potholes

Have you ever gotten into your car to go somewhere, started driving in the direction you need to go and along the way you hit that damaging pot hole? You may be with your family or perhaps just your spouse and so then your spouse gets aggravated and possibly even you do to? You get annoyed with that pothole because you know the damage it does to the vehicle and of course although it there isn't any immediate damage, it's the known fact that over time - those potholes start to wear the body of the vehicle, especially the tires. You get annoyed and you start to really think about that pothole; why doesn't someone fill or fix this, why are there so many potholes,  and why do I ALWAYS have to hit that dang pothole! Yeah, it seems like a small annoyance as you read this but we have all been there, especially me. My husband always gets so irritated and it does irritate me too, I don't always have the money to throw down for a new set of tires or if you hit a big enough one - it might have rattled something loose...

As I was thinking about this theory - It made me think of the many "potholes" that are in our actual lives. Perhaps your pothole is sin, or just a not so great habit, and maybe it's just a void that you keep trying to fill with things or people and it should actually be filled with God. Maybe your pothole doesn't seem like that big of a pothole - yet. The problem with these "potholes" though is that, if you DON'T get them filled or fix them, they just keep getting bigger and bigger, and they even end up doing more damage then what you had originally thought. I know that I personally have had some pretty massive potholes in my life and of course it took me a while to figure out how to fix and fill these and also how to restore the damage done because of those potholes... Trust me when I say - If you are reading this and you have a pothole, do not wait, please go and get it right, fix and fill this pothole. Waiting just makes things so much worse and after all the damage has been done, it's a much bigger mess & more damage to clean up after...

So I know that I keep going on about fixing/filling these potholes and you're probably wondering how to do that. Possibly you may be and maybe not. While I do not have all of the answers because I'm just a peon of a human, I do know what has worked for me and I also have some scripture for you! The one place you can always rely on to have an answer waiting for you - The Word!

In the Bible it talks about, after transformation and becoming one with Christ, you put off the old self and put on the new. Which means since you now have forgiveness and new life, instead of continuing on in sin you want to embrace good and do what is pleasing to Him. We do this by taking our negative and sinful habits and we replace them with positive, Godly responses and actions. We are transformed in our hearts and because of that we also have to be transformed in our thinking. I believe this is a major tool, when you are trying to replace anything negative with something positive, you ALWAYS have to find something to fill that negative pattern or habit. If you don't then your mind really has no solution when you come to that crossroad. I suggest that you find something that is scriptually based and stick with it because it can be done, especially when you have God in your life.  (Ephesians 4:22-24, Phillipians 4:13) If it's a sin pattern it's obvious that repentance would need to take place (1 John 1:8-10). Ask Christ to forgive you and ask Him to help show you the right way, to soften your heart toward Him and His word. Take a look inside of His word and really study it, prayer for His wisdom and instruction to change your heart (James 1:22-25). Another great thing is to find accountability in another christian friend (James 5:16). We all need it and it shouldn't be something we're ashamed or afraid of each other passing judgement... Be willing to be changed by Him, be willing to let Him fix and fill you and then when you see your life start to change - praise HIM for that work in your life.


I did not proofread this ;)