Managing Your Life

 

If we are not careful life has a strange way of taking over your life, and can began to overwhelm or run you.  I believe that the most challenging endeavor in life is learning how to manage the many task that are before us.  Work, children, projects, finances, and spiritual nourishment are all part of our responsibilities.  How do we manage all these different responsibilities without becoming consumed or overwhelmed?  Learning to prioritize what's most important is a great start.  I find my days are most successful when I address my spiritual man first thing in the morning.  When I feed this side of me it has a remarkable way of centering me in what's most important, and keeps me from becoming entangled in the areas which I really don't have any control.  Did I say control?  That's the place that I need to stay away from.  The only thing that I do have control over is myself, and how I react or respond to the things or situations around me.  The bible speaks of not worrying.  Worry divides the mind, and we find ourselves not trusting God, but allowing the things around us to steal our peace, and joy.  Daily reflection and introspection within myself keeps me centered in the things that are most important, and allows me to operate in a healthy manner.  The most definitive element of life resides in knowing when to let go of things that keeps us from spiritual growth and development.  The bottom line rests in trusting God, and understanding that life is a continual process of evaluation, and accepting whatever God shows us that needs to be changed in our lives.  Managing our lives is a perpetual reflection of self, and cleaning the areas of our lives that needs to be addressed. 

WOW! - I'm In Awe.........

I have been in Florida for a total of 9 years, and spend approximately 2 years in Texas. The total journey to these two states was training for me in ministry. I didn't plan it this way, but this is the way that it turned out because God had a plan for my life. God allowed my mess to bring discomfort, and I began searching for answers to life. I left New Jersey due to some emotional complexities in my life, and wanted to start over. This past week I moved back to New Jersey from Florida. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would do something like this. What I have discovered in this journey is that God is in total control of our journeys. I lost some things that was dear to my heart years ago, but God has blessed me today in a way that words cannot even begin to express. What makes life today all the more meaningful is that I am willing to go and do what God places on my heart, and leads me. I have given Him total control, and He has directed my life right into a miracle and all I can say is WOW! I can't complete my God given assignment on my own, but God has blessed me with remarkable people around me to assist me in this journey. I've said that the best is yet to come. It's here, and I believe that more will be reveal as I stay connected to the source that flows with milk and honey. What's making all the difference in my life today is that God has placed several individuals in my life that believe in me, encourage me, rebuke me, and willing to invest in me. How does that make me feel? Blessed, but it also takes me down to my knees because I can't but God can. For so long I tried to do it own my own, and make things happen the way that I thought they should be going. I connected myself to people that was really only interested in what they could get out of it, and when things didn't go there way ridiculed, and did hurtful things. My prayer today is that God takes me by the hand and continue leading and directing my life. As God blesses me, and the ministry my goal is to be a blessing in the lives of others. I want more of God, and less of the mess of Kenneth Wilkins. Thanks God for loving me.

Failure

When I look back on my life I can say that I have failed more times than I have succeeded, but it's one thing that I hold onto today with my heart. I never give up. In my past I would allow my mistakes and/or failures to dominate me in a way that I would be unable to move forward because of fear, worry, or what someone would think or say. God uses our circumstances around us to make us better people. I no looker stand on the outside of anyones life and throw rocks when I should be using it as a opportunity to be a doorway to heaven, encouragement, and love. I do not know if God will have a record of my failures in heaven, but how many times I used them as learning expereinces, how many times I was willing to get up, and get back in the thick of things. Will we fail or make mistakes of course, but we must remember that failure is not the end, but the opportunity to begin again.

God Bless,
Pastor Ken W.

God Is Our Anchor

Every so often a storm blows our way that shakes us to the core of our being. When we think we have been through the most serve storm in our life, but days, weeks, months, or years later here comes another. This is how I feel about my life over the last couple of months. The last 3 months has been a stormy season for myself. Has it changed my perception of God? In no way, but it has given me some new revelation of the love of God for His children. I was about to give up and walk away, but something deep within kicked in. I ask myself what are you doing Kenneth - God has brought you through time and time again whether it was family issues, financial, alcohol/drugs, ministry, or marriage. The pain of trying to do it on my own and fix it myself brought me to my knees. Honestly speaking I am still not happy with where I am, and doubt if I will ever be, but my goal and agenda today is to continue to press forward in the things of God seeking Him for strength, courage, provision, and wisdom to do the job He has called me to. All praise and glory goes to the wonderful God Almight.