LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY, 2/19/14

-

 

PROVERBS  17:22

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

LEVITICUS 19:32
 
‘You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.
 
 
LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY

HAVE A MERRY HEART 
 
I watch the a feature on NBC which celebrates
centenarians. Some of them are 106 years old!
There was an 104 year old lady who said
that she laughter, the Lord, and little things
kept her going. 
 
I may not live to be 104 years old, but I want to
make sure that stress doesn't shorten my life span.  
Studies have shown that a life full of stress and unforgiveness can affect your health. Exercise and
healthy eating cannot erase the damage caused by stress. 

I was the oldest person in department when I retired.
It didn't happen overnight but I was so busy working
that it creeped up on me.  
 
 
 
 
 
Suddenly people started calling me, Ma'am.
I was offended at first, then I looked at the
people in my unit. Most of the team members
were between 25 and 30 which was the age 
of my boys!!  Boy, did I get a wake up call. 
I suddenly became aware that a lot of these 
young people didn't have manners and didn't
respect older people. I was blessed because 
my new boss did respect me and my opinions.  
 
I wised up after I reached age 50.  I decided 
to let the young people sweat over the office
politics. I still did a good job but focused on 
my life after work.  I only worked overtime
when it was mandatory.  I didn't partake in
office gossip. I preferred to be seen and not
heard during office meetings.
 
 
 
 
I tried to lower my stress level.  I paid more
attention to how I treated people. I stopped
acting like negative comments was a vendetta
against me. I voiced my opinion but didn't
spend my time arguing about who was right or
wrong. I laughed more and tried to improve my
spiritual life.  I spent more quality time with my
husband.  I became a friend to my grown kids
and left the mothering behind.  My lifestyle
change helped me prepare for retirement.  




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ADAM & EVE'S FAMILY TREE

-
Image
DEPICTION OF ADAM & EVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN I say thank you to PBS for featuring TV shows  on researching your family tree by Heny Louis Gates, Jr.  The show was called, "Finding Your Roots". I enjoyed this show and and eventually became very good at family tree research. Genealogy was important during Bible days and the Bible book of Genesis gives us several family trees. Today I am showing Adam and Eve’s family tree. GENESIS 2: 18, 22-24 18  And the Lord God said, “ It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. 22  Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23  And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24  Therefore a man shall leave h
Read more

CALLED BY THE LORD, PART 6

-
Image
DEPICTION OF JONAH RUNNING AWAY FROM THE LORD I was doing Bible study one night and it became clear to me that, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Deborah, Jael, Lydia, Seller of Purple, Rehab, The Twelve Disciples, and Paul were all CALLED by God. The Lord may require  some people to carry out a special task.There will be others that may be required to minister His Word and  travel around the world as a missionary.      This week I'll share scriptures about different men  and women that were called by the Lord. Some of these people were rebellious and did not want to answer His call.  All eventually did the Lord's will. Today, I will share scriptures which discuss that the Lord CALLED a man named Jonah.  He did not want to answer the Lord's call and ran away.  There were consequences to Jonah's actions. The Lord's will did prevail. He did go to Nineveh. JONAH 1: 1-4, 6-9, 12, 15-17 1  Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the
Read more

CALLED BY THE LORD, PART 5

-
Image
DEPICTION OF RAHAB OF JERICHO I was doing Bible study one night and it became clear to me that, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Deborah, Jael, Lydia, Seller of Purple, Rehab, The Twelve Disciples, and Paul were all CALLED by God. The Lord may require  some people to carry out a special task.There will be others that may be required to minister His Word and  travel around the world as a missionary.   This week I'll share scriptures about different men  and women that were called by the Lord. Some of these people were rebellious and did not want to answer His call.  All eventually did the Lord's will. Today, I'll share scriptures which show how  a prostitute named  Rahab was used to help  Joshua's spies. Joshua, son of Nun, became  the ruler for the Israelites after Moses died. The Bible also tells us that the Lord is "not a respecter of persons"and accepts all who will respect him. It can be His will to use a harlot (prostitute)
Read more