Beginning Recovery and a New Life of Purpose and Profound Hope
Yes, after a hard fall semester, I am now officially on winter break. The goals for this break are to recover from all the mental trauma I have been through and turn my life around to live a life of purpose and profound hope. There is no better day to start than today. For these next few weeks, I am going to dedicate my time to addiction recovery, self-work to discover my true purpose and identity, becoming the confident man I can be, and of course, living to serve God well and His children that He has placed for me. I have done some good work thus far to recreate that bond with the Lord and to grow closer to Him again. Now, I shall deny myself and surrender to Him by giving up the things that I regularly do for myself and replace those things with doing a good deed for other people and doing great service for Jesus Christ. With that, I am surrendering to His will and allowing God to guide me towards addiction recovery and acts of living out the purpose and hopeful life He has for me, and I will do what He asks of me to get there. The big thing is that I have a bright future, and God has everything set for my bright future. Therefore, I shall surrender to the Lord and be with Him to have that firm belief that He has a bright future for me and that it is far better than anything I have ever imagined. Of course, the biggest thing I must work on is running to God when I am tempted to give into lust or any other unhealthy coping mechanism. I shall do this by stopping anything I am doing and find a place to be with Jesus and ask Him to deliver me from the temptation. The more I do this, the more I will strengthen my spirit and I will have more control to resist the temptations that come my way, as God will give me all the support I need to make this all possible. Along with that, I will be able to fulfill my time to grow closer to God and to live out the purposeful life He has for me. In addition, I will use this time to really grow closer with my brothers in Christ, improving my relationships with you all as a group, and with you personally as well, as this will help me to become a greater part of the community and I can relate with you all on many levels.