11.29- Celebrate recovery. My life has been blessed with moments of deep joy.

 11.29-

Celebrate recovery. My life has been blessed with moments of deep joy. Eight people were together for Thanksgiving. All except one were off their work and able to enjoy prayer, food and drink and deep discussion of our beliefs and best dreams and goals.

We all have jobs that provide a feeling of usefulness. On a good day we are clear minded to have gratitude for good food and drink every day.

A job to go to and a paycheck every two weeks or month. We were all were in good general health as far as I know.

A free country to make our own decisions about where we live, what we drive and where we work in a nation of peace for now.

I saw man on television yesterday who was from generations of "public servants" who chose to get on drugs and and alcohol and to kill his wife and son and cheat his closest friends out of millions. One decision at a time.

Then Rosyln Carter's memorial. 90 years of long loyalty in the same direction. One decision at a time. Day by day. Staying on the path of celebrating a life of going to work to be honest with yourself and God. Being a genuine "public servant" one day at a time and one decision at a time.

Much to celebrate in recovery of having a job and being loyal to friends and family. By the grace of God.

Matthew 25

31 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me.’

41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44 Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not [i]take care of You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for Me, either.’ 46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”