“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothes yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12

God has a purpose and a plan for our lives and he wants us to do just what he sees happening. As his children he expects us to be more like him each day. To work for his kingdom and his glory. Some of us take longer than others to get where he wants us to be but that is just the way he made us and that is on purpose. He doesn’t expect anything that he doesn’t help us to become. So many lives are intertwined with ours and we need to work together to do his will. It’s just like an actress playing her part and making it convincing and believable. We need love with compassion, kindness and caring, humility that keeps us humble and gentleness and patience. Characteristics that God is good at and his children should also be good at. Because the world is watching us and should see Christ in us and be drawn to him more all the time. We also want to have the Holy Spirit’s help to keep us strong and wise when the enemy tries to catch us off guard. We can’t let him get us distracted and keep us from your plans for us. I know I want to do all I can to help people see just how much they are missing by not knowing my Lord because they think I’m missing out on so much by not living my life the way I choose. But I have learned the long and hard way that when you die to self you actually gain real full life. And I wouldn’t trade that for anything. I spent so many years trying to live my life to the fullest and how others thought I’d be happiest but I wasn’t really happier just more stressed and struggling more to have control. Things aren’t always in are control because God is in control because he does know what is best for everyone. He knows our needs better than we do. And he does want what is best for us.