THE FUTURE

     I realize my blogs have been far & few between! I have been working so much that I forget what day it is sometimes! I did take today off to catch up on a few things as well as sleep which I don't get much of. My body is so used to waking up at 5 a.m. that even on my day off I still woke up at 5 a.m. and then went back to sleep! I also realize I have been blogging a lot of things about my past. It has been good therapy for me I must say. It has helped me heal as well as given me a chance to do a lot of soul searching. I realize that I can't ever redo any part of my past. What has been done is over and done with. For example, what ever transpired in my life on July 22, 1989 is past history. It's time to look ahead. It's time to reflect on the future!

     If you think back to where you were 10 years ago, did you ever think you would be where are? I do  remember August 4, 2011. I was on a Mission Trip in Friend, Nebraska helping a church run a Vacation Bible School. Being there was very peaceful and quiet. If you told me "In 10 years, you are going to be a manager of a Chick Fil-A in Commack living by yourself and no longer in full time ministry" I would have said you were nuts and needed to check into Pilgrim State! I was in the prime of my ministry career! I thought I was going to be in ministry forever! God had other plans. Last week I went for my daily Prayer walk around my neighborhood. It is a little over a mile where I pray for myself, my future, my children and my family. As I was in my last 3/10th of a mile one night, I asked God what was in store for my future. I began to feel an excitement I had not experienced for quite some time. God spoke to my heart about writing. I'm sure you can tell from my blogging that I love to write. It is something I have been doing since I was in third grade. I am looking in the next few months of doing a study on forgiveness and then working on an idea for a book. I have been on an eight year journey of learning how to forgive and my goal is to put it in writing!

     Our future can only be as bright as we can make it. We have a choice. We can either take up space on a couch, be lazy and waste away. Or, we can make things happen, work real hard, have fun and make a difference in this crazy world we live in. I want to choose the latter. I know God has a plan for my life but I also know I have to do my part and not allow the enemy to try to steal my joy. The bible tells us in Nehemiah 8:10 - "The joy of the Lord is my strength". Our future can only be bright as long as we put Jesus first!!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!!