You and I have experienced the roller coaster feelings of happiness/ sadness and situations that life can bring; choices are given to us numerous times in a week as to how we respond to people when we are faced with life. You have probably been through some challenging times this past year that you never want to face again. Because we live in a world that is saturated by the power of the devil, it is our choice whether we allow him 'room' to manipulate us OR we take the promise of Life that we find in Jesus " I have come that they might have life".
The nation just celebrated a national day of Thanksgiving, first initiated by the earliest settlers to Virginia and Massachusetts, to take time for recognizing God's hand of blessing on our nation and our families. Many of these early settlers had experienced the death of family members and the harshness of life, yet they chose to be thankful for what they had....not complain about what they didn't have or had lost.
I challenge you to take God at His Word: Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses...Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! (Deut 30:19)
Choose life, choose to be thankful!
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