The Bible begins with the story of creation and ends with the destruction of the apocalypse. Each of us has a birth date and a time when we will die. How we choose to fill our time on earth is our decision. In fact, many people believe that we create our own reality. Is this really true? Are we actually responsible for what happens to u? Or are we totally without power to do nothing more than respond to whatever life and fate dish out to us?

Imagine for a moment if you were completely responsible for everything that happens to you. There are no accidents and no chance happenings. Instead, everything springs from your thoughts. If you were unhappy or if bad things kept happening to you, would you continue keep thinking in the same way or would you change your thoughts? What would happen if you could create exactly what you like by altering your thoughts?

Well, you don't expect me to believe that someone who is hit by a drunk driver is responsible for deliberately creating that situation? Didn't the person who was accidentally struck by a drunk driver make a decision to be out on the road at that time rather than at home? Didn't that person have a series of thoughts leading to a chain of events that brought him or her to that particular place and moment in time? Clearly there were two sets of thoughts, two sets of actions, that lead these two individuals to cross paths in such a horrific manner. If the drunk had chosen not to drink, the accident could have been averted. If the victim had chosen to stay home, the accident could have been averted, but who is to know? Who is at cause?

Challenge: Each of us has a gift (and probably more than one). What is your great gift? Do you keep it to yourself or do you share it with others? For the next week, make it a point to share your greatest gift with at least one person each day. At the end of the week, have you created more or less for yourself? And if you have created more, why not continue to share your gift and create even more?