“Engaged In Life”
Happy Day!!! Hope all is well and you are enjoying life! It can be challenging at times for most of us and it is always a choice you and I have.
My life got turned upside down when I had brain surgery the last day of March. That changed my life style and messed with brain and mindset in ways I don’t ever remember. Being told, I had a terminal brain tumor in December of last year was one thing, cutting part of that tumor out of my brain was a completely different thing. What I find interesting, is my mindset continues to change in a better way.
My life personal experience, my working with people over the last 30+ years and my continued relationship with God have shaped my mindset and life. There really was something odd about that brain surgery. I have shareed this before. I was never suicidal, I just saw no point in living any longer with this terminal brain tumor. As as continue to heal up from the brain surgery, I am very much getting back to live my life well as long as I have!
I am watching an amazing TV series. I watched some of the Olympics a while back, and will watch some of OU football but I have very little interest in TV. Except for this beautiful show about the adult life of Jesus. It is called “The Chosen.” There are only two series done at this point and I only have 2 more shows to watch. Makes me sad even though I know how the story of Jesus ends.
This was on the recent series I watched. I friend mentioned to Jesus how difficult his life must be. Jesus response was so beautiful and helpful to me. Here is is response.
“I am always ready to do my Fathers will, that doesn’t make it easy.” Wow, that sounds exactly like Jesus and something I have been working on for years. Hearing Jesus say that in this story, reminded me how important it is live this in any situation of this life.
Living our lives with Jesus, in no way means this life will be “piece of cake” and nothing to worry about. I believe that so many of the hardships, challenges, pain and joy of the life of Jesus, were connected to his relationship with God. His relationship as a man living the realities of life, in this world.
This life can have challenges and this life can have some of the most beautiful, unbelievable, incredible and unexplainable experiences. I am beginning to experience that again. Maybe my brain is slowly getting back to what it was before they cut some of it out. Maybe it’s simply going through some new challenges and it has taken a while to get back to my reality. What ever it is, I like living like this much better.
I want to live a little more like Jesus. “I am always ready to do my Fathers will, that doesn’t make it easy.”
Have a great day, love yourself and others in your life. And remember, “You are Loved by God and of Great Value.”