Failure is not written in my book
Posted By jessi on July 10, 2011
As I begin to write this blog, I think of where I have come from to where I am right not. Am I where I need to be or where I want to be? The answer is no! I have made choices over the years that have held me back. There comes a point in one’s life that he/she cannot blame her past for where she is and must chose to move forward. I have declared that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. More than once this week I have shared this with several of my friends. Oh, and also my granddaughter. We work so hard to get somewhere and the enemy uses many tools to drag us down. Pastor Steve tells us many times that it is time to stand up and take accountability for our choices. It is time to BOLDLY take back what the enemy has stolen. I am ready for this today.
I think about where my inspiration comes from. Where do I look for my answers to a thousand questions? I know from where my help comes from…
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalm 121:1-3
I know this to be truth as my God has brought me this far to not let me fall now. He has brought me through a strained childhood and child abuse. He helped me in raising my children in a complicated world. He walked with me as I became a widow. He brought me through the diagnosis of cancer. Now He remains at my side as I struggle to impact a grown grandchild of whom I had no influence in her previous raising. I find that this is very difficult but with God all things are possible. I look to Him for my inspiration and guidance.
What I do know is that I cannot nor will I compromise my values in a world that has no standards. The measuring stick is broken! If we are not using the Word of God as our yardstick, we have nothing to guide us. I trust that my light shines and glows for the world to see.
I look around me and see similar situations in the lives of my friends and even in my extended family. There is a generation that has no strong values and no guidelines to follow. I fear that we are responsible for this as we as a society became complacent in our standards. We accepted what we saw on television. We watched the news and become obsessed with the things we saw. We never voiced our objections when rules were changed or something happened…ethics were modified and we sat back and allowed it to change lives. May God forgive us! I cannot change the past but I can make a stand now. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!
They say that unemployment has been on the rise. This may be true, but more than that, we have people who what jobs but they do not want to work. We have people who want to receive a paycheck but do not want to put forth any efforts to earn that pay. Yes, a workman is worthy of his hire. What about the person who sits around the television all the day, sleeping late in the morning and wants to know why no one will hire him. God opens many doors but He will not push us through them. He will pave the way but we must choose to get up, get out and change our lives.
I have been a nurse for greater than 40years. I have worked at several hospitals and thank God that He gave me the ability to make a difference in someone’s life. My move into promoting Exfuze Seven is a tremendous change for me. I have never been a MLM person and actually have been leaning against it over the years. But this is different in the fact that I believe in the product. I have experienced and have witnessed the change in people’s lives around me. This is awesome.
We must effect change in our lives. If we do not effect change then we are failures. I am not a failure and I will effect change. With God’s help I will move forward even in Exfuze. God said that He would be in my business if I allowed Him to. In fact, this is His business and there is no failure for Him.
I feel like I have been rambling a bit in this blog but I am so tired of excuses for myself and all those around me. I believe that we should be accountable for our choices and move forward to effect change. Whatever I can do for facilitate this in my life and those around me I want to do it. Our economy and the life as we know it here will not improve much, but I know that God will be with His OWN through it all. We simply must know that FAILURE is not an option and CHANGE is not a choice but a mandate.
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