THE JOURNEY IS THE JOY (22 OF 26)
by Fred Lowery
Scripture: PHILIPPIANS 1:6
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The Journey Is The Joy (22 of 26)
Fred Lowery
How many of you have children or you know somebody whose got children, let me see your hands? Airight, . You've traveled with children, haven't you? Isn't that a trip? I'm tell you! Two things about traveling with chiidren: it's an exercise in patience and it will drive you bananas!
Many times we'll say ''we'll never do this again''. It just won't work, we'll wait til they get grown, but we won't try this anymore! We just can't handle it! And to hear those words ''Are we there yet, Daddy?'' You ever heard those words? When you think about it, are we ther-e yet, - it's coming out of dissatisfaction. Disapproval. Discouragement. They know good and well you are not there yet! You can be on a thousand mile trip - and in 200 miles, they're saying are we there yet? They know you're not there yet. But they're just trying to aggravate you. Because you see, they say, why are we not there yet? Why are -, Why do we liave to go? It's the ''wh,@,lwhinell we taking this trip. syndrome.
Their eyes are on the destination only. They are so preoccupied with getting there that they can't enjoy anything along the way. They certainly ought to enjoy the beauty. Have you ever pointed out the beauty along the highway to the kids? Have you ever tried to get them a play a game with you? Have you ever tried to get them to talk like just sane folks and have some quality family time? No! They want to whine! And say why? Why are we there? Why did we take this trip? Why are we doing what we're doing? And fight with each other.
We adults are alot like that in that we are always living for the destination. We're preoccupied with getting there one day - when it's all going to be alright - one day we're going to be happy - and one day we're going to be fulfilled - one day day we're going to be successful - until we miss everything along the way. What I want you to understand is that joy is in the journey. Dale Carnegie said one of the mos ...
Fred Lowery
How many of you have children or you know somebody whose got children, let me see your hands? Airight, . You've traveled with children, haven't you? Isn't that a trip? I'm tell you! Two things about traveling with chiidren: it's an exercise in patience and it will drive you bananas!
Many times we'll say ''we'll never do this again''. It just won't work, we'll wait til they get grown, but we won't try this anymore! We just can't handle it! And to hear those words ''Are we there yet, Daddy?'' You ever heard those words? When you think about it, are we ther-e yet, - it's coming out of dissatisfaction. Disapproval. Discouragement. They know good and well you are not there yet! You can be on a thousand mile trip - and in 200 miles, they're saying are we there yet? They know you're not there yet. But they're just trying to aggravate you. Because you see, they say, why are we not there yet? Why are -, Why do we liave to go? It's the ''wh,@,lwhinell we taking this trip. syndrome.
Their eyes are on the destination only. They are so preoccupied with getting there that they can't enjoy anything along the way. They certainly ought to enjoy the beauty. Have you ever pointed out the beauty along the highway to the kids? Have you ever tried to get them a play a game with you? Have you ever tried to get them to talk like just sane folks and have some quality family time? No! They want to whine! And say why? Why are we there? Why did we take this trip? Why are we doing what we're doing? And fight with each other.
We adults are alot like that in that we are always living for the destination. We're preoccupied with getting there one day - when it's all going to be alright - one day we're going to be happy - and one day we're going to be fulfilled - one day day we're going to be successful - until we miss everything along the way. What I want you to understand is that joy is in the journey. Dale Carnegie said one of the mos ...
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