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The news also tells us there are a lot of people hurting in the world today. Some folks are in a pit so deep they’ve given up hope. A few have been so victimized by others they believe they are broken beyond repair. Others are caught in circumstances of their own making and believe they don’t deserve freedom from the bondage they are in. Friends, let me encourage you to start right where you are. For all of us, fulfilling our destiny begins with taking just one step forward. Just. One. Nobody gets to judge the size of the step. It may be that the first step is tiny, awkward, and feeble. Yet it can be the most powerful step we ever take.
Start where you are. If you’re in a hole, look up and search for a way out. If you’re broken, tend to the wound. If you’re still doing what you know you shouldn’t, stop. That one step can totally shift the direction of your life and set your feet solidly on the road to your destiny. Don’t look around and compare yourself to your neighbor – he or she is busy with their own destiny. You don’t know what they’ve gone through, or what private demons they may be facing. Don’t listen to a world that tells you that you can’t, listen to God who tells you that you can! Maybe you’re having trouble believing that, but what have you got to lose by at least making an attempt? The alternative is to give up, stay stuck in pain, and just sit around waiting for your life to end at some future point in time. If you woke up today, if you’re capable of understanding this message, you’ve got enough left in you to take advantage of the choices and opportunities this day will hold. No matter who you are, it is possible to reclaim your destiny after life’s hardships and mistakes. No matter what has come before, it is possible for you to build a life of victory and joy.
Until next time, I’ll be praying for you to consider the possibility that no matter how broken you may feel, you’ll start believing that healing and moving forward is possible.