GOD HAS SENT AN ENTIRE TEAM OF ANGELS TO SUPPORT ME!!!
That’s the love I’m experiencing from God! Like our family friend, Ceri (in the pic!), who I call my God influencer because I’m learning so much from him about God (HUGE SMILE). He calms my mind and keeps me focused on God and GOD’S PATH for my life. Ceri is seriously helping me to be happier, more loving, wiser, trusting God more, courageous, and a better wife, mom, and person (even coaches need coaches!). God even whispers to me the messages from Ceri He would have me listen to! Like a recording from over a year ago from Ceri was my personal message from God yesterday:
“And I’ll read from Philippians 3:13-14 and it says,
“No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
Today, I am grateful for a new year AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER LIES AHEAD. Something that stood out to me what Paul said in this particular verse when he’s speaking of the Philippians was he said, “but I focus on one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.” He didn’t say that he had amnesia and forgot about the past, he said but I FOCUS on one thing. That means that he actually took his time and dedicated his time. When you focus on something, you put all your time and energy into that. That’s what focus is like, when you actually focus on something you have tunnel vision toward it.
When we have plans, goals, dreams, we have to focus on it. We have to tunnel vision that! We have to remember that our past doesn’t determine who we are. Our past just is something that we live, it’s a process that we went through. It’s what lies ahead that matters, and the decisions we make today will determine how our future lies ahead, not our past. Our choices today cannot affect our past. What’s done has already been done, but the decisions that we make today, is what will affect tomorrow. And I think that that’s one of the messages that Paul was trying to get through to us in these particular verses.
Another thing what he said that I must highlight is “I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the Heavenly prize for which God through Christ Jesus is calling us.” That Heavenly prize is to live with him and obeying his word. But most importantly, following these two Commandments that I always stress: love God and love each other. That’s it. Love God and love each other.
It’s so important for us that while we’re focusing, to remember those two things because they will determine today what our tomorrow is like by loving God and loving each other. We focus on them. Go ahead towards our goals. Head in the direction of our goals, but keep those two things at the center of our life – His Commandments: loving Him and loving each other. That will help to determine how good of a future we have, which will carry us to our Heavenly prize for which God through Christ Jesus is calling us.”
Honestly, following this advice from Ceri of loving God and loving others has led me to a beautiful destination! Thanks, bruh! I love my life and I’m GRATEFUL FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD, AS I FOCUS ON LOVING GOD AND OTHERS. (Wink! Wink!)