Make Every Day A Masterpiece

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:32.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.080 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:36.759 the ministry. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:59.360 Reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.640 And God bless you always Our joy to come into 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:00.400 your homes you. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.960 We know God has great things in store for each 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.160 one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.360 I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.320 one of our services. We give you a personal invitation. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:12.679 I promise you will make you feel right at home. 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.480 But thanks for tuning in today. I like to get 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.920 started with something funny each week. Now. I heard about 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.320 this kindergarten teacher. She wanted to teach her students about 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:25.240 self esteem. She said to her class, everyone who thinks 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.400 you are dumb, please stand up. She didn't think anybody 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.040 would stand. She'd make the point how no one was dumb. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.520 But about that time little Johnny stood up. She didn't 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:36.920 quite know what to do. She said, Now, Johnny, do 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.720 you really think that you're dumb? He said no, ma'am. 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.399 I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.920 All right, hold up your Bible. 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.000 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:50.839 I am what it says. I am. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.040 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.800 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.919 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.519 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.919 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.880 bless you. I want to talk to you about making. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.480 Every day a masterpiece. 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.680 We have to realize each day is a gift from God. 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.200 Once we live this day, we can never get it back. 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.760 We shouldn't live it in a hurry, rushing around, stressed out, 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:27.240 taking things for granted. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.480 If we're not careful, we'll look up and the day 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:31.760 has gone by in a blur. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.040 We can't say we enjoyed it. We can't say we 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:36.000 lived it to the full. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.320 It just blew by. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.440 We have to slow down and learn to appreciate what 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.360 God has given us. When you get up in the morning, 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.880 don't just start out ninety to nothing. 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:48.720 Listen to the birds singing. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.280 Pause a few minutes to watch the sun coming over 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.680 the horizon. When you hear the little footsteps of your 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.200 children coming down the stairs, take that in. 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:00.720 Let it bring a smile to your face. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.280 We can't get so busy and so preoccupied in our 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:07.640 minds that we're missing out on these special moments. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.480 It's the little things that make every day a masterpiece. 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.560 So many people today don't live in the present moment. 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.000 They either live in the past or they live in 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:19.640 the future. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.720 They're so focused on their regrets, what. 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.599 Didn't work out, and who hurt them, they don't really 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:29.640 appreciate the gift of today. We have to let each 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.400 day be a new beginning. You may have had disappointments 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.480 in your past. Life may not have treated you fair. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:40.400 But the good news is yesterday ended last night. This 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.479 is a new day, and God has new things in 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:44.080 store for you. 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.279 But if our mind is in. 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.600 Yesterday, we will never enjoy this day like we should. 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.440 Even with our accomplishments. You may have had some great 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.479 things happened last week or last year. You had some 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.599 major victories, and that's great. We celebrate with you. But 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.480 even then it's important to not stay focused on our 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.560 past victories. We have to get our mind off of 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:12.520 yesterday and learn to live in the present moment if 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.520 we're going to enjoy the gift of today. I heard 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.000 this famous basketball coach after his team just won an 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:22.000 important victory. They were in the playoffs, and they had 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.120 to play a couple of days later, and they were 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.120 all celebrating the wind. It's around four in the afternoon. 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.720 He told his team, I'm so proud of you. I 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.440 want you to really enjoy this victory. I want you 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:36.200 to take in every moment until ten o'clock tonight. 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.480 After that, I don't want to hear another word about it. 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:43.080 He knew if their mind was in yesterday, even when 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.719 it's a good thing, it's going to steal the new 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.920 victories God has in store. Live in this moment, says 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:54.920 in Ecclesiastes. Give yourself to what you're doing. That means 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.440 don't live in yesterday and don't live in tomorrow. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.320 Focus on right now. I know sometimes I. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.800 Can get up in the morning, brush my teeth, take 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.880 a shower, get dressed, and I can't remember one thing 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.039 that I've just done because my mind is somewhere else. 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.720 My mind is in the future. Victoria can come in. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.880 My children come by, I might acknowledge them, but my 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.960 focus is not there. I'm living four hours ahead, thinking about. 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:22.440 What I've got to do. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.640 And of course it's good to plans, good to have goals, 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.200 But if you're going to get the most out of. 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.720 Each day, you have to stay in the now. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.600 You have to be where you are. That's one thing 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.640 about little children. They live in the present. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:37.960 When they have a. 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.960 Disappointment, most of the time they get over it in 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:41.719 five minutes. 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.320 They don't hold grudges, they don't worry about the future. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.320 They're just happy. Life is good. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.760 I believe we'd enjoy our lives a lot more if 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.560 we do the same thing. But too often, if we're 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.560 not in the past, we're in the future. It may 0:06:56.600 --> 0:07:00.600 not be planning but worrying, trying to figure every thing out. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.320 But as long as we worry, it steals the joy 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:09.159 for today. Worry does not accomplish anything positive if you 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.360 let your mind go constantly thinking about how's this going 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.120 to turn out? What if this problem doesn't work out? 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.520 What if this pain is something serious? That's doing two things. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.240 It's stealing the joy for right now, and it's not 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.880 allowing God to work in your life. God works where 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:30.200 there's faith. Faith is simply trusting. In other words, God, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.720 I may not see how it's gonna work out, but 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.360 I know you're in control. I know you've got me 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.440 in the palm of your hand. So instead of worrying, 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.880 I'm gonna turn it over to you and believe that 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.840 it's gonna all work out for my good. Most of 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:47.600 the things we worry about never come to pass. I 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.200 wish I could have back all the days and even 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:54.400 weeks I spent worrying and wondering. I've learned now God 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.920 is in control. Do your best and just turn it 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:00.000 over to him. In fact, the scripture says, don't worry 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.840 worry about tomorrow, It'll take care of itself. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.360 I like what Mark Twain said. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.800 I've been through some terrible things in my life, some 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.680 of which actually happened. Now, how many times have we 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:16.400 wasted valuable days or weeks wondering about something that never 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:20.440 came about? Our attitude should be This day is a gift. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.520 I'm not gonna worry about tomorrow. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.440 It may not come. I'm not gonna focus on yesterday 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.720 that ended last night. This is a new. 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.760 Day, and I'm gonna make the most of it. I'm 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.960 gonna stay in the present. There's power in staying in 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.760 the moment. We are not supposed to rush through part 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.000 of our day to try to get to the next part. 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.040 Let me hurry and cook dinner so I can go relax. 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.440 Let me hurry and put these children to bed so 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.960 I can go watch television. Now, we're supposed to enjoy 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.960 every part of our day. Now, I know too many 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.200 people that live for five o'clock, rush through the day 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.600 so they can get finished with their work and get home. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:01.840 We're supposed to enjoy our work, enjoy cooking dinner, enjoy 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:05.920 raising your children. It's all in how we've trained ourselves. 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.720 We have these mindsets. These are the things I enjoy. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.920 These are the things I dread. I dread paying my bills. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.160 I dread going to the grocery, so I dread driving 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.240 into traffic. If you will see those things in a 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.560 new light, you can begin to enjoy them. I know 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.599 I used to kind of dread Thursdays. That's when I 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.360 would prepare my sermons. I think, oh, man, Thursday's here. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.079 I gotta come up with a new message, and it's 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.800 gonna be hard. I got to where I was already 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.080 planning to not enjoy it. One day it dawned on me, 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.320 I am not supposed to rush through Thursday to try 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:40.199 to get to Friday. 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.240 And I changed my approach. 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.680 I started reminding myself, this day is a gift. I'm 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.480 not always gonna be here, so whatever I do today, 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.640 I'm gonna enjoy it. It's a decision we have to 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.400 make to enjoy every part of our life, not just 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.719 the vacations, not just when it's exciting, not just when 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.880 we don't don't have any problems. No, I'm going to 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.440 enjoy the drive to work today. I'm going to enjoy 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.440 getting my children dressed for school. I'm going to enjoy 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.120 mowing the lawn. It's all in our attitude. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:12.400 You can complain. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.600 About it, thinking, man, I don't want to mow this lawn, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:15.760 it's so hot outside. 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:16.960 That's all I ever do is work. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.760 Or you can turn it around and say, father, thank 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.480 you that I'm alive, thank you that I'm healthy, thank 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.920 you that my legs work. Thinking that I'm strong, thank 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:30.680 you for the gift of today. It totally changes your perspective. 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.280 Don't see it as something you have to do. See 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.080 it as something you get to do. After all, this 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.200 day is a gift. We're not going to be here forever. 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.360 We have a certain amount of allotted days and then 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.959 our time's up. You can complain for the next twenty 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.079 years about having to go to work, or you can 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.720 turn it around and say, father, thank you for this job, 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.600 thank you for this opportunity, thank you for my gifts 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.000 and talents. It's all in our approach. I know a 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:02.600 man that complained year to year about driving in the traffic. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.160 It took him an hour one way to. 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.400 Get to work each day, and he would get so 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.320 stressed and so frustrated. But one day he had an 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:12.439 accident and. 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.040 Almost lost his life. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.160 He was in the hospital several months, and it's amazing 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.120 how that changed his attitude. 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:19.640 He said. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.480 Now, Joel, I treasure every moment sitting in the traffic, 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:28.240 I wave at total strangers, smile at everyone, practically blow 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:34.880 them kisses. What happened, he realized, every day, indeed, is 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:38.319 a gift from God. We have no guaranteed that we're 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.040 going to be here tomorrow. I hope we are, but 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:45.880 life is fragile, it says in James. We're like a vapor. 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.440 We're here one moment and then we're gone. We should 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.360 live every day like it could be our last. Don't 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.520 put off enjoy in your life. The sad thing is 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.280 if you don't enjoy it today, you may. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:00.880 Not be here tomorrow to enjoy it. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.600 And I know too many people that are going to 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.000 enjoy their life someday, when they get out of college, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.640 when they get married, when they pay their house off, 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.920 when they retire. No, make a decision that you're going 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.440 to enjoy your life right where you are. Make this 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.680 day a masterpiece. Find the good in every situation. It's 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.560 like that lady heard about. She asked her husband, Honey, 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:26.720 what is it about me that you love the most? 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.800 Is it my natural beauty, my incredible figure, or my 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.080 vivacious personality? He said, what I love about you the 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.280 most is your unlimited imagination. 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:43.559 Find something to be grateful for her. I talked to a. 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:48.520 Man last week. He had a sister that was mentally challenged. 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.680 She couldn't talk, or walk or feed herself. She needed 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.559 constant care. Growing up, he and his other family members. 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:57.360 Helped take care of her. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.400 And he told how she had and cries that they 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:05.360 could understand. That's how she communicated with them. There was 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.079 a cry for when she was hungry, a cry for 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.280 when she wanted to get out of bed, cry for 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.800 when she wanted to go back to sleep. But he 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.840 said the most difficult cry was the cry for when. 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:17.440 She had an itch. 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.040 You see, she couldn't tell them where that itch was, 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.400 so when they heard that particular cry, that had to 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.480 go all over her body, scratching and scratching trying to 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:31.200 alleviate that itch. And he said, that taught me to 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.480 appreciate the simple things in life that so many of 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.000 us take for granted. Just being able to scratch your 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:37.480 own itch. 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.480 No big deal. But really it is a big deal. 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.280 It's a big deal that we tell our arms to 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.560 work and they work. It's a big deal that we 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.440 open our eyes and we see without even thinking about it. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.440 The next time you're at tempted to get up in 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:54.520 the morning and think about your problems and how you 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.360 don't want to go to work, and how life's not 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.920 been fair to you, why don't you turn it around 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.920 and thank God that you're able to scratch your own edge. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.400 Why don't you thank God that when you got up 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.200 you didn't have any problem breathing today. Why don't you 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.720 look out the window and appreciate the simple things, the 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:18.360 birds singing, the sun rising, the flowers bloomy. Discipline yourself 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.480 to find something to be grateful for instead of getting 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.200 stressed out when you hear your child say, Mom, I 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.320 can't find my tennis shoes. Under your breath, thank your 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:29.960 Father for my children, Thank you for those gifts in 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.480 my life. Driving down the freeway and instead of focusing 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.760 on the traffic, why don't you look out at the 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.320 beauty of God's creation, Look at the trees, the sky, 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:40.520 the mountains. 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:42.680 If you're in Houston. You've got to do it by faith. 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.120 Think about the fact that you have a car, you're 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.880 able to drive, You're going to work, slow down and 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.160 enjoy what God's put in your life. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:57.560 Our attitude should be. I recognize this day is a gift. 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.520 The fact that I'm alive, in breathing is not an 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:04.280 ordinary thing. The creator of the universe has allowed me 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:10.160 to be here. And I'm not gonna live this day negative, offended, angry, upset. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.840 I'm gonna live it like it could be my last. 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.240 I'm gonna go out and be my best. I'm gonna 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:16.720 enjoy the people around me. 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.240 I'm gonna see the good in every situation. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.880 I read about this man that was diagnosed with the 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.440 terminal illness. The doctors gave him a year to live, 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.160 and this totally changed his priorities. He hadn't seen some 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.880 of his family in years. He took time off and 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.400 went and visited them. He started getting up in the 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.840 morning and going out and looking at the sunrise. In 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.080 the evening, He'd take long walks with his wife. He 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.040 began getting home from work earlier to spend more time 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:45.960 with his children. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.600 He didn't get upset as easily. 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.320 Things didn't bother him like they used to. He lived 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.560 one day at a time, not regretting the past and 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:59.720 not dreading the future. He lived in the present moment, appreciating. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.840 Six months later, he went back for a checkup, and 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:07.840 the doctors were pleasantly surprised. They told him he had 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.680 been misdiagnosed. He didn't have a terminal illness. After all, 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.360 he had some kind of infection that. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.400 Was easily treatable. He was going to be just fine. 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:21.560 He said later that misdiagnosis was the best thing that 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.560 ever happened to him. It made him appreciate what he had. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:30.480 It changed his perspective. Too often, we don't realize what 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:34.240 we have until it's almost taken away. We don't realize 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.720 what a gift each day is until we come face 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.240 to face with the fact that we may not have 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:42.040 many more of them left. 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.520 That misdiagnosis was a wake up call. 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.840 A lot of times we think we're invincible, we're going 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.840 to be here forever, but that's just not true. Life 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:56.240 is fleeting. Don't take things for granted. Make the most 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.760 of this day. I heard a song by a country artist. 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.840 It was called Live like You were dying. What a 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:07.080 powerful thought. I wonder what kind of changes we would 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:08.040 make if. 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:10.160 We knew we only had a year to live. 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.480 No doubt we would be more loving, more kind, more generous, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:18.879 more compassionate. We probably wouldn't get upset as easily. We 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.600 would take time for what's really important, our family, our friends, 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.560 our loved ones. We would go on that special date 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.560 that we promised our little daughter. We wouldn't be too 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.760 busy to be at our little boys little league games. 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.399 We would take five minutes and write that heartfelt letter 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.280 that we've been meaning to. Why don't we make these 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:42.440 changes today? The psalm is set in Psalm ninety, verse twelve. 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.600 Teach me to number my days. He was saying, God, 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.800 I recognize I'm not going to be here forever. Help 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:57.920 me to not waste a day of my life complaining, discouraged, worrying, regretting. God, 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:01.439 teach me to number my days. See, life has a 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.159 way of pushing us down. It's easy to get up 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:05.879 in the morning, think I don't want to go to work, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.520 I can't stand the traffic, and my spouse aggravates me. 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:11.400 And how come I haven't gotten any good breaks? 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.800 No, life's too short to live it that way, we 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.240 need to say with the psalmist, God, teach me to 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.640 number my days. Help me to really recognize this day 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.719 is a gift. I have no guarantee of tomorrow. 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.720 Help me to live like I was dying every day. 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.160 You should tell the people in your life how much 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:34.680 you love them every day. Hug your children, look them 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.280 in the eyes, and tell them how glad you are 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:40.120 to have them in your life. Don't ever rush out 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:44.000 of the house without kissing your spouse goodbye. Tell that 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.199 man that woman how much they mean to you. Oh 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.600 you say, Joel, My wife knows how much I love her. 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.240 I told her when we got married twenty five years ago. 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:55.879 No, she needs to hear it again and again. 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.640 If you don't tell her I love you, somebody else 0:18:58.680 --> 0:18:59.280 probably will. 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.280 It's like this guy I heard about. He hadn't kissed 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.160 his wife in fifty years. 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:08.960 But he shot another man because he did. Don't take 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:12.159 the people in your life for granted. Let's learn to 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:16.480 give flowers while people are still living. Give compliments while 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:17.640 they can still hear you. 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.280 It's interesting when we go to a funeral, we see 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:20.640 all the. 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:24.160 Beautiful flowers, people say all kinds of good things. 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:25.880 About that person, and that's. 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:29.320 Great, that's kind and respectful. But do me a big favor. 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.560 Give me my flowers while I'm still here. When I 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.880 get to heaven, I'm probably not going to enjoy them. 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.840 And another thing, if you have something good to say 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.480 about me, don't wait till I'm gone. I want to 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:42.199 hear it. Now. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:46.760 Your family, your friends are the exact same way. They 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:51.160 want your love now, they want those compliments. Now, take 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:52.960 time for the people in your life. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:54.040 It's easy to. 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.600 Get so busy and so caught up in our hectic 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:00.560 society that we get our priorities out of order. We 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:02.680 have to realize we're not always going to be here, 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.359 and sometimes we let the smallest things come between us. 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.520 We get offended and upset, and now we're not talking 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:14.840 to each other. What we're really doing is wasting valuable days. Well, Joel, 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:17.800 my husband, he just aggravates me, he gets on my nerve. 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:21.640 Or she knows just the right buttons to push. Why 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:24.560 don't you be the bigger person and turn those buttons off. 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:27.240 Don't let petty things come between you. 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:29.640 I know too many people they want. 0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:32.119 To speak to their parents if they're at odds with 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:35.040 another family member. They got this big feud going on, 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:37.560 they're not going to give in. It was their fault 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:41.359 they started it. Maybe that's true, But why don't you 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.600 swallow your pride and make things right? After all, you 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:48.520 don't know how long you're going to be here. Do 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:50.959 you know how many people live in regrets? 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:52.399 I hear it all the time. 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:55.040 If I only had one more chance, if I can 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:57.480 only tell them how much they really meant to me, 0:20:57.720 --> 0:21:00.520 don't let that be you. I heard about the daughter. 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.840 She got at odds with her father. It had to 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:06.600 do over the young men she was dating. The father 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:09.359 didn't think it was the best, and this young lady 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:12.480 just gave the dad the cold shouldern. For several years, 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:15.280 she wouldn't have anything to do with him. The dad 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:17.600 tried to reach out and be loving and kind, but 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:20.240 this young lady was just set in her ways. She 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:22.800 was bitter and angry over it, and she just totally 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:25.640 ignored him. One day, she got a call that her 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:28.160 father had a heart attack and was on the way 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:32.240 to the hospital. Man that changed everything. All the barriers 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.280 came down. She rushed up there as fast as she could. 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:37.840 And this dad was a young man, he was in 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:39.000 his early fifties. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:40.600 They're in the emergency room. 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:43.320 He asked for a piece of paper and a pen, 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:45.639 and between when they were working on him, he was 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:49.000 able to write a note. Two hours later, before the 0:21:49.080 --> 0:21:51.439 young lady could get there, he went to be with 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:53.879 the Lord. He died, and when she came in, the 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:55.959 doctors had to give her the bad news. 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:57.960 And of course she was devastated. 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:00.399 It's hard enough to lose a loved one, but she 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.159 was just overcome with guilt. She thought, how am I 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:05.560 going to be able to live with myself knowing that 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:09.000 I never made peace with my father. The nurse came 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:11.639 in and said, this note was in your dad's hand. 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:14.680 It was addressed to her. She opened it up. It said, 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:17.840 dear so and so, I love you. I forgive you, 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:21.240 Please forgive me. Today she carries that. 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:24.640 Note with her everywhere she goes. Let me ask you, 0:22:24.960 --> 0:22:28.119 are you at odds with someone? How are you going 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:31.320 to feel if they're taken away without you being able 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.439 to make things right. We may not have a chance 0:22:34.640 --> 0:22:38.520 like this, young lady. Don't let things keep you apart. 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:41.560 You may not be able to be best friends, but 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.239 certainly you can be at peace with each other. You 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.359 can be kind and respectful, and it may be hard, 0:22:47.760 --> 0:22:50.840 it may be unfair, but sometimes we have to be 0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.639 the bigger person, just for the sake of peace. I 0:22:53.680 --> 0:22:56.440 don't want you to live with the regrets. I don't 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.080 want you to have to carry around that heavy load 0:22:59.200 --> 0:22:59.719 of guilt. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:02.960 We have to number our days. I know. When my 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:04.399 father went to be with the Lord. 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:08.080 One thing that made it easier was I knew how 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:11.040 much my dad loved me, and he knew how much 0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:14.400 I loved him. We were at peace. We gave flowers 0:23:14.440 --> 0:23:17.640 while we were still living. Daddy was on dialysis toward 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:20.679 the end of his life. He called me early one morning, 0:23:21.080 --> 0:23:23.920 around four o'clock, and he told me he couldn't sleep well, 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:25.280 and he asked me if i'd take him up to 0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:28.000 the clinic so he could have dialysis. And so I 0:23:28.040 --> 0:23:31.000 swung by and took him to the clinic. And normally, 0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:33.240 after he gets hooked up, I would come back home, 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:35.800 take a shower, get ready for the day, because he'd 0:23:35.800 --> 0:23:37.160 be there for three or four hours. 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:40.040 But this day I felt like I should stay there with. 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:43.200 Him, just something down in here, And so I ran 0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:46.120 to the little grocery store and got some breakfast for us. 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:49.400 Came back and sat with him, and hour after hour 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:52.720 we ate and laughed and just enjoyed each other's company. 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:55.840 And as I was taking him home later that morning, 0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:58.439 just as I was about to leave his house, he 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:00.960 called me back in the kitchen and he gave me 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:04.200 a big hug. He said, Joel, You're the best son 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:06.000 a father could ever hope to have. 0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:06.679 Now. 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:10.360 I left that day feeling satisfied, just felt right down 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:10.720 in here. 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:13.440 Those were the last words. 0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:15.480 I would ever hear my father speak to me. He 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:18.359 went to be with the Lord later that evening, and 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:22.479 although it was difficult, I just felt an incredible peace 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:27.199 on the inside. I had no regrets, nothing I wished 0:24:27.240 --> 0:24:30.760 I'd said, nothing I wished i'd done Now. I hope 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.719 you can say the same thing about the people in 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:37.439 your life if one of them were taken away. Do 0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:40.919 they know how much you appreciate them? Have you called 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:44.000 them lately? Have you gone out of your way to 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:47.520 express your love? Some of you are at odds with people. 0:24:47.880 --> 0:24:51.440 That's taken a huge risk. You don't know how long 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:53.879 they're going to be here or how long you're going 0:24:53.960 --> 0:24:56.440 to be here. It's a heavy load to carry around 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:59.760 that guilt. Why don't you make things right? Why don't 0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:02.159 you of this day like it could be your last? 0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:05.720 And when we have these opportunities to be offended, to 0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:08.800 get upset, to live stressed out, we need to ask 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:12.640 ourselves in the big picture, is it really worth it 0:25:13.440 --> 0:25:16.679 a year from now? Is it even gonna matter that 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:19.119 somebody was a little rude to me, or that I 0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:21.280 got delayed in traffic, or that I can't find my 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:24.720 car keys. In the big scope of things, that's not 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:28.920 worth losing our joy over. Keep it in the right perspective. 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:30.439 Each day is a gift. 0:25:31.200 --> 0:25:32.160 When we allow. 0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:35.640 Ourselves to be offended and we go around upset, we 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:40.080 are wasting our emotional energy. We only have a certain 0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:43.399 amount for each day. It takes a lot of energy 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:46.199 to hold a grudge, takes a lot of energy to 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.760 live negative and bitter. You spend just fifteen minutes in 0:25:49.800 --> 0:25:53.760 the morning being angry and upset, and that's emotional energy 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:56.320 you won't have later on in the day for your 0:25:56.359 --> 0:26:01.000 family and friends. It's not an unlimited supply, and it's sad, 0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:05.760 but some people go year after year being offended, getting upset, 0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:09.320 holding a grudge. They don't realize that's taking something out 0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:12.960 of them. That emotional energy they're using to be bitter 0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:15.880 is the same emotional energy. 0:26:15.640 --> 0:26:18.879 They need to be happy, to be loving, to be kind. 0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:21.760 It's not enough for both. Let me say, Joel, they 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:24.959 were wrong, they hurt me. That may be true, but 0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:28.159 you need to forgive, not just for their sake, do 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:31.520 it for your sake. It so it doesn't keep you 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:35.480 from living your life to the full. It is impossible 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:38.520 to get the most out of each day if we're 0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:43.600 holding grudges, being easily offended, allowing ourselves to get upset. 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:46.800 That's just not worth it in the big picture. Keep 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:50.320 it in the right perspective. I heard about this college student. 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:53.600 She wrote her appearance a letter said, Dear mom and dad, 0:26:53.960 --> 0:26:56.679 there was a riot at the school, and from the 0:26:56.760 --> 0:27:01.080 smoke I inhaled. I developed a serious lung disease. At 0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:04.320 the hospital, I met a parking attendant and we fell 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:04.800 in love. 0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:06.160 Our baby is on. 0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:09.480 Its way after he gets off of probation a month 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:12.520 from now. I'm planning to drop out of college and 0:27:12.560 --> 0:27:14.639 we're going to move to Alaska and live together. 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:16.119 Signs your loving daughter. 0:27:16.760 --> 0:27:19.040 At the bottom, there was a ps it said none 0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:23.800 of this happened, but I did fail chemistry, and she 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:26.639 wanted to make sure her parents saw that. In the 0:27:26.720 --> 0:27:30.719 right perspective, that's the way we need to be. We 0:27:30.760 --> 0:27:34.720 get stuck in traffic, No big deal. I'm alive, I'm healthy. 0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:38.280 That's a small thing. We go through a disappointment, didn't 0:27:38.280 --> 0:27:40.800 get the promotion we wanted. Yes, that's true, but I've 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.639 got beautiful children, I've got a family to love. I've 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:45.679 got a roof over my head. I'm not gonna let 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:48.960 that sour my life. Too often we let things that 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:52.600 don't matter keep us from enjoying the day. Think about 0:27:52.600 --> 0:27:54.840 it like this. If you knew you only had a 0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:57.840 month to live, how upset would you get when you 0:27:57.880 --> 0:27:58.520 got stuck in. 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:01.440 Traffic, argue with your spouse. 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:03.280 If you knew you weren't going to be here a 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:05.960 month from now, would you be stressed because you didn't 0:28:05.960 --> 0:28:07.600 get everything done at the office. 0:28:07.760 --> 0:28:08.320 Probably not. 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:13.040 Keep it in the right perspective, friends, life is very fragile. 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:15.040 Every day is a gift. 0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:19.119 Slow down and appreciate what God has given you. Be 0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:22.400 thankful for even the simple things. Being able to scratch 0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:23.159 our own edge. 0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:24.520 Don't take that for granted. 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:28.359 Every day hug your children, take time for the people 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:28.840 you love. 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:33.560 Don't live in yesterday, don't live in tomorrow. Enjoy this moment. 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:36.919 If you'll live each day like it could be your last, 0:28:37.200 --> 0:28:39.040 you won't have any ordinary days. 0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:40.880 Every day will be special. 0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:43.440 When you go to sleep at night, you will have 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:46.840 no regrets. You'll lie down in peace knowing that you 0:28:46.960 --> 0:28:48.800 made that day a masterpiece. 0:28:49.000 --> 0:28:51.120 Do you receive it? I believe you do. 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.000 Do. 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