There are probably some days when we take for granted all the good things in our life. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. I’ve done it, and I’m pretty sure you have too. Each day we are given opportunities to choose joy, or to be grumpy; to live with a contented heart, or to live in envy and desire someone else’s life. Every highlight reel has a blooper reel too. If all you see are the highlights, you forget that everyone is facing some kind of battle. Remember that life is a wonderful beautiful ride, even on your hard days. Here is your dailyeword.
One thing that kids do naturally that we as adults can learn from, is to enjoy even the small things. There is so much that we have seen and done that we can kind of yawn at simple things, instead of jump for joy and be glad like a child! But we need kids around us to re-teach us this lesson. Life is wonderful! Jesus came to give us life to the full, overflowing and abundantly. Even with bumps along the way, life can be a wonderful, beautiful ride. That doesn’t erase the fact that bad things can happen to good people, because we do live in a fallen world. We need to remember that we are richly blessed – just even by where we live. We have so many opportunities that many people around the world never get to experience. Probably all of you had clean water to drink, and will eat 3 meals plus snacks today; that’s something to be glad about. We probably had a soft bed to sleep on, computer access to all that we desire to be connected to, and someone to love you. Those are great things to be thankful for. So instead of thinking about all the things you don’t have, or wish you could have, being content is saying, I’m thankful for the place I am in right now. That’s a great place to be! Keep getting excited about little things, and always be content in the joy of the moment.