Guarantees

There are risk in everything about life. From the products you buy, to the food you eat, to the people you love, risks are everywhere. Yet you can not live without any of them. There are no guarantees except the guarantee that if you do without any of them then you will wither away. 

Never worry, we never go through things in life alone even when we think we are. We have our cheerleaders in life who are silent, those who speak up occasionally and those who cheer us through each and every step of the way. Then we have Jesus in our life that is there for us no matter what. What is important is to remember that they are there and to appreciate their presence.

When you finally hit the right path in life you know it. You feel it in the core of your soul. It wasn't easy getting there, the path ahead is still not going to be easy but the path will be well worth it. Why? It matters who is on the path with you and where you are going. It is about both the journey itself and the destination and making all of it count because your lives count. Living and loving all the while.

Something I've learned, that trials are not always about you and making you stronger, though they can make you stronger. Trials may also be about the other party who is being given an opportunity to make better choices to go down the narrow path to the narrow gate. 

Shhh, it's not a secret to listen to your intuition. If you really listen and "hear" what your are being told, it isn't your "intuition" after all, it is really the Holy Spirit. You can't hear him if your own voice is too loud. That feeling you get is the Spirit using your body to clue you in so you can stop and listen.  It's okay to take small moments and really listen, the cost is not nearly as much as it might cost you if you do not listen. Listening is not so much an art as it is a choice, what action will you choose to do - to listen or to ignore?

Only with real love does a person flourish and blossom. Without the warmth of love, the inside of a person dies just like a seed. Without light and the right temperature a seed growing is dwarfed, its possibilities to grow are limited. The best way to start receiving love is to give it first. Seek and ye shall find-Give love and you will find love but you have to give it before you get it. That is what makes it unconditional love because you gave it first. If you "expect" love in return, then the love you thought you gave was never a gift - it was something with strings attached.