? Success ? – – – defined<\/p>\n\n\n\n
? Success ? – – – my definition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
? Success ? – – – your definition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you “arrived” ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you blessed more than others ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you take some of the credit for that ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not subscribe to the above.
I have sought to follow God for many decades, and depend on Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have acknowledged the gifts and abilities God has given in abundance, and tried to use them.
For some I have been faithful, with great satisfaction.
Others remain ‘safely’ sitting on the shelf, as I pass my mid-70’s, with major physical and mental limitations (some gradual, some sudden, some lifelong).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daily
—“Lord, what do You want ?”
—“Lord, what do You want me to do, today ?”
—That prayer, along with the reality<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—What CAN I do ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As thy days, so shall thy strength be.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How much accepting, and how much pushing, is God asking, for us to be counted faithful in later years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“One thing is required of us as stewards—faithfulness” (So much emphasized by Don Wildmon of AFR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What about the times when I was out of God’s Will, and He spared my life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed,
“Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
‘Twas grace that brought me safe this far,
And grace will lead me home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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