Meyer - Enjoy your journey: find the treasure hidden in every day

I believe that life should be a celebration. Far too many people dont even enjoy life, let alone celebrate it. I frequently say that many people are on their way to heaven, but very few are enjoying the trip. For many years I was one of those people.

But thankfully, God has taught me a great deal about how to enjoy life. Through His grace, God has shown me that the life He has given us is meant to be enjoyed. Jesus came that we might have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows) according to The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition version of John 10:10. There are many other similar Scriptures in the Bible that I will expound on in this book that show us it is Gods will for us to enjoy every day of our lives.

I believe that reading this book may be life-changing for you. Perhaps you are as I was at one time. You truly love the Lord with all your heart and are trying so hard to please Him that you are forgetting to live the full the abundant life He has provided.

Enjoyment of life is not based on enjoyable circumstances; its an attitude of the heart, a decision to enjoy everything because everythingeven little, seemingly insignificant thingshave a part in the overall big picture of life.

When I finally realized that I was not enjoying my life, I had to make a quality decision to find out what was wrong and rectify it. This decision demanded learning new ways of handling situations.

Once I discovered that the world was not going to change, I decided that it was my approach to some of the lemons in life that needed adjustment. I had heard someone say that lemons can make us sour or we can turn them into lemonade. My decision to make lemonade instead of turning sour required that I learn balance in my work habits.

I was a workaholic who found great satisfaction in accomplishment. Of course, God desires and even commands us to bear fruit. We should not waste time and be do-nothings, but an unbalanced attitude in this area causes many people to experience burnout from a lifestyle of all work and no play. I was one of those people. Actually, I didnt know how to play and truly enjoy it. I always felt I should be working. I felt safe only when I was doing something constructive.

I also had to change my attitude toward people. I learned that one of the reasons I didnt enjoy life was because I didnt enjoy most of the people in my life. I was trying to change them so I would find them enjoyable instead of accepting them the way they were and enjoying them while God was changing them.

I believe that all of us truly need teaching on this subject of how to enjoy where we are on the way to where we are going. I pray that this book will be a major blessing in your life, and that, as you read it, God will bring you to a crossroadsa place of decisionwhere you can choose to begin celebrating lifeevery day.