My sister leaves tomorrow and that is kind of sad. Additionally, I have a game tomorrow and am not even able to take her to the airport. I wish I could see her off and get to spend time with her before she leaves but that is okay. I have had a really great time with her and as I said yesterday, I am so blessed to have had her around for a few days and she is extremely encouraging to me. I know when things are really working for me and I am still battling to stay on track and have the impacts of the last few weeks continue to be a huge influence on me. I have struggled a few days but overall I am making progress and I need to continue to use the good days as incentive to keep pressing on and ultimately I need to continue to keep my eyes on God and his purpose rather than just not screwing up. I am learning so much and trying to apply all of it and sometimes it is difficult but that is part of maturing and finding my place in God's plan for me. My attitude determines my choices and my choices determine my character. If I remain positive when it comes to my Christian walk and I do not become pessimistic about my daily choices, I can be successful and I can carry myself with a strong stature from day to day. I need to continue to push myself to be the best that I can be and with that I will learn just what is important and what I NEED rather than what I WANT and I will only take hold of the things that I need.
Proverbs 19:20 states exactly what I need to be living out right now, "Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise." We cannot just hear people's advice and we cannot just receive instruction and expect things to be all better. It is our job to listen and process as well as accept what people are saying to us so that we can apply our instruction to our daily lives. We cannot just walk through life and expect everything to be handed to us on a silver platter and we cannot just assume that because we read or hear something we will be all better. I have wasted so much time in classes because I am there and listening but I am not processing what I am hearing and it does me no good. I might as well just spend my time reading the book or something constructive that has my attention otherwise I will be unable to actually learn anything and expand my knowledge of a topic. I do not want to waste my time with God or God's time because one thing that I know that bothers him is when I waste his time do not produce any fruit from what He has set out for me. I know what I am capable of and I am going to continue to strive for the strength that He has available for me.
Thank you to those of you who are reading and praying of me. God will reward you for your faithfulness. Please continue to pray for me and I will be praying for all of you.
God Bless,
Joseph Robinson
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