My Life Is

My Life Is... -When this title came to me, right away l thought of negative
words that I could use to describe my life. But I am not going to. Instead,
I am choosing to focus on the good aspects of my life. Believe it or
not,there are some!

My life is God-centered. Pretty much everything in my life centers around
God. From the Christian music I have playing all day most days to all the
time that I spend reading the Bible to the fact that I never miss church if
it at all possible to be there. Over the years, I have learned to
communicate with God in my mind so, no matter what else is going on, I can
still be communication with the Lord. The nurses are all aware that I am a
Christian because I have never tried to hide it and, even if they don't
agree, I believe they respect me for it. One other way that my life is
God-centered is by writing these blogs. I write what I feel the Holy Spirit
wants me to write so, of course, God is a major component of most of the
blogs.

My life is hope-filled. Of course, I have the hope of heaven that every
Christian has but I also hope for a better life in this world. I have no
idea what the future holds for me but, whatever it is, it will be more than
good. I admit that, over the years my hope for healing has dimmed a little
but it is still there. It is that hope that keeps me going when my
emotions are screaming that it is too hard and to give up.

My life is free. Not physically but in other ways. My life is free from
other commitments and people that would try to pull me away from God.
Barring my physical limitations, I am free to do anything. Free to praise
and worship God anytime I want. Free to imagine the great things that God
might do in my life. The Bible says that nothing is impossible to God so
there is nothing that I can imagine that He can't do if He wants.

My life is protected. Every born-again Christian's life is protected in the
sense that they are not going to pass away until God determines. However,
during their lifetime, there will be lots of ups and downs, twists and
turns. By keeping me in Long-term Care, I suspect that God is protecting me
from a lot of the "challenges" that other Christians have to face.

My life is relatively stress-free. From time to time, I will catch myself
fretting over some silly little thing but I certainly don't have any major
stresses like relationship problems, unpaid bills, etc. I can  think of
plenty of negative words that describe my life but stress-filled would not
be one of them. Sometimes people will say to me that I don't have many
wrinkles for my age. I never can help thinking that, at least in part, is
because I don't have much stress either.

My life is quiet and peaceful. Unless, of course, I am having one of my
famous "meltdowns". It is quiet and peaceful. The nurses are busy so they
don't disturb me too often. So I am usually alone. And there is usually
Christian music playing which adds to the peaceful atmosphere. In fact, I
have had visitors comment on how peaceful it is.

In conclusion, my life is blessed. Like every other born-again Christian, I
am blessed to be saved, have Jesus in my life and know I am going to heaven.
But I also know that I am blessed in a special way. I often think of this.
Of all the people in the world, He chose me. I don't know why but it is
mind-boggling!