Who Never Gives Up Republished

I was thinking about God today. He has been so loving and faithful to me. I wish I could say the same all the time about myself towards Him. I’m not perfect and I will never pretend to be. I’m not even sure I want to be. But I would like to do better than I do now.

I got to thinking about people I care about and how God has worked in their lives. For some of them it took a long time for them to let Him. What made me think of this? A Joyce Meyer message I saw: God will never give up on you. Never forget that. (1 Corinthians 1:9). It’s so true. Others may give up on us, but He won’t. We may give up on ourselves, but He won’t. He believes we are better than we have behaved because He created us.

All of this touched my heart in a poignant way. I think of some people I know who ran so hard away from God, but when they finally realized that they should be running towards Him instead of away, their whole outlook on life changed. Today I will pray for those still running. I ran for years and know what a difference it makes to change directions.

Most Change Requires Effort

The new year is fast approaching. Most of us start coming up with those wonderful resolutions that we will not fulfill. Why don’t we fulfill them? Because most change requires effort. There’s no magic wand to all these things we want to change or do. It would be nice, but it is definitely not reality.

You don’t like your life? Do something! I don’t like mine either! Guess what. I’m doing something. I’ll admit it…I’ve gone to therapy to learn how to deal with people and issues I wasn’t taught how to deal with growing up. Why? Because I was sick of the same results over and over. I’ve used some of those skills to make changes in my life. Maybe others didn’t like it but it made me feel better. It was an effort that was well worth it for me.

Do you want to lose weight? Well it ain’t gonna fall off if you’re sitting there eating Ben & Jerry’s. Yeah, I love it, too, but I do realize that there has to be some effort on my part. See? Change requires effort. So if I want my pants size to decrease then I am going to have to make the effort it requires. Do I like that? NO WAY! Ben & Jerry are my 2 favorite men. Oh wait! They’re in the top 3. Gerard Butler is #1!

The bottom line is we all expect life to be this wonderful bed of roses. It ain’t. And complaining about it all the time ain’t fixing it. Yeah, sometimes we need to just vent some. But when we keep talking about it then it basically sets us up for doom and gloom. We mope around. Joyce Meyer wrote about this the other day. She wrote this: “ If you want to get over a problem, stop talking about it. Your mind affects your mouth, and your mouth affects your mind. It’s difficult to stop talking about a situation until you stop thinking about it.” It’s so true! This is another form of change. You can change your mindset and possibly situation by not talking about it all the time. Re-focus! Focus on something positive. Focus on doing rather than saying.

There are no magic wands in life and most change requires effort!

Who Never Gives Up?

I was thinking about God today. He has been so loving and faithful to me. I wish I could say the same all the time about myself towards Him. I’m not perfect and I will never pretend to be. I’m not even sure I want to be. But I would like to do better than I do now.

I got to thinking about people I care about and how God has worked in their lives. For some of them it took a long time for them to let Him. What made me think of this? A Joyce Meyer message I saw: God will never give up on you. Never forget that. (1 Corinthians 1:9). It’s so true. Others may give up on us, but He won’t. We may give up on ourselves, but He won’t. He believes we are better than we have behaved because He created us.

All of this touched my heart in a poignant way. I think of some people I know who ran so hard away from God, but when they finally realized that they should be running towards Him instead of away, their whole outlook on life changed. Today I will pray for those still running. I ran for years and know what a difference it makes to change directions.