Becoming Virtuous

 Thanksgiving is literally 2 days away and my heart is filled with thanks. I remember a time when I couldn't be thankful unless everything was going right in my life. I needed to have the perfect career, house, car, spouse, fashion etc, in order for me to be happy and Thankful. I would always find myself in a place where I felt like needed more to be happy.  I am so proud to say that isn't my life today. I have neither of the those things but yet I Am so grateful to God for my life. Can we say power of the Holy spirit?! I have finally filled that void  with Jesus Christ and since then my whole perspective has changed on life. I no longer look for worldly gratification but eternal. That mentality alone is something to be grateful for 🙌🙌. In addition to this I have four main things that I am grateful for that I would love to share. 1.) Family- My family is a beautiful blessing to my life.I'm married and I have two boys and one girl. I live everyday of my life to serve the

How do we as Christians stay focused on God in a world full of distractions? We live in a world where it is so many ways that we can be distracted from God weather its with social media, television, relationships, jobs, parenting, school, etc. Many times we are showing up to life empty because we are not connected to our source (God). We are distracted by things that will never be of any good to us without Him. Today I am going to give you four things that has helped me stay discplined and focused on God.     1.)Spend as much time with God as possible.          Reading the word is my number one way of spending time with God. The word of God is how we know what is required of us in this life. This is where we learn who God is, understand his heart and know his voice. The more we spend time in his word the closer we become to him and are able to live it out and bear good fruits. His word gives us our spiritual nutrients for our spiritual life here. John 15:5 says "I am the vine; y