Success By Associaton

I call it "Success By Associaton" and it has to do with the company you surround yourself with. If we are known by the company we keep then the company we keep ought to encourage, inspire and invigorate us to greatness, always pushing us to be at our best. So now that you have read this, here is the question: Are you being strengthened by your company?

Try to really take an inventory of your close friends (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust) and then those who you would just call acquaintances (a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship). And now ask yourself if those who you hold close are fulfilling their role in your life. They have, what you could almost call a job or requirement to help build you in the process of becoming who you need to be. Close friends have a higher level of standards they should live up to compared to someone who is just an acquaintance yet they both have major significance in the role they play in your life.

I've stressed many times the importances of pouring into lives but in the very same way, others should be pouring into you, especially if you consider them to be a close friend. In a small way I hope that I've been able to pour into your life, even challenge you to be better, wheather you consider me to be a close friend or just an acquaintance.

Rainy Days

...ever had one of those days,"when it rains it pours" and each drop felt like a waterfall and u just wished someone would lend u an umbrella but it never comes. the only thing i can tell u when one of those days comes around is pray for the SON to come and dry u up!

SENSES

I think we tend to take for granted our senses at times. Such as touch, taste, smell, and hearing but the one sense we over look the most as got to be our COMMON sense!

Go Deeper!

We appreciate someone for what they do but we affirm who they are. When someone does something great for you, you tend to appreciate the act, not so much the person but affirmation goes much deeper cause when you affirm them, there is no need for them to do anything but be themselves.
Therefore, I believe that when you encourage (AFFIRM) someone on a regular basis, you not only strengthen thier state of mind but also their soul. Because when someone is affirmed for who they are rather then anything they could possibly do, that speaks volumes to the soul.
Lets dig just a little deeper, Jesus Christ died for us with the full knowledge that we could never repay Him, but just love Him in return. So when Christ affirms us each day with love and the promise of hope, He does it just because you are YOU!!!