You can't change what you've done but you can change what you do.

Phillippians 3:13-14 

13. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. 14. I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

The past is the past, what has happened has happened. We can't (try as we might) go back in time and fix all the mistakes we've made. Now, if we've hurt someone we can go back to them and ask for forgiveness. But, we can not take back what we've said or what we've done. 

You can't change what you've done but you can change what you do. 

Paul had an interesting past to say the least. At least in this time in his life as he writes this letter to Phillippi, he has made amazing progress in the Christian walk. He had done things no one had ever done before. But, no doubt, he still carried a little bit of the baggage from his life before he met Christ. But in chapter 3 in verse 13 of the book of Phillippians Paul comes to the point where he says; hey I don't know everything, I don't understand why everything has happened but, I'm choosing to forget what has happened and move on. He chose to forget, forgive himself and press on. 

But if you read verse 13 you must notice the tense he uses. Take a look at the word "forgetting". He didn't say he just one day woke up and forgot all that he had done and was able to easily press on and press towards the mark/goal. Rather, he woke up every day and chose to forget and he chose to press on. It has to be a daily effort! Just like the Christian life is a DAILY battle! I'm sure that Paul was consistently reminded of all the things he did but he chose to keep forgetting and forgiving himself and press on!! 

We should do the same. I know I'm constantly reminded of the wrong I've done and the people I've hurt. I'm sure you've been reminded as well. 

But our first step should choosing daily to forget what we've done and to forgive ourselves. Our second step is to press towards the mark, the high calling of God. 

God can use anybody who has a willing heart! It doesn't matter what you've done, where you've been or where you are at right now. God has a purpose and a plan for you. 

You can't change what you've done, but you can change what you do. 

A New Beginning. (Being Content)

It certainly has been a MASSIVELY long time since I've posted anything on this blog, but I'd say that now would be a good time to start again. Considering that major changes have been made and yet again major changes will come. A few months ago I made the trip from Florida to Georgia and then from Georgia to Kansas. Sure, it has had it's ups and downs and good times and bad times, but I haven't really made it all that it could be.

Eleanor Roosevelt Once said, "Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be."

In other words life can be absolutely miserable or life can be really, really good. Either way it is all up to you.

In the past I hadn't thought much of that little statement until today. People would always say, and still do say, "Oh life is what you make it." Those seven words became white noise to me. It would go in one ear and out the other.

Now it has never been more clear to me that there is a lot of truth to that statement.

So lets look at two different scenarios

Lets take two groups of people stuck in the same situation, where all the power is out and all they have is a two flashlights and some water given to them by the people who owned the building.

One group decided to that'd they would play a game and have some fun with it, while the other group sat around and griped about how miserable their situation was.

Who do you think had more fun?

You know Paul talks about something similar to this in Philippians Chapter 4.

Paul mentions in verse 12 that he knows how to be abased and he know how to abound.

Philippians 4:12
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

So all that to say that I/we need to learn to do the same. We need to learn to be content in the situation God has put us in. God won't always give us a reason for putting us into the situation but there always is one. Whether you find out right away or ten years down the road there is ALWAYS a reason. So you can chose to be bitter or you can chose to be joyful. You can chose to chase after God or you can chose to sit still and do nothing. The choice is yours. Being content is not always is easy but it can be done through a little help from God. God offers us a peace that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7) and all we have to do is ask. That peace is literally right at the tips of our fingers.

Not only should we be content, we can make the most of the time that God has given us. Like I said before people say it all the time "Life is what you make it." So instead of griping about the situation your in be determined to make that situation a good time. There is always a brighter side to things weather we see it or not.

So I pray that all of us learn, in any situation to be content. I pray we learn to be Abased and to abound. I pray that we can learn trust in God no matter where we are and what we are doing.

Chose wisely.

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

I have to admit, sometimes the ways of the world look enticing. All there rewards wrapped in beautiful packages, the gate keeper welcoming all who into. Shoot even the gate in the beginning, looks beautiful. While a lot of us see the gate that leads on the road to Jesus. It's dull, some would even go so far as saying that it's boring. Little do they know, the wide gate leads to emptiness, hopelessness. The narrow gate leads to life; everlasting life with Jesus.

So no matter how great the ways of the world, we must keep our eyes focused on Jesus. 

App: make sure my focus stays on Jesus, and I'm not distracted by the world.

2 Masters 1 Servant?

Mathew 6:24

No man can serve to masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

At least once in our lives I'm sure most people can attest to the fact, if we sincerely think about it, have served two masters. While we claim to be servants of God only serving the Lord Jesus Christ, there is something taking hold of us in our lives. Whether its a daily task, daily hobby or even time. Let's think about it for a moment, what's more important in your life? Is it serving the Lord, or is it serving the your self? Have you become the master you serve.

Even the calling on your life can become the master. You know your in trouble when the task GOD has given you becomes more important then God Himself. We all should check our hearts, for we may not know we serve two masters. Like I've said, even doing a good thing can become your master. So some master's are subtle. Never lose heart and keep fighting.

App: do at least one thing out of my way to help someone else, keeping my eyes off myself.

To whom ever reads this

Sometimes when people see my hands they say, you have large hands/

and they go on about how I have piano fingers/

but now I'm wishin that my hands were bigger/

because they'll never be big enough to catch every tear that falls/

Sometimes when people see my eyes that say, you have small eyes/

it's true I do, and I don't have very good visions/

and now I'm wishin that I could see better/

Because I wasn't able to see everything that had happened/

nor do I see what's going on right now/

Sometimes when people see my ears they say, you have small ears/

and they go on by trying to size their ears up to mine/

but now I'm wishing they were better/

so I can hear your heartbeat when your scared/

So I can hear your footsteps when your coming/

So I can hear your thoughts when your thinking/

but all of this wishing, isn't really doing much/

in fact it's wasting the time I have to be praying/

So I'll begin to finish this poem by telling you the reason I wrote it/

I wrote it to remind you that I love you/

cause even though my lips might not speak those words often/

I want my actions to show it/

Cause it's really easy to say it and never mean it/

and I wrote this poem to tell you that I'm praying for you/

daily, and I'm not saying it and not actually doing it/

I'm praying for you cause I've been there/

I've been in the same boat but I had on different shoes/

I've been to the  point of feeling lost and confuse/

and I've been to the point where I thought my life had no use/

but God stepped in and stopped me before I did anything foolish/

He grabbed my hand and told me He's giving me another chance/

He'll do the same to you, Call out to Him He will pull you out of that boat/

Your worth more then what the media says your worth/

He has a purpose for you and your more then beautiful to God/

Don't give up now it's never too late/

I know I can't always be there for you/

And I can't stop every tear/

And there will always be something your not telling me/

But Christ, knows all, sees all and hears all/

And I know He'll never leave/

So please, accept Christ as Savior and don't throw away your life. 

The Street Light.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

I know where you live/

but not in a creepy way/

 you live in house somewhere between/

slow falling tears, and heart break/

and the houses around you are the street names testimony/

cause the Father who lives to your right, just lost his job/

and the teenage girl that lives to your left just lost her boyfriend/

and they both meet in the middle

 Cause they know that the you know Jesus/

your life shows it, you've been a spectacle to them/

They know through you/

that Jesus heals the broken hearts/

Jesus heals the the wounds/

and that He can fix what was broken/

so they meet in the middle/

and I sit back and watch you become the light you were meant to be/

you see, this is the reason why/

I, know where you live/

Now I know that in 1 Corinthians 4:9 Paul was talking about the Apostles/

but today, we as Christian have become a spectacle unto the world, and to angles and men/

so I pray/

that our light never burns out even our lives end.

App: posting this on Facebook hopefully being a light to my Facebook friends, and pray that God allows me to be light here in Costa Rica how ever He see's fit and that I wouldn't be afraid to step out and be that light. 

I Want To be With You God.

Can I walk on On Your shore/

With both feet in the sand/ 

Can  I sing a little more/

With an open heart, and open hands/

But more then anything/

I want to be with You God/

But more then anything/

I want to be with You God/

Can I rest in Your arms/

And stay with You forever/ 

I wanna be where You are/

There's no where else I'd rather be/

But more then anything/

I want to be with You God/bm

Oh more then anything/

I want to be with You God