BE GRATEFUL

Ben Carson wrote:

I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about 1/2 a kilometer ahead. I could tell he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good, I shall try to catch him. I had about a kilometer before I needed to turn off. So I started running faster and faster.

Every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the last leg of an Olympic competition. I was determined to catch him.

Finally, I did it! I caught and passed him. On the inside, I felt so good. "I beat him" Of course, he didn't even know we were racing.

After I passed him, I realized I had been so focused on competing against him that I had missed my house. I had gone nearly six blocks past my house and I had to turn and go back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbors, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important?

We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our God-given destinies.

The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle. There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, nicer car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc.
But realize that "You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone."
Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to what others are, where others are going, wearing and driving.you must be grateful with what you have and forsake excess and unnecesary competition because:

_The qualifications that gave you a job is the same qualifications someone has, but doesn't have a job.......
Be grateful.

The prayer God answered for you, is the same prayer others have been saying without success yet.......
Be grateful.

The road you use safely on a daily basis is the same road many others died on.......
Be grateful.

The place which you worship and God blessed you, is the same place other people worship in but their lives are still in discord & shambles.......
Be grateful.

The bed you used in the hospital, got healed and discharged, is the same bed many other people died on....
Be grateful.

The conditions you went through and came out alive, hundreds have gone through it this year alone and they are dead and forgotten.......
Be grateful.

The same rain that made your field produce good crops, is the same rain that destroyed someone's field....
Be grateful.

_Be grateful because whatever you have is not by your power, your might, or your qualifications, but rather by the Grace and Will of Almighty God
Always Be grateful.

The fact that you can read this info be grateful. Can you see, hear, smell, taste or feel? Remember! He is the Giver of everything you have.

Be Grateful to God for all He hath done and for those yet undone?
Take what God has given you, the height, weight and personality. Dress well and wear it proudly, you'll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no competition in Destiny.

Run your own race and wish others well.BE GRATEFUL for what you have
Live freely