LETTING GO

 

     Life is busy enough but something we all need is a let go list as much as we need a go to list.  There are some things we need to let go of.  Let go of the control that you think that you need and puts extra stress on your life.  Let go of the guilt that you have been holding on to for so long it just weighs you down.  Guilt is usually associated with something someone else has put on you.  Things such as false expectations and unrealistic goals. 

     Let go of other people’s opinions of you.  Remember you must live with yourself and not with them.  To often we allow others to control us by their opinions which in the grand scheme mean very little.  Let go of things that have already served their purpose.  Hoarders are infamous about holding on the things because they believe it gives them security.  You can be an emotional hoarder by holding on to things mentality and emotionally that serve no purpose at this stage of your life.

     Not everything needs to carry forward.  Let the past stay in the past.  Leave what happened yesterday there and don’t carry it forward into today.  Some things are meant to be released so there is more room for peace, growth, love and something new.  Paul said forgetting what is in the past looking forward to that which is new.  Good advice.

GRATITUDE

 

     It is important as a grateful heart and life especially in this crazy mixed-up world in which we live right now.  When you understand that happiness is moment by moment it changes the way you view even the smallest moments.  You do not have to have perfect circumstances. 

     You begin to understand it is okay to have unfinished dreams, difficult days and unanswered questions.  You learn to be thankful for the present.  You learn from the difficult and you can move on.  Gratitude is an attitude of the heart that has learn all work together for good.  They may not always be good be it will work together for good because you are grateful even for the small blessings.  You see everything as a step to a greater purpose.

     You move forward with hoper and faith.  So instead, if focusing on what you lack you focus on what you have.  Let Gratitude be your attitude today and every day forward it is a much better way to life.

WHAT IS YOUR MISSION

 

     If one’s mission is too small or vague.  Your mission will be led by someone else’s.  Organizations, families, churches and governments are not a stronger than they have a shared mission.  When I talk about mission I am talking about the foundational intention that gives meaning and direction to life, 

     Jesus Christ for example never walked away from His mission in life which was to seek and save the lost.  His family, friends, critics and society did not dissuade him from his mission.  His mission decided his values and decisions.  You saw in the way he reaches out to people.  The sinner, outcast, lower classes, lepers and even ladies of the evening. 

     It is easy to drift from our mission in life by the myriads od choices and distractions around us.  It is easy to take the easy and selfish way.  You need to decide what your mission in life is.  You need to write it down and then follow through.  Don’t let anything get in the way.  Rick Waren wrote. “Let me not watch those running beside me and with me.  Help me keep focused on what is ahead.”  I like that make up your mind what is your mission is in life and then get busy fulfilling it.

QUOTES FOR OCT 10, 2026

 

WISE THOUGHTS

 

     You can lie to the world about your character but never to your wife.  A city will never be great unless it has righteousness, truth and honest tempering its policies.  No city will ever be great until the people of that community let the Lord rule in it.  A country will corrupt from the inside when the Lord is left out of its fabric.

      Societies will only be as strong as the values they possess.  No matter how deep, dark and high your sins may be one thing can eliminate them all in a moment.  The Blood of Jesus Christ.  On the cross the crowning act of sin brought the crowing act of love.

     On the cross, the crowning act of wickedness brought the crowing act of grace and mercy.  Remember anything that comes between you and God is an idol.  Here is a truth, if God is not first place, in your life and something else is.  It is an idol.

BEALUH

 

 

Oct 10 – Beulah - Isaiah 62:1-4

 

     Isaiah decides to speak on behalf of the Jewish people and for Jerusalem.  For her sake he will not be quiet and must let his views to be known.  On behalf of the Lord the community will shine like the dawn and the salvation is shows shall blaze like a burning torch.  Don’t you just love the use of imagery and language here. 

     The nations will see her vindication and kings will see her glory.  The mouth of the Lord will declare a new name for her.  They will be crown with a crown of splendor from the and of the Lord.  A royal diadem in the hand of the Lord.  The people of God show forth His praise and glory.  No longer will they be desolate or called a waste place.  You will be called Hephzibah, or my delight is in her.  Also be called Beulah which means married to the Lord.  The Lord will delight in you and the land will be married to the land.  

A VALUABLE LESSON

 

    

     President Ronald Reagon told a story one time about a reporter who worked for the Los Angels times.  There was a fire over Santa Monica, and the editor told him to go take photos and then write a story.  The editor told him there was a plane waiting for him at the airport to fly over the fire.  So he took a taxi to the airport and saw a small plane on the tarmac and immediately boarded the plane and instructed the pilot to take off which he did. 

     As they were approaching the fire area the reporter said, “okay bank left and I will take pictures of the fire.  The pilot said by surprise, “really this is beyond my skill.”  The reporter said go ahead and to his surprise the pilot said aren’t you the instructor.  To their shock they found out he wasn’t fortunately they made it down.

     The lesson we learn is always check before you venture out into something.  Make sure you know as many details as possible so there won’t be a huge surprise waiting for you maybe beyond your skill set.