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A Charmed Life

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I have been doing some thinking lately about what it means to lead a charmed life.  I look around, particularly in my Young Living life, and realize how many people are fortunate for their new-found financial freedom, family freedom, and of course are quite healthy in wellness generally.

And now of course with the horrific acts that have taken place in Canada lately really make me stop and reflect on the fortune we live with and expect.  

I decided to ask Mr Google what it means to lead a charmed life and the definition is: to always be lucky and safe from danger.  Of course you'll find different definitions depending on the site you choose to read, but this is the one I chose.

At first glance I think, "well, aren't we all leading a charmed life?" But I think the answer is no.  At my own searching for God and the Holy Spirit working inside of me, I've come to realize nobody is "always" safe from danger.

I know we all know no amount of money will truly make us happy, and evil is lurking at EVERY corner (as is good/God!).

How FORTUNATE are we to be safe and out of danger from time to time throughout our life but we are not ALWAYS safe.  We ALL are in danger of selfishness, arrogance, anger, pride, jealousy--and these are dangerous because they lead to miserable things in our life.  Although things look good today, we must still remain on high alert.

It appears we lead charmed lives--and we are BLESSED, LUCKY AND FORTUNATE absolutely.  But we are not ALWAYS safe.  Never.


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