From Trials to Tribulations

We are getting to the point where we are in a vicious cycle when it to comes to being unhappy.  Our actions, have become reactions.  We are allowing what others do and say to be the force that MOVES us.  Every time we turn on the television or radio, there is something horrific going on everywhere around us.  We are not voluntarily being desensitized, its as if we can not control the state of IGNORANCE that we are in.  We are angry, and do not know why.  We are insensitive to others, and do not know why.  We are just doing what we want when we want, and have gotten to the point where we are not concerned about how it effects others.  God's word, THE word, will not return void.  What we are going through is par for the course for Christians.  We know that trials may come and trials may go.  But, we have suddenly been thwarted into a life long tribulation.  We do need to recognize that many of our tribulations are self inflicted.  The choices we make, not mistakes, can have an impact on the way we view others, the way we view life, and ultimately our reaping.  Considering that the children will suffer for the sins of the fathers, is something that most Christians never think about.  We know that a lot of what we go through is not because of the way we have lived.  It all began with Adam and Eve.  It's time to take control of this chaotic situation that we are in, and take grasp of God and the power that He has given us.  I choose not to just be alive, I choose to live.  My life, my one and only life, is going to be lived for Christ's sake.  Regardless of my flaws, regardless of the way others view me, regardless of my sins.  Jesus is, and always will be, the ONE that can carry and guide me through...life.  Life on earth and life in heaven.   Living, loving, and loving some more.   carry on