Change isn't just for the Homeless

  It is for you and me. 
  So I went to this conference today and let me say it was AMAZING! Anywho I wanted to share this verse that really touched me. 


"Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity. God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:2 MSG


  How many times do you find yourself stooping to a level of immaturity because we have become like those around us?  I know I do. I forget to keep my eyes on God and to remember that he has plans for me. He wants to know me intimately. He wants to change me. He wants to develop a "well formed maturity" in me. He has a DESTINY for me! He has given me a life inside and wants me to live out those plans and dreams. 
  God doesn't want us in a box with only a little light shining through, he wants us to be free of addictions, hurts, problems, pain and curses. He wants us to claim his promises of love, affection, joy, and trust. He wants me to let go of the loneliness, the pain, the rejection, the hopelessness, the anger, the rage, the criticism, and the self hatred.  
  To a new life, to change, and to growth.