Is God real?
DECEMBER 18, 2014
Jeremiah 29:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
As the new year approaches, I find myself missing my grandmother and feeling emotional about how far I have come in life. Jeremiah 29:11 is a great reminder of how much Jesus loves me and how real He is. This morning after training a few clients, I went to breakfast with a good friend. We are both entrepreneurs trying our best to make it in this world and we are darn happy about what we are doing. It may not make sense to others but we know in our hearts, this is where we are meant to be. God did not create everyone to be the same for a reason. There are people in this world who can wake up in the morning to do the same thing every day. With no opportunity for change, vulnerability, humility or failure. It’s the same EVERY day. It is those things [change, vulnerability, humility, failure] that create a fire in us that brings out perseverance and resilience. I was told today “if I did not know you and you were just my trainer… I would have never known you went through what you did”…. and this is where I want to give God praise.
I was very quick to brush things under the rug… like nothing ever happened! We all do that, right?! It’s easier to try to forget traumatic events or try to cover it up with drugs and alcohol, than to try to process it and let it go [the healthy way]. Having to re-tell or re-live past traumatic events can be very taxing on the heart, but what I’ve learned is when we do that… we are actually healing our heart. It’s difficult at times to talk about past hurts but it is a vital part in order to heal and move on with life. I had to learn that the hard way… and still today, as I tell my story, I feel a pinch in my heart and anxiety overcoming my insides. God has a plan… He knew everything I was going to go through from birth to now! I can honestly say… that without God, I would probably be strung out somewhere in LA trying to survive another day.
WE can not control the past but we can create a better future! It takes time and the willingness to wake up in the morning to precondition our mind’s with positivity so we can allow for joy to resonate within us!
Allow for God’s word’s to crush the enemy [negative thoughts] one at a time!