There was a song that kept rising in my spirit as I was in my prayer time this morning.  It’s one I used to sing with our gospel chorus when I was in high school: “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.  It had a very strong meaning for me then, as it does this morning.

 

    Back when I was in high school, I had my little group of friends (some of whom are still my friends), but I was not what one would call “popular”.  I was the chunky one.  Back then, the term was “phat”.   Today,  it’s “thick”.  Right!  It is what it is, it’s overweight!   

 

    I used to think that one thing was going to hold me back from a lot of things and it did . . . simply because that’s what was in my mind.  (Back to “as a man thinketh”) Somewhere along this journey of life, I realized that I am not in this journey alone.  When I opened my eyes and my mind to that fact, my size did not keep me from doing the very things I thought it would.  I became a professional full-figure model (I learned how to “work it”).  I always had really good positions in really good companies, with really good managers.  I did get married, and I did have children.  I’m still not what some would call “popular”, but I sure have been blessed with a boatload of friends!  Wow! 

 

    This is going to be a challenge weekend of a different kind.  This time, I want you to take this first weekend of the year and reflect on what you have accomplished in 2007.  Too often, we concentrate on what we didn’t do, what we wanted to do and where we failed or didn’t quite make the mark.  At some point this weekend, sit down with paper and pen and write everything you accomplished this past year.  You’ll be amazed at what you did.  Sometimes, you just have to see it on paper to realize the enormity of it all.

 

    Make a move to show yourself what you did and then be sure to acknowledge that you did not “walk alone” in that part of your journey!