JOY=Vision

I have been angry, at myself and God, but at the end of it all I realize I have free will and the choice to control the attitude I decide to encompass. I can choose to follow the amazing path God has for my life and choose JOY, or I can make the choice to cater to the enemy that is lurking behind every bend in the road and makes other choices, that are not of the Lord, look enticing. So, guess what?...I choose JOY. Yes, the hurt is still there and sleep is still difficult, but we have the promise that the Lord will never leave or forsake us and will never give us more than we can handle (Habrews 13:5).

Vision. Vision is what we must strive for and seek with all our hearts. We must not let our focus stray beyond that of what God has planned for our lives;Because when our vision strays from the Lord's will and starts to take the shape of our vision or the world's around us we become disenfranchised with the beauty and the plan the Lord has for our lives. With this disenfranchisment comes discontentment and hurt. The hurt not only hurts yourself, but so many others around you,which is the biggest struggle many of us have to find forgiveness and grace in. Without vision there are not constraints and boundaries, which also bring hurt and discomfort--none of which God has planned for our lives. Darkness and light cannot inhabit the same place, and that is why we must choose vision. Furthermore, worship is so crucial in finding your vision and destiny, thus we cannot lose focus and CANNOT ever, ever stop worshipping our wonderful Lord and Savior. We must take every thought into captivity (2 Cor. 10:5), so we can carry out obedience for the Lord. Only then can we begin experiencing OUR VISION and DESTINY. If you choose to worship and continually engage in the Word the Lord, your thought mode will lead to your destiny. Just as King David had everything, but was not content with his many wives and so chose the one woman who he could not have, he lost his integrity, but still the Lord never was too far away for him to be forgiven and still be blessed (2 Samuel). Yes, he faced hurt and punishment because of his poor choices and lost his firstborn son, but the Lord still blessed him abundantly by given him Solomon, the wisest man in all of history. If God can blessed David after all his integrity was demolished,due to his sin and poor choices,think how much more the Lord can deliver us and bless us abundantly if we seek Him with all our hearts and follow our vision He will show us (Jer. :13; Deut. 4:29).

So, have you been hurt and thought you would never recover? I have all. Most people have. And if you have not already, you probably will because it is our human nature. We are sinners and with sin comes despair and hurt. However, it does not have to be that way. You can believe God has the plans for your life (Jer. 29:11), seek him wholeheartedly through loving others daily, and go after your gifts that the Lord has possessed you with. Yes, we may falter along the way and with that unsteadiness may come some heartache. However, by placing God at the forefront of your journey and valuable spirit-filled people in your life the journey will become much more bearable and you will reach a place where you have total faith and trust in our amazing God and begin to embrace all He has in store for you.

Please, before you reach the hurt and despair that the enemy is so desperately trying to push upon your ordained life, remember that we can admit our sins and problems (before they become known to the world and lead to worse despair), we can renew and transform our mind and body (Romans 12:2), and lastly we can forget and forgive (allowing ourselves to move on and push towards our vision and destiny).

Learn to love yourself as Christ loves you, embrace your God-given gifts, and share that love and gift with those around you and will begin to find healing and contentment in your daily life. Does this mean it will always be an easy trek? Of course not. Every day the enemy will try to creep into our thoughts and mind and try to engulf our presence, but remember you have been given the strength to overcome every obstacle and everything that will continue to be thrown your way. Don't lose heart by what our culture tells you and continue to run your race for the Lord and seek that which is unseen, because what is unseen is eternal (2 Cor. 4:18).

I love you and I love Jesus Christ!!!!!