Being Successful in life?

A mentor in my life once helped me realize that being successful in life is not a destination, its the journey. A journey through 3 categories driven by a focus on Jesus Christ. The first category, being, Spiritually, second is Financially, and third Physically. As I have pondered what this means and how I can change my life to be %100 focused on Jesus in ALL areas of my life I had to have things simplified in my mind so it would be easier to always remember.

I'm 21 and my life so far has been an adventure, with lessons learned, relationships developed and I am so blessed to have met Jesus! I have also experienced loss, pain, and consequences from either someone else's actions or more often my own. Here is what I have come up with in very simplified surface terms. Our life on earth is a series of choices. We have a choice to follow Jesus, we have a choice to look at wrong things on the internet, we have a choice to tell our loved ones that we love them. We have small choices that make up larger outcomes. We truly reap what we sow. I myself have not always sowed good things, but have sown sin into my life which has led me to deal with the reaping of it.

Over the past 2 years I have grown up. I got to experience life outside of "church". At first I was just bitter and blaming people and things on my problems I was facing. I was also trying to prove to my father that I could do things in life that would make Him proud of me. I was trying to prove to myself that I wasn't a loss cause. But here is where I have made changes... I NO LONGER measure myself or judge myself based on other people, But on the Word of God. When I was dealing with painful times in my life at first I played the blame game, then my heart hardened and I came to a place where I was a victim. I then continued to find myself lost and confused because I was lost and confused...

The Fact is that the Word of God says:

I AM GOD's CHILD - "I am God's child for I am born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God that lives and abides forever (1 Peter 1:23)

I AM FORGIVEN of all my sins and washed in the blood (Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:14; Colossians 1:13; John 2:12; 1 John 1:9)

We run from pain, sometimes at all costs we avoid feeling pain. Thats one of the Amazing Things about God, He wants to help us deal with the pain thats upon us. Eventually the pain that we were running from (consciously or subconsciously) catches up to us and hurts us bad. We have to search out God and grab ahold of his plan. His plan being that we are to walk out life with Him leaning on Him while You and Him deal with the pains of life. During those trials and tests we develop as a Follower of Christ because we walked through those trials and tests following His example.

Rebuilding.

Hey guys, I have some things I have been thinking about and I just need to get them out of my head. So forgive me because I know it will be all over the place... ha. :/

There are things in my life that have really sucked, moments in my life that have changed who I am. Good or Bad. Most of the time it's because I have made wrong decisions or taken the wrong path with something and it has led me to a place of...well...brokenness. I use to have so many "friends" around me all of the time....but I have realized that I never really got close to anyone. Let me back up.

I use to be apart of a massive church... I played on the youth worship team for over 8 years... I led the worship team for almost 2 years. I loved going to church, it was my sanctuary from the crap going on outside of it. (at least I thought) I had a great team full of talented kids... but I failed them. Over those 8 years I used church to run away from issues that I had. Demons that I had to face everyday. It took about 8 years for these issues to surface...and when they did. It was too late. I say it was too late because It was bad enough in my life to where I lost Everything I loved.


I lost: "Friends", worship team, church, freedom, down even to my motorcycle (the freedom part ha) I literally was not just broken...but crushed by the very crap I tried to hide and control. I now realize that the only thing that would move me to change, (not just change my actions, but change my mindset) was to lose everything... Start over, and Rebuild a new life with Christ.

I now know the God let me go down as far as I could with the hope of turning my life around. I am saved by grace and a new creation each day. I have to head to work. But I'll get back on here later and try and finish my thought...(ha) later.

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Well, I have a ton of stuff on my mind.... I guess until later when I have more time I will write it all out on here.... Until then... Look at the people you call friends...test their friendship towards you... idk... I just need time to think...

Thoughts..

I was thinking alot about alot this weekend..and I found myself picturing a life with no limits... I have put limits on myself and have let people limit me. God in me there is no possible way I can have limits...

I want to be a catalyst for people's hearts to change...

I want to be a light where there is none.

I want a wife that has the same mind set to be completely available for God to do anything through...

I must not doubt.

I want to get married and have a family

I must be taken out of the picture....and embrace deep rooting of God in the foundation of who I am...

For some reason I need my wife to Love music, and be musically inclined...(Please GOD lol)

I trust Him.

I know that if Im walking in his will...He will grant me the desires of my heart...

I love my guitars....I love Music..
Music is the platform for my ministry...

WHAT UP!

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