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I Wanna Be F.A.T.

Faithfully

Abounding (in)

Trust

Yesterday God showed me that I have not been as trusting in Him as I thought I had been. Through a conflict between my fiancee and I, I found myself treating my future like my past. Being to proud to see the change(s) that God has made in our relationship(s) and outside our relationship i.e. with our own past that we have both traveled from.

Through this situation I noticed that being proud blinds one from seeing the truth and the reality of what is happening in and around them. Being proud relies on ones strength to trust (having confidence) in ones ability to get one through anything or change anything. Being proud causes one to wrongly judge someones intentions for your life. Being proud makes you bigger than what you really are without God.

But then I read this ....

Proverbs 28:25 (King James Version)

 ²⁵He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Today I have decided I will become F.A.T. by putting my trust in God. F.A.T. simply means to prosper. I want my relationship with my fiancee to prosper. I want my ideas to prosper. I want my dreams to prosper. I want my family to prosper. I want my friends to prosper. I want my enemies to prosper. All these desires can not happen unless I put away my enormous pride and put all my confidence in God.

And who said being F.A.T. was a bad thing????

I Didn't Save You ....

I didn't save you just to be saved 

I didn't save you just to shout

I didn't save you just to dance

I didn't save you just to preach

I didn't save you just to be saved

I didn't save you just to go to church

I didn't save you just to obtain a title

I didn't save you just to occupy a seat

I didn't save you just to be saved

I didn't save you to focus on "ME"

I didn't save you just to exist

I didn't save you just to give you a quick fix

I didn't save you just to be saved

I didn't save you just to live then die

I didn't save you to waste your time

I didn't save you to live in yesterday

I didn't save you just to be saved

I didn't save you to stay stuck on pause

I didn't save you to be a slave

I didn't save you to limit yourself

I didn't save you just to be saved

I didn't save you so you can skirt your purpose

If I did save you just to be saved then I would have killed you

If I saved you just to be saved that would've been our destiny

I didn't save you just to be saved

GPA=Success????

Achievement

Better

Common

Decent

Failure

I don't know why I am exactly writing this but it popped into my head when I was driving home last night. The letters A, B, C, D, and F are letters which are used to classify the amount of work done in a class.

As most of you know we all want to shoot for the A's and B's but every now and again (if your a student like myself) an occasional C might pop up. Also a there always that one test that you wanted drop because you didn't do so well on, that you became sacred that the D or F would effect your GPA.

At the end of it all your grades might be a mere reflection your study habits or lack thereof. However I am a firm believer that your GPA is not a reflection of your ability to succeed.

Remember your GPA only applies to your school and maybe your job applications ....

But it never applies to your self worth ....

I Remember ....

"I remember that which matters most .... We are still here!" Morpheus

Keep fighting Keep pressing Keep remembering that you are still here after everything you went through ....

I Apologize .... To Myself????

I apologize for mishandling the great gift that you are

I apologize for exposing to things that you were to young to handle

I apologize for making harmful decisions

I apologize for giving away your innocence

I apologize for not always staying the course

I apologize for not always being the brother I was meant to be

I apologize for lusting after riches

I apologize for often times being to proud

I apologize for unnecessary feelings of inadequacy

I apologize for not always believing God

I apologize for not always being a Man

I apologize for not always completing what I started

I apologize to You

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Marques Vance Pedescleaux

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Apology Accepted!!!!

Make a Decision

Make a decision

It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

In fact, make several. Make more decisions could be your three word mantra.

No decision is a decision as well, the decision not to decide. Not deciding is usually the wrong decision. If you are the go-to person, the one who can decide, you'll make more of a difference. It doesn't matter so much that you're right, it matters that you decided.

Of course it's risky and painful. That's why it's a rare and valuable skill.

By Set Godin

What are you waiting for????

Dropping In To Dropping Out

These are Great lessons from Steve Jobs .... Read first then listen second ....

"It is impossible to see how the dots connect looking forward

you can only see the dots connect as you are looking backward 10 years later ...."

A Call To Action

"I will accept this prize as a call to action...."

President Barack Obama

UpDate

 

I haven't blogged in a while because I took time to think and reflect

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Reflecting on what needs to be done in my life and what doesn't need to be done

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To evaluate some actions and trying to figure out will these actions produce the results I desire

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Do I really wish to be the standard? Do I really want to be great?

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Do I really push and believe what God said about me?

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Do I still have what it takes even though I'm not where I want to be?

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Do I still have the ability to be an original of myself yet a copy of Christ?

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Do I still have a voice that still needs to be heard?

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Do I still need to chase my dreams?

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Do I seek the extraordinary?

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I decided to update my faith, beliefs, actions, and motivation by saying

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Yes, because God loves Me and People are depending on Me

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Everything in Me must be Executed

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Because He didn't let me live to fail

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But to live and succeed

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Updated!!!!