Friday 29 June 2012
Saturday 23 June 2012
YOUR MIND “What Drives Your Life?” part 1
YOUR MIND
“What
Drives Your Life?” part 1
Everyone’s
life is driven by something. Drive;
“to guide, control, or to direct.” Whether you are driving a car, nail, or a
golf ball, you are guiding, controlling and directing it at that moment. What
is the driving force in your life? Right now you may be driven by a problem,
pressure, or a deadline etc. You may be driven by a painful memory a haunting
fear, or an unconscious belief. There are many circumstances, values and
emotions that can drive your life. Here are some common things that drive one’s
life 1. Many people are driven by guilt.
They spend their entire lives running away from regrets and hiding their
shame. People who are driven by guilt are manipulated by memories of the past,
they allow their past to control their future, and they often unconsciously
punish themselves by sabotaging their own success. When Cain sinned, his guilt
disconnected him from God’s presence, and God said, “You will be a restless
wanderer on the earth.” That describes most people today, wondering through
life without a purpose.
We are
products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it. God’s purpose is
not limited by your past he turned a murderer (Moses) into a leader and a
coward (Gideon) into a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things into your
life too. God forgives you and he is giving you a fresh start, the bible says “That God was reconciling
the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he ha
committed to us the message of reconciliation.(1st Corinthians 5:19).” ,
“blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven whose sins are covered.
(Psalm 32:1)”
(Psalm 32:1)”
2. Many people are driven by
resentment and anger. They hold on to hurts and never get over them. Instead of releasing their
pain through forgiveness, they think of it over and over in their minds. Some
release their anger on to others; treat others in a bad way. And that’s unhealthy and unhelpful. Resentment
always hurts you more than it does to the person you resent. While your
offender has probably forgotten the offense and moved on with life, you continue
to lean and think of the pain holding on to the past. Open you eyes :>
THOSE WHO HAVE HURT YOU IN THE PAST CANNOT CONTINUE TO HURT YOU NOW UNLESS YOU
HOLD ON TO THE PAIN THROUGH RESENTMENT. YOUR PAST IS PAST, NOTHING WILL CHANGE
IT. YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF WITH YOUR BITTERNESS. FOR YOUR OWN SAKE,
LEARN FROM IT AND THEN LET IT GO. “To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish,
senseless thing to do.”
To be continued......
References
What drives your life
Purpose driven life (Rick Warren)
What drives your life
Purpose driven life (Rick Warren)
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