GIVING 2/16/11

Giving can be looked at in several different ways.  Some can imagine giving as an actual gift being given to someone else.  Some can also imagine giving to be looked at, as giving your time to someone or an event.  When I mention giving in this blog I am referring to everything mentioned and including (yourself).  "Giving Yourself" is the biggest gift you can do and the best thing you can do.  When you associate with people you can give people a good attitude, be a godly person, and literally drop all pride and be humble.  When you start having thoughts, start changing those into good thoughts and literally ask the Holy Spirit to draw them out of you.  Just by doing this on a daily basis, you will develop good habits, and others will start to notice that you aren't like everyone else.  People will still mistreat you, take advantage of you, etc but at least you are doing what is godly and doing what jesus commands us to do.  "love God with all your mind, heart and soul." and "love your neighbor as yourself."   Loving people and accepting people is never an easy task, especially when you get stepped on repeatedly. There is no magic trick to when it gets easier because the fact is that it will NEVER be easy.  So the best thing to do to embrace it, is to arm yourself with scripture and church so that you can do it Gods Way.