It's all a matter of perspective

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Look at this picture and what do you see?

Greetings everyone,

I have a story for you to read: One rainy day a woman overheard
someone say, "What miserable weather!" She looked out her office window to
see a big fat cardinal using a nearby puddle of water for a bathtub. He was
splashing and fluttering, thoroughly enjoying himself. She couldn't help
but think, Miserable for whom? It's all a matter of perspective.

That's a lesson that this young man learned. He was watching a artist
paint a picture of a muddy river. He told the artist he didn't like the
picture because there was so much "mud" in it. The artist admitted there
was mud in the picture, but what he saw was the beautiful colors and
contrast of the light against the dark.

The young man preached in a sermon, "Mud or beauty---which do we look
for as we journey through life? If we look for mud and ugliness, we find
them--they are there. Just as the artist found beauty in the muddy river,
because that is what he was looking for, we will find, in the stream of
life, those things which we desire to see. To look for the best and see the
beautiful is the way to get the best out of life each day."

Even the Bible says that what you see is what you get!!!

Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise
Him for putting roses among thorns.

Phillippians 4:8 says finally brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these
things.

Take the time out to see the beauty all around you. Take care of yourself
and one another and dont forget to SMILE!

God wants to bless you beyond what you could ever ask or think. Little
Pray, Little Power, No Prayer, No Power, Much Pray, Much Power!!!!

Atara aka Sound the Alarm Outreach

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