Life with Advice

For the past seven months I have been trying to find out what exactly is it that God wants me to do with my life. I been through many trials and tribulations but God held my head high when I felt I reached my lowest points. If you knew me prior to December 2008 you knew the humble, kind-hearted, sensible Jon. I'm not gonna lie the year of 2009 has been the year of my alter ego. From the decisions I make, the attitude i carry, and the way in general I carried myself. I'm not this cocky- concieted person that I SOMETIMES come off as. My heart is full of love, but I feel its suspended on sharing it. I can never say that NO ONE knows what I'm going through and that no one has it as bad as me, because I don't know the next man's/woman's story.

I've been lied to throughout my life from the ones that are closet to me. I have had this chip on my shoulder for years and years and have made it sewn in my head that i would take no lie from no man/woman at any time. Nothing is wrong with that becasue as I despise a lying tongue my God does as well and the Bible says for me to be God like (Matthew 5:43-48) . BUT when God forgives them I still carry that chip which is the problem. Matthew 6:14-16 says: For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. As I read this scripture on a DAILY I try so hard to look past the situtuations that in the bigger picture are so small and move forward in life. Holding a grudge will only hold me back from accomplishing things I can use that extra energy on (i.e school work, studying the word)....

Last month God place a God fearing person in my presence that has been through it ALL it seems! She's a co-worker of mine and seems to ALWAYS have an answer to everything. Most of the time this would be A-NNOYING, but she always enlightens me with advice that i truly take to heart. I haven't met a girl in a long time that I can just talk to and neither party start to get the least bit of feelings. But it's different with her genuine conversations that will only help me grow as a person. I really believe God put her in this office with me for this very reason. He saw that I was taking the wrong turns and he knew I would listen to a pretty girl in whatever she says (lol). God works in mysterious ways but I thank him for what he has done for me.

Proverbs 12:15 says: The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice