Often i see someone who is disabled, someone who is not capable of doing stuff for themselves like taking a bath but still does them regardless then i remember to thank GOD that i am okay. I remember to thank Him for he has shown me enough mercy to allow me live in this world, He shows me the much needed love.
My thoughts were provoked following a trend on twitter, #ThingsLifeHasTaughtMe. I figured that i have been taking so much for granted, for instance life and the ability to use my God given talents. I figured that i have been waiting to see someone who looks incapable of doing something but does them their physical disabilities notwithstanding to tell myself “Thank GOD i can do that without any help.”
How many times do i really get to say that but never mean it? How many times do i really get to say thank God my face, hands, body are intact just because i have seen a graphic picture of someone badly hurt, maimed by an accident or badly bruised by a fire? Do i really need to see bad things like accidents, fires or someone getting robbed so that i thank God? Do i really have to hear people’s experiences so i can realise how ‘important and special’ i am in the eyes of God? Just how many times have i been to a hospital and come out alive?
Now more than ever i realise that thanking God is amongst the things life has not taught me. It is a personal decision that i choose to make daily, a decision that i have not been making well. There is a need for me to pause, step back into my life and thank the Almighty for the milestones i have been able to pass in life hale and hearty.
I do not need to make reference to a bad situation, a bad experience or a war to know that God exists and looks after me. I do not need to look back at the barren woman or the lady who has miscarried just to thank God that i have a wonderful and healthy baby. I need to understand that God’s grace has always been sufficient to me despite the fact that i owe him nothing.
This should be a decision i should make daily, for there is a time for everything Ecclesiastes 3:1. I need to make time for God so that i do not caption my pictures God speed when i have not prayed at all, it would be meaningless.
‘BILA YESU NI VANITY,’ ; a life without God as a light, guide is useless, it is not only plain but lacks peace. I choose to embrace God today,i choose to thank him for i do not deserve all the goodness He keeps showing me.
Today and everyday after, i choose to look at me now and before and thank God. I cannot caption throwback to 1/2/20 years ago when i cannot acknowledge the source and ultimate giver of life.
I hope you and i learn something, i hope you and i learn to let go and most importantly let GOD. To let God be the control of your life is to allow your life take the direction that He has for your life, it is to allow Him let His plans for your prosperity be a reality. To let GOD means a lot of things, just let go and Let God. He can take care of your baggage and burden.
I just want to be full of gratitude now and ever, i do not want to take anything for granted anymore. Hope you do too.
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