Day 4

I am glad that everything in my life is getting dealt with but right now the process is dragging out in some areas. I know there are consequences but I am ready to accept them and move on. I feel like this snag in the process is just frustrating me and making it tougher to overcome what I am facing. I feel like I am really standing up for the changes that I want to be made and I am not interested in letting people get in the way anymore. There have been too many times in which I have just let people come into my life and distract me or I have let those already in my life continue to pull me away. I need people around me who are going to build me up and if you are not able to assist in that process then it is going to be tough for me to have you around on a consistent basis. I am not saying I cannot associate with people who struggle with things, I firmly believe I will be able to help people in due time, especially teens. Being rooted in Christ to me means that I need to have him at the forefront of everything I do and have his Spirit guiding me but also I need to have people around me who secure my place in him and assist me in taking my roots deeper into him. I know I am in a place where I am growing right now and I feel like I am beginning to mature in Christ and that is what is most important to me. I feel like I am reigniting a passion in my life and I do not want to lose that passion, I want the flame to continue burning in my life because I am tired of living in the dark with nobody around to help.

When we are open to the things of God, we can be pleasantly surprised. Listening for his voice and allowing his spirit to move through us is one of the greatest connections that we can have with him. I know I have direct access right now but I cannot wait to stand before him and just stand in awe of him. If not for myself, I want to get to heaven for him and I want many others to experience that too. When we center our faith on ourselves, then we lose our passion for why we believe and we are much more susceptible to falling away from him. Hebrews talks about throwing off everything that hinders but 2nd Corinthians 7:1 states, "Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." I feel like that goes to a certain level of garbage in equals garbage out but at the same time I feel like we need to just be careful that we do not push away everything because we need to be educated. God will assist us and we need to remain smart while listening to his Spirit and assessing our situations. We should not knowingly be filling our minds with trash because the human mind is valuable and fragile but we need more positive the negative and that can be a very fine line and a tough one to discern. I really hope to grow in this area and continue to grow in mind and thought.

I hope you all have had a good day. I know who most of my readers are but if you have just recently started reading, let me know! I want to be able to discuss and grow from others, thanks for the comments for those of you that do respond. Please continue to pray for me!

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson