"i invite YOU in": the "I" of TIME

Yesterday was exactly 5 years since my sentencing day. The day I was physically incarcerated, but spiritually liberated (I-VII-X).  And much has happened in this time-span. Much has grown. Much has died. Much has multiplied.  You see, I could not visualize where I’d be weeks, months, or years from that fateful day that I was sentenced away.  I could only see the moments before me and the opportunities around me. Both presented decisions to be made--Maximize the situation or criticize my life’s condition?I think it is evident which route I chose with the manifestation of this blog alone.  I take no credit for any progress, productivity, or purpose that has gone before me these past 5 years and that which continues to pave my way. By God’s grace alone I champion this new beginning. And that is really the springboard that has propelled me to see each day as a reason to grow, a reason to die, and allow God to multiply.Please let me clarify!  Growing requires something to die. Like a seed, for God to grow Jesus in the womb of my heart, the “me in me” had to pass away. If the “me in me” had his wretched way, then the ‘day before me’ had its divided fray. And division always splits peace.  So in order to keep peace, which is essentially being peace, I had to allow the time to remind me of God’s economy. It’s God’s divine design with time to remind us that He is in the business of new beginnings. Think about it!Every minute, 60 seconds, new beginning. Every hour, 60 minutes, new beginning. Every day, every week, every month is a new beginning. And now into this New Year! God desires for us to see His time in terms of new beginnings not hard endings.  Especially for an inmate who has a heavier time over him. But such weight even exists with other forms of prisons—emotional, relational, spiritual, circumstantial. But when you know that God controls such weights and He desires to turn them into wings, you can then begin to maximize your situation as oppose to criticizing your condition.And with a new beginning in God, everything attached to you begins to multiply:  from purpose to peace, and every good thing in between.  My life from that time until now is a reflection of heavens redemption.  I do not deserve it, but I confidently accept it that my testimony may project it.So wherever you are, please know that it’s God’s business to give you a new start. He is in the business of giving you a new heart! Even with all our faults and flaws--Failure is not the end, but the opportunity to begin again.  And God’s time begins with forgiveness. From that point, it’s all redemptive!  So keep your “I” set on God’s time!