Far Better Things Ahead Than What I Leave Behind

Well, this 2014 word I've chosen to work on this
year, as I told you in my last post, 
 is the word Release.
                                                                           
I'm hoping as you read my post and
future posts that
you too will find a cord of hope 
that will help you release things that
might be also holding you back 
from receiving the best 
that God has planned for you ahead.

Today I want to start with a biggie
myth that has tripped me up with it's lie
way too many times.

The Myth of the guaranteed right choice!

I like guarantees that I can count on.

I probably drive some sales people crazy

with all of the  questions I ask when

I'm trying to make sure I don't end up with

a mistake choice in purchasing something.

I'm sure you are like that also when it 

comes to big purchases

and it's 

the responsible way to be.

But in this path we take called

daily life,

we cannot tie it all up in a pretty bow

like we would a purchase.

Sometimes things happen that we 

didn't count on and that disappoint us

and they totally change our dreams and plans.

Then fear can set in

and cripple us from making 

new plans and having new dreams.

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I've been reading a great book by

author Paula Rinehart

called "Better Than Your Dreams".

Here is a passage from her book that really

spoke to me:

"Hidden behind most of our regrets is the myth of the guaranteed right choice - as though if we'd only done it right, the path would have been smooth.  There is a yellow-brick road, we think, and our job from birth is to find it."

"The search for guarantees can leave you cautious and tentative about nearly everything - always fearful that your next choice will prove (yet again) to be some kind of mistake you regret."

"I want to suggest that it's just these places in your experience where dreams and expectations don't work out - that you are being issued the invitation of your life.  Disappointment is, strangely enough, a doorway to the real adventure. It's the point where you start to leave behind most of your notions of how your story should read - and enter your relationship with God as a journey. A true journey, one that's wild and adventurous and not anywhere close to predictable."

Paul Rinehart..
.book Better Than Your Dreams

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 So this myth,

The Myth of the guaranteed right choice

is one of those things you and I 

need to release

 so we can move forward to

 better things ahead.

It will probably be a work in progress

in letting it go completely,

but God promises

 freedom, peace and adventure

along the way as we do.

I LOVE this song by J.J. Heller...

Listen and be hopeful..
oh and sing it at the top of your lungs
with me..  (it's one of those kind of songs!!)

Hugs,