The Revitalization of my Life Day 98-The Change 27

Man it feels good to be back at writing again. I got off to an early start this morning and hopefully I can continue until the end of the day. I am still on track with working on my manuscript for my new novel. I have written two chapters so far and I am excited about the upcoming chapters. I use to sit and wonder why am I doing all this writing? Some people probably think that I am crazy to get up at 6am on my off day to go to Starbucks and write. Hell, I think I am a little crazy. I guess this is a part of fulfilling your dream. Doing the things that doesn't make sense to you or other people. When no one understands, God does. I use to sit around and pray to God to show me what it is that I am suppose to be doing with my life. I have friends of mine who have a profession. Some are doctors, some are lawyers, some are teachers, some are police officers and so on. I on the other hand, don't have a profession to call upon. As I prayed I found myself still searching for that profession. All the while I was still writing. Then it hit me, I guess my profession is a writer. No, I am not making any money from it but from time to time, I impact lives in a positive way. There have been a few times that people have been moved by words I have written. I guess a changed life is a whole lot better than a check because you can't put a price on a persons life.

Some times we are so focused on what other people have that we don't pay attention to what we have. Here I was trying to find my profession through the standards that society has set not realizing that God had already given me a profession and that's what really matters. It's easy to get caught up in the standards that society has set for us. We pray and pray to God to bless us with certain things not realizing that he has already given us what we prayed for. The reason why we can't see it is because we are looking for it the way we want it to be instead of the way that God wants it to be. We want it to be wrapped in pretty wrapping paper and have a big bow on it with our name on it. Let me go ahead and tell you, he will not give it to you like this if you are expecting it that way.

Stop praying for things that God has already given you and start sending those prayers up for others who need it. It's better to give than receive. I know it may be hard sometimes but just try it. And also, God can only do so much for you before you start doing for yourself. Don't pray to God to get you out of debt and then turn around and spend money on things you don't need like a new pair of shoes when you have over 20 pair in your closet. If you do the little that you can do like save that money that you were going to spend on shoes or put it towards a bill, then God will do the rest. He will see that you are putting forth a great effort and then the blessings will come. If he can sacrifice his only son for you, the least you (we) can do is sacrifice a pair of shoes. That's the least you (we) can do. Help God to help you so that you can help others.

"Help God to help you so that you can help others"-K.J Swint