I Am Not Who I Use to Be!

Allow me to start by saying, I am NOT the person I used to be, and neither are you.

God has done a lot of work in my character, my personality. I don't speak the same, walk the same, I don't enjoy the same things or do the same things I use to do. He has removed people and replaced them with new people. He has taken away things, and blessed me with new things. I may not be exactly where I want to be, but God is definitely preparing me for greater.

The way I talk now, some people can't even believe its me. They think its fake or I've lost my mind, but the wild thing is I've actually found it. It was my past life where people should have said I'd lost my mind. Sometimes it's easier for people to believe you are the same than to believe you are changing for your good. They rather you stay where you are than to evolve into something so much greater.

People will always bring up my past to try and remind me of who I use to be. My mistakes and my past is not who I am and because I know that, I am able to ignore it. God has restored me, I feel new, I feel better. I feel like I am walking on the path that I belong on, finally. I have fought with God for so many years, but through it all he has never let me go. God has done so much to get my attention and by getting my attention he has taken a lot of things away. Not to hurt me, but to show me that He's trying to communicate with me. Often we look at the bad things that goes on in our lives and we get angry with God, when really we should respond with "Ok God, what are you trying to say? I'm listening. You have my attention". Sometimes it's all because he wants our attention. Do you know (well of course you don't know but...) how much God took away from me before I finally stopped and said, wait hold up...somethings not right. God, what is this? Then I happened to finally read this book my mom gave me and as I was reading the book I realized that book was reading me. That book was written for me, at least that's what it felt like. Talk about an eye opener!

I've prayed for clarity, I have prayed for guidance, and I have received that. My footsteps are guided and I trust in the Lords word that he will do what He says he will do. I will stand by his word with confidence. I am me, I am God's child and I am NOT the person I used to be.