The F.U.N. Principle™

Living Your Best Life

Yesterday was my mother's 60th birthday and I woke up in a sweat. At sixty years old, my father died instantly from a heart attack and my world was crushed. The healing of his death was a process that changed my life forever. Yet, the thought of going through it again challenged me in ways that brought about fear and anxiety. As I prepared myself for work, I moved in robotic motions because waking up at 2am and leaving at 7am for work seemed like a week. When I arrived one block closest to my job, I was pulled over for turning left on a red light. That sure got my attention. I sat in the car just thinking about everything and realized it was so critical to live my best life. Even though it was possible for my mother to die at any moment, I had to stop and think about the kind of life I needed to live in the meantime. In the midst of my fear and everything that I have going on, I had to stop as focus. So, as I waited for the officer to give me my ticket, I calmed myself down. I reeled in all the distractions and decided that they did not belong in my day. It was imperative that I learn to do this daily. I realized that if I was going to live my best life, then I needed to discipline myself daily. It is so easy to get offtrack when the news media displays nothing but negativity and financial losses. It is easy to get off your game when you are worried about children. Living your best life requires that you focus on positive outcomes. It requires that you push past obstacles even when they are right in your face. So, I accepted my ticket and headed into the office. After all, I had the rest of my day to live.

Hold onto your faith!

I woke up this morning and the news was on the television. The first thing that I heard was the stock market was down. I came and sat down in my office and looked online. I just began to pray for God to be with me. I opened up my front door and it was still dark outside. When the wind blew and I felt the presence of the Lord, He began to comfort me and speak to my heart.

When I came back inside the house, I read an e-mail from a friend. The e-mail was titled, "Talk to Me God, Let God be God. I thought wow. That was direct. As I communed with God, I began to recall obstacles that had came in my life. As believers, we face obstacles all of the time. Even if you are not a believer, you are not exempt from facing an obstacle. When you are a believer in Christ, you have a powerful choice in how you deal with an obstacle. I know that God has been with me through all of my prior obstacles. In fact, I survived major obstacles in my life and I remain His witness. I've survived a car accident with a freightliner. I've survived the early and unexpected death of my father. I've survived adversity on every level. Yet, God has kept me and sustained me.

As of late, I've observed an excess of doubt being spewed out in the world. While we believe that it is focused on finances and politics, I contend that a spirit of doubt will attach to anything in your life. Doubt brings about feelings and beliefs of mistrust and uncertainty. Doubt also creates questions in your mind that will replay even as you sleep. It is okay to ask questions, but where do you go for the answers? Are you satisfied with the answers in God's word or does His Word now feel intangible because of the shaking that is taking place in the world?

Relying on the stock market, the news and people will create void and disappointment in your life. When you continue to doubt as a believer, you are agreeing to the uncertainty that is before you. That is why we have to remember that we as people of God were designed to withstand. We can't give because of temporary things or situations (2 Cor 4:18). We were promised that faith the size of a mustard seed would move mountains. The Bible says that without faith, it is impossible to please God. God's word warns us that these times and obstacles would come.

Yes, those obstacles you face are real. That is an undeniable fact. The Message Bible says that your faith is a response to God's power (1 Cor 2:5). So, when the questions of doubt come, how will you respond?

Be blessed!

Gina