| I do not look at anything that happens to me | | | | to not become too self-assured. The hand of |
| in my life as being trivial or insignificant. | | | | God can find me as it does anyone else. The |
| Every event, observation, person, place and | | | | Boeing 737 Southwest Airlines jet that plowed |
| every thing that I experience go into the | | | | through a fence and into a street killing a |
| building material of who I am and who I will | | | | 6-year-old boy in a car sent me a message. It |
| be in the process of my becoming. They are | | | | reminded me that tomorrow is not promised to |
| the building blocks of my personal growth and | | | | me and death is no respecter of age.So what I |
| development. Therefore, I cannot look upon my | | | | am saying is that I cannot look upon my |
| experiences whether they are pleasant or | | | | experiences as being of little consequence. |
| unpleasant, as being trite.I say this because | | | | Every birth communicates a message to me. |
| I believe that everything I experience has | | | | Every marriage, crisis, accident, incident, |
| some constructive meaning for my life. Every | | | | every event has some meaning for us. I dare |
| death, not only deaths of my loved ones, but | | | | not look upon the crisis of other folks as |
| even the deaths I only hear about or read | | | | being trivial, because God is trying to say |
| about is sending me a message. Hurricane | | | | something to me even in the crisis that |
| Katrina devastation sent me a message. It | | | | others may be experiencing.God is preaching |
| reminded me that I am never fully secure and | | | | every day and in every way. |