So you know where you want to be, but how do you get there? I have a GPS. Before I got the GPS my friends would scream at me for years to get a GPS. I get lost...a LOT. You could tell me my destination is a block away and I would end up in east ja-bip. My in-laws actually ended up buying me my GPS because I kept getting lost on the way to their house. So did the GPS solve my problem? Nope. I STILL get lost even with that darn thing! I used my GPS today to get to a diner. After driving 1.5 miles, my GPS says, "You have reached your destination." Look to my left...trees. Look to my right...trees. WTF?! I know where I want to be...but how am I going to get there? Plan B. Call my friend...she gave me the exact address to put in the GPS. Cool...on my way. "You have reached your destination." Look to my left...trees. To my right...trees. Plan C...call the restaurant. They give me a different address to put in my GPS. "You have reached your destination." Trees. Plan D. Call the restaurant again and have them talk to me on the way there and give me landmarks. FINALLY. I had reached my destination.
Point of the story. You may know what you want in life, but it's not always going to be easy getting there, no matter HOW much help/technology there is in the world. Do you give up and go back home is the question. No. If you know what you want, you have to make a plan to get it. If that plan fails, make another, if that plan fails get another...never give up; you know what you want.
Now don't get me wrong, there's a catch. What you want has to come from a pure heart. You can't be conniving, spiteful or have ill intentions when getting what you want. It has to come from a pure desire, a pure heart with good intentions. For example, you want a million dollars. Why? Just to say you're rich? To buy stuff you don't need? You might get a million dollars but you're gonna have a hell of a ride when you get it. Now if you want a million dollars to secure the lives of your children, grandchildren and family, to start a business, to build homes for others, to get out of debt, to bless others...you can get that million dollars and be blessed in many other ways than you would expect.
I know what I want...in a relationship...a career...in my life. My journey has not been a straight shot and I got lost several times along the ride...but I am slowly, but surely securing what I want. I'm not giving up and I'm not changing what I want just because other people don't agree or just because it hasn't been easy. Anyone who knows me KNOWS I get what I want. I do. But it's not because I'm greedy or trying to brag...what I want comes from a pure heart. I have good intentions in all I do and all I desire. There have been times where I didn't get exactly what I wanted, but I got something better instead. So I'm gonna cut this short because it's almost midnight...but pray about what you want. Tell God what you are asking for... the right thing(s) or person(s). Talk to Him about it...and if it's still strong in your heart...go for it and don't look back. Don't let the naysayers get to you, don't let the haters phase you and don't let the obstacles stop you, go around them and take another route. Just remember one thing...Take God with you!! Don't ask Him to provide but then leave Him behind! it doesn't work that way people :)
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