Tomorrow I face the hardest challenge, yet... SUCCESS IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY! I do not like to fail, but I have grow enough character to handle it. That hasnt always been the case. But as a growing Christian returning to my faith I have learned where my strength actually comes from........... deep with Christ from within as above. I know that when I make mistakes trying to push through to seek the money to provide usually costing me more than the return of investment I can turn back to God in His strength to work all circumstances out for good. When I hit a road block and do not know what to do next as I sit quiet to meditate to hear the Father simply say; SUBMIT I find Rest and peace and the Joy of my Salvation returns and failures now seem like mercy and kindness as my wife and kids still love me and pray for me no matter how bad I fail. I have learned in this that the world does not come to an end, regardless of my winning or my loosing performance. It is my faith in Christ that lifts me up when I have failed, again and again. It is my appreciation for ALLL we have not of money yet of blessings that returns me to an attitude of gratitude and an understanding of true wealth. Its the faith in our family unit combined that reminds me of my true insignificance when the riches of world has been laid at my feet because of my Love for God and the ability to love others sometimes even the unlovely and my greatest success have become the ability to forgive those I once trusted who turned against me and learning to trust God to guide me forgive myself. To call myself a Christian is to believe Christ is within, as Lord and as Savior through Christ Jesus / Yeshua or Messiah. So to call myself a Christian and then to strive to be the best I can be for the worlds standards is futile and exhausting yet to call myself a Christian dependant on the goodness AND the mercy of a loving God who is proven to be faithful throughout all generations to those who seek his Kingdom alive from within by His Righteous works of death on the Cross of Calvary paying the ultimate sacrifice for all sins of all mankind of all generations offering me eternal moment by moment relationship with Christ alive from within to rest in dependence of His excellence not of my own has become a liberty of identify as His child and in this I have finally become a man after Gods own heart basking in the love of our children and the greatest love and respect of my virtuous wife. Honestly hard work has never worked for me, yet complete dependence to a loving God has taken me from homeless to a palace, from loosing everything to gaining more than I need, from domestically rejected to domestically adored and in this I have found Gods blessings to be my greatest success of a changed man and a content lifestyle loving God and loving others making memories making friends. A Lifetime of miseries turned into melodies. Shalom - Jim Peppard
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:05:25 +0000
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