What's bugging you can either bring you closer to God, or drive you away. You have a choice. You can also either become bitter or better! I have chose closer to God and better not bitter. The last 25 years of my life have had it's challenges. From time to time it can drive you to your knees in prayer. Something I never knew until the troubles of life. I never knew the power of prayer and what it can do. I am still believing for a lot of good things to happen in my life. The bible says if you lose you life for Christ you will find it. I don't know how much more I can lose at this point. However even at some of my worst days, I've had it better than those living in improverished circumstances. I've had a roof over my head and plenty to eat, a car to drive and other comforts of life. And yes I've taken them for granted. Growing up I didn't know about homeless people in the U.S. until after highschool. Without my parents I don't know where I would have been. I am thankful to the Lord for allowing me to have parents that have helped me when I couldn't help myself. So what am I getting to after saying all this. Many years ago I let the voice of one employee in my Landscape maintenance business to help bring about the sale of my business. I had given my all to my business and employees. They were paid before I ever was, all the time.
However , I let this employee and his negative comments to influence the sale of a thriving company. I sold the business and went into Real Estate sales and made some other bad investments. I spent  a little under two years in real estate only to lose it all. My health, my income was gone. If you have read this blog and some of its early entrys. I talk alittle about those times. So it comes down to this, Pray and seek God about your decisions. Do not let the voice of one and maybe a host others help make a decision. What is the Spirit of God impressing upon you. The bible says: Commit your way to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. Also many are the plans of man, however, God directs the steps. Commit your plans to the Lord and they shall succeed. If only I knew what the bible said in those areas of decision making, things might have been a liitle different. However, I had to go through some of those things to help change me. The bible says: My people perish due to a lack of knowledge. I hope I know now what I need to know.
I am always learning even now. I laugh and tell my parents I've pressed the easy button. Have you seen the Staples store easy button, you press it and it says "That was easy!" I've got one on my desk! My great nieces get a kick out of pressing the button and hearing it. I don't know what the Future holds, However, God holds the future! and future is as bright as the promises of God!
I've been through some of the diffuculties of life, I am looking for a brighter future in Christ! I pray that for you as well! Seek God While he may be found! Those that seek the Lord, shall lack no good thing!

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John Rasmussen, on tract for Jesus!