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I love my life?" And the next
best question is ... do we love our life? This is one of the most
important questions we must ask ourselves, for indeed it is our lack of
love for our life that moves us into experiences that decrease our
enthusiasm for life and increases our struggles and dissatisfaction with
life.
Dr. Ernest
Holmes wrote a book titled, "This Thing Called Life," and the
most important message this book gives us, is to understand Life in a
greater way. As we understand "This Thing Called Life"
we realize that it is not our Life in Reality ... it is God's Life ...
created in His image and likeness ... to express Life on this earth
plane. All of the most important qualities of Life; Love, Joy,
Happiness, Intelligence, Harmony and Peace ... the very things that we
want to experience more of ... are God. And we don't have to
beg or plead for them ... all we must do is allow ourselves to open our
minds to the Idea that God wants to express more and more of these
qualities through us ... more Love, more Joy, more Happiness, more
Intelligence, more Harmony and more Peace. "It is the
Father's Good Pleasure," the Master Mind Jesus stated, "to
give more and more of all these things to us." So what can we
do to have more of the things that bring us joy and happiness, peace and
love?
Joel
Osteen, Pastor of the Lakewood Church outside of Houston, Texas,
writes in his new book, "Your Best Life Now," that our journey
to a brighter future begins with these Seven Steps:
One: Enlarge your vision
Two: Develop a healthy self-image
Three: Discover the power of your thoughts and words
Four: Let go of the past
Five: Find strength through adversity
Six: Live to give
Seven: Choose to be happy
And the way all
these things and more can be accomplished is by making the decision that
"I LOVE MY LIFE" ... not how it
is going to be ... when I feel better or when I have more money or when
so and so loves me .... or how it was ... the wonderful days of
youth or the times when everything seemed perfect ... but by
registering in our consciousness that "I LOVE
MY LIFE NOW!" ... and if I don't ... I am the one making the
decision not to ... no one else has any thing to say about it ... no
power to change my mind ... it is me and only me who can make this
decision and stick to it.
"It
IS the Father's Good pleasure to give us the kingdom" ... but not
even God can force us to accept It! And our not accepting IT,
creates our weariness and our depressions ... but as we follow the
simple steps outlined by Joel Osteen above ... and we declare and affirm
daily and often that "I LOVE MY LIFE!" ... we will ... more
and more every day!
And
So It Is!
Maximum Love,
Rev.
Hank Bates
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