{"id":2922,"date":"2024-04-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2024-03-24T13:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:38:43","slug":"we-were-born-to-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/we-were-born-to-thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"We Were Born to Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=525%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=1024%2C440&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=768%2C330&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=1536%2C661&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?resize=1320%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Blessing-Olsteen.png?w=1972&amp;ssl=1 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=youtube&amp;mobile=1&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=DBAB8A52E6D5244EF28CDBAB8A52E6D5244EF28C&amp;&amp;FORM=VRDGAR\">We Were Born to Thrive<\/a> is the title of Casting Crowns song. I love the context of their message. God made us for more than ordinary lives. How true. This thinking is the type that raises the average person above the din of everyday life. It is an attitude that helps us live as conquerors rather than victims. I met a lovely teenage girl on the airplane flight back from Honduras. She was reading \u201c1984\u201d. I found it interesting that one of today\u2019s teenagers reading something philosophical. We got to talking about seizing opportunities. God will continue to give us opportunities to excel, but we must seize them. To do that takes courage and faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Proverbs 19:8, \u201cHe who cherishes understanding prospers.\u201d<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thrive or Survive<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Over almost three-quarters of a century here on earth, I have noticed one major difference between those who thrive and those who survive. Those who thrive are constantly looking for new opportunities to exploit. They are in tune with God\u2019s purpose in their lives, and they seek challenges. They see failure as a learning experience. Those who spend their lives surviving are more likely to play life safe. God must hit them over the head several times to get them to move. Failure is a wrong turn or a waste of effort; it is a mistake to be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Proverbs 14:23, \u201cWork brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!\u201d<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">God created us to thrive. This idea is not prosperity-gospel; it is spiritual awareness. It is not thriving in worldly fortune and fame but in the spiritual sense of peace, compassion, and love. Worldly prosperity is yours by default if you can achieve those three things. Conventional wisdom is not about what you make but what you spend. God\u2019s economy includes who you spend it on and with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Proverbs 11:25, \u201cA generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.\u201d<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Even in Darkness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CFOFr8lkjzc\">Lauren Daigle<\/a> talks about how every decision God has put in front of her has led her to where she is today. At sixteen, God had given her a vision of her future. Just as it was starting, COVID shut it down. She recalls 560 days of silence and loneliness\u2014the disappointment was suffocating. God always said to hold it loosely. Her eyes lost sight of who was most important. 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