Expect the Unexpected

What things have you found yourself clinging to that need to be released to God? It's natural to be a little hesitant to let go and allow God to make the crucial choices in our lives. We sometimes feel isolated and helpless when we are not actively involved in manipulating the details that make up the big picture of our desires.

Somehow we find ourselves becoming distrustful of God and his agenda for our lives. We tend to feel that what God has in mind for us is kind of like oatmeal—good for us, but not exactly what we consider a fun dish. "If I allow Him to choose my mate, my career, my purpose in life, who knows what I'll get? Or where I'll end up? We think in panic. And then God presents us with gifts that cause us to be ashamed we ever thought such things when we unwrap gifts our eyes have never seen, our ears never heard, and our hearts never imagined.

He surprises us with joy every time, and in these moments we rejoice at our lack of control. We reveal in the opportunity to showcase yet another trophy of God's incredible ability to bless us above and beyond our finite human comprehension of what it takes to bring us overwhelming fulfillment.

I challenge you on today, rather than whining that we don't have certain things in our lives or that something is wrong, we need to take a positive action. Here are four steps toward turning whining into thanksgiving.

1. Give something away. When you give something you create both a physical and a mental space for something new and better to come into your life. Although you may think you are "lacking" something in life, when you give you demonstrate you have abundance to spare.
2. Narrow your goals. Don't expect everything good to come into your life all at once. When you focus your expectations toward specific and reachable goals, you are more apt to direct your time and energy toward reaching them.
3. Change your vocabulary from "I need" to "I want." Most of the things we think that we need are actually things we want. When you receive them, you are more likely to be thankful for them as luxuries rather than necessities.
4. Choose to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving is a choice we make. Every one of us has more things to be thankful for than we could begin to recount in a day.

Hebrews 3:13 says But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today."

You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late!

My testimony:
I want to share with you all that my brother is doing a whole lot better. Don't stop praying for him and my family. God is definitely working it out.

Don't stop praying!!!!

Be Bless,
Atara aka Sound the Alarm Outreach

"Sound the Alarm by embracing a life one person at a time.”