Some Say I'm Damaged - Defective

Some Say I’m Damaged - Defective 

Some say I’m damaged goods. I am defective. You see, I had heart surgery three years ago and my heart is still considered less than perfect. Two months ago, I had all of my toes on the left foot amputated. That is permanent. My days of running races and doing the broad jump are over.

I can’t do what I did when I was a younger man. Am I damaged goods? Some may think so.

However ... consider my worth in spite of these alterations to my body. My mind still works. I can think, and write, and produce podcasts. I can still function in this day-to-day world at my own level and with the contributions I am still able to make. I’m not finished, yet. I’m not giving up, yet.

Perhaps this message is for you as well. Whatever your ailments, or faulty functions in your body, I imagine there are skills, crafts and creative functions that you can still offer. Maybe this is the season in your life where you recreate yourself in some new something. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to write. Then write you should. What if tutoring some young upstart appeals to you. What a worthy pursuit in which to throw yourself into. Somebody somewhere might need your insights, your slant on what they are attempting.

My wife gave me a daily quote calendar at Christmas. Today’s quote is appropriate to this idea today.

“Setbacks always have an upside. They fuel new dreams.”

Are you facing a setback? Has some challenge come along that has altered your game? What newness can come from this alteration in your life?

Remember ... you’re not damaged good unless you give in to that mindset. Find the new way of expressing yourself.

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P Michael Biggs Hope~Encouragement~Inspiration

This is my morning reflectio

Imagination

Imagination 

I found a quote that needs expanding. Here goes.

Imagine everything you can imagine, 

then keep on going.

That is the seed of creativity if there ever was one.

What if the industry of flight had stopped with the Wright brothers first successful 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk? Thankfully mankind didn’t stop there, and we now have a space station, and probes to Mars and beyond.

Think of the medical advances we now experience, and imagine life if those ‘steps beyond’ had never happened. Some of us wouldn’t be alive today but for medical advances beyond even thirty years ago.

Charles Dickens didn’t write A Christmas Carol as his first book. Oh, no. We are richer for his persistence and for the fact that he kept on going.

And think of Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, and compare that to that mini-computer in your pocket called a ‘Smart Phone’.

My friend Ken is one of the finest musicians I know, and yet he is not limiting his creativity to just music. He is one of the most highly regarded music editors in the business and now he has turned to authoring a book. Ken is living up to this thought and he is continuing to keep going.

What is your imagination begging from you? What fresh thoughts continually stream in your conscious mind? Perhaps you have an idea that just needs a bit of imagining. Perhaps you need to keep on going.

Go a bit further. Dig a bit deeper. Tinker a bit more.
The end is not in sight yet. All the good ideas are not taken. There’s room for your imagination.

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P Michael Biggs Hope~Encouragement~Inspiration

This is my morning reflection.

God Doesn't Have Stubby Arms

 God Doesn’t Have Stubby Arms

In what situation do you find yourself today? No matter where you are, God’s arms can reach you and lift you up.

This is ONE strong and encouraging thought.

~Are you soaking in an alcoholic stupor? God can reach you.
~Are you so in debt you can’t find a way out? Call out to God.
~Are you in relationship conflict with someone? Let God help you with a remedy.

Regardless of the human predicament in which we find ourselves, God is still able to reach out to us and bring deliverance and help in our time of need.

I was reminded of this verse last week when a close friend of ours came for a visit. Leanne had been studying this particular verse in her women’s Bible Study group.

And the Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.” Numbers 11:23

This concept of God is a strong part of my own personal God-concept. However, remember this important part of the equation. We have to call out to God for help and we have our own part to play in this work of deliverance.

That is, perhaps, the part we sometimes want to skip over, and yet it is true. Are you and I willing to do our part along with God reaching down to do His part?

At present, I am recovering from having my toes amputated on my left foot. At the seven-week mark I am doing well, and it is because God is reaching out to me AND I am doing the smart thing of eating better, bringing my medical numbers down into proper range, losing weight and moving about as my scars and body allows. No one can do that for me except me.

I’ve recovered from divorce. Of course I felt God’s presence with me in those dark moments, however, I had to do my part and do the acts of recover from those painful experiences. I had to read books, talk with trusted advisors, and set my mind on a future with hope in the middle of the pit in which I found myself. And God’s arms were continually reaching down to me and pulling me along.

I hope you are finding God’s arms to be long enough for whatever predicament you face in these days.

He truly does have strong and long arms!

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