A Time to Change

This is an interesting month here at the Ayers household. If you don’t know anything about me, there is quite some back story that may be necessary (unfortunately for you, that isn’t going to happen right now.) There has been quite a few prophetic words from people I trust about this year being a year of change and an ending of cycles. At first I felt very outside of this whole thing. People were seeing change or at least feeling it. I was kind of just here.

Then the week before March happened. It was like an awakening / cumination event. There were three different things that all came together. The first event actually happened on Sunday, February 18th. A spiritual leader / mother in my life approached me at church and basically read my mail. It was a bit frightening in one sense (wow, God, thanks for all the privacy), and very freeing in another. I was quite overwhelmed that God would take the time of someone who could be helping others a lot (and has helped others tremendously) to tell me to get my life together. I felt a bit like David when Nathan came to tell him about his adultering and murdering. Very sad, very humbled, but very restored (eventually). Anyway, so that was event one – Get Pure stupid, it’s time.

The second and third culminating events basically happened at the same time. The second one involves me changing the way I eat and my very sedentary lifestyle. It was something I was working up to, by finally made the commitment and the choices to do it starting March 1st. So that was event two – Get fit lazy.

The third was brought on by my boss (a large Dutch man I might add) giving me an audio book by a man named Dave Ramsey. He had recently gone to his seminar, and was very impressed. I rarely take the time to read of listen to things that improve my life (something that I am also changing), but this one called me. It was titled, Your Total Money Makeover, and is very impressive. If you ever want to know how to make deliberate choices to be financially healthy, and eventually wealthy, this is the book for you. He is intense, and doesn’t back down. It goes completely against the “American Way” of doing things, which is good since I am sick of how badly we handle the resource of money in our lives here. Almost everyone I know lives right on the edge of total meltdown, financially. It is terrifying, and the system here just propagates it. Anyway, that was event three – get Free dork, you can.

All of that to say, I am very excited to see where all of this goes. This weekend was kind of a step back, but we made great strides this past week, and will do more so this coming week. My goal for the week is to have the week go at least as well in these areas as the past week did, and to stick to it on the weekend.

This year holds great potential. I have seen it in many of the people around me. One of my friends is getting through some emotional hang-ups that he has always had. He is growing, and is more open to change this year than I have ever seen him. I am very proud of him. Some other friends of mine are moving into great areas of financial possibilities. I can feel it in the atmosphere. If you want to change this year, you can. If you want to be free from bad cycles in your life, you can. Jesus will help you, if you ask. Don’t waste this time. I am afraid the consequences of not walking in new things and not getting rid of bad old things will be very damaging (more than normal).

Well, that is my current state of life. I hope your current state of life is making you grow and become better as well. Blessings.