In-Between Issues: Maybe You Have Other Plans...

My friend Bernard sent this to me this morning. It was touching, so I wanted to share with you...

"Maybe you have other plans. . ."

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I woke up early today, excited over all

I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.

I have responsibilities to fulfill today.

I am important.

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy, OR...

I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money, OR...

I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan

my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health, OR...

I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me

when I was growing up, OR...

I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns, OR...

I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends, OR...

I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new

relationships.

Today I can whine because I have to go to work, OR...

I can shout for joy because I have a job to go to.

Today I can complain because I have to go to school, OR...

Eagerly open my mind and fill it with new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework,

OR...

I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter

for my mind, body, and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped.

And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me.

I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

Have a GREAT DAY my friend, OR...

maybe you have other plans.

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