Fresh

I recently re-read one of my favorite 'go-to' books by Jim Cymbala entitled "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire." What an incredibly inspirational book. This season of the year always invokes inspection and inspiration. However, many times our self-inspection is skewed and our self-inspiration is biased.

Fresh means to begin anew or to re-new. This is an awesome time to re-new yourself so that you can be a 'fresh' blessing to someone else this year. We can only be as good to others as we are good to ourselves.

I want to encourage you to be 'dead honest' with yourself and your situation this year in order to bring about honest and mature change. You know better than anyone else in your life the areas in which you need to re-new. I also encourage you to be inspired by the Spirit and not by personal gain or popular fame or fortune. Let the 'wind' of the Spirit speak to you and guide you in whatever and 'everything' you do.

Whatever you do this year, be true to yourself and others, but ultimately and first and foremost, be true to God. Whatever you do should be ok with you to be the 'front page news' on your local newspaper or evening news broadcast. It should be nothing that you are ashamed of when others find out.

Make this year a change in your life where your focus is on others and not soley on yourself. Real life that is satisfying without a hangover is all about putting the focus on somebody else.

Giving is living.

Not giving from afar, but giving face to face. To know whom it is you are giving to. To experience their 'life change' because for parcel and part, you gave to them. You gave your time, your effort, your hope and your desire. You gave your smile, your frown and your spirit. You gave your tears and your laughter. You gave your hopes and your dreams, not of you, but for them. You gave them a reason.

During this season, 'Be The Reason' for somebody. When they begin to think they cannot, let yourself 'Be The Reason' that they believe they can, they will and they are. When they think of you, they will be inspired and encouraged to continue rather than quit. To rise rather than sink. To succeed rather than succumb. To overcome rather than go under. When they think of you, they should know that somebody believes in them. Let that somebody be you!

Who are you being the reason to in your life? Can you name one somebody and can one somebody name you as being their reason?

Be The Reason!

Be and bring that 'fresh wind and fresh fire' to the life of someone who means everything to you AND to someone you just recently met and watch the return, the Divine dividends, begin to multiply in your life.

Think positive. Speak positive. Do positive. Be positive. Recieve positive.

MAKE IT GREAT IN '08!

Agape!