What Are You Waiting For?

by Kay Heitsch

Seriously, what are we waiting for? Today is a good day to have a great day! We can start by going out and giving a stranger one of our smiles. It may be the only smile they get.

Today's Bible verse, "This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 NASB has helped me focus on having a good day even right after the death of our son, Todd.

Too often we think we need to wait until everything is going our way to have a great day. That is just not true. We can choose to make it a great day no matter what we are going through.

Smile! Today is a good day to have a great day when we keep Psalm 118:24 in our minds.

Don't Miss Out

by Kay Heitsch

Life become precious and special to us when we look for little everyday surprises from God. God loves us and He shows His love in many ways. Don't miss out on these surprises. ~ Quotes ~

We miss so much in our everyday lives when we don't consciously look for the little everyday surprises from God.

Several years ago I started to write down little surprises in my everyday life. I did notice when I consciously started to look how precious and special everyday became.

1 John 4:16 tells us that God is love and he loves us. Today look for Him to surprise you. Life will become precious and special as we look for the many ways God shows us His love. Don't miss out on these surprises.

Launching Pad

 by Kay Heitsch

God often uses our deepest pain for the launching pad of our greatest calling. We can trust God to work good out of our circumstances. ~ Trusting Quotes ~

From personal experience I know that God can and will use our deepest pain as a launching pad to bring good out of our circumstances.

The following two Bible verses have helped me over the years with any trust issues I might have. The first is, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5 The second one is, "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." Romans 8:28

When we turn our circumstances over to the Lord we can trust that He will bring good out of them. Our deepest pain can be the launching pad of our greatest calling.

Freedom To Do What Is Right

by Kay Heitsch

"May we think of freedom, not as a right to do as we please, but as an opportunity to do what is right." ~ Peter Marshall ~

What a difference there would be in this great country of ours if everyone saw our freedom as an opportunity to do what is right.

We have many opportunities everyday to do what is right. It's great when doing what we please, and the right thing, are one in the same.

Our Bible verse today is, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance." Psalm 33:12 NIV

Our nation is blessed when our God is the LORD. When we follow His way of doing things, we will walk in love. As we do, we will have the freedom, not only do as we please, but to do what is right also.

Learn To Laugh At Yourself

by Kay Heitsch

"Life is too short to be serious all the time. Learn to laugh at yourself. Life will be a lot funnier." ~ Laugh At Yourself Quotes

I think sometimes we do things that are really funny, but instead of laughing at ourselves we are critical. We say things like, "Why am I so clumsy? How dumb am I? I must be losing my mind."

Maybe we mess up at times because we are suppose to laugh more. The Bible says, "A cheerful heart is good medicine." (See Proverbs 17:22)

Life is too short to be serious all the time. We may need to learn to laugh at ourselves more. When we do life will be funnier. Plus, a cheerful heart is good medicine!

We Can't Change People

by Kay Heitsch

We can't change how people treat us or what they say about us. All we can do is change how we react to it. ~ Quotes ~

I read somewhere that no matter how nice we are 10% of people won't like us.

We're in good company because not everyone like Jesus either. People like to find fault. Jesus healed a man, which was a good thing. However, his critics said He healed the man on the wrong day. (See Matt. 12:10)

We can take the high road and smile and be nice anyway. We can turn the situation over to the Lord and He will defend us (see Jeremiah 51) and He will fight the battle for us. (see 2 Chronicles 20)

We can't change people, but we can change how we react to them.

The Smallest Act

by Kay Heitsch

Too often we underestimate the power of a smile, a touch, a kind word, a listening ear, or an honest compliment. These small acts of caring have the potential to turn a life around. ~ Life Quotes ~

I think this is so true. We do underestimate the power small acts of kindness may mean to another person. These small acts have the potential to turn a life around.

Our Bible verse today says to be kind and tenderhearted to other people (See Ephesians 4:32)

When we think about the potential of what a kind word could mean to another person I believe we won't underestimate the power our small acts in everyday life.