Perfect Gift

Life is gift no matter how much we hate it sometimes, we must thank God for every day that we breath every second we spend with loved ones even, the tough times good times and the stretching times. Kierkegaard says it well "In repentance you receive everything from God, even the thanks you give him, in the same way that parents enjoy the fun of receiving a present from their child when they are really only receiving what they themselves have given...You were always willing to thank God, but this was somehow inadequate. Then you understood that God is the one who does everything in you and then allows you the childlike pleasure of thinking that your thanks are a gift you give him." (Spiritual Writings 19)

This made me really think today about my life and how I live it because everything we are given is a gift. When I went to get my oil changed I acted differently, I loved more. When you let everything go and belong completely to God there is new freedom to treat others with a different respect and love than any other time you will ever have in your life. As long as keep searching for our own shallow satisfaction we will be empty and alone but the only way to live is to give up the pursuit of happiness and realize everything we recieve is a gift from God

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. -James 1:17