When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. You can do it. You can speak up. You can stand up to them and say, "wait," when they cross the line. Be a leader, it's part of who you are, because it's who you ought to be. May you be blessed to be an inspiration to those around you. LIFE LESSON'S FROM THE "LOVABLE LOSERS"
"...there will be times when everything you have been wanting, everything you
have worked for, everything you have earned, everything you feel you deserve is snatched away in what seems like a personal and unfair blow. This, I will tell them, is called life."
- Theo Epstein
I'm going to tell you just one baseball story. It's a bit long, but don't worry you'll like the ending… unless you happen to be from Cleveland, in which case I am truly
sorry! The story is about a very important game -- Game Seven of last year's World Series -- but has little to do with the actual outcome of the game.
For those who don’t follow baseball: a little background. I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we were known nationwide as the "Loveable Losers". As of last fall, the Cubs had not won the World Series since 1908. Think about that. 1908. That’s the Teddy
Roosevelt administration. The Ottoman Empire was still around. That's two World Wars ago. (Well, I haven't checked the news since breakfast... let me look at my phone… oh, good, yes, still only two World Wars ago!) It was a 108-year drought, the longest in the history of professional sports. As the late Cubs broadcasting legend Jack Brickhouse said: "Hey, anybody can have a bad century... READ MORE |
God sees you as you truly are: gloriously clothed in His righteousness. Be delighted for you are special, you are worthy, you are adored by God.
I am
overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For the Lord has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 HELP MY FRIEND
I can't afford to keep helping my mentally ill homeless friend. I'm unemployed and living with my parents and can't take her in. The paranoia that comes with her disease makes her frightened of going to homeless shelters,
and she has no protection from the elements. I've started staying up all night and wandering the streets so that she can sleep in my car. I don't know how much longer I can do this. I'm scared of what will happen to her if I stop though. Please pray for God's provision. - anonymous |
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