You can’t do this alone
(Unknown)You are in a crowd, yet by yourself for where
you want to go. You struggle, do a little better, then backslide to where
you were before and feel guilty about it.
Realize that you can’t be or do what you are destined to alone. You
need God, but God sends guidance in a physical form. In a human. God did
that with His son, but He also does that by sending people into your life
to teach, guide, direct and correct you.
You need to go to church. There is usually one within walking distance
of every home in any American city. Yes, you’ve got some problems with the
church because it is made up of people with flaws. Even the preachers, we
have flaws. You won’t find a perfect church or a perfect preacher but you
can find one that’s perfect for you.
You can’t do this alone. You need guidance, teaching and example in a
human form. You must do three things.
1. Select: You must find the person who is right for you to teach and lead
you where you want to go. I recommend you find someone whose life is where
you want yours to be. No ones life is perfect but some are certainly
better than others. Find someone who has SUCCESSFULLY gotten their life in
order the way you want yours.
2. Submit: Look, if you knew it all or had the right answer, you wouldn’t
be in this mess. Recognize that you need to submit yourself to the
leadership of another.
To truly change you, they may say some things that will make you mad. Both
truth and change often hurts.
Medicine is usually bitter
Stop your own headstrong independent thinking and realize that maybe you
just need to do things differently and listen and follow someone else with
wisdom for a change.
That’s a key... “for a change.”
3. Sit: It will take time. You didn’t get in this overnight and you
won’t get out overnight. It will take time. Don’t get
discouraged, hang in there. It takes 90 days of doing something
different to break a habit and form a new habit.
Hang in there. You can’t do it alone... but then you are not alone
I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A
After Sept. 11th, one company invited the remaining members of other
companies who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers to share
their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of security
told stories of why these people were alive..... and all the stories were
just:
L I T T L E things As you might know, the head of the company got in
late that day because his son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts. One
woman was late because her alarm clock didn't go off in time. One was late
because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike because of an auto accident.
One of them missed his bus. One spilled food on her clothes and had to
take time to change. One's car wouldn't start. One went back to answer the
telephone. One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he
should have. One couldn't get a taxi. The one that struck me was the man
who put on a new pair of shoes that morning, took the various means to get
to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He
stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive today.
Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a
ringing telephone ... all the little things that annoy me. I think to
myself, this
is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment.
Next time your morning seems to be going wrong, the children are slow
getting dressed, you can't seem to find the car keys, you hit every
traffic light, don't get mad or frustrated; God is at work watching over
you.
May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things and
may
you remember their possible purpose.
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