This is what I was told today: “Ashley, I’m about to come into some money. So I am buying myself a new car. I can’t sell my old car because it was given to me so I have to give it away. I asked the Lord if I could give it to you. So I’ll most likely be giving you my car when I buy my new one.”
Are you kidding me???? I SO don’t deserve a car… I SO don’t deserve anything I have… It took my best friend to point out to me about how I focus so hard on what I don’t have and on the negative things in my life that I totally miss all the wonderful blessings God bestowes upon me all the time… and all I do is complain about how my life “enormously sucks” when I am SO blessed beyond measure and I don’t take time to see it…
Today women @ my church also gave me bags of clothes too… New clothes they’ve never worn… Nice clothes… I can’t even remember the last time I bought some new clothes… they’ve been giving me clothes for a while… @ least 6 months…
Seriously… the next time I say I hate my life or something of the sort smack me and tell me I’m breathing… because I could’ve, should’ve, and would’ve been dead if it weren’t for the Lord right now on the path that I was on… and I owe no gratitude but to give him ALL the PRAISE, GLORY, and HONOR cuz its only because of HIM that I live, move, and have my being.
2 Corinthians 10
13But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you. For we have come as far as to you also in preaching the Gospel of Christ,
15not boasting of things beyond our own measure, that is, of other men’s labors; but having hope that, when your faith has increased, we shall be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly,
16to preach the Gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s rule, which he made ready for our hand.
17But “he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
18For it is not he that commendeth himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
sa-weeeet! That means you can go to whatever church you wanna go to, and not have to ride the bus for babysitting. Ok, this is no lie Ashley. I had been praying that you wouldn’t have to get up at 5am every morning to go to work, that you could somehow find a ride or be able to take a more direct route. Oh snap! I hope this is the answer:)
Oh Angela… you are so sweet and wonderful LOL
I mean seriously I didn’t even ask for that… though I did complain sometimes.
I need to stop complaining… because I’m lucky to have a job and have a way to get there…
Oh and about church… my dance ministry has been talking some long-term things with me about the future… I don’t think I’m going anywhere… I don’t know…
Hello… how are you Ashley. This is very good reflection.
I think we are all guilty of this… of looking at the negative things instead of the positive ones.
Don’t worry. I could “shake” you when I notice you’re going into this again.
Have a good day. You deserve good things, my friend.
Your friend got any other cars?
Happy to hear you were so blessed.