December’s Don’t-Do List
As we move into the holiday season AND transition into 2018, here are some things that you MUST NOT DO!!! Please govern yourselves accordingly...
1) Don’t compare
your life to others... This is the
wonderful time of year where we find friends are getting booed up, engaged, making
pregnancy announcements, going on exciting adventures, and buying or getting
fancy gifts for the Holidays. Meanwhile, we’re still trying to figure out what’s
the next step, who is the boo, whether or not this is the one, or why there is none… THAT’S FINE! Don’t
compare your life to others’ this holiday season. What God has for you is yours so celebrate
them while it’s their turn… because your time is coming in due season! And comparison breeds contempt.
2) Don’t be
discouraged about what didn’t happen in 2017…
It is okay to be disappointed. We make plans and set goals for the
purpose of reaching them. But, for
whatever reason that doesn’t always happen. And it is easy for that
disappointment from a situation to turn into discouragement about where you are
in life. But be encouraged, all things work together for
the good of them that love Him and are the called according to His purpose. It will all work out... even if it didn't work out how you planned.
3) Don’t be angry
about what did happen in 2017… We’ve all been there. And a lot of us are STILL
there. While there are some things that we wanted to happen that didn’t, there
are also things that did happen that we didn’t plan or want to! But, we’re going to leave that anger, that
hurt, that bitterness, that guilt, that frustration... allll that right in 2017 where it belongs. That break up, that unwise purchase, that opportunity
you passed up, that loss, that mistake, that accident, that bad decision. Yep, we're leaving it. Do not allow anger to become weight you care
into the new year.
4) Don’t dig
yourself into debt trying to keep up with the Jones’s… Jesus Christ, (the savior
of the world), and His birth is the reason for the Christmas season. While it is nice to spend time with family
and loved ones, our society has made it so that much of this season is
commercialism. Don’t spend money you don’t have on people who are not even being
celebrated on December 25th.
I’m not saying don’t buy any gifts.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t receive gifts. But, don’t put unnecessary
pressure on yourself and go into debt trying to impress anybody—family included.
5) Don’t take unapproved
baggage into 2018… if you have ever been on a plane, you know for a fact that
while you can take luggage to your destination, there are weight restrictions that apply! You can usually check one bag in, but it can’t
be over a certain weight AND extra check bags will probably cost you. You can
usually take one carryon bag and one personal item on the flight and those, too,
have size and weight restrictions. Imagine
a flight where passengers were given was no limit to what they could bring…
that plane would probably to weighed down and not able to leave the tarmac. If you remember nothing else, remember this:
just because you think you need it, if God has said leave it, LEAVE IT‼! The restrictions are for your protection. The more baggage you take into this next
season, the more you will be weighed down, slowing down your take off—DELAYING
your destiny! And honey, ain’t nobody
got time to be delayed from reaching their purpose‼! Especially not due to overloaded baggage.
Happy December!
PS: It's been a while since I've posted. Bear with me. I still love ya!
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