Positive Daily Inspiration – August 12, 2022 – TODAY

“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7

James Allen in his classic book “As a Man Thinketh” says the above Bible quote not only describes a human’s inner character, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of their life. A human is literally what he or she thinks, their character being the complete sum of all their thoughts.

As the plant springs from the seed, and could not be without it, so every act of a human springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts which are called “spontaneous” as to those which are deliberately executed.

Actions are the blossoms of thought, and both joy and suffering are their fruits; thus does a human gather the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own choices.

13 years ago, in 2009 I was taping a television broadcast for our TV channel and was showing my grandmother’s Bible. My grandmother, Mary Vaughan, lived at 785 Market Street in Akron, Ohio.

I think that you can learn a lot about the soul when you look through the pages of their Bible, finding what had so much meaning for them that they saved it over a lifetime.

The piece that I am sharing with you today fell out from one of the obscure pages in her Bible. Hidden within the folds of the pages for years, the author is unknown. Over 6 decades ago my grandmother made a solemn commitment to daily keep these truths from May 17, 1957 to May 1, 1958. The following is exactly what I found.

TODAY – I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life’s problems at once.

TODAY – I will be happy. What a very wise man was Abraham Lincoln, when he said, “Most folks are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” I will smile and others, witnessing my happiness will smile WITH me.

TODAY – I will adjust MYSELF to what IS, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.

I will realize that much of what I call my “luck” is of my own making – the rest is God’s plan for my niche in life and I will accept it as such.

TODAY – I will do something for my own soul in three ways:
1. I will do something nice for someone and NOT BE FOUND OUT.
2. I will make myself do something I do not want to do – just to prove to myself that I am big enough to do it, and –
3. I will not show ANYONE if my feelings are hurt – THEY MAY BE HURT – but
I WILL NOT SHOW IT – no one but my God and I will know.

TODAY – I will be agreeable – I will speak softly, look my best, be kind and considerate, neither criticizing nor finding fault with anyone but myself.

TODAY – I will have a quiet half-hour – all to myself — to RELAX. During this half hour – some time – I will try to get a better perspective on myself – to see myself as others see me – and ask myself if I LIKE what I see.

TODAY – I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to be RIGHT and to stand by what I believe IS right, if I know my God and my conscience are on my side.

TODAY – I will be very careful of my tongue – if I can’t find something nice to say, I will be silent – for the spoken word, no matter how much regretted, can never be recalled.

TODAY – I will keep smiling – it takes seven muscles to smile and 84 to frown – so – SMILE!

TODAY – Everything I do, or say, or even THINK will be constructive. Whatever I do will be done to the best of my ability. It may not, and probably WILL not be the best that can be done, but it will be MY best – for – “If you give to the world the best you have, then the best will come back to you.”

I always admired the gentleness, and kindness of my grandmother. I can still smell the homemade meringue shells, and the best Apple pie I have ever eaten cooking in that white kitchen stove. Now almost 60 years later, my opinion of her is even higher. Reading this over, it describes my memory of her completely, obviously she lived her truth.

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, help me to have more faith in myself.
Help me to have faith in my God-given abilities.
Help me to look to the future fearlessly living one day at a time in faith.
I know You are leading me to achievement and success.
I pray that as I exercise my faith that I am strengthened.
I pray that I grow and develop to my highest potential.
I give thanks for every success in my life, and for the opportunity that each day brings me to express the Spirit of God.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: I am loved, I am needed, and I am important, for I am God’s child.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Helen Keller

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Christopher Ian Chenoweth