November 29, 2017 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration

 ASPIRATIONS

"In all these things we are more than conquerors through God who loved us." Romans 8:37
 
Many people believe that people have to hit bottom before they can change. That is hard to believe but it is very true.                            
 
It is the belief that people with negative habits HAVE TO hit the lowest point in their lives where they suffer so much that they desire change at any cost, before they can rise to the top. We each have free will, and sometimes it is this way. 
 
There is another way to learn besides the school of hard knocks.
 
We can at anytime, choose a Higher school of learning.
 
You do not have to hit bottom – you simply have to touch the top! 
 
Thank God that we can have, and accept, Divine help at any time that will
lift us up, and will see us through. We give thanks to God that our
turnarounds in life do not have to be born of desperation, but can be born
from our aspirations.
 
We have been told that to be a true success in life we "have to pay our
dues over a long, long, long period of time," and yet, we have seen people
rise from the ashes of mediocrity like the Phoenix bird, powered in their
flight by their faith in God and in their own aspirations.
 
Andy Rooney said something that struck a chord in me, in an interview on
CNBC. He said, "He wished that humankind had as much desire to do good in
this world as they do to make money."
 
We must all aspire to do good first. This is one of the core spiritual messages
that comes to humanity. A person will often be making excuses, saying that they have made so many mistakes in the past that they cannot change now. We must transmute our past, learning from it, and aspire to do better. The past can be like a resource that can burn bright if the flame is used to fuel your present journey, instead of consuming
it. Ask for God's help and reinvent your life. You will find that it is impossible to reinvent your own life without positively affecting many others.
 
If something in your life needs to change, then the Spirit of God will
guide you to do just that. When you ask for guidance, do not be afraid of
the answer. A turning point may come when you feel guided to change your
place of employment, work on a negative habit, or become part of a
lasting, loving relationship.
 
As you listen to God, be at peace. God brings you only good, and
helps you to overcome your past so that you may aspire to be the best
human being possible.
 
As you listen to God in prayer, you then realize that the changes that you
choose are there for you to experience something for your own betterment,
and you give thanks to God for giving you a choice, and a way.
 
In 1 Corinthians 12:31, our Bible states, "Strive for the greater gifts. 
And I will show you a still more excellent way."
 
Nearly every person has something, some attitude, some concept, some
situation that they need freedom from.
 
It may be that you feel inferior and need to aspire so that you may
identify with God's idea of greatness for your life. It is possible that
an attitude needs to be released so that a more productive attitude can
take over.
 
For instance, an attitude of self-pity or of self-condemnation can be
released through a realizing of God's power in the present moment. A
concept of God as love must be realized. A situation that is filled with
temporary problems may demand our prayer thought so that adjustments can
be brought out in a most orderly way. A human relationship may need to be
harmonized so that there is a newness of purpose for the good of all
concerned.
 
True aspirations are founded in knowledge – knowledge of God and your
oneness with God.
 
POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:
 
If anyone has heard me or harm me knowingly or unknowingly in thought, word, or deed, I freely forgive them.
 
And I too ask forgiveness if I have hurt anyone or harm to anyone knowingly 
or unknowingly in thought, word, or deed.
 
(Sacrament of Confession)
 
POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: By discovery and expressing my own potential, I bless myself and others.
 
POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: "The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it." Johann von Goethe

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GOD BLESS YOU, Merry Christmas!
Christopher Ian Chenoweth