“For the most part many of us stay on that so-called struggle bus of life..we are constantly seeing the mess other than the blessings..Amen..and so we struggle to have a good day..we struggle to get along with others..we struggle to get along with our families..we struggle to live a joy-filled life..we just literally struggle..and daily so..praying and seeking the Lord for that perfect place for us and our lives..Amen..cause surely we wouldn’t be somewhere where there is troubles..Amen..or someplace as to where others are not liking us..or a place as to where there are problems that need to be dealt with..or that place as to where there is a mess..Amen..cause none of us want to be in any of those types of places..or situations am I not right?..but let me say something guys..the mess of life is always going to be a mess..there is always going to be something that each of us are dealing with..and when we are..are very first thought is to back away..or immediately run away..Amen..and when that happens what takes place in us?..do we grow in the Lord by running away?..do we ever get fully transformed and made more so in our Fathers image?..because life is not a bed of roses..and life is not meant to be one..for this life the Lord tells us in His word that there would be troubles..Amen..but for us to be of good cheer because He has overcome this ole world..John 16:33..Amen..so why do always feel the need to stay there on that so-called struggle bus of life?..why do we always constantly live our lives sad..depressed..defeated..upset..mad..angry..bitter and hurt?..when life is not the way we want it to be..when life is full of them unexpected tragedies and mistakes that take place..because I have news for us all that we are always gonna have a mess..or something that is not the way we want it to be..and once again why you may ask?..well, because we live in a fallen world..Amen..and as well if our Lord faced all of these things in this life we as well are going to..I’m not sure why we think that were exempt somehow..Amen..because guys we are not..for you see the enemy always wants us to think that somehow the grass is greener somewhere else..if only this were taking place..if only we lived there..if only I had this job..if only I had more money..if only I didn’t have this sickness..if only I were smarter..or had a better education..I mean really our list could go on and on..but you see guys we have everything it is that our Father knows we need and have need of..the biggest thing that we have is the Lord..Amen..for He is on our side..Romans 8:31..and He does fight our battles..Exodus 14:14..Amen..and He is our joy..our peace..our comfort..He is everything that we will ever need or ever want in all of our lives..so my prayer this evening for us all is simply this..that we accept where we are in life..even if it’s not the place we want to be..Amen..that we are going to enjoy our lives..we are going to look at the bright side of it all..we are going to focus on the good things that we have in our lives..we are going to count our blessings and we are going to do this all the while giving the Lord all the praise, glory and honor..Amen..for you see He is a good God..and He is good all the time..so once again we help ourselves by helping ourselves..renewing our minds..Romans 12:2..speaking life into our lives..Amen..and seeing life with eyes of love and thankfulness always..Amen..for it says as a man thinks so is he..Proverbs 23:7..so let us think good..wholesome thoughts..let us appreciate it all..and let us know that wherever we are..and whatever we are doing..let us all do it for the glory of our Lord..for you see life is life..and life is never going to change..only we..Gods children is what changes..and we do that by daily denying self and walking with our Lord and following after Him and His ways..being His hands and His feet alone..always doing our best to represent our Father..shining our lights ever so brightly that as scripture says that others may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven..Matthew 5:16..so let be bright shining lights..for it’s just a little light that repels away that darkness..for I love the song that says..”What the world needs now..is love sweet love..it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of..Amen..so let us live..let us love..and let us enjoy this thing that we all call life..for it is in His sweet name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi