Don't Get Stuck!

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howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!

Just wanted to share this word today from the great Toby Mac.
To me this is a profound statement which struck me right in my
spirit when I first heard it!

We all have regrets for past actions and wish like crazy that we
could go back and change just one statement or one bad choice.

But don't get stuck there. It will paralyze you and hinder your
progress toward fulfilling the calling which has been laid out for
you.

Make peace with your past. Accept it, learn from it, and move
forward. Your future is not your past and there is a divine
purpose for your life.

Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and
a future."

I hope this day finds you well my friends, God bless you all!
-jonboy Texas
the gentleman redneck

ps- ya know...you might just be a redneck if:

Your family reunion features a chewing tobacco spit-off!

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lol! remember folks, what the mind can conceive, the mind can
achieve!

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Love all of Toby Mac's songs! If I'm feeling down and need inspiration - I go play some of his songs!

haha! yes Ma'am he is so great! it's good to see another Toby Mac fan yay!

Hello @janton. I see you are changing up your posts a bit and it is a good thing. Nothing wrong with what you were doing by the way, but you would run out of things to say.

me run out of things to say? lol. maybe but I doubt it. well I've always had an occasional inspirational quote or something so I'm not changing my posts but I'm so limited in time now because of the engagement league and a couple of other things that I don't have time to do the research for the historical posts that I like to do. and since I'm not a photographer with files of great photos it's hard to come up with a quick and easy post like some. but I'm not complaining at all, it's just another challenge! lol.

You have never been short of anything to say. I know your historic posts take time and it is time challenging. didn't say you were going to stop them as we would all miss out but a post like today I can't recall but is just as good. I always look forward to reading your stuff and can't wait for the next one.

yes sir cryptoandcoffee I know you didn't say that I was going to stop them so there wasn't a miscommunication there. thanks for the kind words, I'm going to have to drop back from the engagement league I guess to get more of a balance.
I really like your idea of creating a variety of posts so they can go under different tags and hopefully get new eyes like you said. so I might do that for awhile.
do you ever run out of material to post with? because you got all those wild stories! lol. quite a rich and varied amount of life experiences there!
you could probably tell a new story every day.
we appreciate whatever kind of posts you do, they are always top quality.

We are a culmination of all our experiences, good and bad. We learn as we go along. But the best thing to do is to live in the now, making every moment matter janton.

yes Ma'am I agree and well said!

Man, I really love Toby Mac! I think you captured it perfectly when you mentioned learning from the past. Great post!

howdy sir papacrusher! I was just thinking about your earlier i swear because I read something about police officers and thought oh my gosh I forgot all about papacrusher! lol. so I gotta get back to your blog but yes sir, isn't Toby Mac amazing?
I don't think any rapper in the world can compare to him but since he's a Christian artist that doesn't count! thank you sir.

Oh for sure, he is crazy talented. It is so inspiring that he could have made it big in any genre he wanted, yet he chose to minister through Christian music. I remember when I was about 14-15 years old and going to a DC Talk concert! lol

I had the honor of meeting him when i worked security at a local church concert he did a few years ago.

oh my gosh papacrusher! you make a habit of meeting great people! I just read your account of the meetup in Atlanta, wow. I'm in the playground of the Alliance right now but nothing is happening, I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
I submitted a post and they loved that and resteemed it but I haven't heard anything since then. lol
but you're in. no question from the comments I read. great job!

I'm in the playground as well. I just tagged you there lol I was also able to meet Brandon Heath, Jamie Grace, and Brit Nicole.

I haven't seen anyone except the coffee guy. I guess I don't know how to use it, nobody explained it that's for sure.

Such a inspiring quote @janton. And yes, make peace with your past. Forgive and move on. For the sake of your future. If the Most High can forgive us what right do we have to harbour bitterness and not forgive and move on

howdy tonight buckaroo! yes Ma'am you said it better than I could and it is so true, thank you so much!

Goodevening dear janton
What a inspiration on My late evening in the warm wind off Portugal. Sometimes its Nice to think about Whats been, but I am always looking forward and curious what is yet to come.
Like these 8 months I never blogged before or else and now I love it.
Going to pack its time to end the family summer holiday

howdy there brittandjosie! oh you have been on holiday, how wonderful! I bet you have some great photos about it too!
I've never done any type of blogging nor have I have been on a social media site either so this is very different but like you I think it's a blast! have a safe trip back!

YES didnt you read it in My blogs were in Portugsl! We live in he Netherlands , you asked me were snd if we had rednecks........

yes Ma'am but I forgot to go to your blog this week! sorry, I 'll go do that! lol.

Dear sir I understand offcourse you have so many engagements but indeed its Our last day here and Portugal was good to us but its time to go , duty calls AND the furry friends offcourse. I think is night at your side off the globe so have nice evening

yes Ma'am it's 11:16pm, thank you and have a safe trip!

ThAnx hopefully we Will have a good flight tonight. Did you watch AMERICAS got talent with Our fellow dutchie GLENNIS GRACE? She trough to the finals

yes I saw that brittandjosie and I thought of you when she did! she's remarkable.

I would also suggest we include not hanging onto wrongs done against us harboring anger and resentment. Don't live in the hurtful past not just the shameful past. Easier said than done but so important. Don't let the past ruin your future! Good topic to discuss @janton. 🍺

howdy tonight squirrelbait! yes Ma'am I could have turned it into a much larger post but didn't want to take the time! lol. I suppose you posted today?

So true. Thanks for the reminder and encouraging post as always!

thank you sir nateonsteemit for dropping by! have a good night sir!

The past is what has built our future. We need to move forward to keep the building going. We learn from our mistakes and move on hoping not to repeat the mistakes of the past. So, what's wrong with our politicians? They don't seem to learn...

hahaha I didn't think about that but yes they are the ones who refuse to learn. great truth there.

Yeah. Dwelling on the past doesn't usually help a whole lot. Unless there's errors to avoid repeating, or a good path to take again, and thery're both done in the right way. We certainly don't want history to repeat itself if it only brings back pain and misery, and we don't want to repeat history ourselves, where we go back and do the same old things that got us in trouble in the first place.

So, now I'm curious. Is there anything in particular behind this admonition?

no sir I just liked the reminder because I think God is always moving us forward, if we allow Him to. But some things almost don't apply to people on steemit like they would to the general public because people here are smart and ambitious and almost all I've seen really have their heads on straight.

Okay. I definitely agree God has a way of being able to move us along despite our own desires sometimes. His mercy is amazing.

I don't know that I would go so universal with folks on Steemit, though. Just like everywhere else, there are people here who are lost and trying to find their way, and some don't even know they're lost, but are trying to take others with them.

sir Glen, I don't know what you mean by not going so "universal" here. was I too vague or something?

I was just answering to what you said here:

But some things almost don't apply to people on steemit like they would to the general public because people here are smart and ambitious and almost all I've seen really have their heads on straight.

You do say 'almost don't apply' and 'almost all', so you are leaving room for a few. I'm just saying it's probably more than a few that need the message of this post, even on Steemit. :)

oh oh yeah I see ..sorry. yes well it probably IS more than a few! lol. no that's not funny sorry.

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