Make The Right Decision

Throughout our lives, there are many battles that come across our ways. There is no trouble nor evil nor malice that God can't take care of. How do I know this you ask? Well, let's just say I've been in a pretty low place in my life before. I place where I reached and reached and got no where. Why? Because I wasn't choosing the right way. God is the way, the truth and the life. Right before I turn 16, there was a man that stepped into my life and showed me the right way, Jesus. My step dad. The day before I turned 16, I remember it like it was yesterday. Brian, my step dad, took me to K-Mart and sat me down in the cafe area. He first asked me if I wanted a coke or something to eat, but I was too nervous to eat anything. He then began to take me to a table right in front of the main door where everyone walks in over by the cafe area. As we sat down, Brian began to tell me stories after stories of his life. How his mother was never there for him, how he was always working even as a little kid and how his decisions in life were always something he had held into himself. So, I felt honored as his son, to be hearing this. One woman walked in and had a child. She looked somewhere in her mid 20's. Brian asked me what I thought and I told him. People after people came in and I felt the hurt of the people. I know I was only 15 at the time, but the burdens that God had laid upon my heart of HIS people, was unbearable. The next few words that came from my step dad's mouth, changed my life. He said, "Stewart, once you get that car, you can go pick up women, go places, do things in secret from everyone else but you and God....what are you going to do? What decisions are you going to make?" When he said those words, the fear of the Lord came upon me. Now, I know I've made my many poor choices, but in Proverbs 1 it says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." That was only the beginning of God's wonderful plan He has for my life! And it's still the beginning. Day by day, I learn from the one true God because of His Word and His heart. From the first day my step dad and mom met, God knew what He was doing. He was constantly putting love inside of their hearts for ME! Why? Still to this day, I don't know why. I remember almost hitting my parents...no joke. I was in the lowest low valley that I've ever been in in my entire life. But, one way God has shown me His love for me is through the love He has given my parents for me. My mom, my step dad, my dad, my peers, etc. Guys, there is no love like our God's! That night Brian took me to K-Mart was to show me that I have to make the right choices, but I have to find out what road is the best road. God tells us in His Word that His way is narrow, but it's the way to life. I will forever remember the day my step dad took me out and just talks to me. I will pass that down to my children whenever it is the right time, and hopefully, my children will give it to their children and so on and so forth. Better is one day in God's courts and God's house than thousands elsewhere. God loves us for a reason. So that we may have life and live it abundantly. So, I encourage you, spend time with the ones you love, show them the love God has given you, and lead by example. You will never get to somewhere by throwing it down their throat. People have to learn for themselves... Took me five times to understand just ONE thing once. Yep...ridiculous, but a person once told me, "It doesn't matter how many times it takes you to learn, just as long as you learn it." Learn from God. Live for God. Understand His Word. Think. Pray. Live. Be the man/woman God has called you to be.

In Him,

Stewart