This post may be a little confusing and you may have to read through it a couple of times before you get where I am going!  I was thinking about thinking about how I feel!  The first thing is this:  We all have feelings everyday!  (We know they are there we just fail to realize that we are paying attention the them, but we are because we allow our feelings to influence everything about us!  Now, if you stop to think about it for just a moment, most of us are experiencing more than one feeling at a time!  When I really think about my feelings, I realize that I am having multiple feelings at the same time!  I make a choice about what feeling I am going to give the focus of my time and energy!  You get to make the choice about what feeling you will give the most attention!  You make the decision about what feelings you will focus on!  This decision determines the direction of your life!

In this moment as I write this post, I feel tired and energetic!  I feel excited and frustrated!  I feel happy and sad!  I feel a wide mixture of a lot of things and what feeling I make the choice of focusing on influences what I will do and how I will do it.  Take some time today to think about your feelings and then make sure that you take some time to think about how you can use how you feel to accomplish some great things that will give you and those around you a better life!

What I love about the new year is the new opportunities that present themselves!  There are many things that I need to work on and the truth is:  It seems that many of the things that I will be working on in my personal life this year, are not new things, but things that I have been working on for years.  It would seem that I will experience a little success and then get comfortable and fall back into the same ole self defeating routines!   I want to change that this year!

My goal for 09 is to make progress and sustain and keep it!  I want to go to a whole new level spiritually!  I want to trust God more!  I want to abandon – walk away and leave  my will for His!  I want to get fit by exercising regular all year long, by eating healthy for fuel, not emotional support and I want to enjoy the special moments that God has given with family and friends!  I want to help – really help people succeed in all every area of their lives by starting with the spiritual and working inside/out!

I know that God has some big plans and the world has some big challenges for Michael Joe and I am looking forward to all that God is going to do with, to and through me!  I am also excited about what He is willing to do with, to and through you – it’s going to be an amazing journey!  Thanks for sharing with me!

We are in the final week and in just a few days – believe it or not and ready or not – Christmas will be here!  We have had a great month at church!  I hope that everyone has enjoyed the special guest and special services!  I also hope that everyone has started to really think about their very own “MY STORY!”  I’ll be sharing more about the “MY STORY!” stories during the first few weeks of the new year!

Just a little reminded today – take some time to slow down in all of your hustle and bustle and remember to be thankful for the very special gifts that God has given you!  He has given you life here on this earth!  He has given you life in Heaven for all eternity!  He has given you family and friends that you love and are loved by!  He has given you more blessings than you can even begin to count!

Remember:  Everyday is another gift from God and what you do with this day is your gift back to Him!