As people we often have a tendency to jump ahead in life. We get excited in the moment or scared in the moment and seem to think that one moment in paradise or one moment in pain defines our future. As hard as it is, we need to take control of our aspirations and dreams, we need to work on building ourselves in a positive way. We also need to remember that we change and we grow and that's perfectly okay. A part of living is learning more about yourself and who you want to be. A part of living is deciding not only what you want but whats best for you. A part of life is understanding that people are in your life for a season and its okay if that season ends. It's also okay to take time for yourself. You can be there for people as much as you want and that's great but you can't change them, only they can do that. So focus on yourself, learn who you are and who you want to be and don't be afraid for that to change. Don't fear the loss of someone in your life, their season may have been over and perhaps it's not a loss but rather a chance for a new blooming relationship on the horizon. Remember your worth, were always told not to take other people for granted, but let me ask you this, how long have you been taking yourself for granted?
A thought came to me today as I stumbled upon some inspirational posts. Why are we often so eager to escape our troubling circumstances. We get trapped in the fire and get so focused on getting out that perhaps we miss the most important question of all, what refining needs to be completed in the fire? Just as a welder uses the fire to shape and refine metal, so God uses our circumstances, "fires" to shape and refine us. If he simply swooped in and saved the day, we would lack the knowledge he hopes us to gain, we wouldn't grow in character or wisdom. In the fire we think he abandom us, left us to our own devices, but in reality he is more present in the fire even then in the calm. It's when we feel abandoned that he's calling to us the loudest, beckoning us to just open our ears to listen to his voice. Take the fires in stride, don't immediately reach for the extinguisher. Allow the flames to surround you with the confident knowledge that the one whom the...
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