Giving reaffirms the meaning of life. Everyone has a gift that no one else in the world possesses.

No one else has your unique personality. There is no one like you anywhere. God made us all unique, but just as no two people have the same fingerprints, so no two people can express your unique personality or your individual talent.

Only God can give mankind its identity. “Identity” means who someone is. God made us all for a reason. He put us on the earth and in people’s lives for a reason.

One of the reasons our society is so messed up is that people lack identity. So, they are willing to do about anything to find the reason they are here — why they exist. Even though your gifts, talents (identity) seem hidden, when you seek God first and with all your heart, you will discover your gifts — why you are here. When you do, you will realize how special you really are.

Let’s seek God with an open heart and ask Him by His Holy Spirit to reveal to us our true identity. With it, come fulfillment and peace. 

Just a thought,

PSS

You have heard the saying, “The truth hurts.” But I believe the truth sets us free. Free from what? Free from lies, deception, and things that can hurt us. The truth actually sets us free from sin and bondage.

The truth is what God is. He doesn’t have truth — He is truth. And the truth is what helps us to be healthy: spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. It’s deception that hurts us, ignorance that destroys us. Truth does not hurt us; it helps us.

We should pray for God to open our eyes so we can know what is true. When we know what things are true, that’s when we can make decisions for the betterment of ourselves and the ones we love — to live in the light of God’s word, to rid us of deception.

So many in our world are deceived. They are deceived about who Jesus is. They are deceived about right and wrong. They are deceived about what is moral and what is immoral. People are deceived about how to vote, how to raise children, what to do with money. There are so many lies and deceptions that the truth will expose.

Thank God He loves us enough to give us truth so we can live better, be better, and do better.

Just a thought,

PSS

People today are looking for purpose or wanting the questions answered: “Why am I here?” “Why do I exist?” To make it worse, society creates even more confusion. The reason is that morality, or what is right or wrong, changes constantly, which has created an identity crisis. We really don’t know why we exist — what our purpose is. Because of that, people are disillusioned, feeling hopeless, or becoming apathetic to this gift we have been given called life.

In order to find real purpose or answer the question, “Why do we exist,” we must decide what we believe. If you believe the world was made because it just happened, or you believe in evolution (which, by the way, takes more faith than to believe everything was created by God), then you won’t ever find the answer. Why is it, in the most prosperous country in the history of the world, people are still searching for meaning? It’s because we have not submitted to our Creator.

Genesis 1:1 says: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. If He is the Creator (the Designer), then He gives His creation purpose, a mission, the reason for living. So, we must submit ourselves to Him by receiving Jesus as our Lord. Romans 10:9-10 is the way. Only then will you find the real meaning for living. Life is worth living when we learn why we are here and Who put us here.

Just a thought,

PSS

Fear is one of those emotions that causes us to be overly safe in our lives. It can be a result of hurts, disappointment or tragedy. Whatever the cause, it’s not a place where we should camp out. Too many of us spend our lives in fear. We take no chances, and we try to control everything and everyone around us.

Fear manipulates us into giving up on others and living a life that is only focused inwardly. We should strive to live a life that not only improves our life but the lives of those around us as well. A life of service and helping others is a life well lived.

Protecting ourselves from life’s misfortunes and making sure we never get hurt again isn’t living life to the fullest as God intended. When you serve others and pour yourself into it, you’re bound to get hurt from time to time. But isn’t the risk worth it?

One day we’ll stand before the only judge that matters and have to give an account for our life. What would the judge say to the one that declares, “Lord, I played it safe and didn’t take any chances — I only looked out for myself and made sure I didn’t risk anything”? How can He judge that?

It’s all about loving life and trusting God with it. Step out in faith and help others by serving in the kingdom!

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark — professionals built the Titanic.  — Author Unknown

Just a thought,

PSS

Too many of us mean well, try hard, and really work to do well — to succeed at our jobs, homes, marriages, raising our children. But then there are those things called distractions. We intend to do the right thing, but along the way we get distracted. We get overwhelmed, and our lives are overcrowded with stuff, with life.

It’s so easy to get distracted from our goals, our desires. We don’t intend to, it just happens little by little. Distractions creep in and choke out the word of God and, if we are not careful, can cause our dreams not to come to pass. We need to stay focused on the task, the goal, the word of God.

Distractions are those things that prevent someone from giving full attention to something else. There are so many things crying for our attention. We have to train ourselves to stay focused on our goals, the things at hand. It will take some work, but it will be worth it when we experience the results of a job well done, when the thing we desire comes to fruition. With all the technology out there we have our work cut out for us, but if we will give our attention to the task at hand, we will accomplish so much more.

It is distractions that are keeping the word of God from really working in our lives. The Bible teaches us it is the cares of this world that are choking the word of God in our lives. These cares, distractions, are keeping us from experiencing the abundant life God promises to those who stay focused.

Just a thought,

PSS