I Am Alive!
Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
---Psalm 150:6 (NIV)
The more you praise and
celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
---Oprah Winfrey
And in the end, it’s not
the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
---Abraham Lincoln
Whatever with the past has
gone, the best is always yet to come.
---Lucy Larcom
Congratulations to you, it’s a great privilege to be alive today. I
want you to shout at the top of your voice to the universe ‘I am alive’. The
universe recognizes your presence here but your shout out today to the universe
is to pull the trigger that you are not just existing but living indeed.
I have tried to see the reason behind a very verse in Psalms that says
‘Let everything that has breath praise God’. It is a normal thing to kick hard
against the statement, when we do not have a right understanding of the
psalmist’s perception about life and the creator of the universe. The psalmist
(King David) is a typical example of a man that had a good bite of hardship of
life, rose from being the least to being the highest because he never dodged
his challenges; he faced his fears, intimidations, confrontations and
limitations till he acquired elevation and swam in jubilation. He is known to
be a man of valor because he never bowed to oppression, he fought his battles till
he became triumphant, and he never acclaimed to be perfect or blameless, he
accepts his mistakes and shortcomings and moves on with life evolving everyday
to be a brand new and better person. He blames no one for his troubles, he
celebrates life at every chance of a new dawn and above all very grateful for
everything because he recognizes the place and presence of the master of the
universe in his small but powerful and amazing life, this is why God labeled
him a man after His own heart.
The psalmist understands that there is more to
life than his immediate troubles and pain; he foresees that if he never gives
up, goodness and fortunes awaits him. He has great trust in the creator of the
universe that the script of his life is a tragedy turning comedy. Behold,
everything that would make your life worthy of living is in surplus and
abundantly available on this planet, you are alive, go ahead and claim it.
Are you still here? Yeah you are, because you are reading this now. You
are alive; the greatest reason to believe that whatsoever thing that chooses to
taunt you is only teasing you and has no power over you except you give in to
its gimmick. Don’t worry, life is full of battle and tribulations but it is
only a fence you need to jump over to land into bliss, happiness, success,
peace and fulfillment.
My prayer is that you live all the days of your life in joy and great
happiness even when you face the greatest trials of life. The memories of the
past may linger in your brain and mind, yet let the dreams and visions of the
future dominate it, live your life creating more opportunities for yourself
rather than awaiting things to happen to you by chance, instead of thirsting
for luck, keep working hard and smart, and more importantly keep a network of
people with great minds around you.
The task of you and I is to reborn ourselves and to do everything we
can to manifest our potential. This is the only way to prove you are really
living. Stay alive; don’t die while you are still here gallivanting the earth.
Once again, let all your worries die away and stay glad that you are
alive!
God Loves ♥ You
Ogundipe Clement Shola
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