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I’M PSYCHED!!!!
I was waiting for a program to come on TV. Whatever had been on had my half hearted attention. They were telling the story of a man who had lost his job and the emotional trauma it had caused him. He was going to a counselor trying to deal with it all. Being unemployed and not being able to find a new job left him with a lot of free time on his hands. One day he went to the kitchen and decided to make some pickles like his grandmother or mother did when he was a kid. Doing so got his mind off his problems.
He kept making pickles. He shared some with family and friends. They went wild over them and asked for more. His kitchen operation grew and grew until he was jarring pickles and selling them to stores and restaurants. It grew into a significant business and he was making more money than at his old job. At one point in the interview with him he made a comment that just blew me away. He enthusiastically said, “I wake up every morning psyched!” About PICKLES and his work! It was like a slap in the face to me.
It was a wake up call. It put me to shame.
I thought “How many mornings do I wake up feeling so-so, well it is another day, aahhh I have so many things to do today, or thinking of the not so pleasant things I might have to deal with. How many days do I wake up psyched?”
I am a child of a King. I have the privilege to work on a project that is changing lives. We are helping poor people learn how to take control of their life and improve their reality. We are helping rich people learn how to think about something other than themselves. We are helping people discover how to be a peace with God and with each other. God is daily involved in our lives to help us grow and mature and become a complete person. We have a great team with others who support us and encourage us.
We have a great
I am resolved to be more grateful for all I’m blessed with. I am resolved to focus more on all the blessings I have. I am resolved to give thanks to God for everything, knowing he will even help me through the challenging things in life (He always has). I am resolved to trust God and be grateful. We are working for the Creator! We are cared for and commissioned by our Creator. How can we be anything less than PSYCHED every day, even when we encounter the crisis and problems of life. I remember a saying I’ve shared with you in the past that someone passed on to me long ago. “If God brought you to it, He’ll get you through it.” That is a PSYCHED person’s confident assertion that even when we face hard times, God is with us, cares for us, and will help us get through any and all problems.
So, here is to waking up Psyched every morning.
God bless
