Hard work!

Have you ever had the feeling that you are headed in the right direction? Maybe not everything is working out how you planned it but you just feel something different, the tide is changing and going back is not an option. I am sure that at some point you have felt that way and you can attest to how great of a feeling that is. A lot of times I feel like I am alone, I can be with a group of people but I know that I'm not really liked within that circle or that they just included me so that I would not be left out and usually I have pity for myself. Being in those situations and feeling pity just makes one depressed and I am not having that anymore, I am too strong and have done too much just fall apart in the way of some circumstances. I know that at the beginning of last semester I said it was going to be different and that I was going to enjoy my time at school but that changed all to quickly. This semester I am going to try and cut down on the complaining and I am just going to go get it. I have learned that whatever you want in life, you have to fight for it and you cannot give up or get too discouraged, you are going to have setbacks and things are going to get tough but you have to keep fighting as it is the only way to achieve everything that you want. It is so easy to say what could have been with this person or that person but you have to make the most of your opportunities and if it does not work out then that is okay, at least you had a good time in the process, it was not all for nothing! You better believe that God is going to keep fighting for you until you breathe your last and he expects you to do the same for him because he loves you and he wants to spend as much time with you as possible. I am definitely going to stand up and fight for my soul and for the things I believe in day in and day out because I sit with my hands in my pockets too much and give the control to other people. I like to talk, I know this, but just because I talk does not mean I have control, its my way of trying to take control but in the end it shuts other people out. I am ready to move up and let this change come to the forefront.

Moses fought countless times for the Israelites from day 1. God told him what to do and when he tried and failed, he told God that he could not possibly be the right guy for the job. Moses kept pushing and he led the Israelites out of Egypt. He had to petition God not to destroy them all because God was fed up with everything that was going on. Moses stood and fought for what he believed in and he was not going to give up on something he had invested so much time into. I have fought to the end for only a handful of things in my life and I cannot say that they were necessarily the best things I could be fighting for but when you understand the concept and understand what it means to never give up until it is all over, it makes a huge difference in your approach to things. Jesus fought for everyone of us until he took his last breath on the cross. I believe he wanted to suffer as much as humanly possible because he wanted to make sure that what he needed to do was finished on that day in the moment that he breathed his last. Sure he petitioned God to let it pass if it were possible but I believe that once it began, he wanted it to last so that we would understand exactly how much he cares for us and wanted to see us live! He knew that He would come back in just a few days and that it would all be worth it, He knew He would not die in vain. "The punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." What a great thought, by His wounds we are healed! I am ready to tackle whatever comes at me and I am not going to give up this semester. I have a feeling this is going to be my best college semester yet and big things are going to happen, let us go on this journey together and see what comes of it!

Please continue to pray for me and if you have any comments or prayer requests, feel free to leave them. I am always willing to talk or discuss things and like I said, I get lonely sometimes. Hope all is well with everyone and hope you had a good day!

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson