Refocus

[Charles E Holmes (MOG)]

When you really think about life, its hard to phantom it without; ups or downs or good or bad. Just like my father used to always tell me," The mark of real man or woman is not how you handle your good situations, but how you handle the bad ones". For those who may be puzzled by this statement, take your time and read every word I am about to write and then you will determine just as I have, that my father was very right. As much as we all want the world to be perfect or our lives to be without stress, pain or suffering, it will not happen as long as we live in the flesh. For every man , woman or child are born in sin, therefore life will never be perfect.When I think about my own life , I think about how much my life has changed over the years. From being a new born baby in my mothers arms and now a grandfather holding my own grand babies in my arms.Life is strange and it goes by so quickly, one has to wonder why does it go so fast. As I think about the subject of love, it makes me think about my most resent past. Where I was a man so focus and determine to get what I wanted out of life; as far as taking care of my children, my career and also taking good car of my body. I was and still a type of person that will work hard to get the things that I want. I am a very determine man( my mother raised me this way). She would say "Charles nothing in life is free and if you want something you will have to work hard to get it and also to keep it".When I got out on my own, I took her words to heart and did what ever I could to become successful. I was focused and determined. I knew exactly what I wanted and had a plan devised so that I would get it. Even when it came to dating or having children, I had a plan. Now as you know most plans ,do not pan out, but some of my plans did come to fulfillment.
Latter in life I decided that I wanted a wife and having those material things, didn't matter much because I and my children were also getting older. I latter found my wife and four years latter divorced. After that, my life was in disarray and I lost focus. The person I was before, I got married was gone and the confident man I was lost. If you ever been divorced, lost a home, a job, had a life changing decease or lost a love one, due to death may understand where I am coming from. Being in those types of situations can cause any man or woman to loose focus and not be the person they are used to being. Even if things are going well, you may also lose focus, because you may have become to comfortable with your life.That is how some of us gain weight and some may lose their touch because they stop being who they were before their life started to change.Some of you may wonder or ask yourself this question. Why is it even when I am doing well, that I may sometimes lose myself? Well in most cases it because the devil may cause you to lose focus and concentrate on things that are not good or too sin. This has happen to me in my past and the only way I regain my focus was by going to church then, giving my life to Christ. After that I started to find myself and also now I am much better than I was in my past. Instead of thinking about what I want to accomplish, I refocused my life , then did what God wanted me to do.The point I am trying to make is God will make sure you do not hurt yourself and keep you focused. Most of the time when we experience pain or loss its because of something we have done to ourselves. Now there are situations where people die naturally or have accident's. But when it comes to relationships, job lose or even some accidents, it may be because of human error. God warns us and gives us all example's, even to those who do not believe to help us avoid trouble.If people refocus their lives and concentrate on God then he will make your pathways straight. God will give you what your heart desires and having him in your life will cause you to refocus your life.God will give you help where others are unable too. So refocus your life and concentrate on God.Start living for Christ and you will never lose focus again.
Have a blessed night,
Charles
Galatians 6:8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.