The "Grace of Gratitude" is the key to walking with Jesus. Our lives are full of STUFF, but we can still rejoice in Jesus and walk in thankfulness. The worst possible thing that could happen to a Jew in Biblical times was becoming a leper. Your life was essentially over, but when Jesus miraculously healed ten of them only one returned to thank Jesus. Don't let you STUFF keep you from finding Jesus.

Sometimes we get focused so much on the lack right at hand that we miss what the Father is doing right behind us. The Father's doing more than we always see. Your health, time or money. There may be a lack, but God can still use it, just like he did the boy's bread and fish. God wants to bless people through you as you walk in obedience. He wants to use us in His story!

At the time of death, there's no more hope for tomorrow. There is only what was and what is. The finish tells all about who you were, and what you did or didn't do. More importantly, it's about WHO you received or did not receive to finish your race. Jesus said that if you deny him before man He will deny you before the Father. The world doesn't stop when you make a mistake, but Jesus is asking you to get up and run! the Race is not about you. It's about HIM!