Today!

The past is irrelevant! Hopefully you have learned something from it. The future is only relevant in that it will happen! Thinking about it will not change it nor do you have any idea what tomorrow will bring let alone a year from now. Why bother worrying about it. The only thing that matters is right now! You are living in a moment that you will never get back so make it count! It’s a choice to enjoy the time you are in and live in moment with joy! It really is that simple. If you are living in the past or worrying about the future then you are not living. Everyone has or will have difficult times in their lives, but that does not mean we worry about them or dwell on them. Embrace the moment no matter what is happening in your life! You can always find things to be grateful for no matter the circumstances. Think about those things! I am not concerned about tomorrow. I know I am being guided to wherever it is I am going. I am going to be happy with the journey because that is what matters! I have made my choice and that is to be happy with the here and now. To be grateful for everything and everyone that is in my life at this moment! It really is that simple! God bless.

What it means to me!

Trying to figure out what it means to be a good Christian can be difficult for many of us. For right now I am going to say forget about Church and close your mind to all things religious. We often look at this process as a change in us. The problem is change happens from the outside in, which is a dangerous and wrong way of looking at it. It is a road to doubt because we still maintain the same fears, anxieties, and self-doubt! To have the change come from the inside this has to be an exchange. We have to allow God into us 100%! We often talk about this personal relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. If you want to have the change from the inside then you need this exchange with God.  No one can tell you what your personal relationship with him should or should not be. This is why it is called your personal relationship! This requires your faith to be 100% pure! This comes before Church, the bible, and religion. We can read the words and listen to the sermon, but they will mean nothing and your life with remain unchanged without the relationship. Once you accept that relationship with the father and accept it with full faith the other things will mean so much more. The book and the words will come alive in you! That is where the renewal of your mind takes place.  Let the exchange happen through belief and the strength takes over.  Only through this exchange with our heavenly father does true transformation take place! I can attest that you will never do this on your own. Open up and believe and see what is truly possible!


Romans 10:8-10
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved

To all the mothers!

Happy Mother's Day! You are all appreciated! May your day and days to come be bright and full of happiness! May your children be grateful for all you do! May God bless you for all the sacrifices you make for the sake of your children! You are all loved!

Is hope holding you back?

Hope! It has a really nice sound and conjures up wonderful feelings inside of us. It can also be the one thing holding you back from your true purpose in life. I have caught myself recently hoping for a certain outcome of a situation. The hope turned into emotional turmoil! Every other part of my life was positive and fulfilling, but I still let the hope for that one thing hold me back. I did not realize the extent of that until yesterday. I am not saying here that hope is a negative because it is not. I would just say that maintaining a positive attitude is much more important. If you have positive thoughts and actions there will be very little reason for hope to enter the equation. When it comes to hoping someone else will change their mind about something, feel a certain way, or change as a person you need to stop yourself. If you find yourself feeling that way it means the person is bringing negative energy into your life. If you don’t feel that negative energy you will certainly feel it at some point! Drop the negative before it starts to take over your emotions and actions! You can keep the hope just don’t keep the person. We are each responsible for ourselves and maybe someday that little hope you had will come to pass. Until then we need to worry about who we are as people and what we want to become.  The best way to do this is to positively affirm what will happen in your life while being thankful for what you already have in your life. Positive affirmation has nothing to do with hope as it is a 100% belief that it will happen! Stop hoping and start doing.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever thing are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and there be any praise, think on these things.

Your own prison!

Forgiveness or more so the inability to forgive is the chain that holds us back from freedom! Freedom of the mind, heart, and soul. The thing you need to consider when you lack the ability to forgive is you are only condemning yourself to a lifetime prison sentence! We tend to hold onto the hurt and pain like its our best friend! The person who wronged us or we perceived to wrong us is not hurt by this! It's hanging on to the negative. When it comes to your mind, if it's garbage in then it's going to be garbage out! So forgive and keep forgiving! Mean it and let it go. Let the pain and fear go and free your mind! It doesn't make you weak to forgive it makes you a stronger man than most! It doesn't matter If the other person accepts the forgiveness for we only control our own actions and thoughts. Become the master of your thoughts and you will be well on your way to becoming that which you were destined to be!

You want to know where to start?

 

If you want to change your life and become a better person there is only one place to start. You need to free your mind! All the clutter and negativity have to go. Negative attracts negative and conversely positive attracts positive. Which one do you want to attract into your life? If someone is not treating you the way you like that is not your problem. What you control is the way you treat them! Just because someone acts a certain way does not mean you have to act the same. Sometimes we can avoid the negative people and other times we do not have a choice. Say we work with them.  Does this mean we have to buy into their negativity? What I would say is look for the good in that person, the positive attributes and focus on those. Compliment them on those attributes! Do you have to be their friend or allow their negativity into your life? Of course you do not! What you do need to do is keep yourself focused on who you want to be and what you want in your life. You will find that by clearing your mind of negative and focusing on the positive, which is everywhere you will have a new outlook on everything. Your life will start to turn around and people will look at you as someone they aspire to.  Lastly make sure you are grateful for every little thing in your own life. Is the sun shining today? Be grateful! Is it raining out today? Be grateful for the life sustaining water! Just be grateful for everything and you will feel a positive energy in everything you do! The important thing in all this is how you view yourself so look in the mirror and give a big smile! God bless!

Letting life pass you by!

Forgive! Give forgiveness to others and more importantly forgive yourself. Take the weight of your shoulders. Smile and make someone else smile! If someone asks how you are doing, don’t just say “I’m good.” Tell them I am particularly spectacular today! Don’t base your life on anyone else’s expectations! You know the right thing to do, just do it. People can change their minds, but they can’t change you!  I can’t move a mountain, but I can damn sure climb over it if I have to! Do not let the trials stop you. Face them, learn and keep moving forward. I get my strength from God, but wherever you get it from remember this: When you think you don’t have any more to give reach down deep because you do! God bless!