Good Luck to the Wild Card Team Today

It's only the second time in our home town's history – an appearance at the dome.  Our team gained a wild card entry into the playoffs and play today in the state championships after shocking the same team that beat them late in the regular season.  A win today will give our community its first football state champion.  I would like to wish our team good luck today.  Go Raiders!  Have a great day.

Mood Check

If you're not in a good mood right now, it might be a good idea to check your sources.  Your mood, good or bad, most likely can be traced to the foods you eat on a regular basis.  Get this right at least 90% of the time and odds are in your favor that your mood will be on the positive side most of the time.  Take the first step today.  Eat healthy.  Everything else, including your mood, will improve.  Have a great day.

Morning Thoughts

The quote above pretty much summarizes the way I feel every morning when I wake up.  Ponder it and share it with someone you love.  Have a great day.

Healthy Investments

A super contagious bug is attacking my day job peers this week and employees are dropping like flies all around me.  I'm hoping my healthy meals will keep my immune system strong enough to ward off this and all other health threats.  I do believe every meal is an investment in your health.  Invest wisely.  Have a great day.

Do Not Be Afraid

Fear cripples.  It's the blanket you don't want to remove in the morning when you wake up.  It's the meeting you don't want to have with your doctor.  It's the to do list for the day you don't think you can handle.  It's that nagging voice in your head that tells you you're not worthy.  Maybe that's why God reminds you every day that he is with you.  When he tells you, "do not be afraid," he is assuring you he is with you.  Have a great day.

Daily Blog Streak Hits 3,000 Today

If I could use just one word to summarize what these last 3,000 days of blogging means to me, the word is grace – the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.  God's timing is perfect.  His love is perfect.  All of us, though broken and fallen, are a reflection of his image.  Every morning at 8:08 AM, Pacific Time, in my own brokenness and imperfections, I get out of bed and find a way to make my contribution for others so they may get a glimpse of what I see through the shards of glass in my mind's eye.  Though broken, I know with every cell in my body there's an awesome God who cares deeply about you and me.

St. John wrote, Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written – John 21-25.  This is how I feel in my heart about God's grace.  I could write every day until I die about all the good Jesus does in my life and barely touch the tip of the iceberg of blessings.

I would like to thank you for stopping by to read my stories.  Special thanks to my cousin John who texted me on several occasions to remind me my blog wasn't showing up.  It's good to be able to rely on others when a "senior moment" hits.  The odometer hit 3,000 days today but this is only one more mile marker in my life's journey and today I'm renewing my promise to keep moving forward until my fingers can no longer be used to write about God's grace.  Have a great day.

Acceptance

Life is a puzzle.  Figuring out how the pieces fit together can take a lifetime.  I admit I wasted large blocks of time attempting to connect things that never really belonged together.  Letting go wasn't an option in my opinion because I falsely believed it meant quitting or giving up.  What a relief it is to let go.  It's unburdening.  It's life changing.  It's an opportunity to become who you really are.  It's acceptance.  One day you wake up and you see all the pieces of the puzzle fitting together and you have your aha moment.  Yes, there are things that cannot be.  That's okay because there are so many more things that can be.  Go find those pieces of your puzzle.  Have a great day.