The Two P's

With little one working on getting potty trained at my house right now that could be for poop and potty, which I prefer to take place in the toilet.

But this last week to 10 days God has really been speaking to me about priorities and perspective. Hmm...

Perspective changes everything. We go from a viewpoint of "look what I'm missing" or "look how bad this is for me" to "man I am so richly blessed it is unbelievable!" Like if you got out of bed this AM and grumbled about the noise from the alarm clock, got upset there was no milk for your coffee, moaned at the traffic jam on the drive to work, and quietly cussed your boss all day long that makes for a pretty lame existence. But what if you praised God for the electricity supplied right to your bedroom outlet that powers your alarm clock, thanked the Lord you had a fridge to keep the empty milk jug in and  overly stocked grocery store to go buy more milk from whenever you want, sang praise and worship in the car in the traffic jam feeling closer to Him then you have in months with a thankful heart that you have a car, can afford gas, and a mind able to even go to work, and then prayed for your boss on your lunch break that he/she too is a man/woman of God so that the choices they make as you follow are those of God's will. Hmmm... perspective changes everything.

Priorities, what really matters? As you take your last breath nothing much matters. Not your custom cabinets, the leased car you drove, what select softball team your kids played on, who your neighbors were or weren't, etc, etc. What matters is like "Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37-39. Oops I think some things have been lost in translation as we go about living our own lives. Notice this is a commandment, not a suggestion, why don't you, or it's a good idea. And loving your neighbor as yourself... really like as in thinking of the needs of others as if they were my own. Changing your priorities changes everything as well.

I challenge you tonight  What if changing your perspective and priorities changed your life? What if IT changed your life. And again I answer my own question with 'thankfully it has changed mine!"

Life is good, God is better!