It's MY Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is the Christmas movie classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed where an angel apprentice named Clarence is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman George Bailey by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

George in a moment of losing hope whispers a prayer .. "If you are out there God, I need your help."

At this point apprentice angel 1st class Clarence enters the story, and soon shows George the impact he is unknowingly having on the lives of those around him... culminating in George realizing ..

​LIFE is WONDERFUL!
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Now the year 2020 (the mother of all bad years) rolled into 2021 with it's never ending COVID variants along with our economy 'infected' with record level inflation can leave us all a little stressed, depressed, and feeling a little hopeless too.

​So here I am Jeffrey ( George Baily ) Larson my body winces in pain from arthritic joints, and a herniated disc or two, along with my case a surgically repaired knee reminding me my physical prime is in my rear view mirror... on the distant horizon.  Also I have my moments that I would describe as 'financially challenged' where my dollars and cents don't always add up or make.. sense. 

Then, I look in the mirror to see an aging face made for radio while my voice made is more suited for blogging, and my gramr & spellin not 'gooderer' than a 4th grader.

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And.. There are also times I become oversensitive to what others think of me like a teenage girl with a big ol' honking zit on her nose on prom night. LIFE IS HOPELESS!

So like George I whisper a prayer.. "If you are out there God, I need your help." 

Ok, per usual I embellish MUCH to make my smirky points. THIS IS A WONDERFUL (or as the church brethren would call it a BLESSED) LIFE! 

• I am blessed with a wonderful wife.  Proverbs 31:10
• I am blessed with 3 kids who I love, respect, and appreciate, Psalms 127:3
• I was blessed with loving parents who taught me to love Jesus. Proverbs 22:6
• I was blessed with a Church heritage where I started my faith journey. Hebrews 10:25
  
  Oh, did I mention my wife, family, parents, and church were not perfect?  Well that was never the expectation but they all are a part in my story that are priceless to me.
  
  
• MOST IMPORTANTLY to me is I am blessed with a personal faith in our loving God. I believe in the all powerful creator of this world (Isaiah 55:8-9), and this Creator cares about each of us enough to send his son to die for our sins, my sins (John 3:16).  
  
  Yes, this life is WONDERFUL!
  

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I know each of our lives have blessings and burdens, and my wonderful life list above may not be real to you, but I pray for each of you no matter your circumstance you face that you putting your faith in the creator of the Universe. 

May God bless each of you this Christmas season with His Spirit to show you A WONDERFUL LIFE full of hope, promise, and His providence.

Jeff (Wonderful Life since age 6) Larson

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