“Just the Way I Like It”

How many of you drink coffee or tea?  Have you ever had someone make either of these beverages “just the way you like it?”  They’ve put the right amount of sugar or cream in it.  The coffee grinds or tea leaves were blended and seeped perfectly so that when you took the first sip, your brain agreed that it tasted “just the way you liked it.” You may have nodded your head, closed your eyes, and said to yourself, “hmm-um, this is good! Afterwards, you took a few moments to savor the flavor and aroma as you slowly drank its content.  It was perfect for you and you alone, no one else, just you.  However, that same cup of flawlessness when tasted by someone else may not be met with the same reaction. 

Have you ever allowed someone else to taste your coffee or tea and they exclaimed that it was too sweet, didn’t have enough honey or cream in it or, they hated the taste of coffee or that particular flavor of tea? You may have looked at them in amazement because to you its contents were perfect. So how could they possibly not like what you loved?!

Well, God has made each of us unique with our own brand of likes and dislikes.  He’s also tailored blessings that are “just the way we like them” as individuals.  Therefore, when we go through life and are enriched with good things or challenges that are specific to our growth and learning experiences, our reactions should reflect, “This has been perfectly designed just for me by God.” The question then becomes, “What am I to learn from this?”

As we begin to understand that nothing happens to us by accident and all of life’s experiences are somehow interconnected to help us increase our awareness and knowledge of God, then we will recognize that He has prepared us all for “just the way I like it” moments of learning that can last a lifetime.

Expect Something Great to Happen to You Today!

After returning from vacation this past Monday, I began watching Oprah’s Life classes that I had missed while away. One particular incident struck me to the point of tears.  A single mother working at Starbucks, with three children of her own, living in a small two bedroom apartment in Chicago had made a decision to take care of her brother’s six children. This made her family size total increase to ten people living on her one salary. She indicated that there was never enough money and she would hope for extra hours to help make ends meet.  Each day she would go to work and the people at her job and customers loved her attitude as she was always positive and never complained.  Somehow, her name was mentioned for a particular Miracle wish give-a-way that Oprah was conducting on her show. Oprah first surprised the lady by walking into her job  and giving her the day off. What happened afterwards was extraordinary! Oprah went to her apartment, saw her conditions, took all nine of the children to the toy store and let them pick out any toy they wanted. Knowing that the family had nowhere to place all of the toys, Oprah purchased the lady and her children a home!

What is my point?  The woman had NO idea that when she woke up that morning to go to work that day that a blessing of such magnitude was going to happen to her. I would even venture to say that even if she had prayed about having better living conditions or a new job, her expectations of getting specifically what she received was most likely NOT in her thoughts

What about you?  When you pray or dream or just wish… do you REALLY expect great things to happen to you?

Don’t limit God’s power to the ordinary as He can perform extraordinary, over-the-top, blow your little mind, “OMG, I can’t believe this happened to me” kind of blessings!

EXPECT SOMETHING GREAT TO HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY!