Have you ever made choices or decisions in haste, anger, while confused, or while intoxicated, and at the time you thought they were the right decisions, but found out it was in fact a mistake? Now your're trying to find your way forward, but the mistake has you bound to that choice you made. It could have been 30 years ago, 2 years ago, or it could be something as recent as last month. Now, your left with trying to find a way out, not knowing where to start or how to start.

First off dealing with life is hard at times, especially as a christian. You are trying to navigate life utilizing your new relationship with Christ, but you still have some worldly views and you have to learn how to become selfless and not be selfish. If you only concern yourself with what you feel and not about others, then you are selfish. Jesus concerned himself with the world, and though he may not have sat with you physically, he died for you on the cross at Calvary and paid the ulitmate selfless act for your redemption. He gave his life as a ransom for you to be free.

This christian walk requires selfless behavior, an attitude of servitude, and it requires forgiveness. You have to forgive yourself for all the mistakes you've made, any regrets you may have about decisions and choices, learn from those mishaps, don't allow them to affect or control who you are becoming through Christ Jesus. The enemy of our souls wants to keep us trapped in a box, bound to failures, pain, hurts and disappointments, he doesn't want you to experience the freedom you can have in Christ. He doesn't want you to move forward, but in fact wants to keep you down so that you will give up and continue living a life that is not fullfilling your full potential.

Most struggles in life are designed to mature us spiritually on how to deal with people, jobs, friends, family, and your enemies. The key is learning the lesson while going through the struggles gaining wisdom while in it, gain strength from it and move forward. Instead of holding your head down hiding because you are disgusted with outcomes from choices you made, we have to recognize the teaching. Pray asking the Lord what am I supposed to learn in this lesson? What am I missing or what am I lacking? Ask for wisdom on how to move forward and what steps need to be taken in order to get clarity for your own life and the directions that you need to go to fullfill where the Lord is leading you?

I know that while your in the middle of a struggle all you notice is the turmoil it's causing, the damage you are sustaining and you just want it to end. It's as if you've been boxed in and there's no way to escape. You're alone or it seems as though you're alone, but I can truly tell you, that as long as you have Christ, you'll never be alone, he is always with you.

We have to learn how to surrender our whole life to the Lord. I mean every aspect of it. I remember just giving him one part of my life, and not wanting to give it all, because I thought I knew what was best for me. When I matured, I realized that I was missing out on what the Lord was preparing me for, it was his plan of redemption for my life, to give me hope, peace, love, joy, and the freedom from the bondage, that I was keeping myself in. I had to escape the box that kept me captive to bad choices and decisions.

I'm free now more than ever and I refuse to be placed back into a box of captivity, designed to rob me of the blessings from my heavenly father. I refuse to become stagnant and not working for his kingdom, or doing his will, it's not about me, it's all about what he wants me to do, and I am a willing vessel. Freedom is so exhilerating, I have a peace that surpasses all understanding now and my life is able to go forward, because I chose to let go of the guilt, shame, disappointments, unforgiveness, and pain from past struggles, mistakes and bad decisions.

My prayer for you is that you surrender your whole life, give it all to the Lord, Your hurt, pain, frustrations, your marriage, kids, jobs, friendships, enemies, your past failures, finances and your health. Allow the Lord to free you from your burdens.

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