WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF OUR THOUGHTS, REACTIONS, AND RESPONSES HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN US FROM CHILDHOOD AND THE ATMOSPHERES WE GREW UP IN. IN MANY CASES, MOST HAVE LEARNED TO REACT WITHOUT THINKING; 'WHATEVER COMES UP COMES OUT.' WITH THIS TYPE OF MINDSET, IT HINDERS US IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES, RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGES, PARENTING, AND YES, EVEN MORE IN OUR WALK WITH GOD. IN THIS READING, PASTOR RODNEY L. NORTON WILL HAVE YOU PAUSE AND TAKE A MOMENT TO STEP BACK, LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR REACTIONS AND RESPONSES IN ORDER TO HONESTLY ASK, 'ARE MY REACTIONS AND RESPONSES PLEASING GOD?' BE ENCOURAGED IN KNOWING THAT EACH DAY GOD BLESSES YOU WITH LIFE, HEALTH, AND STRENGTH IS ANOTHER DAY FOR YOU TO BECOME THE BEST THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE. NO ONE HAS ARRIVED, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE SILVER LINING IS: YOU ARE BETTER THAN YOU USED TO BE! GOD YOU SEE IT GOD YOU HEAR IT GOD YOU DEAL WITH WHILE I REMAIN IN THE RIGHT POSTURE BLESSINGS, PASTOR RODNEY L. NORTON