"Do you collect or play?"

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A little boy loves collecting football cards. Well, maybe "collecting" isn’t the right word because he doesn’t carefully place them in plastic sleeves in a 3-ring binder. He throws them in a shoebox when his mom makes him. The rest of the time, he has them out on the floor and plays with them.

He divides the cards up into teams and holds them in his hands, crashing the cards into each other as his "players" block and tackle. His mom was playing with him one day. He "tackled" one of her cards. She said, "Sorry, I bent your card."

"That’s okay, Mommy," he said. "I do it all the time." His favorite card—the Peyton Manning one—has frayed edges from "running and passing."

It’s really easy for you to collect life experiences; insulate yourself from fully participating in life instead of playing every day regardless of how much wear and tear you get. Go out on the playing field today and have some fun just doing it, not collecting it, as you listen to life. God gives you life to enjoy so play until the last whistle blows today as you make a life.

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"Do you take it easy?"

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A family was traveling together—a mom, a dad, and their four-year-old son. They stopped to spend the night in a hotel. They brought all of their luggage in. Then they started putting together the cot for the little boy to sleep in.

You know how you get a little tired when you’re traveling? And how your patience isn’t so great when you’re tired? Well, that’s how this mom and dad were feeling—tired and impatient.

So as they started putting this cot together, they had very different ways of wanting to put it together. And of course, both of them were right. So they started, shall we say, exchanging words. Okay, they started arguing.
This went on for a few minutes. Then all of a sudden, their four-year-old son hops up in between them and says, "Hey guys, take it easy now. Let’s just settle down, okay?"

I’m thinking the world would be a lot more peaceful if more of us took this little guy’s advice and would just take it easy and settle down. Ask God to help you take it easy and settle down especially when you’re tired and impatient today.

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"It’s a small world after all, isn’t it?"

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A mother took her son and daughter to a local YMCA for swim lessons. While she was there, she happened to run into a friend that she hadn’t seen or even talked to in about 20 years. The friend was in town with her husband visiting with relatives.

The friend was living in Phoenix and both of her children were born there. So she had no idea what activities there were in town for children. Life around town had changed a lot since she was small. So the mother told her about all of the great activities in the area for children.

The mother really enjoyed reconnecting with a teenage friend as an adult, a mom, a wife. The last time they were together their biggest concerns were how their hair looked, what clothes to wear, and of course—boys.
Life changes, doesn’t it? We change with it, don’t we?

And it’s really interesting to see how we change with life, how our concerns and interests change, too. Today, ask yourself, "Will what seems so important today be just as important 20 years from now?" And make a life!

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"What's you password?"

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Have you noticed that just about everything you attempt to do now requires a password? Or, a PIN—personal identification number?

A little boy is on the Disney website. His dad walks in the room and asks, "What are you doing?"

"I’m on the Disney website, Dad," the little guy says. "I’m choosing my password."

"Oh really," says the dad. "What’s your password?"

"Well," the boy answers, "they said it has to be at least four characters long. So my password is DonaldGoofyPlutoDaisy."

I can relate, can’t you?

It may seem like everything requires a password these days and even tells you how many characters to use, but there’s one special relationship that doesn’t require a password—your relationship with God. You can access God anywhere, anytime, anyhow, and God’s available to you, ready to listen to you or talk with you or help you out or show you the best decision. So access God today and listen to your life and make a life, not just a living.

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