I AM ALIVE
Something has really been troubling me lately. I guess in some weird way I get it but for the most part I simply don't. The thing is this, to many people are literally walking around dead there bodies just have not stopped long enough to realize it. No seriously think about it for a minute. When I think of the word ALIVE I think of vibrant, vitality, passion, purpose, etc. Alive means living not merely breathing. On the other hand dead means that which is not alive.
How can one be alive when they are so filled with negative thoughts and extreme resentment and bitterness. Have you ever noticed that someone that has a negative thought absolutely must find someone to share it with. It is their goal to make sure that others feel that same DEAD like feeling they have. I bet you have noticed that negative spiteful people love to hang out together. Why? For what? What is to gain by pulling others down to your level? Trust me I know that our lives are filled with interactions with others that are suffering negative moments. Sometimes that rubs us wrong and other times hits us just right. Point being is this, life is life, you do not face anything different than someone else faces. We are different no doubt and each circumstance has something unique about it BUT 99% of the time everything can be dealt with better by handling in an ALIVE positive manner. Enough about this, if you fall into this category you already know it and realize that your constant negative behavior is keeping you in the valley of the dead.
The bigger deal and the point I really want to stress is about the people that are dead to life and no one is willing to revive them. Life does in fact at times inflict near death blows in emotional ways. We lose a job, the death of a loved one, we go broke, our health decays, a child gets in serious trouble, any number of things can lead people to the place of the living dead. For most it is not on purpose nor is it a place they want to reside yet they see no light or way out. Kinda like the homeless person that seeks assistance but they have no address of which to give to gain the help that is available.
So what is our role in bringing people back from the edge of darkness. Let's think about it for just minute so we can fully grasp it. This is all we have TODAY, there is no such thing as tomorrow because it never comes. It is imperative that we live while we are breathing because the day will come when you will be called to leave this earth and you do not want your final thoughts to be the memories of what might have been. We all will face that stone cold table of death where we are lying face up and at that moment the only two questions left to answer are this. I wish I had or I am glad I did. It should be your goal to surround yourself with the ALIVE while helping bring back those that are dead.
Remember most people would love to be in the land of the living but they simply have lost their way. As life goes down friends seem to migrate away which makes it easier for the dead to get lost in what little life they have. If we are going to impact on this world in a positive way we must be the life preserver some need to get back on the boat or dry land. When people are weak often times we use our strength to keep them down. Please think about what I just said. We prey on others weaknesses when in fact God calls us to be their strength.
If today you find your self throwing a pity party please make it a private party. Do not invite others. If you decided to take a guilt trip take it alone but don't go far. We want everyone to join us in the land of the living. The ALIVE living. We will open the door wide and pull you in because there is more room here than in the crowded gates of negative hell. I will do part which means I have to share peace, love, forgiveness, and acceptance. What are you willing to do?
peace to you
Dale
How can one be alive when they are so filled with negative thoughts and extreme resentment and bitterness. Have you ever noticed that someone that has a negative thought absolutely must find someone to share it with. It is their goal to make sure that others feel that same DEAD like feeling they have. I bet you have noticed that negative spiteful people love to hang out together. Why? For what? What is to gain by pulling others down to your level? Trust me I know that our lives are filled with interactions with others that are suffering negative moments. Sometimes that rubs us wrong and other times hits us just right. Point being is this, life is life, you do not face anything different than someone else faces. We are different no doubt and each circumstance has something unique about it BUT 99% of the time everything can be dealt with better by handling in an ALIVE positive manner. Enough about this, if you fall into this category you already know it and realize that your constant negative behavior is keeping you in the valley of the dead.
The bigger deal and the point I really want to stress is about the people that are dead to life and no one is willing to revive them. Life does in fact at times inflict near death blows in emotional ways. We lose a job, the death of a loved one, we go broke, our health decays, a child gets in serious trouble, any number of things can lead people to the place of the living dead. For most it is not on purpose nor is it a place they want to reside yet they see no light or way out. Kinda like the homeless person that seeks assistance but they have no address of which to give to gain the help that is available.
So what is our role in bringing people back from the edge of darkness. Let's think about it for just minute so we can fully grasp it. This is all we have TODAY, there is no such thing as tomorrow because it never comes. It is imperative that we live while we are breathing because the day will come when you will be called to leave this earth and you do not want your final thoughts to be the memories of what might have been. We all will face that stone cold table of death where we are lying face up and at that moment the only two questions left to answer are this. I wish I had or I am glad I did. It should be your goal to surround yourself with the ALIVE while helping bring back those that are dead.
Remember most people would love to be in the land of the living but they simply have lost their way. As life goes down friends seem to migrate away which makes it easier for the dead to get lost in what little life they have. If we are going to impact on this world in a positive way we must be the life preserver some need to get back on the boat or dry land. When people are weak often times we use our strength to keep them down. Please think about what I just said. We prey on others weaknesses when in fact God calls us to be their strength.
If today you find your self throwing a pity party please make it a private party. Do not invite others. If you decided to take a guilt trip take it alone but don't go far. We want everyone to join us in the land of the living. The ALIVE living. We will open the door wide and pull you in because there is more room here than in the crowded gates of negative hell. I will do part which means I have to share peace, love, forgiveness, and acceptance. What are you willing to do?
peace to you
Dale
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