Enjoying Life To The Fullest

Remember when you had a new toy? Even now as adults we sometimes can’t sleep when there’s something new. We just have to play with it, don’t we?

I went back to being a child a few days ago. You see, I have this new camera that I can’t wait to use during the Kadayawan festival.  I even took a leave from work just to be able to enjoy the festivities to the fullest.

So off we went to where the show was. I was contentedly shooting photos using my brand new point and shoot camera. Naturally other photographers came to where I was to take photos as well. You’d think that my countenance didn’t change. Well it did, from being content and happy to being jealous and miserable. After all, what is my camera compared to their’s with zoom lenses?

Then it dawned upon me that I was sinning. My jealousy got the better of me. Instead of enjoying the moment I was so caught up in my misery and I failed to fully see the beauty of things unfolding before my eyes.

Many of us go through life looking at what other people have while we fail to enjoy what God has given us. We may never have everything we want but we definitely have everything we need. Today, let us begin to really count our blessings and name them one by one.

“If I perish, I perish.”

Esther 4:16

Sackcloth and mourning; robe to rejoicing.

Queens Esther’s life was a lived lived for a purpose. She was there at that certain time to save her people from the evil plans of Haman. It just proves that God is never mistaken when He puts people in their place; where He will need to do something for His glory.

We may be unsure and fearful about how things will go but if we put our faith and trust in Him, like Ester we can say “If I perish, I perish.”

I don’t know what your situation is but I am waiting to be amazed at how God can turn my mourning into dancing.