1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Victoria. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: God has amazing things in your future. I hope you 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: enjoy this message. I just want to talk to us 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: today about appreciating every area of our life. You know, 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: when we appreciate something, we bring awareness to it, we 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: bring value to it, and we are less likely to 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: take it for granted. In Deuteronomy ten through twelve, God 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 2: was taking the children of Israel to city they had 10 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 2: not built. He said, I'm giving you homes filled with 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: great treasure. He said, I'm giving you vineyards you didn't plow, 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: but I'm giving them to you so that you can 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: work them. I'm giving you homes with great treasure in 14 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: them so that you can live in them. And he 15 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: went on and on to tell all the wonderful gifts 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: that he was giving them. But then he warned them. 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 2: He said, I have to warn you. 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: I'm giving you all. 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 2: Of these things, but don't take them for granted. He said, 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: don't take them for granted, and don't forget who gave 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: them to you. Don't take them for granted, and not 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: honor me. See the same thing is happening today. God 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: has given us things a great country to live in. 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: He's given us homes, He's given us family, friends, jobs, 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: and he is saying, don't forget who gave it to you, 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: and honor me in it. 27 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: You see. 28 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: I believe when we appreciate God, when we appreciate the 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 2: things that God has given us, we're honoring him. 30 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: You see. 31 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: Appreciation is a language, and it honors God. How many 32 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: of us have seen videos are visited in impoverished countries 33 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: and realize how blessed we really are. Water, we have 34 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 2: great grocery stores, restaurants, whatever we need. 35 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: It's basically at our fingertips. 36 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: And we see these impoverished countries and people and our 37 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: heart goes out to them and we feel so compassionate and. 38 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: We feel so blessed. 39 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: Right then we get to our jobs, we get to 40 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: our homes. We face life challenges, decisions, things go wrong, and. 41 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: We forget about those things. 42 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: We forget how grateful we should be. We get comfortable, uninterested, 43 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: We take things for granted. It's easy to do, and 44 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: we all do it. But can I tell you that 45 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: we've got to learn the language of appreciation. Have you 46 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: ever heard yourself say I have to go to work, 47 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 2: I have to go pick up my kids. I have 48 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 2: to make dinner. Huh, I have to clean up after 49 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: my husband. See the language of appreciation says this. It says, 50 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 2: I get to go to work because I have a job. 51 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: I'm so blessed to have my children. I'm gonna go 52 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: pick them up. Now I have a house, I. 53 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: Get to clean it. See that's the language I appreciation. 54 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: I was talking to a man the other day and 55 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: he was telling me he actually showed me a list 56 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: of jobs that he had had ever since he was 57 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: a teenager. 58 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: And he began at thirteen years old. He was a 59 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: paper boy. 60 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: He went on to fifteen and he started mowing lawns. 61 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: Seventeen he was shoveling snow. Then he went on to 62 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: be a plumber. Then he went on to be a 63 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: pipe fitter. Then he went on to be a contractor, on, 64 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: and he was going on and on. 65 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: I thought, dear Lord, how many jobs has this man had. 66 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: But the purpose of showing me this list was this, 67 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: He said, I went back through my life and I 68 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: looked at every job that I've ever had, And he said, 69 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: I thought about it, and he said, what did that 70 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: job show me? What did that job give me, and 71 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: he assigned a word to each one of those jobs, 72 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 2: words like commitment, perseverance, integrity, responsibility. He said, Victoria, you 73 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: know some of those jobs at the time, I couldn't 74 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 2: see how they even made sense. 75 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: He said. They were difficult. 76 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 2: They were hard, he says, But when I made this list, 77 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: he said, what it did is it showed me how 78 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: grateful I could be for each and every one of 79 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 2: these jobs, and how it developed my character and my 80 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: resolve for the next job. You know what he was doing, 81 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 2: he was adding value to his life. He was mining 82 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: the gold. 83 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: See. 84 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: Sometimes we get stuck in those places and we make 85 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: excuses why we didn't. 86 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: Get to the next place. See, we had to do this. 87 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: Our parents didn't bring us up right. Well, if I'd 88 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: have had an opportunity to go to college, well if 89 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: I didn't have to work this job. 90 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: You see, this man told me. 91 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: I read this list often, he said, because it helps 92 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: me be very aware and conscious of where I am 93 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 2: right now and the blessings in my life. 94 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: See, this man is a top. 95 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: Executive now at a million dollar company. He said, I 96 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: read it often. I never want to take this for granted. 97 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: You See, we. 98 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 2: Should all dig the gold out of our life. Yeah, 99 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: we're gonna face challenges. We're gonna face challenges. Things aren't 100 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: always going to be easy. But when we begin to 101 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 2: look for the when we begin to look for what 102 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,119 Speaker 2: can build in us, you know, that's when we're gonna 103 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: find the value. 104 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: That's when we're going to find the purpose. 105 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: You see, when you're appreciative and you look for the 106 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 2: value in something, what you're doing is you're adding to 107 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 2: your life. Sometimes we run around thinking there's a missing 108 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: link if I can only find that thing, And when 109 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: you have an attitude like that, you are lacking. And 110 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 2: when you're lacking, it's hard to find purpose. That's why, 111 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 2: wherever you are today, no matter how difficult it is, 112 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: ask God to show you where's the value in this? 113 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: God? 114 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 2: How can I appreciate this because it's something you've given me. 115 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: You see, the happy people are the people. 116 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: That can be appreciative of what they have right now 117 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 2: on the way to where they're going. Have you ever 118 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 2: heard that song you don't Know what you Got Till 119 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 2: It's Gone. 120 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: I think it's a country Western song. It sounds like it. 121 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: You know, it's unfortunate that some people have to lose 122 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: something before they recognize the value in it. You see, 123 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 2: we shouldn't have to lose something to begin to appreciate it. 124 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: I was talking to a man the other day, and 125 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: he was telling me how he had struggled with this 126 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: long battle of cancer, and his recovery had been very difficult. 127 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 2: He said, but let me tell you, Victoria, I see 128 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: the world in a completely different way. How I viewed 129 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: my life before cancer is totally different than how I 130 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 2: view my life now. 131 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: He said. The important things to me are my friends 132 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: and my family. He said this that I thought it 133 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: was so good, He said. 134 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: You know, when you've had cancer, he said, you realize 135 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: that a bucket list is overrated. 136 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: He said. 137 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 2: Experiencing and appreciating what you have every day is what's important. 138 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: You see, we don't want to have to almost lose 139 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: something to appreciate what we have. 140 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 2: We cannot get so comfortable and so accustomed to the 141 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: blessings in our life. Someone gave me a sculpture and 142 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: I liked it. It was really pretty. I put it 143 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: up in my home, and that sculpture was right where 144 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: I went to put my Christmas tree. So I took 145 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: the sculpture down and I short it in a back 146 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: closet in my home. I put all my Christmas decorations up. Okay, 147 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: don't judge me, but I put my Christmas decorations up 148 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: a week before Thanksgiving. But I take them down right 149 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 2: after Christmas. 150 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: I was digging in a. 151 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 2: Closet just not long ago, and I noticed a sheet 152 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: in the back of that closet, and I thought, what 153 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 2: is that? And I pulled off the sheet and it 154 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: was that statue. Now, that statue had been in there 155 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: about two years, and I thought, oh my gosh, I 156 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: forgot all about this statue. You know, sometimes you get 157 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 2: so much stuff, maybe some pretty things, you forget about 158 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: what you have. So I kind of just forgot all 159 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: about the statue. So I talked the sheet back over 160 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 2: it because I was in a hurry, and I left. Well. 161 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: A few days later, I was with some friends of 162 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: mine and we were on a project and we were 163 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 2: staging a table, and so we had the table looking 164 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: really good, and somebody said, you know, we need something 165 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: special on this table. We need something to set this 166 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 2: table off. And so we were looking for all these things. 167 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: What can we just top this table off with? And 168 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 2: in my mind, I thought about that statue. In my 169 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: closet with a sheet on it. I was like, m 170 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: that might just look good. So I had someone bring 171 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 2: it where I was, and so we put the statue 172 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 2: on it, and all the girls were like, whoa, that 173 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 2: is beautiful. That is the most perfect thing ever. That 174 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 2: is so gorgeous. And I stood back and I thought, 175 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: that is pretty, isn't it. It's amazing how I valued 176 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 2: the beauty in that statue because everyone else did so. 177 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 2: On my way home, I was thinking to myself, I 178 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: gotta find something like that because. 179 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: I want my statue back. 180 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 2: So I got home and I got on the internet 181 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: and I started looking looking what can I get that's 182 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: like that? What can I get that's like that? And 183 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 2: to my surprise, I realized that that statue was a 184 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 2: limited edition. The artist only made a few and you 185 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: couldn't get it anymore. And then I found a gallery 186 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 2: that was looking for that specific statue. They wanted to 187 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: buy it. I was like, oh my gosh, this is 188 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: something so valuable. 189 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: I want my statue back. I want my statue back. 190 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: That's all I could think about was getting my statue back. 191 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: You see, sometimes we don't appreciate things until someone else 192 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 2: sees the value in them. You see what you're taking 193 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: for granted today someone else may be praying for. 194 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: Some things can't be replaced. 195 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 2: They're one of a kind, your mother, your father, children, spouse. 196 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: Don't neglect it. 197 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 2: Don't get so used to it that you forget the 198 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: precious gift that it really is. 199 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: You see. I believe the happiest people are the people 200 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: who appreciate what they have right now and place. 201 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 2: Value on it. Because when you place value on it, 202 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 2: it places value on you and your life. Listen, God's 203 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: taken us to great places, but he never wants us 204 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 2: to take for granted everything that He's given us right now. 205 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: Amen. 206 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 3: Amen, Thank you for listening to the joelos Deine podcast. 207 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 3: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 208 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 3: those all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com slash 209 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 3: give hope to give a gift today. 210 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 211 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 2: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 212 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: podcast to keep you inspired all through the week. 213 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: We're praying for you. 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