I'm Not Impressed

Good morning family. Thanking God for waking us this morning. It's so important that we recognize the true gift that life is. As we move closer to Christmas I hope and pray that we all understand the true purpose of the holiday celebration. This is a season to share who we are, to grow and rebuild, more importantly, it's a season to honor the birth of Christ. Yesterday I heard a lot of things that really hit home for me. One thing a pastor said was "as a young man, I needed a lot of attention, needed the spotlight on me". He went on to say that as he grew older, he didn't want all that attention, it was no long important. When we're young we tend to focus more in impressing people, wanting to be the center of attention. We dress to impress, we drive fancy cars (that we can't afford) to impress, we carry fancy purses (with no money in them) to impress, we purchase homes (that we shouldn't) to impress and the list goes on. We crave attention. This craving gets us in a lot of trouble. Our finances suffer, our relationships suffer and we are so stressed out that we can't enjoy the things we purchased in attempt to impress others. Now this is totally about me because there have been times that I focused far to much on impressing people who really didn't deserve it but my immature mind thought they did. My thoughts were based on what they had, not who they were. I encourage and pray for anyone who's living to impress others, to stop it. We should live to "inspire". The gifts and opportunities that God has given us should be used to help others, to promote authenticity and to be uplifting. I pray that we each be considerate and honest as we fellowship with family and friends. I ask God to open our minds and hearts, bridle our tongues so we don't say the wrong things, take our focus off what we don't have and give Him total thanks and praise for everything He's allowed. It is such a blessing to be a blessing, walk in it, speak it and live to inspire. TeamI'mNotImpressed. Bblessedloveyou.