Approved by GOD

21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach. 22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters. 23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years. 24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn’t there, because God took him.
- Genesis 5

Hanokh must have been one special person. What was so special about this man? Hanokh's life on earth has been short, shorter than the other men that lived during his time. Even the Bible only tells of Enoch's life very briefly. But this man's life is such an inspiration for he walked with GOD for those years and had other sons and daughters. But the most important part was that he walked with GOD for 300 years and afterwards he was gone all of a sudden. No trace of his body was found because GOD had took him to be with HIM. Hanokh bore a son at a younger age than most men who had sons in during that time. Could this be the reason why he was a little different from the men of his time?

It is possible that this could have altered the way he looked at life and himself. 

When we are in an extra-ordinary situation in life, or when we are more different than what others are usually in our time, we stand out, sometimes we become isolated and this is not a pleasant thing. But being different could be a good thing because it allows us to find our belongingness in GOD. When we don't fit in, we try to look for a place where we feel safe and we don't have to feel left out. We find and if we are wise, we have to find ourselves in GOD because HIS love is the only place we can be ourselves with and we don't have to feel bad about it. Hanokh's circumstance may have set him apart and made him different from everybody else, but it brought greater good to him than bad because it made him walk with GOD all those years until GOD wanted to take him and suddenly Hanokh was home with the LORD without even have to experience death. Hanokh was a man approved by GOD and people may not have known that he was until GOD took him.

Not so Ordinary day

Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.. - Isaiah 43:19

There are days when it seems it's just ordinary. Ironically, today is not supposed to be an ordinary day because it's the first day of the year but here I am doing ordinary things, washing my clothes, cooking food, eating, praying and just living an ordinary life. But things are not really what they seem. Life is based on the one living it, and it is what it is to the one perceiving it. You can always chose to perceive your life in a positive way. You can always chose to feel and think that your life is meaningful and make life as you want it to be or you can chose to feel that life is ordinary and meaningless. If you feel that life is lacking in passion, then look for that which brings colors to your life. Life should be an exciting journey. We can chose to run wild and explore the world around us, or we can succomb to our fears and stay were we feel we are most safe. I chose to live my life in the edges, because we have only one life to live and regret is the wosrt thing I'd ever want to feel. And so I aim high, even though somehow somethings are just out of my league, it hasn't kept me from trying because we never know what door is opened to us if we never do our part in knocking. Knocking in every door that offers opportunities seem to be risky to some, risks of being rejected or risks of being ignored and somehow risks of being discriminated. But we can always risk these little things if we don't put pride before us. Wouldn't it be better to take all the risks of being what we've always wanted to be yet unsure if we are able and credible to be who we hope to be. You'll never know unless you try and you will never try unless you dare. So dare to hope and dare to dream, these things are free and all that it takes is for you to believe. So today, I declare that it's not ordinary. It is a wonderful first day of a brand new year and I am not located just anywhere in the world, I am right now in the middle most part of the earth. Even if you are at home at right now, you don't have to feel that's it's just the usual place. You are home and there's no other place on earth like home. So here's a toast from me to you - Cheers!!!