Weekend To-Do List

by Kay Heitsch

Weekend To-Do List: Count your blessing. Practice kindness. Let go of what you can't control.

At this time of the year, we all have a big To-Do list. I think we forget about the really important things like counting our blessing and practicing kindness. To keep our peace we need to let go of things we can't control.

Our Bible verse says, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

To keep our peace we can let go of what we can't control. When we do that plus, adding counting our blessing and practicing kindness we are keeping our hearts from being troubled.

Weekend To-Do List: Count your blessing. Practice kindness. Let go of what you can't control.

Thank You

by Kay Heitsch

If the only prayer you ever said in your entire life was "Thank You" it would be enough. Thanksgiving Quotes

We have so much to be thankful for. If we thought about everything to thank God for it would be an endless prayer.

Our Bible verse says, "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." Psalm 107:1 NLT

We can thank the LORD because He is good! His faithful love does endure forever.

If the only prayer you ever said in your entire life was "Thank You" it would be enough.

Think Thankful Thoughts

by Kay Heitsch

Thinking thankful thoughts will help you to have a great day every day. 

It wouldn't take us any time to think of at least 5 things we are thankful for. When we focus on what we are thankful for it will help us to have a great day.

Our Bible verse says, "Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts." Proverbs 4:23 GNT

If we are careful about how we think we will choose to think thankful thoughts.

Thinking thankful thoughts will help you to have a great day every day.

Focus On Gratitude

by Kay Heitsch

When we focus on gratitude the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. ~ Focus On Being Grateful ~

It's interesting to see how we feel when we focus on different things. If we focus on being grateful for what we do have instead of complaining about what we don't have we will feel a lot better.

Our Bible verse says, "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.' Psalm 100:4 NIV

Even when we pray the first thing we are to focus on is to be thankful. When we do it opens us up for love to come rushing in.

When we focus on gratitude the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

Be Grateful For Little Things

by Kay Heitsch

Happy are those who take life day by day and are grateful for little things. ~ Be Thankful For Little Things 

Many years ago when I worked at a Memory Care Center a man came in with a feeding tube. Ken had lived with this feeding tube for some time but eventually, it was removed.

I will never forget the day Ken was able to sit at the dining room table and eat some pureed food. He had a big smile on his face and dug right in. After he had eaten it all he bowed his head and started to pray out loud. "Our Father who art in heaven thank you for this delicious food I have already eaten. Amen"

Tears filled my eyes when I heard Ken's prayer. I knew I may not have been too grateful for some pureed food, but Ken was making a big deal out of what we may consider a little thing.

Happy are those who take life day by day and are grateful for little things.

No Parking

by Kay Heitsch

It doesn't matter how slow you move forward as long as you don't park. ~ Keep Moving Forward Quotes 

Sometimes what keeps us from moving forward is that we park at the point of our pain. We mourn over something that didn't work out. We can upgrade our life with God's help. God can help us use our pain and bring something good out of it.

Our Bible verse says, ...But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:13 NIV

We can't park at the point of our pain and move forward at the same time. We need to forget what is behind and move forward to what is ahead.

It doesn't matter how slow you move forward as long as you don't park.

Never Quit

by Kay Heitsch

The one who falls and gets back up is stronger than the one who never fell. ~ Strength Quotes 

It's encouraging to know that even if we fall we can be stronger when we get back up. What happened in the past is in the past. Today is a new day to get back on track.

Our Bible verses say, "Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, because the LORD supports him with His hand." Psalm 37:24 "Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up." Proverbs 24:16

We all are going to fall at times. The important thing is to get back up! The Lord will support you and give you the strength to go forward.

The one who falls and gets back up is stronger than the one who never fell. Never quit!