Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." This verse is very powerful if you really think about it. I like to look at it as everything you have done, and been through is preparing you to be the person you need to be for God. Every one of us has our very own special calling to be someone to help God, and to help spread his word and love. I have been trying to listen to God and do as he wants so I can be who Christ wants me to be, and so I can do his good works. I got to thinking one day about my past, and how I wish alot of it didn't happen, and how I regret alot of stuff I've done... but then I remembered Ephesians 2:10 and how it says God has already had my plan. So, that means everything I've went through has had an impact on who I am as a Christian now. I've been so many different people in my life and I've never understood why I was like that. I've been the "Depressed Gothic Chick" who listened to rock and metal music, did drugs, and hated my life. (Very embarrassing to admit lol) I've been the "Hip Hop Dancer" who listened to rap ALL the time, danced ALL the time, had a filthy mouth, and thought it was cool to party and get drunk. I've been "The Redneck" who drank alot while going mudding, or riding around being stupid, or sitting around a bone fire drinking and listening to country music. I've been the "Single Pregnant Teenager" who felt the most alone I'd ever felt in my life until my precious baby girl was born. I've been the "Young Mom and Wife" who thinks everything has to be perfect, and just about drive myself to a nervous breakdown from doing too much, and trying to be perfect. I got to thinking about this one day and was wondering why all of that was a part of God's plan? Why is all of my embarrassing past experiences a part of God's plan? I honestly believe I was so many different people in the past so that I can relate to many different types of people to bring them to know Christ. Maybe if people see my life and how Jesus has changed me, and they can relate to something from my past, they will come to know Christ too. Maybe someone will turn to me for guidance because they know "I've been there too". I don't know exactly what my calling is yet, but I do know that from me writing my blog posts I've reached out to people in other countries who may not have known Christ. I know that God has big plans for me, I can feel it, and I know it in my heart. Now the question is: What is your calling? Do you know why certain events have played out in your life? Are you listening to God to let him lead your way? Or are you trying to write your own story when God has already written yours and knows the out come? Before you can try to figure out your calling you have got to get right with the Lord. The best way to "listen" to God is through scriptures. Sometimes a verse will be brought to my attention more than once and I will realize God is trying to tell me something. This was in my women's bible study book called "Stuck" we did a while back, it said "As we begin to grasp the greater picture of God and His work around us, we long to become a part of the story. He wrote a part for each of us in this story - but most of us are ignoring Him and writing our own stories. His story lasts forever, and the ones we write will melt away." Isaiah 40:8 says "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." If you listen to your calling and influence lives to Christ, then that will last forever! By changing one life, that could change their whole family for generations and generations. Matthew 5:16 says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Get your life right with the Lord, and be a Christian influence to people who may not know him as well as you. Sometimes just your love and actions can shine God's light better than any words you could say. If you don't understand alot of stuff about God or the bible, all you have to do is pray that God will open your eyes, mind, and heart to help you understand what you need to do to live for Him. Pray that bible verses will make sense to you. Pray that God will help you find what your calling is, and help you to hear Him for your guidance. Once you start getting on track with The Lord, everything else in your life will get on track too. You'll start to see God working right beside you to help you get to your calling in life. But before you get to the big stuff, you have to go through the little stuff. You will be tested, and your faith will get stronger. You'll have bad stuff happen... just so you will be shown that God's plan is so much bigger than ours. He will give you "double for your trouble" and prove to you their is no need to worry. But it all has to start by asking Jesus into your heart. If you are uncertain about where you are going when you leave this earth, chances are you won't be going to heaven. What are you waiting for? Tomorrow isn't promised and time is wasting. Every moment is precious, and instead of living your planned out life from the Lord, you are wasting it on stuff that doesn't even matter.
* 1 Timothy 4:14 "Do not neglect your gift, which was given to you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you."
*1 Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor is not in vain."
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