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Have you ever had a string of events going “for” you or “against” you?  Do you call it good/bad luck? blessings? curses? favor?  Whatever you call it, it feels like the God of the universe is either working with you or against you, and it can make you feel high with happiness or low with depression.  What is it?

The high is getting an A on your paper, getting a raise at work, lifting more weights than you ever had, meeting an awesome person and having a mind-blowing conversation, hug or kiss, receiving a gift that you wanted or just a kind word from a loved one or a stranger.

The low is getting a flat tire, realizing that your bank account has a lot less money in it than you think because you had to buy a new tire, having a great friend move a long way away, having an “everything that could go wrong does go wrong” workday, getting a grave doctor’s report or even losing a loved one.

It is actually life, and it happens – whether you want it to or not, and whether you are ready for it or not.  If it doesn’t happen today, it will happen tomorrow.  If you feel as if it is a blessing or a curse, your response to it determines if it will control you or if you will control it.  Every situation will not be pleasant, but you must still live.  Choose to live in peace and to not let it take you out of the joy God created you to have.  You only have this one (1) life He gave you – LIVE IT!