A Student

Lip ring, tattoo
Who are you?
Sittin' in my class
Callin' me an ass
Are you stupid, are you smart?
Would you prefer to be in art?
Drawing on the page
Expressing big time rage
What's on the inside
Deep in where you hide?
Shutting others out
Putting on a pout
Who do you think you are?
How did you get this far?
Gettin' barely by
Making it on the fly
I can show you how to thrive
And do more than just survive
Praying that you'll listen
Embarking on this mission
Will you join me where I am
If I show you that you can
Trusting the potential
Knowing the internal
I want to do you good
If you let me,  . . .

Mole Hills

With words, I am worn out.
Just get the job finished.
I forgot what it's about.
Try to escape unblemished.

We talk in circles
and argue the topic,
Creating more squables,
approaching an epic.

The mole hill is growing
into a silly mountain.
It is now shadowing
the original lesson.

Will the mountain destroy
or just serve to annoy?

7 Mindsets: Everything is Possible (Dream Big) by focusing on God

From The 7 Mindsets - rewritten to focus on ultimate joy in God. 

Mindset #1 – Everything is Possible

-          Envision a wonderful life

-          Expect greatness

-          Make your dreams come true

Dream Big

“Raising the expectations you have for your life.”

“When you do this, your future becomes infinitely bigger and brighter.”

Mindset #1 tells us that everything is possible and to dream big.  Then your future becomes bigger and brighter. 

To make this ultimately true based on our God design, we first need to focus on who is our future.  “For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, for my hope is from Him,” Psalm 62:5 If we will first wait and submit to God, then Philippians 4:13 can be true: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Please remember that when Paul wrote these words, he was sitting jail writing a letter about joy!

In order to truly focus, the first part of Matthew 6:33 and Psalm 37:4 must be our goal: “Seek first the kingdom of God,” and “Delight yourself in the Lord.”  When we follow these commands, the promise in the second half will ultimately come true: “All these things will be added to you,” and “He will give you the desires of your heart.” 

When our focus is right on God, then 1 Peter 4:2 is possible which tells us to “live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.” Following God’s will brings us the hope and joy of Proverbs 10:28 which says it this way: “The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.”  When we follow God’s will for our lives and when we want what He wants for us, the ultimate end result will be our joy as we bring God joy.  Everything else will perish. 

Jeremiah 29:11 and Proverbs 23:18 are then set in the correct context which contrasts what the world will think success should be or look like.  According to Jeremiah 29:11, God has great plans for us already; and the writer of Proverbs agrees that these is a great future and a hope already. 

Remember that even from jail, Paul desired Isaiah 26:8 that God’s name would be made great because Paul had the hope of the righteous and the joy along with it spoken of in Proverbs 10:28. 

What this means for Mindset #1 and Dreaming Big is that our dreams must first be focused on God.  He already has a great future in mind for us that really is possible when we want what He wants for us.  He designed and made us with a plan in mind.  Our fullest joy comes when we agree to that plan.