I have noticed something about myself

So, throughout my life, I have taken notice as to the things that I do. How I react to things, what is my opinion on life, how I behave, etc. etc. I’ve noticed that I am not the man that I once was. I noticed that now, I am becoming something that God wants. I am becoming more godly every day. I thank the Lord for those things, for I have prayed for all of these things. Anyways, let me share with you what are some of the things that I’ve noticed about myself.

I am becoming more responsible

            I’ll be honest here, I was a really smart kid growing up. I barely did the homework, I barely studied, I barely did any work and I would get straight A’s. However, that is not responsible. Being responsible means that you work hard for those grades. Being responsible means that you stay up studying for that big test that you had, which I never did.

            However now, I have noticed that I stay up late at night sometimes working on the projects that my boss has me to do. Last week, I forgot to do two blog posts and those two blog posts were due on Tuesday, it was Monday night. So, I quickly got my notes out and I just started writing and I made sure that they were good blog posts too. Actually one of those blog posts was one thousand five hundred words long and it was gold. This is an example of me being more responsible.

            Before I let my emotions take the better of me. Now, my dad is trying to instruct me to not listen to my emotions, but rather, listen to what I need to do.

            When I first started this blog, I said to myself, don’t think that you’re going to write for a year, think that you’re going to write for today. So, every day, I don’t give 50 percent today and then 50 percent tomorrow. No! I write every day like it’s going to be the last day that I write. That is more responsible because now I am listening to my dad.

            My dad and mom have always told me to be responsible, to be determined, to play the long game, and so far I couldn’t be more grateful for their words. Doing all of those things is being responsible.

I am becoming more Christian every single day

            Part of being more responsible, is being responsible to God. I have to be accountable for the things in my life and part of that accountability is my accountability towards the Lord. Every day, I fight to read my bible, to pray, to go into my spiritual journal and write for the Lord. Why is it a fight? It’s a fight because my carnal self doesn’t want to do these things. These holy things that are good, I don’t want to do because I’m lazy, because it’s holy, because it’s work.

            I remember I heard a few months back that in order to develop your prayers, you need to write them down. So, I have started to write down my prayers. I really do want my prayers to develop because the Lord is worthy of excellent prayers.

I have put away the old man and put on the new man

            In the bible it says that when we accept Jesus into our lives, we abandon our old ways and start to do things differently. Well I’ll be honest here, the Lord has truly changed me. I was someone completely lost before the Lord came into my life. Here I’ll even let you guys know what I thought was cool before the Lord changed me. I thought that gangs were cool, I thought that drinking and smoking were cool, I thought that this life was all about money, girls, and fame. I thought that I didn’t need to listen to my parents. Those were all of the things that I thought before the Lord changed my life.

            Thank you all for listening in on this blog post. I hope that I have been an encouragement and inspiration to you guys. Please pray, read your bible, go to church, and love God above all else. Like, comment, share, and subscribe, and I will see you all next time. German Gonzalez, signing out!