POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK (Week 11)

ENOUGH  FAITH

In my youth, I thought I needed a mountain of faith if I wanted to move mountains.  I was wrong.  Faith isn't about size.  It's about being willing and committed.

It only takes a speck of faith to move mountains, but it takes a massive commitment to make it happen.

I used to sit around wondering how I could muster enough faith to make my dreams come true.  There weren't any faith stores in my neighborhood where I could purchase some faith.  There weren't any faith pills I could pop into my mouth and suddenly faith would sweep through my life.  The only thing I found was obstacles, naysayers, and critics who said my dreams were impossible; they assured me that my dreams  would never happen.

Thank God I didn't listen to the prophets of doom.  Contrary to their predictions and in spite of all the obstacles, I am living proof that dreams come true.

I discovered that when I am willing to do whatever it takes, when I am willing to take the next step, when I am willing to take the risk and accept the consequences, then I have all the faith I need to make my dreams come true.

Don't sit around waiting for a mountain of faith to drop into your life.  A speck of faith is all you need to start living your dreams.

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK (Week 10)

FOCUS ON YOUR DREAMS

The only way to have a positive mind is to develop a positive focus.  The war for a positive mind is fought on the battlefield of focus.

When you focus on positive things, you push your mind in a positive direction, and your life starts to improve.  When you focus on your dreams, the direction of your life changes, and your dreams start to come true.

It's impossible to predict how long it will take for a positive focus to do its work.  But that doesn't matter.  What's important is that if you maintain a positive focus, it's inevitable that you will become a more positive person.  If you focus on your dreams, it's inevitable that they will come true.

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK (Week 9)

BUTTERFLY MAKE UP

How could you market beauty products to butterflies?

First you would need to convince them that they weren't beautiful just the way they are.  You would need a clever marketing campaign to load them up with feelings of inferiority and inadequacy.  Then you would reprogram their brain with your concept of beauty which is only attainable if they use your products.

You might want to start out by changing the color of their antennas.  Why should they have to suffer with orange pollen on their antennas when they could apply make-up and change their antennas a better color?  And look at those eyes; some type of eye liner to make their eyes stand out would certainly enhance their appearance.  Tell them that this year the stripped body is out, and a formal black thorax is in; they obviously need a fancy vest.  Of course, you wouldn't want to always have the same color wings.  A major wing makeover is long overdue.

If this all sounds a little foolish, you are exactly right.  God made butterflies beautiful just the way they are.

God also made you beautiful just the way you are.  You are created in the image of God, and you bear his likeness.  From the top of your head to the tip of your toes, you are a thing of beauty.

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK (Week 8)

DON'T LET THE WORLD CLIP YOUR WINGS

When the naysayers come to me with their load of negativity and limitations, I know why they are there.  They want to clip my wings and force me into their mold.

When the world pops me into its mold, I never come out as an eagle with the ability to fly.  I emerge from the mold earthbound with wings of lead.

God designed me to fly like an eagle.  If I don't load myself up with burdens, I can soar for my entire life.  I will not let the world clip my wings or force me into its mold.  I will fly like an eagle.

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK (Week 7)

UNSTOPPABLE

Helpless and Hopeless are weapons of mass destruction that vaporize millions of dreams.   Helpless says that there's nothing you can do to overcome you problems, and Hopeless says it's not even worth trying.

But before you surrender your dreams to this duo of despair, you should get another opinion.

God has a dream for your life that is better than anything you can imagine, and if you open your heart to the power of his love, those dreams will start to come true.

You have a choice.

You can listen to Helpless and Hopeless, or you can listen to God's message of love.

God says:

"Ask, and you will receive.  Seek, and you will find.  Knock and the door will be opened."
"All things work together for good for those who love God."
"I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly."

God says that there is hope, because He is Hope.  God says that there is Help, because He is Help.  God is in it with you for the long haul, and no problem is too big for Him.  He made the universe and everything in it, and his specialty is dealing with problems on a large scale.

No matter how big your problems, they are never bigger than God.  Don't look at the size of your problems.  Instead, look at the size of your God.

You and God make an unstoppable team.  So say good-bye to Helpless and Hopeless, and say hello to God's dream for your life.