Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I had a lot on my mind when my feet hit the floor today, but all that changed when I met with Master of my Life. In just a matter of minutes, my focus went from thoughts of all those things “pulling” at my Life to being instantly Transitioned into nothing but Pure Love and Praise for a God so amazing He defies words. It’s incredible how that happens when we meet Him with a Surrendered Heart. I know that as long as I’m consistent (and sometimes persistent) just a few minutes with Jesus can change my entire Attitude and He can “set my path straight” like nothing else. As long as I do my Part He’ll always do His. It’s a mystery to me why everybody doesn’t do their Part when Life is so Beautiful AND SO much easier when we do.

It boggles the mind how so many people don’t necessarily want to do what’s best for them no matter how good the good is – from turning their life over to the One that Gave them Life in the First Place, to how to be healthier, how to live drama-free, and even to how to have good relationships. It’s almost as if they’re so driven to live Life according to their own purpose that they don’t care what price they have to pay because of it… and they’ll continue down that same path no matter how much they’ve been warned. If they fail, they fail. If they hurt, they hurt. If they’re broke, they’ll stay that way. If they are destined for Eternity separated from God, they’re ready to face the consequences…or at least they THINK they are. If they truly understood what that separation from God will look like, maybe they’d change their mind. I hurt for them because I KNOW how Beautiful AND how easy life could be for them if they quit trying to live it their way and Determine to Live it His Way instead.

Sometimes when people die others comment on what a hard life they had. I can’t help but wonder how much of the “hard life” was self-inflicted by a hard head or a hard heart….or better yet, why that “hard life” wasn’t Transformed into a sweet Testimony instead. God gives us plenty of Trials to build our Endurance…how we come out on the other side of the Trial has everything to do with the Heart. When the Heart is in Good Condition, we accept that there was a Good Purpose in those Trials instead of whining about the Journey. I can’t recall how many times I’ve heard the song “I Did It My Way” played at a funeral or how many times I’ve cried when I heard it. God gives us Free Will and plenty of Responsibility for our Direction but living a life “My Way” is nothing to brag about at all. Living a life His Way is the only way to genuine Peace and Joy no matter how much fun those people think they had.

I began this new day of a new week primed to do things “my way” UNTIL I spent some Quality Time with the One Who gave me Life and He set my Path straight all over again. No matter what happens today, I know everything will go According to Plan and my Heart will follow His Lead through it all.

How about you?