Turning Corners

It's been a pretty good week. Really good actually.

I don't remember ever having this deep relationship with Jesus as I do now. True, I've been a Christian for almost three years now... but I finally feel like I'm walking. I finally feel like I'm not faking on God and playing Him... or using Him for forgiveness for a mess I created.

Essentially, I'm submitting to God in a way that I never have before. I believe the peace I feel right now is directly proportional to my level of submission. I've always felt God's love, but never fully tapped into the Holy Spirit that lives in me. I feel like I wasted a lot of time crawling, trying to walk and falling down on my face. As much as I want to blame others for it, the responsibility is ultimately mine. I disobeyed and my relationship with God suffered as a result.

Part of "Moving Forward" is knowing where you came from and learning from the mistakes. I've fallen, and fallen, and fallen... you get the point. Given this flesh, I'm sure to fall again. I believe I'm in a better position to fight against it because I've truly tapped into the God in me. Now, I won't fall easily. My submission to God is growing, my faith is growing... so I'm more equipped to fight.

And I will continue to fight, through the grace of God.

Christ is Supreme

Nothing like a late Bible study to get you in order!

I woke up out of my sleep, as I seem to do more than I care to admit. Instead of just going back to sleep, I turned on the radio for some praise music. From there, hit the Bible app on my phone & ended up in Colossians 1.

Verses 17-18 talk about Christ being the head of all things, He reigns supreme. Just a great reminder of who's in control. He took people and things away to show me who really deserves my attention. Yeah, it's hard being away from those people & things, but I wouldn't trade it for the peace I now experience as a result.

God has a way of showing you who is God. I've truly learned this lesson. Praise Him.

New Beginnings

Well, here I am... again. I haven't blogged consistently in about four years. So much has changed about me, I really don't know where to begin. Even still, I believe I'm finally at a point where I'm starting to get where I'm supposed to be headed.

The name of this blog is "Moving Forward". I got the term from a song that was performed at my church about a month ago. I'm usually one to dwell in my past and let it take hold of me and, essentially, choke the life out of me. Something about that song really spoke to me and I'm in the process of "Moving Forward" in every aspect of my life.

It is my hope that this blog will serve as motivation to others to do the same. The past can paralyze you, only if you allow it to. I've let it stagnate my growth for far too long... but through the grace of God, it won't any longer. The blog is also to help me to move forward. I can get comfortable, dormant, and stagnant myself. I hope that this blog will help keep me accountable to doing the things God wants me to do and acquire the desires of my own heart.