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  Have you ever been to the circus and watched the performers walk the tight rope? I have always been fascinated with the bravery of these people. They put their trust in this thin piece of cable. It will only take one little slip up and they can seriously injure themselves. However, the performers continue to trust their preparation and that dreaded cable. We must be the same way with God. We must be brave and step out on the cable of faith and trust that God will keep us. But who do we put our faith and trust in? It is so easy to fall into the trap of putting our trust in people, things or even ourselves. However, none of these things have the the ability to keep us over the long haul. We must seek to fasten our hope to the eternal things . The temporal things like: Money, people, power, toys (cars, houses, devices, earthly pleasures) are just temporary. These things (temporal things) are made for our earthly use and pleasures not our godly purpose. God has made it clear that if...

One of the happiest moments in life was when I realized that life was not defined by happiness but by joy in Jesus.-The Blueprint- Happiness is such a controversial word in my opinion because many people find themselves imprisoned by the meaning of this word. Truly if we were to analyze happiness we would realize that it is a state of being not an absolute. Happiness is circumstantial at best. Consequently, it is a feeling solely based on conditions, never concrete. If you were to show me 5 people that were happy...I could show you 5 more that were unhappy because of trying circumstances and events that were out of their control. Happiness is an emotion that is always changing. It lacks depth and the deeply planted roots needed to build a stable foundation upon. What do you mean?  Thanks for asking... Happiness says in essences if I feel happy today, if everything around me is conducive to my happiness, then guess what?... I feel happy today. But by some chance my circumstances don...