TRUTH IS....

I absolutely refuse to lay in bed tossing and turning, especially when something is eating at me. So, what's eating at me, hours before daylight on New Year’s Day? A lot of things. A whole lot of things. I don't do resolutions and I never have but, I did start last year with big plans to make some big changes in my life. Mostly, I failed, and that's eating at me.

I failed in many areas last year, just like I failed the year before that, and the year before that, and so on, and so forth. It’s a pattern. Given my track record of repeated failure, why should I have any reason to believe that this new year, will be any different than the years gone by? That is eating at me too, but.... Truth is.... when you fail, you learn, and I've learned a lot over these last few years. Especially, this past year! Truth is.... when you add all of that learning up, it puts a fella on some fertile ground and, in a far better place to "do better" and "be better" in the coming year, than he was in the past year. Truth is.... I think the enemy woke me up with doubt and anxiety this morning because he and his minions see the storm clouds on their horizon and they know what God can do in and through my life, if I can ever get past myself, and fully step into it. Truth is.... they wake me up and try their best to convince me the "things" that are eating at me will never change and, I should just accept them. At least, that's what they want me to believe. Truth is.... if they really believed that "things" in my life would never change, then they would just leave me alone, but they don't believe that at all. They know better. Truth is.... when I gave God access to my life almost a decade ago, I stopped being a target and, became a threat, a disrupter. Reinforcements were called in, and the antagonizing began at a new level. New levels new devils. You really believe all that Shane? Yep. With everything in me. Truth is.... I walked out of my bedroom in the wee hours this morning, anxious, and filled with dread thinking about the mountain in front of me that is 2024. Truth is.... I sat down at my table and then just sat there quietly, for maybe ten minutes, before reaching for my new 2024 (GP) devotional, and on the first page, the first verse of the year.... Philippian 1:6 - "Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion". Truth is…. there is literally not a single verse in the entire Bible that speaks to me more than that one, message received Lord! Stay In The Boat. Keep Doing Your Part. Believe, Decide, Persist.... From Nose To Toes! Shane / #16 #life #faith #change #victory