Thursday, April 14, 2011

NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME

WE ARE ALL BORN WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL TALENTS.  SOME GOOD, SOME BAD.  IT IS UP TO US TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT WE AS INDIVIDUALS ARE GONNA DO WITH THE TALENTS WE POSSESS.  NOTICE THAT I USED THE WORD "POSSESS".   SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, IT SEEMS LIKE I WAS "BORN" WITH CERTAIN ABILITIES.  
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO DO.

NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO LIE.
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO STEAL.
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO GET INTO TROUBLE. 
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO GET DRUNK.
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO USE ANY AND EVERY DRUG.
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO BE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.
NO ONE HAD TO TEACH ME HOW TO BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MYSELF AND TO MY FAMILY.

I WAS BORN WITH THOSE ABILITIES.  I WAS PROUD OF MY ABILITIES.  I ENCOURAGED MY FRIENDS TO USE THOSE SAME ABILITIES.  I CHOSE NOT TO SEE WHERE THOSE ABILITIES WERE LEADING ME. 

TODAY, I SEE THOSE ABILITIES FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE.  THOSE NATURAL BORN ABILITIES WERE NOTHING BUT TRICKS OF THE DEVIL.  THEY WERE MEANT TO CAUSE MISERY, PAIN AND CONFUSION.  THEY WERE MEANT TO DESTROY EVERYTHING AND ANYBODY WHO CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ME.

I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THE LORD LOVED ME ENOUGH TO SHOW ME THAT I HAD BEEN TRICKED BY THE DEVIL FOR SO MANY YEARS.  IT IS ONLY THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE THAT I AM EVEN ALIVE TODAY TO POST THIS "NOTE".   NO ONE EVER HAD TO TEACH ME TO SIN.  BUT TODAY, I AM RELING ON MY GOD TO COMPLETELY "TEACH" ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW. 
MY HEART IS WILLING.  MY MIND IS RENEWED.  MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN. 

I WANT ONLY TO BE A WILLING VESSEL TO MY GOD WHO SACRIFICED HIS ONLY LIVING SON FOR ME.  FOR SINFUL, DREADFUL ME.  I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM TODAY.    I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO RELY UPON HIM AND HIM ONLY.  I HAVE LEARNED THAT HIS WAY IS THE ONLY WAY.   I KNOW TODAY THAT THE WORLD HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO OFFER ME.  I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM TO HAVE FINALLY REALIZED THAT.

I WISH THAT SOME OF MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS COULD FEEL WHAT I FEEL THESE DAYS.  I WISH SOME OF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE THINGS THE WAY I DO TODAY.  AND ITS ACTUALLY SO VERY SIMPLE.  IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE SURELY WILL DO IT FOR YOU.

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