New Life

It's time to move on to having your New Life.

First off I have to just tell you straight up...I have not reached my Full Potential yet.  Now, don't let that shock you too much.  But I have to be honest and bottom line with you for my words to affect you.  How could I have reached my full potential when I just started writing this book.  This is the first page, the potential for this to be a great book is a possibility but it hasn't been completed.  I am just getting started and that is what I want you to realize too.

You obviously picked up this book (or this web page) because you know deep down that you have more to do in this life time.  Or perhaps someone gave you this book because they see the potential in you that you don't yet see yourself.  Whatever the reason is, I am grateful that you would pause to read this.  You and I and every single person around us can reach their full potential.  Today is the first day of the rest of your life.  It doesn't matter where you have been or what you have done, it is all part of the journey to get you where you are today and where God is taking you. 

There are no mistakes in life.  All those things you have been beating yourself up about that you could have, should have or would have done different are not mistakes.  They were part of the journey to form the very being God created you to be.  You went through trying times to be tested and to be formed into the masterpiece God designed you to be.  When Michelangelo's chiseled David he took a sold piece of marble and formed him by knocking off pieces that didn't belong.  God does the same to us he hammers at us and slowly but surely our beauty takes form.  God sees the beauty within us all along, however it takes us much longer to see it. A Masterpiece is not made overnight, it takes time.

We allow guilt, resentment, bitterness, anger and hatred cover over our beauty and that is the stuff that is keeping us from reaching our full potential. Let your true beauty shine through by allowing God to remove all of that, which does not belong.  That ugliness is keeping you from reaching your full potential.  I know first hand because I couldn't get to where I am today without first letting God get rid of the garbage that was holding me back.  If you want to be free than decide right now that you will be open and willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

There is a road that is calling you.  The road to freedom is it's name.  If you would like to travel down that road then let's begin the new life journey.  The destination is Your Full Potential!  When you travel there you will be free to be who God designed and needs you to be.  You will be free from being held back, stifled or paralyzed from the fear that keeps you from being the best you can be.  If you have a small still voice inside of you that has dared you to be more, dared you to dream more, to create more but something is stopping you we are going to annihilate the "things" that are holding you back from getting there.

You see my friend, I know what those emotions and fears feel like.  I was literally shut down for years.  I had given up and believed the lies that I would never amount to anything, that I was not as good as everyone else, that I was a worthless no good human being.  I was paralyzed with fear.  I was filled with bitterness and anger.  I was filled with shame and guilt.  I felt as though I was constantly battling to keep sane.  One day I walked through the doorway of forgiveness that lead to the road to freedom.  I read something by Louis Hays "Hurt People, Hurt People."  Those two words that are repeated twice with the emphasis on the word "hurt" shocked me.  Say them out loud right now several times.  Now, think back over some of the most hurtful times of your life.  For me that meant going back to age 4 when sexual abuse began.

Let me warn you friend, you are going to have to be honest.  You are going to have to hurt to get to the other side.  The tears of truth will have to fall and the wall that is blocking you from your full potential will have to come down.  You can't walk around it, or jump over it.  It must come down and the time to begin is right now.  I will make you a promise though my beloved, if you will trust me and listen to me I will hold your right hand and walk right along side of you.  You won't be on this journey alone.  You have nothing to fear and you are never alone.  Isn't it time to be set free?  Haven't enough years passed of not truly living your best? Do you first Desire to live at your best?  If you answered a Joyful YES!; then the second step to take is to forgive.

Is forgiveness easy?  No it isn't but if you truly desire to get where you dream of going then it is a must.  It hurts, it is painful but it is so freeing!  You might have to start with forgiving yourself or God or your parents or even people who did you "wrong".  The reality is everything that has ever happened to you has happened so you could reach your full potential.  The lessons that you were supposed to learn are there, perhaps at the time you went through them you could not see what they were.  You were blinded or possibly still blinded by hatred, fear, embarassment etc. You are a better person, a wiser person because of fires that test you.  I say this because I know it is the truth for me.  I share the truth with you in love because I want you to reach the peak of your potential. When you hold onto anything that is not lovely, good or worthy you will be held back from your peak performance.

Make a list of all the people who have ever hurt you.  The events in life that caused you pain and suffering.  The fires and trials that you have endured that felt unfair, unlucky or just plain wrong.  Now let me assure you that some of the things you went through were "wrong" in a sense, but they were also right because they formed your very being.  They touched your soul and you gained your true character through them.  You tapped into strength that you didn't even know you had. People were brought into your life that cared and comforted you that gave you hope and showed you what true love really was.  You became a better person because of the hurt that you experienced. Something good came out of the bad.  You have to look for it, you have to allow it to be revealed to you, you have to cling to the belief that it was not all in vain.  It was part of your purpose, part of the plan, part of the path that you had to walk down to get to where you are today.

I am living a new life that could only be possible because God was gracious enough to give it to me.  His mercy and love for me as a child of God is bigger than my brain can imagine.  I never really understood how he could love me.  Why was I important?  Why did he want to create me? I couldn't understand it and I couldn't see it until today.  He created me to bring him great pleasure and joy! He smiles when I use His Strength and His talents He deposited on the inside of me. That is what I am doing right now! I am creating, just like He did and when we do what we Love, the blessings follow! I guess the God of the Universe Loves to Create because that is what he does so well!  I look around and see All that He created and am overwhelmed with such Joy and Awe!  I look at the mountains and see grandeur and beauty, I look at flowers and see his tender touch, he likes pretty things.  He likes to Smile because I smile when I look at them and if He made Me in His Image then what I do that is good must be what he does. God is Love, everything He creates has Love in it.  I have never felt so loved in my life when I see all that He created for me to enjoy! Stop and look around you right now, get up and look through a window or better yet walk outside....I will gladly wait as you do! Look at ALL He created it is Magnificent isn't it? We have to stop ourselves to see it. In our fast paced world we can move so quickly that all the beauty God created for us to enjoy can be missed.  Beloved, please don't miss it, if you do, then you miss out on seeing how much God Loves you! I missed it for so many years, I didn't see it, I didn't understand it, I never had anyone really explain it to me like I want to explain to you. Look at some of these pictures,

This reflect just a small portion of God's love...

 

 

He paints the sky for us everyday. The pallet He uses has magnificent colors in it.  He LOVES all colors and He loves to show off His talents. I bet His Crayon Box is HUGE!!!  Look how many different types of Trees He made, how many different types of flowers are there? God created them ALL! Have you ever really stopped and thought about that? It blows me away when I do!!! I never thought about all of it until I was in my 40's.  My hope and prayer is that someone somewhere will see the glorious beauty at a younger age and reflect it to the world.  You don't have to wait, you can see it right now!!! The proof of how much He loves me and you surrounds us. All He asks us to do is open up the beautiful eyes He gave us and use them to see it. For those who do not have eyes that see hopefully they have ears that can hear or fingers or toes that can touch. God created something for all of our senses to experience His love. Some are blessed with all their senses and yet they do not use them to see, taste, touch and hear the Love of God that surrounds them.  I know I didn't, but I do now! I make it a daily priority to stop and appreciate what He has given me to enjoy. As the old saying goes, "you have to stop and smell the roses"! I used to run past them and didn't even notice them. Their brilliant beauty was there to capture me but I could not see it. I wonder how that made God Feel? If I worked really hard on creating something amazingly beautiful for someone to enjoy and they did not even notice it, I would probably be pretty hurt, wouldn't you? He created it all for us to enjoy, so let's enjoy it! He already knows, understands and still loves us even though we didn't see it. But now is the time, He wants you to reach Your Full Potential. To reach it, we must count on Him to help us.  We can't do it alone, but what we can do with Him is amazing.  He wants to create through you and me. He longs to use us but we must cooperate.  Remember He gave us Free Will, we have a choice. Life is all about choices and when I stopped doing what I wanted to do and started doing what God wanted me to do things Really Changed! The Joy and peace that comes when you are in allignement with the Creator of The Universe is overwhelming. There is no other way to obtain it and I assure you, I tried!