Look around at all the good things in life. Sure there are a few bad things - this world was created perfect but it is not perfect any longer - but there are still many, many good thing.
- A dog or cat sitting on your lap while you scratch its ears;
- Pineapple, mango, pear, baked sweet potato, this list could fill five posts...
- CHOCOLATE!!! (!!!!!!)
- Flowers of all kinds, sizes, colors;
- Trees that are just perfect for climbing and sitting in for a while;
Apparently God is an artist because when He made the world He added a barge-load of embellishments.
I know some christians who have a hunker-down mentality. "All right, we're saved, now we just have to make it to the end of this life and we'll be good to go." I don't think God put us in this world just to see if we would be good enough to make it to Heaven. Like most artists, God went out of His way to put a lot of things in the world just so we could enjoy them. Life is not a terminal illness, it's a wonderful thing... if one chooses to make it that.
(Disclaimer: This post may or may not have been influenced by the chicken fajita potato I am eating while I type this post. Delicious! It might also have possibly been influenced by a childhood when I always went to sleep with a cat purring on my stomach.
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