This week's been rather tough; besides being kept constantly on my toes due to the hectic schedule in camp, ive also had to contend with my own personal struggles.
"I was lost and alone Trying to grow, making my way down that long winding road Had no reason, no rhyme Like a song out of time.'
That summed up exactly how i felt the whole week.
Then, it struck me. Last Sunday's sermon. On hindsight, it seems almost Godsent.
Thus, ive summarised the key points of the sermon, as a personal reminder to myself.
'How We Can Change Our Destiny' - Rev. Jeff Weber
God has a plan for us. He is saying to us "If we want our lives to be changed, we need to do something different." Many of us live in the past; we cling on desperately to our bad experiences or former glories and refuse to progress forward. When we fail in our endeavours, we blame our past circumstances. Similarly, we like to rest on our laurels. However, these are all excuses. God is greater than our past; He is the God of our future. He does not want us to be shackled by the burdens of our past. We cannot move forward if we keep looking backward.
Jeremiah 29:11 'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'
And so i will strive to do so...
I’ve been caught sideways out here on the crossroads Trying to buy back the pieces I lost of my soul It’s hard when the devil won’t get off your back It’s like carrying around the past in a hundred pound sack
{Chorus} Today I’m gonna keep on walking I’m gonna hold my head up high I’m gonna leave it all behind Today I’m gonna stand out in the rain Let it wash it all away Yeah wash it all away I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah
Skeletons and Ghosts are hiding in the shadows Threatening me with all the things that they know Choices and mistakes, they all know my name But I’m through holding in and holding onto all that pain
Today I’m gonna keep on walking I’m gonna hold my head up high Got No more tears to cry Today I’m gonna stand out in the rain Let it wash it all away Yeah wash it all away I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah
And I know I know I know I know I’ve been forgiven I know I know I know I’m gonna start living Today I’m gonna keep on walking I’m gonna hold my head up high I’m gonna leave it all behind Today I’m gonna stand out in the rain Let it wash it all away Yeah wash it all away I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah I’m gonna let it go Oh yeah Oh yeah
