We know that living is defined as the condition of being alive; and alive is defined as being alert and active. With all of that in mind, my question for today's discussion is are you alive or are you just living? Don't be alarmed, at some point in all of our lives we have or we are experiencing one or the other. However, the order in which you experience these is what's most important, in my opinion.
Before I came to my senses and begin to really trust God, I was just living. I was getting up and dressing up every day to face a world I honestly did not want to be bothered with. I did not want anyone to look at me, much less speak to me. Why? Because it meant I might have to say something back to them; and to be honest, I didn't want to be bothered. I was at a place in my life where I honestly could not believe that a God who professed to love me so much would allow so much pain and misery in my life. Why couldn't I have the things others had, why couldn't I do what others did?
Please don't judge me; and please don't use this against me. You see, God's word tells us in Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." This is one of the hardest scriptures to live by when in your mind, none of your experiences are or have been good experiences.
I want you to know, trust, and believe this; God's word is true. I can look back now and see how God used all of my issues to be a blessing to each one of you. But first, you have to understand the hardest thing for me to do was to remove myself from the equation. I did not want to be the one to carry all of that just so someone else could be blessed. I though, "Really God"?
When I decided to fully surrender to God's will for my life, God began to open doors that we had talked about so many years before. Yes, I said years. See for me, God knows I am His special needs child. He knew, although I though He was crazy, everything I was going to go through, how long I was going to go through and what the exact outcome was going to be.
So today, I am happy to share with you that I am not just alive, I am living. In fact, I am living my best life; and just like the song writer says, "I ain't going back and forth with you" (smile); and in this case, I ain't going back and forth to the things in life that had me oppressed, stressed and depressed. I won't do it. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever again.
All I am trying to say is you don't have to go through as long as I did. I've already done that for you. Please hear my heart, all you have to do is surrender to God and to the process. No, it's not going to look like you want it to look but trust me, when it's all said and done, it's really going to blow you mind. Ephesians 3:20, "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,"
I love you and I am excited about what God is going to do for you and through you. Your future is bright, don't allow anything or anyone to dim your light.
Before I came to my senses and begin to really trust God, I was just living. I was getting up and dressing up every day to face a world I honestly did not want to be bothered with. I did not want anyone to look at me, much less speak to me. Why? Because it meant I might have to say something back to them; and to be honest, I didn't want to be bothered. I was at a place in my life where I honestly could not believe that a God who professed to love me so much would allow so much pain and misery in my life. Why couldn't I have the things others had, why couldn't I do what others did?
Please don't judge me; and please don't use this against me. You see, God's word tells us in Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." This is one of the hardest scriptures to live by when in your mind, none of your experiences are or have been good experiences.
I want you to know, trust, and believe this; God's word is true. I can look back now and see how God used all of my issues to be a blessing to each one of you. But first, you have to understand the hardest thing for me to do was to remove myself from the equation. I did not want to be the one to carry all of that just so someone else could be blessed. I though, "Really God"?
When I decided to fully surrender to God's will for my life, God began to open doors that we had talked about so many years before. Yes, I said years. See for me, God knows I am His special needs child. He knew, although I though He was crazy, everything I was going to go through, how long I was going to go through and what the exact outcome was going to be.
So today, I am happy to share with you that I am not just alive, I am living. In fact, I am living my best life; and just like the song writer says, "I ain't going back and forth with you" (smile); and in this case, I ain't going back and forth to the things in life that had me oppressed, stressed and depressed. I won't do it. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever again.
All I am trying to say is you don't have to go through as long as I did. I've already done that for you. Please hear my heart, all you have to do is surrender to God and to the process. No, it's not going to look like you want it to look but trust me, when it's all said and done, it's really going to blow you mind. Ephesians 3:20, "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,"
I love you and I am excited about what God is going to do for you and through you. Your future is bright, don't allow anything or anyone to dim your light.