Digging Deep

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I haven’t blogged in a month but June has been a hard month for me spiritually. Thank you all for your prayers during this time. God has taught me in this period to dig deep into my soul and spirit to make good decisions in desperate times based from my knowledge of the word, wisdom acquired from God, and even the heritage of my dad and mom.

Proverbs 1:8 says My son, hear (or heed to and do) the instruction of your father and do not forsake the law (or conscience, character & standard building teachings) of your mother. 

My dad instilled inside of me a spirit of excellence and “can do”. I have found over the years, even though I used to complain when dad would demand me to work with him and help him in projects, there is nothing I can’t do when I apply knowledge, wisdom and effort (You should understand at this point that our wisdom, not the wisdom that we get from God,  is actually gained in experience). So the more we do in most cases, the more we know and understand. Then there’s that excellence thing that seems to haunt me only because others don’t seem to get it and I seem to expect it from everyone because I expect it from myself. I was taught in my early years, which is the years that form us, that if I’m going to do something, give it my best… not half-way, not a good effort, but my best! Even though I struggle more with this externally when it comes to dealing with other personalities, I owe a great deal of thanksgiving to my dad for this training. I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Mom. Wow, where do I start, trying to keep a blog short, when talking about my mother! I really miss her! Even though I rebelled for a period of my earlier years, there is something instilled in me by my mom that might be recognized as faith by most, but to me, it is so much more. She taught me by example how to have Christian character in the face of adversities. I was taught by mom that I’m not going to get away with anything  I do (and she prayed that way) if it leans to the side of wrong or bad choices, and I shouldn’t expect to… that would only allow me to go further down a bad path. She also taught me by teaching and example to take power and dominion over our circumstances… and the neat thing is, when you get aggressive and couple it with faith based on God’s word, it really does work! This kind of stuff will never leave me because I have seen it and experienced it and no one can take that away from me.

So, in times of toughness, I dig deep to what I know is truth and what I have been taught by good leaders that works. I encourage you who read this to dig deep into your soul and your spirit in what you know will produce the positive outcome you are looking for. You know the truth, it’s just hard sometimes to put action behind it to make it happen. But in this day and age, we had better dig deep, trust God in all we do and with all we have and do what we know is right!

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