There Are No If, Ands, Or Buts About It!
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There Are No If, Ands, Or Buts About It!
A LetterAFrom Editor LetterThe from the Editor
A Letter the Editor There is nofrom greater treasure one can possess than the gift of What if tomorrow arrive? All of your hopes life. God selects us all for adidn’t particular purpose and plans, promise. Your and dreams wouldn’t have a street to park on. What if gift is as individual as a blade of grass or a rain drop that falls from everything that youindecided to put until tomorrow never What ifa tomorrow didn’t arrive? All of your plans, the sky during shower the month ofoff April. What Godhopes has for happened? There would be no reason to save for a rainy and dreams wouldn’t have a street to park on. What if me, is only for me, and it is impossible for anyone other than me day, you could spare theuntil trouble of making everything that youmy decided to put off tomorrow never to fulfill Hisand promise for life.someone promises. What your last happened? Thereif would be opportunity no reason toseemingly save for aexpired rainy today? What wouldspare you do? day, and you could someone the trouble of making Though I was named by my grandmother, throughout the short promises. What if your last opportunity seemingly expired years of my life, I have been called many other things. Some of I’ve been that I often today? Whattold would you do? seem like I do too much. them I believe I earned, and others maybe not. However, it wasn’t Honestly, I feel like I am not doing enough and I’m a firm until I heard a pastor share something during a church service believer in knowing that God seem wouldn’t on me I’ve been told that I often like put I do anything too much. did I fully understand the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of that I couldn’t handle. I sometimes wonder how life would Honestly, I feel like I am not doing enough and I’m a firm wordsbeliever spoken to me byidle others. This pastor told us that “It doesn’t be if I chose to sit and accept whatput it presented in knowing that God wouldn’t anything to onme. me I matter what others say to you or about you. The only thing that have found that to be very boring. In my opinion, opportunity that I couldn’t handle. I sometimes wonder how life would matters answer to.”accept That burrowed is ais that to message everyone. A challenge be ifblessing Iwhat choseyou to sitisn’t idle afforded and what it presented toitself me. Iin my mind and remains there. to mefound is an adventure. What is the In worst that can opportunity happen? have that to be very boring. my opinion, If aI do nothing, if I try to I don’t, but instead learn is blessing thatI fail, isn’tand afforded everyone. A challenge Weto live in a world where, if we are not careful, our lives caninbe something new about myself. Relinquish your pride and me is an adventure. What is the worst that can happen? shaped and torn by what others think of us. It’s important return acquire life. If I do nothing, I fail, and if I try I don’t, but instead learnto have the support and new admiration from family and friends, but and we can’t something about myself. Relinquish your pride in survive on their opinions alone. We must realize our very own The best advice return acquire life.ever given to me happened when someone worth.told God no my mistakes and happen becausetoday. He made each of memakes to make tomorrow In doing so us, it’s impossible toadvice believe that we are anything than His finest I have pressed myever way through doors withless a key that only The best given to me happened when someone hopeme provided. have also learned the today. difference between creation. told to makeImy tomorrow happen In doing so blesses and what cana burden with Iwhat haveGod pressed my me waywith through doorslife with key thatme only as well. I compare ityoung toalso knowing when be confident and provided. have learned the difference between As Ihope watch the loss Iof lives with theto recent school when tocan bestudent. quiet, what IGod blesses and what life burdenbecause me with shootings, reflect backme towith when I was a young Things someone may get it confused as well. I compare it to knowing when to be confident and have really changed from those times. It is painful to see our with being when to bearrogant. quiet, future perish. Therefore, I pray and ask for healing andbecause protection someone may get it confused in those situations. I also pray for change. The kind of change Make youarrogant. tomorrow with that starts atbeing home. We must speak happen today, most life into the hearts andbut ears of those importantly make it count. Make you tomorrow who are impressionable. You can Life is but awhat whisper and is happen today, but most never understand someone we must ourselves in aby importantly make it count. going through onput the inside just position toa hear what it is Life is but whisper and looking at them. Often, one word telling us. ourselves in a we is all that it must takesput to change that position to hear what it is person’s life. Let your words be full telling us. of kindness and compassion or don’t Terry L. Watson say anything at all. My mama told me Editor/Founder that!
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