concept of retirement is a great myth that traps the untapped potential buried in millions of talented, gifted , and valuable individuals. This Western concept has caused many great men and women to settle for the average and to succumb to the mediocrity of the social accepted standards of success. Please note, however, that all individuals throughout history who have left their footprints in the sands of destiny were driven by a passion greater than the desire for personal comfort. Pablo Casals reminds us of the monumental character of men and women such as Abraham, the biblical patriarch who at 70 years of age, childless and frustrated, married to a barren woman, and being, with his wife, beyond the biological age of conceiving a child, accepted the vision of a baby destined to change the world and believed it would come to pass. O yeah Abraham saw the fruit of his faith when he was 100 years old. Retirement was never a concept in the minds of these world changers. As a matter of fact, the Apostle Paul, while spending his final days in prison under house arrest by order of the government of Rome, refused to retire or succumb to the environmental restrictions of age, imprisonment, and threats. Instead, he spent the rest of his days writing beautiful, life-changing, historical documents that constitutes three-quarters of the New Testament and form the basis of most of the doctrine of the Christian Church today. Like Pablo Casals, the apostle Paul believed that no matter what he had done, accomplished, achieved, or experienced in the past, there was always so much more left within to develop, release, and express. They both believed that the enemy of better is best and the tomb of the extra-ordinary is the ordinary. Pauls perception of life, and the responsibility of each of us to maximize life to its fullest potential, is expressed in his final letter to Timothy. To this favorite young student, he wrote: For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:6-7). I pray Ive helped you today. Your link today is: GUILT OR GRACE https://youtube/watch?v=0jGl5mZnITY Songs attached, let them bless you . . . You be blessed now, you hear! His Names Jesus Ministries & I. C. Music Corporation May you be blessed Ric
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:46:16 +0000
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