I have blogged before about the "Golden Handcuffs" see previous post dated 8/2/08, and I spoke about how we are trapped by the income we are earning because we are scared to loose that security blanket. But it is not a security blanket it is an UNSECURE BLANKET, it can be ended at anytime by someone who has power over that paycheck. I say power over that paycheck because they do not have power over you.
I lived under that fear for almost 2 years and now after a gift from God I'm being laid off from work. My first feeling was fear of the unknown how would I provide for my family. But as I thought about this and prayed the good Lord put it in my heart that everything is from Him, so it was God who was providing for my family in the first place and He will continue to provide and show me the way.
1 Corinthians 2:5 NIV
so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power
1 Corinthians 7:21 NIV
...although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
So, it seems as so God has broken me loose from my Golden Handcuffs and he has given me my freedom. So, do I jump right into the same situation another job for someone else as before because it pays the bills and it is safe or do I search for what my heart wants and pursue that happiness?
Life on this earth is like a blink of an eye and when it is over, it is over. A life fully lived is one of the greatest gifts from God and we waste it out of fear.
1 Timothy 6:9-11 NIV
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Emphases added
I dreaded going to work it took all of my energy, it drained me, and left nothing but a hollow shell of a person at the end of each day. I was not excited to wake up each day and experience all that life has to offer. I also found myself tired and lifeless at the end of each work day. I deserved more from each day than getting up and going to work, coming home and seating in my chair exhausted, and then going to sleep. My family deserve a better father than someone physically and emotional drained from a tedious day of a mind numbing thankless job. It was not the type of work that I was doing that was slowly taking away my hope, it was where I was working and who I was working for.
I'm blessed with my family and good health and a love of the good Lord so the future is unknown and exciting. I now look forward to everyday instead of trying just to survive each day. I will end with a few quotes;
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” -- Helen Keller
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." – George Bernard Shaw
"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." -- Thomas H. Huxley
“There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.” -- Peter Drucker
"The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live." -- Norman Cousins
"It is better to have beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear"
“The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.”
Thucydides quotes (Ancient Greek historians and author, 460-404bc)
A Christian, Father, Husband, Son, and Friend. This is my blog about living a full life, having fulfillment, surviving in the United States, and navigating the daily battlefield. To do this I'm in combat training and God is my drill sargeant. Let's go on this journey through life together.
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IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling
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The Armor of God - Ephesians 6:10-18
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
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