1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, it's here the Steve Harvey Morning Show 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: sits upon us. Another great day, another opportunity, another blessing. Man, 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: How good is it to be alive? How good is 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: it to be filled with another opportunity? To be given 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: so much grace? Whatever measure of health you may have, 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: you have it the ability to rhyme, reason or think, 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: Oh man, thank you Lord. I didn't take a lot 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: of time to say thank you this morning, so I'm 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: stopping with a humble heart to say thank you, Heavenly 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: Father for all the great gifts and blessings you bestowed 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: upon me. Man, I would be nothing without you. That's 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: a fact, man. That ain't radio. That's a fact. Steve 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Harvey Morning Show, Charlie Strawberry, Colin Farrell, Math of the South, 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Junior Government, name Kills, Faith and the Legend, Nephew Thomas Junior. 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: What's on your mind? Man, and just stay right there 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: talk about that your gratitude? Well, what are some of 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: the things that you thank God for that most people miss? 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't really know what most people miss. 19 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: I really don't. But it's the simplest things, man. It's 20 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: that sometimes we take for granted, like the ability to 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: wake up in the morning. I don't know if you 22 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: realize it, but you really don't have the ability to 23 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: wake up. Oh, you can set your alarm, but you 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: do understand that the alarm is just annoyed that goes 25 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: off at a specific time. Something. Somebody has to shake 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: you to hear it. Somebody has to give you the 27 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: health and measure to react to the sound. That you 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: set the time clock for something. And it ain't iPhone, people, 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: it ain't Apple. I can tell you that right now 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: that that gift of life and breath and wake it 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: up is only given by a heavenly fog. He's in 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: control of all of that. Now, you can circumvent that 33 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: if you want to. You can is short. You can 34 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: live a life of crime and hatred and go around 35 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: do what you want to do. You can cut your 36 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: life short. You can dishonor your mother and father. It's 37 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: a lot of things you can do to you know, 38 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: to cut your life short. But if you ain't shooting 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: for that, that's God. God gives you grace, man. So 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: I think one of the basic things man is just 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: the ability to wake up and have a measure of health. 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: But I go so far as I think I've gotten 43 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: to the point now, Junior, where I'm able to actually 44 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: thank God for my hardships and my troubles. Now that 45 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: took some learning. Oh man, that took some learning. But 46 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: what I have learned though, is during the trials and 47 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: tribulations and the hardships, all that is is God preparing 48 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: you for something you asked him for. I look at 49 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: my life and I look at it today and I realize. 50 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: I say to myself, well, God knew where I was 51 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: going in life. I had to be tough, so he 52 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: toughened me. He put me in situations that tough in me. 53 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: He knew I was gonna have to be strong, so 54 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: he put me in a lot of situations that I 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: had to be that strengthened. He knew I had to 56 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: be caring, so he put a lot of trouble people 57 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: in my path that I could understand and be soap 58 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: and show a sympathy for. He knew all of that. 59 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: He knew that I was gonna carry a heavy load, 60 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: so he made my back strong all that. Man, it 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: just makes sense. So now, man, when I get into hardships, 62 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: I said, Okay, he getting me ready. He finish, flip 63 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: a switch on me. I just need to ask the 64 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: test so I can get ready. You're listening Harvey Morning Show.