The life you are living is made up of a series of decisions you chose to make or NOT to make.
As you probably were reminded as a child or you have reminded your own children. (If you have kids that is) “There are consequences to EVERYTHING you do in Life”.
You may have heard the terminology we call “seeds” (Seed-time and Harvest-time) the Law of Reciprocity that Nothing just happens…
There is both a physical and spiritual concept to seed-time and harvest-time.. In other words “cause and effect”…there is a time to reap and a time to sow.
I want to encourage you that despite you may feel stuck or embedded in a life consumed by regrets, it is now time to MOVE FORWARD.
You see, what you do today will be an investment into your tomorrow. Your tomorrow has the capacity to not just benefit yourself, but also benefit many other people who may or may never meet you.
Imagine all the books you could write, or the lives you could change through YOUR gift…
Imagine the tragedy of not sharing this gift, whether it is singing, dancing, cooking, wood-work and not to mention the schools, churches, businesses and inventions.
These visions and dreams would remain unbuilt and never done because the person carrying the vision was chained to their past.
Never allowed your past to dictate your future.
I want you to be DELIBERATE in your actions and focus on what you CAN DO, not what you CAN”T do.
Someone else’s strength is YOUR weakness.
You will be relieved to know that God truly has your life under His control.
He is not surprised by what is going on in your life.
Which brings me to the message for today….
Be careful HOW you treat others. NO-ONE has arrived and definitely no-one is perfect.
You have no idea WHAT greatness lies within another person and whether or not they carry the answer to your prayers.
A good example of this would be the biblical story regarding the slave girl and the Army Commander Naaman.
If you are not familiar with the story… A young Israelite girl was taken captive and ordered to serve the wife of a high ranking Army Commander.
This Commander was a valiant man except he held a secret within his home, he had leprosy.
During those days, someone with leprosy was not allowed to remain around others and was normally exiled from their city.
The slave girl while speaking with her mistress one day, explained she knew who could heal her master and help him…
Could you imagine her withholding information because of her circumstances… (2 Kings 5).
Let me remind you…Never withhold anything good from another man that is deserving. (Proverbs 3:27).
The good that you do, never just ends up being beneficial to the recipient, but it always somehow eventually always benefits you.(directly or indirectly that is).
As you Move Forward choose what your plan of action will be, and recognize that your predicament is subject to change.
The way you react to what is happening to you can determine how long it will take or how quickly your circumstances may remain or change.
Remember, what you tolerate you allow and what you allow, you give permission to grow.
Once again, Your reaction toward a particular situation usually will determine how long you remain in that predicament.
Sometimes you may be placed into a situation not just for you to grow, but for you to EMPOWER and ENCOURAGE someone else.
When you look beyond yourself and your temporary situation, with fresh eyes you will realize you can be an instrument of positive change irrelevant to what may appear to be a setback.
Love,
Carol.