HE DOESNT NEED OUR HELP

AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER ALOT OF NAME CALLING BETWEEN ME AND MY BROTHER.  I CAN RECALL ONE TERM IN PARTICULAR THAT WE USED QUITE OFTEN.  WE LIKED TO CALL EACH OTHER AN "INDIAN GIVER."  I KNOW TODAY THAT NAME CALLING IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TERM USED IS OFFENSIVE TO OTHERS.  I GOOGLED THE TERM "INDIAN GIVER" A FEW MINUTES AGO AND SAW IT DEFINED AS A "PERSON WHO GIVES A GIFT AND LATER WANTS IT BACK."  IT ALSO WENT ON TO STATE THAT THIS TERM IS SOMETIMES SEEN AS OFFENSIVE, PARTICULARLY TO AMERICAN INDIANS.  AND I CAN SEE WHY.  I AM USING THIS TERM IN MY "NOTE" TODAY, BUT I MEAN NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE.  I AM USING THE TERM TO DESCRIBE MYSELF AND I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU WHY. 

ITS QUITE EASY FOR ME TO GIVE ADVISE TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY ADVISE OF A SPIRITUAL NATURE.  I ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO "GIVE IT TO GOD" SOMETIMES ON A DAILY BASIS.  I NEED TO FOLLOW THE SAME ADVISE MYSELF.  HERE LATELY, I HAVE BEEN AN "INDIAN GIVER."  I HAVE BEEN GIVING IT TO GOD, ONLY TO TAKE IT BACK.  WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIPS.  IT IS IN MY SELFISH NATURE TO TRY TO FIX THINGS.  I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.  CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND WHICH PROVED TO ME, ONCE AGAIN, THAT I ABSOLUTELY MUST LET GO AND LET GOD!  I MAKE A MESS OF THINGS.  I AM NOT IN CONTROL OF MY DESTINY.  I HAVE NO ANSWERS.  THE PAST IS THE PAST FOR A REASON. 

BY TRYING TO "FIX" THINGS, WE CREATE A BIGGER MESS.  OUR BIBLE GIVES US PROOF OF THIS FACT.  IN ONE EXAMPLE, SARAH GOT TIRED OF BEING CHILDLESS AND TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.  THE RESULTING MESS WAS CATASTROPHIC, SUCH AS OUR MESSES BECOME WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO SOLVE OUR OWN PROBLEMS.  I AM TIRED OF BLOCKING MY BLESSINGS.  I HAVE HAD ENOUGH DISAPPOINTMENT.  I NEED TO FOLLOW MY OWN ADVISE AND TRULY "GIVE IT TO GOD."  HE ALONE HOLDS THE KEY TO OUR HAPPINESS.  HE ALONE KNOWS THE PLAN.  HE ALONE IS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS OF OUR FUTURE.  AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE ARE HELPLESS, EVEN WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.  SELF DESTRUCTION IS IN OUR VERY NATURE.  HE DOESNT NEED OUR HELP.  WE NEED TO JUST SIT BACK, WAIT, OBEY AND LISTEN FOR HIS STILL, SMALL VOICE. 

THATS WHAT I AM DOING TODAY!

JEREMIAH 29:11  FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.