Liz's Blog – November 2011 Archive (4)

Today, I refuse to let anything rob me of my joy.

I had a wonderful time at a church function yesterday……….went to listen to a blessed afternoon of sacred song.  After returning home, I discovered I lost my wallet in the auditorium.

I figured it wont help much to drive back to try and retrieve my wallet, as it would be gone by then anyway as there were hundreds of…

The table is set for your thanksgiving feast

and all have taken their place

The meal of the year, is finally here,

and oh, how great it will taste..

Potatoes and gravy and cranberry sauce,

and rolls that are made fresh and hot.

Turkey with stuffing, right out of the oven.

Pumpkin pie that hasn’t been bought.

Your family is anxiously gathered around…

Everyone suffers an occasional rejection. Some high school seniors don't get into their college of choice. Many a college graduate doesn't get the dream job he or she had counted on. Suitors are turned down. Social slights abound.



Some people so internalize the rejections they encounter that they become paralyzed by life. They abandon their dreams. They settle for less than God intended with their lives. They give up and resign themselves to mediocrity. They allow the judgments…

 A king who did not believe in the goodness of God, had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: My king, do not be discouraged, because everything God does is perfect, no mistakes!

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