Mountain High.

Coming down from Mountain High

Temptations on every side

But I feel as though nothing alive can stop my stride...

Doused with a new frame of mind...

Moving freely.

Chains have been left behind.

Temptations try to follow me,

But my eyes are fixed on the prize!

No more will I fall by the wayside......

And as I drift down off my high

My laziness becomes magnified.

And I actually have to put effort into staying saved this time.

And you see, effort is not really my thing...

(Even though it's obviously the key

To failure or living successfully.)

Sigh...that gotta be the catch!

Because like the back of my hand, I know what happens next.

I battle...I lose...I fall.

Even though I know the scriptures...

Even know I memorized them all.

And it's not that I gave up.

It's that I rather cope, then fight.

I rather settle & to my surprise

My flesh never died.

But before I turn back, let me truthfully speak

Honestly, I appreciate everything you've done for me...

And humbly, I willingly pass up all the opportunities you've offered me

Because if the truth be told, I'm more comfortable pleasing me.

Then God spoke to me:

"You know how to be bound...

But you don't know how to be free.

You're searching for a comfort zone...

You don't know how to trust me.

You're contemplating a change of heart...

You don't know how to love me.

You don't know how to please me,

But you know how to hurt me."

Ouch. Hit home.

And I realize that I have to leave this cycle alone.

Effort, Pain & Humility is the key...

The key to living for you.

Same key you used to die for me.

So, I'll fight...

I'll fight for my life.

It's my choice.

And now that I'm free,

It's my right.

strategic.

Well...I can honestly begin by saying that I have no idea how this blog will turn out or what will be discussed...but I'll began by saying that I'm grateful for my life......my life has been waaay too...(searching for word)........(couldn't find one.) I've been thru a lot...(understatement). God had a plan for my life, but guess who else did??

Yep. Satan did.
Full blown out scheduled plan. Severely detailed. Most of it was obviously unveiled to me, (because I play'd right into it)...but what about the dangers, threats, & traps I couldn't see??....wow. What about the times I was severely tormented and couldn't even speak? or think clearly? or the times I was drunk and high...out of my mind...out driving?! i STILL don't know how I got home.......I was clearly warned in 1 Peter 1:13 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil is as a roaring lion, seeking whom he might devour."

Didn't listen.

What about the times where I purposely said in my heart that I WILL NOT OBEY aka "Doing Me". How about the relationships that I entered...the ones that required more of me...the ones I left God for. Yes, I've done it. Often. Took a stab at a lot of things...

Yet, I open my eyes day after day. I would love to ask why, but I rather take a minute to realize how important it is to yield my life over to God...it's gotta be a reason He kept me. I rather find the answer to that. Which will answer both questions...

Take a minute to think back...take a minute to look around and acknowledge. Only you know what COULD'VE possibly taken place & Satan's MANY attempts to demolish you...BUT GOD. #thinkonthat. #goodnite.