Our journey of life, is not an easy journey. We carry loads that are too much for us to bare. We walk around dragging, and worry about things that may not even happen.

Knowing who we are, Christ is how we should live, how we should walk, how we should talk and how we can survive this journey with joy. God did not mean for us to live our lives carrying our burdens and dragging ourselves through life as if we’re carrying heavy weight. God wants us to give Him our burdens, so that we can live in His peace.

We are more than conquerors, therefore, live like heavy weight champions and let go of the burden. What do you have to lose. . . besides the weight?!

Matthew 11:28 (KJV) – come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Romans 8:37 (KJV) – nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

We don’t expect less, yet we accept less. We would rather have a piece of, rather than nothing at all.

What you believe about you, will determine what you deserve. As long as you believe you are not worthy of God’s best, you will settle for less. Your expectations of you is what you truly believe about yourself.

Settling for a piece of, is what we attract throughout our lives if we don’t start thinking bigger and better for ourselves. Knowing you are adopted child of God, joint-heirs with Christ, you have no reason to settle. None — not one!

As of today, no more making decisions for a piece of, no more settling for a piece of, but for the bigger and better! All or nothing at all! You must believe it first! Seeing it first is not believing, nor is it faith.

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) – now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The Bible tells us to love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them who curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you. AND, if someone smacks you, turn your cheek so they can smack the other side, and if someone takes your coat, don’t stop him.

Some will say — please, I’m not doing that. Even so, some will not want to love their enemies, do good for them, bless them or even pray for them. Some would even say, if someone smacked me, I’m smacking them back. And definitely will not let them take from me, without stopping them.

Well, strange as it may sound, to not do these things that God ask of us, is disobedience to God. We all can say, our first response is to defend ourselves. But fortunately, we don’t have to, God is our defender.

If you think about it, God works in the reverse of how we know and see things. When God tells us to give Him a portion, which means we have less, He blesses us with more. When God tells us to love, pray and bless our enemies, we are blessed and rewarded in return. To know how God works is to read His word.

You see, God’s ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. We can NEVER go wrong obeying and following God. NEVER!

Isaiah 55:9 (KJV) – for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

From a scraped knee to a broken limb, although it may hurt, in order for it to get better, you have to give it time to heal. Betrayal, abandonment, abuse (mentally or physically) hurts as well, but does not heal with time alone. The key ingredient to healing is — forgiveness.

By no means, will God allow us to go through something without it working for our good. Every hardship and every pain we experience is not wasted. Our Father is showing us something. Either we will ignore it and go through the pain again, or we will see it as coming from God and allow it to change our direction. God’s ways may not make any sense to us, and we may not like it, but every pain, every heartache, every bruise in our life is to accomplish His will. To open our eyes, think differently, and change our direction from the normal.

Therefore, whomever it is that has hurt you in the past, forgive with your mouth — say it with your mouth and begin healing your wounds. Go to your closet in prayer, mentally sit that other person across from you, and forgive them. Release them from the resentment, bitterness, and anger. Tell them, you no longer hold them guilty. The sooner you do this, the quicker your wounds will heal. You may have to do it more than once, but you will begin to feel healing when you do it.

Remember, God will walk through it with you. Trust Him!

Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV) – be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Sometimes it’s good to be comfortable being uncomfortable.

God is more concerned about your obedience to Him, and strengthening your faith, than you being comfortable in doing things your way. We seem to find it more uncomfortable in doing what God wants us to do. We don’t like doing some things that makes us uncomfortable, even if it’s the right thing. We want to stay comfortable and worry about the consequences another time. Or as we would think, if there are any consequences… but there always is.

Get uncomfortable by doing God’s will, God’s way, and see how God will move in your favor!

We want good things to happen to us, and for our loved ones. But we don’t always know how to make that happen. It’s simple, but yet we make it so hard. Give it to God! Whatever it is, He wants us to give it to him. God has made so many promises to us, which is the truth, and we don’t know how to take advantage of it.

In one of God’s many promises, He said, if you trust in Him with all your heart, and don’t depend on yourself, acknowledge God, and He will direct you in the way you should go. Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) – trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. When you’re obedient to God, He will reward you.

Take one step, one day at a time and trust God. Let Him tell you how to receive the good He has for you. If you fail, try again. It’s simple. Trust God.

Let go of that which you “USE” to cherish. That which is no longer there. It’s time to move forward in your life!

Let it go, physically and mentally. There’s a blessing waiting for you, when you let it go.

You are not a quitter. Finish to the end, even if you feel you’re not winning. Dont quit. Dont give up. Keep going even if you have fear. Dont give up. Even if it looks bad. Don’t give up.

God did not make quitters.

Some of us like roller coaster rides! The joy of standing it line for the 2-5 minute ride then, sometimes getting back in line to enjoy the thrill, the excitement, the split seconds of fear, knowing it’s not going to last but for a moment! But, there are those, who do not like roller coaster rides, but choose to do something so much more fun or daring!

What about the roller coaster rides of life? There are no lines, and the thrill, excitement and fear of it last so much longer than a few split seconds, but for hours, days, weeks, months, and some, even years. What’s the thrill in that!? Some of those rides we prefer to get back in line and enjoy them again, and some of those rides we don’t ever want to go back on again.

Most of the times, these are emotional roller coaster rides. Up one day, down the next. And we allow these rides to dictate our emotions. We’re happy when things are going right, our way. Then we’re sad, or disappointed when things are not going our way.

We have to learn to keep our eyes fixed on God, not the circumstances, which will give us a peace and a joy that is not understandable to man, regardless of what’s going on.

Trust our Father to bring you joy and peace, not your circumstances. Some of use have been on the roller coaster of life so long, we don’t know how to get off. There have been many times when our Father has opened a door to help us get off that roller coaster, but we’ve been on it so long, we don’t know if that’s an opportunity to get off, or just look at the open door. Some of our roller coasters have so long a drop, we’re wondering when it’s going to go back up.

We will go through roller coaster rides all of our lives, but we don’t have to let our circumstances dictate our ride, nor let the ride last longer than it should. We can control the ride by the power within us, the promises God has made to us, and speaking those things into existence. Let’s change our thinking and pay attention to what God is offering us. Ask our Father in prayer, and He will show you. But…you have to listen.

We have a tendency to compare ourselves with others. We are who we are, regardless of built, looks, size and age. If we can stop comparing ourselves with others, and love who we are in our own skin, we can lose that low self-esteem attitude.

Love you, and know who you are! God made you. He didn’t make anyone like you. That’s the miracle and beauty of it. Of all the billions and billions of people, God made you like no one else. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! Know it and own it!