Don't tell me that!

Today has been both recovering and fantastic. I would do anything to continue in this happiness! Sometimes I need serious reminders, and ever since a child repetition has been key. After being told not to touch the stove, or the hotcomb- and actually touching them- I learned. Hardheaded! But after going through some things, how pleasing it is to actually relate with others before making the same mistakes.

Even though we haven't gone through it all yet, with preparation there is hope. After attending elementary, middle and high school, then college, I've never taken a certification exam for a professional career. With the right training in school, however, it will be just another assessment. I have been tested all of my life, and I'm persuaded that the tests will continue to come on different levels and in various formats. 

So what if you are constantly being tried in the same test? Does learning the lesson mean that you have passed? There are some lessons I've learned, and tests that I have not passed. I am also persuaded that, upon passing the test there will be something else to study for. That does sound strange, doesn't it? If I've sat through lecture and gone to class, learned the material, why do I fail? Maybe there's something I missed. Whatever the case, the only one keeping me back is me. I only fail because I haven't given full control over to  the Victor, Jesus. However, I will see His victorious light shine in my life, if it's the last thing I do! 

Don't tell me what can't be done! Yeah, you may have failed, but you're not defeated! You and I both may have seen the same situations, trials and results for years. But God! Don't limit Him! I am certainly depending on Him to pass many things, but I don't need anyone telling me that I can't do what God created me to do! He turns failures into success stories. Turns around the backward onto forward paths. Purifies the filthy. All of the above, only God will be the one to do it, so why not test yourself by making the ultimate life-changing decision- choosing Him! 

Examine yourselves to see if your faith is really genuine. Test yourselves. If you cannot tell that Jesus Christ is in you, it means you have failed the test.
2 Corinthians 13:5

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead: 2 Corinthians 1:9

For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked falls into mischief. Proverbs 24:16

Haven't even listened to the whole song yet...