Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Life is all about LOVE

UH read this and just felt so challenged to share, call it showing  my love...
“Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it.
You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
It is not enough just to say relationships are important, we must prove it by investing time in them. Words alone are worthless.
Relationships take time and effort and the best way to spell love is T-I-M-E.
The essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others but how much we give of ourselves .
Men in particular often don’t understand this. Many have said .. “ I don’t understand my wife and kids. I provide everything they need. What more could they want?” They want you. Your eyes, your ears, your time ,your attention, your presence, your focus-your time. Nothing can take the place of that.
The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It is focused attention. Love concentrates so intently on another that you forget yourself at that moment .Attention says I value you enough to give you my most precious asset-my time. Whenever you give your time you are making a sacrifice and sacrifice is the essence of love. Jesus modelled this.
You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving.
Love means giving up-yielding my preferences. ,comfort, goals, security, money, energy, or time for the benefit of someone else.
The best time to love is now.

Sometimes procrastination is a legitimate response to a trivial task. But because love is what matters most, it takes top priority
Why is now the best time to express love? Because you don’t know how long you will have the opportunity. Circumstances change. People die. Children grow up. You have no guarantee of tomorrow .If you want to express love, you had better do it now.
Knowing that one day you will stand before God here are some questions you need to consider.
How will you explain those times when projects or things were more important to you than people?
Who do you need to start spending more time with ?

What do you need to cut out of your schedule to make that possible?

What sacrifices do you need to make?
The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
This was extracted from The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.
It had a bearing with me and I thought why not start by sharing the message with you.
Be blessed.



Monday, 5 May 2014

MAY



For most of last year and a good part into this year, I challenged myself to use social media to bless the people in my world through sharing inspirational stuff that has touched me. One of the things I did was take advantage of the phone app whats-app and send a positive declaration at the start of every month. It became such a ritual that even when I did forget, I would have some faithfuls remind me and ask when that new month message was coming.

This month though, one of them caught me by surprise by sending me one that not only blessed me but gave me a lot to think about. It read,


Welcome to May

May you find Grace

May you find Peace

May you be blessed

May you be Happy

May you never Weep

May you Succeed

May you excel

Why?

Because its May and Miracles await you.


It was so timely that I just copied it and shared it with all those in my contact list. As I did I couldn't help but wish that indeed I would be able to touch those Miracles that May promises. Not only did the sequence and flow of this prose catch me but the fact that it is May and yes, we are nearly half way into the year. This is a time when I usually look back and sort of start to panic and reflect on my well laid plans and how far or near I am about to see them realised.

This particular May, my life seems to be in pause /mute mode in things I hoped would be a done deal by now and getting this message in my waiting window took me back to a time when the word May was first emphasized to me most when used in connection with Can. In the English grammar lessons May was used as a politer way of asking permission whereas Can was used in more of a capability way, I often had to be corrected when I asked for something to say May I as opposed to Can I. I think it is safe to say that I now know the variations of the two and can use them accordingly.

Thus May comes into play now as am asking and willing for the possibility to touch for some things I thought I would have before we are half way through the year. Sometimes you do need stuff and its up to you to put in the hard work and get there, well not this time. I have laid the hatch, put my bait and have nothing to do but wish that the fish gets here soon.

So I am going back to that wish/prayer that I read as I started the month of May and using my politest , most pleading, humble voice with all that I have within me asking the Lord that May things fall in place and May I soon be on my way to seeing these blessings manifest in my life. Living the dream.




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