May 11, 2012
This is the first time that I've actually decided to sit down and start writing in a journal. I've always had a feeling about starting one, but never actually sat down and decided to write one. I guess something was speaking to me today and told me that it would be a good idea for me to document everything that is going on in my life, my thoughts, and my feelings on different things. Yesterday while doing devotional with my wife Alec, we read about how you approach and deal with problems that you encounter. The devotional was telling us not to run away from our problems, but when those problems do arise, that they arise for a reason. God stirs up those problems and difficulties to see how we will react to them. Will we use those problems and that bad situation to turn to him? Or will we just make complaints about why things aren't happening to go our way. That's really speaking to me right now because of the things that have been going on with me in the past year. It's been a bumpy road this past year and a half from basketball to growing up and having multiple responsiblities. Things haven't gone smoothly on the basketball front and I'm learning everyday that playing overseas basketball is definitely different. I've learned that it doesn't matter about how much talent you have or what you feel like you should be entitled to. It's about connections, its about your attitude, and its about letting go and letting God have control of your life. I've become a better believer/ follower in Christ this past year. I think God has put me in these situations for a reason. He wants me to let go of the reigns and turn them over to him and let him guide my path. I've been wanting to read more books lately and just started to get into Tony Dungy's book "Quiet Strength". I've head really good things about this book and have seen/ heard about Tony Dungy being a devote Christian. Something in the chapter that I read today said that Tony learned a very good lesson from his parents early in his life that goes with everything that is going on in my life. "Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better." This is a slap in the face literally for me because this past year I have done a lot of complaining and wondering why these bad things were happening to me. I think by me getting more into the word of God, I've learned that I have to change my attitude and my approach to these situations to make them better. This is a brilliant concept that has really hit home for me and I will continue to get better in this area of my life. My motto that I have taken lately in my life is USE EVERYDAY TO BECOME BETTER IN WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO. BECOME BETTER IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FAMILY, GOD, YOUR JOB, YOURSELF, ANYTHING! And I will continue to strive to be a better husband, a better individual, and a better follower of Christ my Lord and Savior. I don't really know how to end this things since this is the first journal I've started, but I'll be writing more on my life so that maybe one day this can help my children or help someone else who knows. Till tomorrow.
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