Every year we hear well-intentioned people requesting a change of rules, customs, traditions, lifestyles, political offices, financial guidelines, etc. When rational people decide that they have had enough of a certain habit, pattern, focus, or any other plausible reason, the decisions often changes the usual routine that others have been accustomed to observe. People change their minds everyday about a number of issues that may or may not have a good effect in the long run. Even bureaucrats who pride themselves on status quo and sticking to the rules, often bring about change that takes months and even years to effectively implement. Talk about procrastination and anxiety over change agents, you will find individuals who promote change for change sake rather than for a serious reason. The agenda is often self-serving and self-directed to accomplish selfish ends.
Yes, change is inevitable on the human and natural level of things. Days, months, years go by with change in governments, families, lifestyles, educational missions and goals, geographical mobility, climate and environmental factors, and numerous other changes that as human beings we have no control. Yet, in the many centuries that we have observed and studied changes, the one component that needs considerable attention is the change in individual decisions to achieve or not to achieve in the short run and in the long run. When individuals are confused, upset, distressed, discouraged, disillusioned, defeated, and disoriented, the "war inside" that person eventually comes to the surface and is evident in the behaviors of these persons.
History has indicated numerous "negative leaders" who were exulted to world prominence affecting many innocent persons brought their "personal wars" to the rest of society. The negative behaviors of these "warring persons" brought death and destruction to many men, women, and children whose only mistake was being in the wrong place and in the wrong time. Today we still see "warring attitudes" by self-exulting leaders who bring fear, anxiety, and despair to their communities and countries. Gangs and terrorists are encouraged by "warring factions" who really have a negative purpose that impacts many innocent victims. To reach a maximum altitude with their aptitudes, an individual needs to assess their attitudes towards themselves and towards others in their midst.
THE TIME FOR A CHANGE IS NOT WITH NEW POLITICAL CANDIDATES OR A NEW POLITICAL PARTY. The change must happen with each innocent human being who wants PEACE in their hearts to make a difference where they are located. BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED is a slogan for many PEACE-LOVING persons who understand that the only person that they can change is themselves. Change for change sake is no change at all but an illusion of change.
More than 2000 years ago, a dramatic, divine change occurred that has changed our world as we know it forever. A teenage virgin who was engaged to a just man was asked by an angel to say "Yes" to a divine request. She was asked to be a Mother to a God-man through the power of the Holy Spirit...SINCE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD! Mary said "Yes" to God's special request because she lived a life devoted to God's ways, to God's truths, and to God's life within her. She conceived an unborn baby through the power of the Holy Spirit as God's special messenger had indicated. Mary and Joseph were poor persons, but they were wealthy in God's wonderful graces to take on this ACHIEVEMENT LADDER TO SAY, "YES, LORD, YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING."
As we celebrate MARY CHRISTMAS in 2008, we are reminded of that first Christmas when Jesus, Savior, was born Emmanuel, God with us. Jesus asked for a CHANGE OF HEART to make a difference in this world. For those who accepted that CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES, JESUS OFFERED THEM THE ETERNAL LIFE IN HIS KINGDOM, which will never end. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are the examples of FAMILY LIFE that offers their services for the greater glory of God and for the salvation of all. GOD'S PROMISES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HONORED, RESPECTED, AND CONFIRMED. GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ALL OF HIS CREATION HAS NEVER CHANGED AND HIS LOVE WILL NEVER WILL CHANGE. For GOD IS LOVE and where you find LOVE, YOU FIND GOD.
How can we change to allow God to come into our lives and to make a real change for our neighborhoods, our communities, our states, and our nation, UNDER GOD? Make a personal change by reassessing our time, our talents, and our treasures to climb up and down the LADDER OF ACHIEVEMENT and to say in the long run....WE DID IT TOGETHER, 100 PERCENT, WITH THE HELP OF GOD'S GRACES AND LOVING ATTENTION TO HIS WAY, HIS TRUTH, AND HIS LIFE WITHIN US. Let us sing a song that is appropriate every day of the year:
"LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME."
Yes, change is inevitable on the human and natural level of things. Days, months, years go by with change in governments, families, lifestyles, educational missions and goals, geographical mobility, climate and environmental factors, and numerous other changes that as human beings we have no control. Yet, in the many centuries that we have observed and studied changes, the one component that needs considerable attention is the change in individual decisions to achieve or not to achieve in the short run and in the long run. When individuals are confused, upset, distressed, discouraged, disillusioned, defeated, and disoriented, the "war inside" that person eventually comes to the surface and is evident in the behaviors of these persons.
History has indicated numerous "negative leaders" who were exulted to world prominence affecting many innocent persons brought their "personal wars" to the rest of society. The negative behaviors of these "warring persons" brought death and destruction to many men, women, and children whose only mistake was being in the wrong place and in the wrong time. Today we still see "warring attitudes" by self-exulting leaders who bring fear, anxiety, and despair to their communities and countries. Gangs and terrorists are encouraged by "warring factions" who really have a negative purpose that impacts many innocent victims. To reach a maximum altitude with their aptitudes, an individual needs to assess their attitudes towards themselves and towards others in their midst.
THE TIME FOR A CHANGE IS NOT WITH NEW POLITICAL CANDIDATES OR A NEW POLITICAL PARTY. The change must happen with each innocent human being who wants PEACE in their hearts to make a difference where they are located. BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED is a slogan for many PEACE-LOVING persons who understand that the only person that they can change is themselves. Change for change sake is no change at all but an illusion of change.
More than 2000 years ago, a dramatic, divine change occurred that has changed our world as we know it forever. A teenage virgin who was engaged to a just man was asked by an angel to say "Yes" to a divine request. She was asked to be a Mother to a God-man through the power of the Holy Spirit...SINCE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD! Mary said "Yes" to God's special request because she lived a life devoted to God's ways, to God's truths, and to God's life within her. She conceived an unborn baby through the power of the Holy Spirit as God's special messenger had indicated. Mary and Joseph were poor persons, but they were wealthy in God's wonderful graces to take on this ACHIEVEMENT LADDER TO SAY, "YES, LORD, YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING."
As we celebrate MARY CHRISTMAS in 2008, we are reminded of that first Christmas when Jesus, Savior, was born Emmanuel, God with us. Jesus asked for a CHANGE OF HEART to make a difference in this world. For those who accepted that CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES, JESUS OFFERED THEM THE ETERNAL LIFE IN HIS KINGDOM, which will never end. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are the examples of FAMILY LIFE that offers their services for the greater glory of God and for the salvation of all. GOD'S PROMISES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HONORED, RESPECTED, AND CONFIRMED. GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ALL OF HIS CREATION HAS NEVER CHANGED AND HIS LOVE WILL NEVER WILL CHANGE. For GOD IS LOVE and where you find LOVE, YOU FIND GOD.
How can we change to allow God to come into our lives and to make a real change for our neighborhoods, our communities, our states, and our nation, UNDER GOD? Make a personal change by reassessing our time, our talents, and our treasures to climb up and down the LADDER OF ACHIEVEMENT and to say in the long run....WE DID IT TOGETHER, 100 PERCENT, WITH THE HELP OF GOD'S GRACES AND LOVING ATTENTION TO HIS WAY, HIS TRUTH, AND HIS LIFE WITHIN US. Let us sing a song that is appropriate every day of the year:
"LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME."
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