James W. Inspirational Thoughts

 Lack of knowledge can deprive you from a plethora of joyess things in life, as it can also lead to sickness, or even death. Stop depriving yourself of the fruits that life has to offer. 

  You remembered, but you didn't remember, and when you did remember, you opted to do something different. Yet upon remembering, it occured to you the importance of remembering, only it's too late, so who's fault is it?

 Patience & perseverance can take you places in life, but only if you are willing to take a step back, be a willing participant to what God has in store for you, and show him gratitude. He's trying to bless you, but you won't allow it because your standing in his way. One must remove themselves in order to receive his blessings, it's no other way around it. Stop making life all about you.

 Where are we in life with honesty? Some people will proclaim to be in your corner through tough times, but the moment you exhibit honesty, things change. Why? If a person gives you the truth despite your feelings, why not be accepting of that and move forward? Distancing yourself from a person is not only foul, it portrays you as a person that's mentally unstable, with an inability to handle the truth. If lying to you is what you need for mental stability, your heart is truly in the wrong place, God help you.

 If you pray for something, you cannot pick and choose how those prayers should be answered. Many times the Lord will answer your prayers, but because your not accepting of his responses, those blessings go unnoticed. We are not allowed the luxury of cherry picking our blessings, only to receive them. So if it appears that your prayers went unanswered, your wrong. You either accept it, or do without. If it wasn't meant for you to have, the Lord would not have provided it for you to have, be grateful, because it can always be worse. 

 Learn and condition yourself into appreciating the small things in life. Stop taking those things for granted, as if it's a foregone conclusion those blessings will always be at your disposal, because they won't. Understand this, that what comes easy for you, is very difficult for others, but because it's always been easy for you, those subtleties are taken for granted. So just keep this in mind, that no matter how easy certain things come to you in life, thank the Lord for paving the way and making it easy for you.