SO I REALLY THINK THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT THE PAST IS AND ITS PURPOSE...I THINK THE DEVIL RUNS A VICTORY LAP PER DAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE HEARTS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DISCOURAGE AND LET CRUMBLE... NO ONE CAN TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR BLESSINGS UNLESS THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY REALIZE WHERE THEY WERE... AND HOW GOD GOD MADE A WAY OUT OF NO WHERE... TAMED THE HEARTS OF THE LION OR THE POLICE OFFICER AND GAVE A WARNING VERSUS A TICKET THAT WOULD HAVE SUSPENDED A LICENSE... OR PUSHED YOU TO SAY PLEASE ONE MORE TIME AFTER SOMEONE TOLD YOU NO 3O TIMES.. ONLY 2 GET A YES THAT 31'ST TIME.
THE PAST IS JUST A REFERENCE POINT OF WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM... A TINY REMINDER OF WHAT THE JOURNEY FELT LIKE... HOWEVER, YOUR PAST DOES NOT DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE.. THERE "IS" STILL HOPE. THE FIRST STEP IS A NEW MINDSET. A NEW MIND BRINGS NEW FRUITS, AND OLD MIND MAINTAINS OLD PROBLEMS
MAYBE THIS IS JUST MY PERSPETIVE..BUT I DON;T THINK GOD JUST UP AND PUNISHES ANYONE.. THERE ARE SIMPLY LIFE COURSES ON EVERY JOURNEY THAT HAS A HAPPY ENDING.. THERE ARE JUST ROAD BLOCKS AND HARDSHIPS ALONG THE WAY FOR YOU TO LOOK BACK ON AT THAT DESTINATION POINT... HOWEVER, SO MANY PEOPLE BLOCK THEIR BLESSINGS... THEY GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THE NOW AND DEPEND ON WHAT "MAKES SENSE TO THEM AT THAT POINTIN THEIR LIFE" VERSUS... "THINKING FUTURE... I WILL GET OUT OF THIS.. IT'S HERE FOR A REASON. NOT JUST CUZ GOD FELT LIKE DOING IT BUT BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING SOME TYPE OF LESSON FROM IT." GOD DOESN'T WASTE HIS TIME.. EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK @ EACH OBSTACLE FOR ITS PURPOSE AND WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO TELL YOU VERSUS.. THROWING IN A TOWEL AND GIVING UP HOPE...
ANOTHER CONCEPT I'M LEARNING... IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BLOCKING THEIR BLESSINGS. THEY ARE STUBBORN AND WANT TO DO THINGS THEIR WAY. VERSUS THE WAY THEY KNOW THEY FEEL IN THEIR SPIRIT GOD WANTS THEM GO...
THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL TAKE ON IT.. BUT THINK ABOUT ANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP YOU MAY HAVE HAD WITH SOMEONE... LITTLE BROTHER/SIS OR MENTEE.... THEY ARE ASKING FOR HELP. YOU GIVE THEM ADVICE BUT THEY WANNA DO THINGS THEIR WAY ANYWAY.. SO YOU JUST BACK OFF... TILL THEY'RE READY.... KNOWING THAT BECAUSE THEY CHOSE THE HARD WAY, HARDSHIPS WILL FOLLOW. THEY WILL STILL GET TO THE SAME POINT... AT SOME POINT... JUST A LOT SLOWER.... DAYS. WEEKS... DECADES! NOW IF WE BACK OFF AND WE'RE MADE OF FLESH.. IMAGINE HOW GOD OPERATES..
IT'S ALMOST THE SAME AS K-12 SCHOOL.... BEFORE YOU CAN PASS TO THE NEXT GRADE YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT YOU COMPREHEND THE MATERIAL TAUGHT... IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME STUDYING AND APPLYING THE LESSONS TO YOUR LIFE.... YOU WILL STAY BACK A GRADE... OR YEAR (LESSON)
IN ESSENCE... IT IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR A 25 YEAR OLD TO BE ON A 15 YEAR OLDS MENTAL LEVEL. BECAUSE THEY "STAYED BACK". A 50 YEAR OLD CAN BE HELD BACK AT AGE/GRADE "20" BECAUSE THEY DIDNT GRASP A CONCEPT NEEDED FOR LATER IN LIFE... NOW GRANTED YOU GET AS MANY TRIES AS YOU WANT TO LEARN THE LESSON.. BUT TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE... ON THE FLIP... I BELIEVE AN "OBEDIENT" 20 YEAR OLD CAN BE ON THE LEVEL OF SOME 30 YEAR OLDS BECAUSE THEY WERE FOCUSED... TOOK THE CRASH COURSE AND EVEN DID SUMMER SCHOOL WHILE OTHERS WERE ON SUMEMR VACATION.
THATS HOW WE "OUTGROW OUR FRIENDS". WE GO HOME AFTER COLLEGE TO OUR HOME TOWNS AND FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME MINDSET THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.. BUT IT'S THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY ARE!!!
NONETHELESS.. I CAN TALK ALL DAY ON THIS TOPIC. I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE THAT FEEL'S LIKE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE SAME SPOT FOR SO LONG... THE WORLD IS FOREVER CHANGING AND SO SHOULD YOU.
"BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND."
IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING YOU DID 10 YEARS AGO.. NOT GOD OR ANYONE BUT YOURSELF IS HOLDING YOU BACK... YOU HAVE TO PICK UP THAT BOOK FOR YOURSELF TO LEARN THE LESSONS TO FINALLY PASS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND IN ADVANCE... THAT YOU KNOW HARDSHIPS ARE COMING.. BUT FOR A PURPOSE TOG ET TO THE NEXT STAGE.... YOU WILL LOOK AT FUTURE OBSTACLES WITH A " A NEW EYE" A NEW PERSPECTIVE... INSTEAD OF WASTING TIME WONDERING HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME... USE YOUR NATURAL GIFTS AND SENSES TO START FINDING A WAY OUT OF IT.. AFTER ALL YOU CAN SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WANT ON 1 PROBLEM ON A TEST... BUT WHEN CLASS IS OVER... ITS OVER
-Look @ this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNcQt8BYos
-Then read K-Ci's response:
http://concreteloop.com/2006/04/k-ci-speaks-out-on-mary-j-blige
-MARY'S SNIPPET IN THE 50 CENT/GAME SONG "HATE IT OR LOVE IT"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhYpCcn3HrE
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