Are You Kidding Me?

Here is something I can honestly say I thought would never happen.  What is the point I kept asking myself?  Why would I want to write my thoughts and opinions on a blog and better yet who would want to read them?  Lately I have been thinking about this idea of change.  I am noticing that when I fail to change or even make the attempt to change I become complacent.  The goal is for my life to be full of change starting from the inside out.  I should want to make changes because that is how we become more like our Savior who gave His life for us.  If I am unwilling to make even the slightest change then why should I encourage those around me to make changes in their lives.  Recently I had the chance to deliver a two week serious at church which was titled "The Wall."   This series was one I started our Student Ministry off with at the beginning of the school year and thought it would be helpful for adults.  We started off with "The Walls that Divide."  These are the walls in our lives that cause division in our relationships with the people around us and the God that loves us.  The Second week we talked about "The Walls that keep us from God's Purpose for Our Lives."  While preparing and getting ready for the messages I realized that I have walls up that keep me from changing into the man that God wants me to be.  It is the walls that I have built that block out good advice from people around me who just want to see me grow.  The interesting thing about this is the very people we try to push out or even keep out of our lives can be the very people we learn from.  So in order for me to change and be who I was created to be I need to be willing to do the things that I said I would never do that make life better not the things that continue to get in the way and hold me back from fulfilling God's Purpose.  It seems my life is full of doing things I said I would never do maybe I should stop saying never.  Maybe the question shouldn't be are you kidding me? but what next?