The last few weeks I have been getting ready for 2008. It started when I decided I was dissatisfied with my harvest for this year. Looking at my results I realized I had been a lazy farmer and it was nothing to do with the market. I sat down with my manager and we worked on a plan. Something I was comfortable doing and would do. I started applying it straight away as I want 2008 to be a good year and you cannot reap if you do not plant the seeds. So I have been busy making calls, writing notes and emails. Prospecting. How I used to dislike that word. But now it has become a game. And I often do not stop when I have met my goal for the day. I am busy contacting people and talking with people looking for opporutunities and positive about the results.
As part of this I started a gratitude journal this week. Just three simple statements each evening before I go to bed for what I am grateful for that day. It can be about business, about myself, what I have learnt etc. It has really helped me and again I have enjoyed it as it makes me more aware of what blessings I have compared to others. This whole process has made me realize that many of the promises in the Bible I have ignored. I have struggled where there was no need with my faith especially. Like my dialy goals these gratitude statements are expanding as I realize how much I have to be thankful for each day.
I was reading yesterday Psalm 89 that says about God "You established your faithfulness in heaven itself," and "Your Faithfulness sourrounds you". I know when the storms raged in my life I doubted his faithfulness. I allowed the noise and my view of the storm to drain me of my faith, rather than trusting in this faithfulness that is established in heaven. This reminds me of the passage in Romans 8 v 28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." I doubted people who wanted to help rather than thinking all this is working for my good and whatever the result I can praise God and trust him through this being thankful for my salvation.
So why not try writing a gratitude journal and see if it does not change you just a little. maybe like me it will increase your faith, change your attitude to yourself, towards God, towards other people and towards your work. You can trust God for he is faithful and that faithfulness is established in heaven itself. Readjust your viewpoint and see the Lord and his blessings upon you. I know if you try this it will change you and your attitude. And don't just save it for God express your gratitude to people around you, give a smile and thank them for their help or their service.
God Bless and have a great week.
