Chapter 10

Well I suppose I am officially going to take more than 40 days to read this book...It seems life gets away fro me at times. But tonight I read through chapter 10 and the burning question is: What are of my life am I holding back from God? Praise, often times I forget or at the very least I am inconsistent with thanking God for all the great things in my life, the gifts I possesses and the blessings of family and friends that I have experienced. I sometimes get to focused on what is not in my life, as opposed to recognizing all the great hings that are and then thanking God for them. It doesn't just end there. There was a guy who wrote a book and of course I have no recollection of his name. He was a Jew and his goal was to live for a year following all the laws of the bible. Some were obviously more difficult than others, but his story pertains here because one element of it was that he praise God in all things. So he began to thank God for everything, getting a taxi promptly, getting the green light at an intersection, the elevator delivering him to his floor, etc etc. The interesting thing is that by putting such a renewed focus on praise he felt his relationship with God grow and it put things into a larger perspective for him.