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Proverbs 4:25 “Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; then stick to the path and stay safe.   Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.”   We all need a plan in life.   Even if it’s just a 1,2, or 3 year plan we need something to keep us focused and to keep us motivated in the morning.   Some have already found their calling and are actively pursuing their dreams.   Most of us are still searching for something that feels just right to us and we haven’t quite stumbled upon or discovered it yet.   That’s ok.   I felt like I was being left behind as I saw family and friends get married, have children, buy homes, start their dream career, and travel to places I’ve only dreamed of.   I wanted to be there or at least on the right path.   Why hadn’t I discovered a passion and drive for myself?   Why couldn’t I discover my dreams and start pursuing them with vigor?     It’s difficult to know what

Don’t be drunk with wine because that will ruin your life, but be filled with the Holy Spirit… Ephesians 5:18   My battle with alcoholism has been a long and rough one.   It didn’t matter the hour and it didn’t matter the day, I would be down for a drink.   Everybody drinks, I thought.   How could I have a problem? I wasn’t doing anything out of the norm from what everyone else was doing.   However, alcohol had pernicious effects on my life.   Rarely, if ever, was I able to drink without going overboard.   Once I had the first drink, it was harder to turn down the next one.   I would often not stop drinking until I was forced to by passing out, or running out of time, because most places stopped selling alcohol at 2:00 a.m.   I blacked out often, never really remembering the events of the evening.   In the moment it would seem as though I was having the time of my life, yet the morning after I’d have to do a reconnaissance of the night and I wasn’t impressed.   I was cast f