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I just want to 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 4: talk to us today about appreciating every area of our life. 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 4: You know, when we appreciate something, we bring awareness to it, 40 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 4: we bring value to it, and we are less likely 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 4: to take it for granted. In Deuteronomy ten through twelve, 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: God was taking the children of Israel to city they 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 4: had not built. He said, I'm giving you homes filled 44 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 4: with great treasure. He said, I'm giving you vineyards you 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 4: didn't plow, but I'm giving them to you so that 46 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 4: you can work them. I'm giving you homes with great 47 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 4: treasure in them so that you can live in them. 48 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: And he went on and on to tell all the 49 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: wonderful gifts that he was giving them. But then he 50 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 4: warned them. He said, I have to warn you. I'm 51 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 4: giving you all of these things, but don't take them 52 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: for granted. He said, don't take them for granted, and 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 4: don't forget who gave them to you. Don't take them 54 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: for granted and not honor me. See, the same thing 55 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: is happening today. God has given us things, a great 56 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 4: country to live in, He's given us homes, he's given 57 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 4: us family, friends, jobs, and he is saying, don't forget 58 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: who gave it to you, and honor me in it. 59 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 4: You see. I believe when we appreciate God, when we 60 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 4: appreciate the things that God has given us, we're honoring him. 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 4: You see. Appreciation is a language, and it honors God. 62 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 4: How many of us have seen videos are visited impoverished 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: countries and realize how blessed we really are. We have 64 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 4: running water, we have great grocery stores, restaurants, whatever we need. 65 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 4: It's basically at our fingertips. And we see these impoverished 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 4: countries and people, and our heart goes out to them 67 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 4: and we feel so compassionate and we feel so blessed. 68 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: Right then we get to our jobs, we get to 69 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 4: our homes, We face life challenges, decisions, things go wrong, 70 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 4: and we forget about those things. We forget how grateful 71 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 4: we should be. We get comfortable, uninterested, We take things 72 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 4: for granted. It's easy to do, and we all do it. 73 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 4: But can I tell you that we've got to learn 74 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 4: the language of appreciation. Have you ever heard yourself say 75 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 4: I have to go to work. Oh, I have to 76 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 4: go pick up my kids. I have to make dinner. 77 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 4: Oh I have to clean up after my husband. See 78 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: the language of appreciation says this. It says, I get 79 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 4: to go to work because I have a job. I'm 80 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 4: so blessed to have my children. I'm gonna go pick 81 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 4: them up. Now I have a house, I get to 82 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 4: clean it. See that's the language of appreciation. I was 83 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 4: talking to a man the other day and he was 84 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 4: telling me. He actually showed me a list of jobs 85 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 4: that he had had ever since he was a teenager, 86 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 4: and he began at thirteen years old. He was a 87 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 4: paper boy. He went on to fifteen and he started 88 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 4: mowing lawns. Seventeen he was shoveling snow. Then he went 89 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 4: on to be a plumber. Then he went on to 90 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 4: be a pipe fitter. Then he went on to be 91 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 4: a contractor. Then he went on to and he was 92 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 4: going on and on. I thought, dear Lord, how many 93 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 4: jobs has this man had? But the purpose of showing 94 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 4: me this list was this, he said. I went back 95 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 4: through my life and I looked at every job that 96 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: I've ever had, and he said, I thought about it, 97 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 4: and he said, what did that job show me? What 98 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 4: did that job give me? And he assigned a word 99 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 4: to each one of those jobs, words like commitment, perseverance, integrity, responsibility. 100 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: He said, Victoria, you know some of those jobs at 101 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 4: the time, I couldn't see how they even made sense. 102 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 4: He said. They were difficult, they were hard, he says, 103 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 4: But when I made this list, he said, what it 104 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 4: did is it showed me how grateful I could be 105 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: for each and every one of these jobs, and how 106 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 4: it developed my character and my resolve for the next job. 107 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 4: You know what he was doing, He was adding value 108 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: to his life. He was mining the gold. See, sometimes 109 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 4: we get stuck in those places and we make excuses 110 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 4: why we didn't get to the next place, said, we 111 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 4: had to do this. Our parents didn't bring us upright. Well, 112 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: if I'd had an opportunity to go to college, Well, 113 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 4: if I didn't have to work this job. You see, 114 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 4: this man told me. I read this list often, he said, 115 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 4: because it helps me very aware and conscious of where 116 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 4: I am right now and the blessings in my life. See, 117 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: this man is a is a top executive now at 118 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 4: a million dollar company. He said, I read it often. 119 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 4: I never want to take this for granted. You see, 120 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 4: we should all dig the gold out of our life. Yeah, 121 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 4: we're gonna face challenges. We're gonna face challenges. Things aren't 122 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 4: always going to be easy. But when we begin to 123 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 4: look for the lessons, when we begin to look for 124 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: what can build in us, you know, that's when we're 125 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 4: gonna find the value. That's when we're gonna find the purpose. 126 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 4: You see, when you're appreciative and you look for the 127 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: value in something, what you're doing is you're adding to 128 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 4: your life. Sometimes we run around thinking there's a missing link. 129 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 4: If I can only find that thing, And when you 130 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 4: have an attitude like that, you are lacking. And when 131 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 4: you're lacking, it's hard to find. That's why, wherever you 132 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 4: are today, no matter how difficult it is, ask God 133 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 4: to show you where's the value in this? God? How 134 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 4: can I appreciate this because it's something you've given me. 135 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 4: You see, the happy people are the people that can 136 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 4: be appreciative of what they have right now on the 137 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 4: way to where they're going. Have you ever heard that 138 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 4: song you don't Know what you got Till It's gone. 139 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 4: I think it's a country Western song. It sounds like it. 140 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 3: You know. 141 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 4: It's unfortunate that some people have to lose something before 142 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 4: they recognize the value in it. You see, we shouldn't 143 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 4: have to lose something to begin to appreciate it. I 144 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 4: was talking to a man the other day, and he 145 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: was telling me how he had struggled with this long 146 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 4: battle of cancer and his recovery had been very difficult. 147 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 4: He said, but let me tell you, Victoria, I see 148 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 4: the world in a completely different way. How I viewed 149 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 4: my life before cancer is totally different than how I 150 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 4: view my life now. He said. The important things to 151 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 4: me are my friends and my family. He said this 152 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 4: that I thought it was so good. He said, you know, 153 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 4: when you've had cancer he said, you realize that a 154 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: bucket list is overrated. He said, Experiencing and appreciating what 155 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: you have every day is what's important. You see, we 156 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 4: don't want to have to almost lose something to appreciate 157 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 4: what we have. We cannot get so comfortable and so 158 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 4: accustomed to the blessings in our life. Someone gave me 159 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 4: a sculpture and I liked it. It was really pretty. 160 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 4: I put it up in my home and that sculpture 161 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 4: was right where I want to put my Christmas tree. 162 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 4: So I took the sculpture down and I short it 163 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 4: in a back closet in my home. I put all 164 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: my Christmas decorations up. Okay, don't judge me, but I 165 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 4: put my Christmas decorations up a week before Thanksgiving. But 166 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: I take them down right after Christmas. I was digging 167 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 4: in a closet just not long ago, and I noticed 168 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 4: a sheet in the back of that closet, and I thought, 169 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 4: what is that? And I pulled off the sheet and 170 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 4: it was that statue. Now, that statue had been in 171 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 4: there about two years, and I thought, oh my gosh, 172 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 4: I forgot all about this statue. You know, sometimes you 173 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 4: get so much stuff, it's maybe some pretty things. You 174 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 4: forget about what you have. So I kind of just 175 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 4: forgot all about the statue. So I tossed the sheet 176 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 4: back over it because I was in a hurry, and 177 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 4: I left. Well a few days later, I was with 178 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 4: some friends of mine and we were on a project 179 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 4: and we were staging a table, and so we had 180 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 4: the table looking really good, and somebody said, you know, 181 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: we need something special on this table. We need something 182 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 4: to set this table off. And so we were looking 183 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 4: for all these things. What can we just top this 184 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 4: table off with? And in my mind, I thought about 185 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: that statue in my closet with a sheet on it. 186 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 4: That might just look good. So I had someone bring 187 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 4: it where I was, and so we put the statue 188 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 4: on it, and all the girls were like, whoa, that 189 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 4: is beautiful. That is the most perfect thing ever. That 190 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 4: is so gorgeous. And I stood back and I thought, 191 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 4: that is pretty, isn't it. It's amazing how I valued 192 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 4: the beauty in that statue because everyone else did. So 193 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 4: on my way home, I was thinking to myself, I 194 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: got to find something like that because I want my 195 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 4: statue back. So I got home and I got on 196 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 4: the internet and I started looking looking what can I 197 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 4: get that's like that? What can I get that's like that? 198 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 4: And to my surprise, I realized that that statue was 199 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 4: a limited edition. The artist only made a few, and 200 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 4: you couldn't get it anymore. And then I found a 201 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 4: gallery that was looking for that specific statue. They wanted 202 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 4: to buy it. I was like, Oh my gosh, this 203 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: is something so valuable. I want my statue back. I 204 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 4: want my statue back. That's all I could think about 205 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 4: was getting my statue back. You see, sometimes we don't 206 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 4: appreciate things until someone else sees the value in them. 207 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 4: You see what you're taking for granted today, someone else 208 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: may be praying for. Some things can't be replaced. They're 209 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 4: one of a kind. Your mother, your father, children, your spouse. 210 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: Don't neglect it. Don't get so used to it that 211 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 4: you forget the precious gift that it really is. You see. 212 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 4: I believe the happiest people are the people who appreciate 213 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 4: what they have right now and place value on it. 214 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 4: Because when you place value on it, it places value 215 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 4: on you and your life. Listen, God's taken us to 216 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 4: great places, but he never wants us to take for 217 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 4: granted everything that He's given us right now. Amen. Amen, 218 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 4: Thank you. 219 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 5: For listening to the joel Ostine Podcast. Help us continue 220 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 5: to share the message of hope with those all over 221 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 5: the world. 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