Never Give Up

Life is tough at times; arming yourself with encouraging and uplifting resources will help balance your daily life. You are still so close to the shore; there is still time to make it back to port. Losing yourself now will drift you out to sea leaving you lost and confused with no direction home. Only a lifeline of faith and inner love will rescue the years ahead. There is no point on looking back on how you got to where you are now, it is important that you live today and know there are only promising tomorrow’s. I love the story in the Bible on how the Jewish people left for the Promised Land, an eleven day journey that took them forty years. So you ask how this is possible. They were all tempted and misguided with promises of wealth and spiritual lies that paralyzed them for years. The world wants to deceive you and trick you into thinking what it is offering is in the best interest for you. The world knows we want instant gratification. It knows your selfish desires will succumb to materialistic enticements it dangles in front of us. But this is where developing your faith and belief in God will transcend these temptations and point you in the right direction to the Promised Land. The Promised Land is the place of peace, goodness, love and serenity. It is the place where the mind will no longer battle the misguided information and delusional teachings that confuse and stall your life’s progression. It is an example on how most of us live. We can only process what’s in front of us and what is being fed to us that shapes and leads our lives. So when something different is placed before you the defense system goes into full gear and tries to defeat any altering change of thought. This is what happened to the Jewish people who were lost in the wilderness. The world got hold of them and blinded their path with temptation, false prophets, lies and deceit. It kept them from the truth until they were shown the way. But much pain and sadness had to be experienced before they fell to their knees realizing their wrongful ways and asking for forgiveness. If you choose to keep living the life you live, without faith, without love, without kindness then the trials and tribulations of your life will catch up with you and bring about sorrows and regrets that will have to be confronted. Who you are is not the clothes you wear, the car you drive, the house you live in, the music you listen to or the crowd you hang out with. You are not who the world tells you to be, you are a loving being that has lost its way. The layers of life have created an almost impenetrable wall of disguise that keeps you far from your inner spirit. Trust those voices when you are alone that says I am a good person, I have much to give and share, I can do anything, I don’t need to hang out with this crowd to make me happy. If only for a moment you can connect with you, your soul, you will open the doors to a new beginning. A new way of looking at life and enjoying this wonderful gift we are all given. This gift is free, it is a blessing from God that we shall use to better ourselves and provide love and joy to others.