Learning To Live…

Learning to Live…9-17-25

There have been times in my life I have gone through the motions. I haven’t felt alive. I haven’t stopped to realize all the blessings that God has given to my family and I. I know that my viewpoint and my life began to change about a decade ago. I began to read the Bible more, really listened to God’s words, became more involved in serving Him, and truly began to understand my life has a purpose. God has a plan. I have always been a positive person, but my outlook changed from just being able to see things in a positive manner, to seeing God in everything and every place.

1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”. I can almost see the growth and maturity in my life. I can see how my view has changed. Once my eyes were clouded. I didn’t see clearly and didn’t want to. I was moving through the days, ticking off lists of what had to be done, and existing. I didn’t live.

What changed? Jesus changed me. He woke me up. He lit a fire that consumes me and it constantly needs fed. I can’t get enough, tell enough people, live enough for Him, or serve Him enough. I know my life’s blessings are abundant. I have a sense of purpose. I can finally look back at my “potholes” and rejoice. Those “potholes” have been filled, grass has grown over the top, and they are no longer recognizable. They are only memories that remind me that God’s grace is sufficient.

2 Corinthians 9:8, “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”