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Are You Leaving God's Gifts On The Table Of Life?
God's gifts for you are without bound, it is okay to ask for them...Our Creator is an infinitely loving and generous provider - and yet most of us have difficulty asking for help or for those things that are right for us to request. We insist on doing it all alone and then are shocked when things go downhill so fast. Of course, some of us have been taught that it is not right to ask for things for ourselves, or that we can ask for things, but only for others or for the common good.But why should this be the case? Nearly every spiritual and religious canon teaches that we have only to ask and we shall receive. Our Creator is our provider and we are rich beyond imagining in all things through our relationship with God. No, I see no issue with asking for what we need (or want) as part of our divine birthright. With the caveat, of course, that our answer could be "No," for any number of reasons, we are not in a position to see or understand. Imagine that your life has been spent struggling and scraping, and barely getting by - sound familiar? You've worked hard and hoped for the best. And although you do pray with sincere gratitude for the blessings you have received, you never ask for sustenance or a boon. Your thoughts are that if God wanted you to have any such thing, it would appear in its own good time. For many, this seems like a proper and pious life (and indeed there is little fault with such a life, speaking from a strictly spiritual point of view). But look a little further into the future to the time of your passing.
Curious, you go over to it and peek inside. Suprisingly, you find the shed is piled high with golden and jeweled tokens inscribed with icons for food, clothing, money, love, friendship and so many other items that it's impossible to read them all. You're confused and not a little hurt. No one has need of any of these items here, where everything is freely given, whereas you could have really used them back on earth. Your life would have been much more enjoyable and productive had you had all of this back then. How useless they all are now that you're here. Why, you wonder, would you be given such a large supply of such unnecessary items after your translation, and denied them during your life? Turning to your guide with the question unspoken on your lips (for when we are all in spirit form, speech is the long way 'round), you are met with a wry and loving smile. "Ah, well, you see, it's like this," the being laughs, still radiating joy at your return to the heavenly fold, "These were all the things that we had set aside for you to use in your life. But you never sent for them - and so here it sits, waiting still." Don't leave your storage shed full of the awesome bounty that is God's gift to you. Send for your store of treasure whenever the need arises, with a soul full of thanks and a heart full of gladness and joy. After all, even if it's true that you can't take your worldly goods with you when you go, it's just as true that you can't use the overage when you get there, either. (c) Soni Pitts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Soni Pitts is the Chief Visionary Butt-Kicker of SoniPitts.Com. She specializes in helping others reclaim "soul proprietorship" in their lives and to begin living the life their Creator always intended for them.
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