25-FEBRUARY-2025 - HOW TO LIVE TO BEAUTIFY LIFE
THE MAIN THEME: THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
TITLE: HOW TO LIVE TO BEAUTIFY LIFE
The quote for today’s devotional is:
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.”
― Earl Nightingale
Devotional:
Fiona had always been focused on reaching her goals in life. She was an A student, making all the charts and pretty much had things going on for her in what she considered the main areas of life. But as she was preparing for graduation day, what she felt was not elation but a deep sadness as she realized her whole life (at least so far) she had focused so narrowly on goals and trophies, so much so that she really had not enjoyed much of the journey. All through the years of being in school, there had always been a goal to chase down- not necessarily because it was demanded of her, but these were things she wanted to do but it all felt empty today- graduation day. She had dreamed several times of how she would celebrate her graduation but never in a thousand years did she imagine that an empty sad feeling would be one of the things she would feel on this day.
Fiona in this story is hypothetical and can represent a lot of us in different areas of life. Sometimes we are so carried away with reaching our goals, whether those are academic or work-related goals, or caught up with ensuring our children stay ‘in line’ or whatever else, that we sometimes forget to slow down and just be happy that we get to do these daily chores or tasks that define how we spend each day. One day turns 20 years and we discover we had just existed but never truly lived.
The message today is - Chose to enjoy your journey through life everyday…don’t wait…chose to live fully today and every day; be mind-present and truly make your life beautiful, don’t just exist.
Here are a few reflective questions:
- What is one thing I can add to my daily or weekly routines that will make me laugh? What time will I do it each day/week?
- What is one thing I can add to my daily or weekly routines that helps me connect with my friends and family? What time will I do it each day/week?
- What is one thing I can do to ensure I remind myself to have fun for a few minutes a day or connect with family/friend(s) each day?
Let us pray:
Dear God, help me live life fully, appreciating all the beauties you have surrounded me with in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Please say these words of affirmation. Say them, mean them, own them and live them:
- God has given me all things to enjoy.
- I will work towards my goals.
- I will also enjoy the journey of my beautiful life.
You are beautiful, that’s why you deserve a beautiful day. I’ll see you tomorrow.
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