Thankful

Good morning family. Yesterday morning I received messages from someone who was very upset. I had a choice, I could respond emotionally or I could keep it moving, keep it real. I chose to keep it real. When I say "keep it real", I mean I focused on the love I have for that person and not what they were saying. This person wasn't upset with me but didn't like the way things were going based on prior and current interactions with others. Sometimes we get so busy proving and defending that we forget how to love, we forget to forgive and let go. Our emotionally charged responses have us boiling, saying things that in five years won't even matter. This morning I pray for anyone who's tied to an emotional issue from their past/present. I ask God, our Lord and Savior to touch the hearts and minds of those who for some reason can't let go of a hurt, that hurt that stays in their front pocket locked in their heart. I ask our Heavenly Father to open our minds to healing and shows us how to communicate the way we're feeling based on His ways, His words. I ask Him to lead us away from words that divide and cause pain, give us words that help us move forward, help us rebuild relationships we've thrown away. I ask God to take those fingers we point at one another and direct them towards ourselves because at the end of the day, we have to own what we feel no matter how someone else made us feel. I ask our Lord to grant us the courage to love "anyway" even when the people we are charged with loving may not deserve it. I fall to my knees in thanks to our God for keeping everyone in my life safe for there are so many families who aren't planning Thanksgiving dinners because their focus has to be on planning funerals for their loved ones, setting court dates, planning visits to a jail or hospital or making no plans at all. Father God we are blessed beyond measure and we ask Your forgiveness because we forget what and where you've brought us from and too. With all my heart I ask You to watch over my family, my friends, my co-workers and the people of our nation, thanking You again for allowing us another chance, another day/year to break bread with each other and to bask in the glory of Your generosity/blessings. In Jesus "Sweet" Name, AMEN. TeamThankful Bblessedloveyou