Finding Thanks

 

 

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

  March has barely begun and its few days have already brought a whirlwind of activity; both good and bad. I was blessed to see another birthday in February. It's true that as you get older you become aware of your every thought and action and there is always the unspoken knowledge that you will be held accountable for your deeds, (or misdeeds), when it is all said and done.  It's no secret that I am referring to things of a spiritual, (or religious), nature.

  I personally find it a good thing that in my graying years I am able to both maintain my relationship with God, (whom I have known from a small child), and retrospectively meditate on who I was throughout my life. Sometimes I easily smile at some of the things I have seen and done while on this life's journey. On other occasions I shiver and wonder "What was I thinking"?  Of the many paths one's life may offer it is an eerie thought when you consider that one chosen decision meant the difference between life or death; freedom or imprisonment, health or illness, heaven or hell.  

  As I step out into the morning's brisk air I am consciously aware that my life belongs to God and no other, and if I am to be all that He desires I be I must walk in courage and conviction and stand firmly on what I know and believe to be true; even if it causes me to stand alone, as it often does.

  But still I am able to feel a sincere smile emerge across my face as I venture out for it isn't all about me, is it?  We have made it to another Friday, my friends. Make the best of it as if it were your last.

  I love you all.

 

  Dennis