I hate my normal life... what now?

Have you ever realized that the path you have chosen for life is extremely ordinary?  Do you long for more in your life than the average?  Well I just found a great resource to help me change the course of my life from normal. Thursday, my Pastor released his first book, UNLEASH.  I am very excited to be among the first to read it and talk about it a little.  The book is truly great!  The first chapter took me a whole day to read over multiple times.  There is so much truth that you really have to just sit back and read it over and over.  Take time to read over the passages that are referred to.  This is talked about in the very first chapter:

"The unleashing of our lives begins when we refuse to believe it’s too late for us, when we reject the idea that we’re too damaged for God to do anything with, when we stop being obsessed with ourselves. Instead, we must become obsessed with how great God is and how great His plans are for our lives." - Perry Noble

If we can truly grasp how GREAT GOD is and how much more he wants to bless us then, we can stop worrying about anything and just focus on doing what HE wants us to do.  We can simply listen to God and Do what HE says. Here is another quote from the book:

"We forget that God isn’t looking for a great performance from us; He’s looking for us to embrace our position as His children." - Perry Noble

Too often we get caught up in thr rules and regulations that the "law" has placed over us and we do our best to perform in the best manner.  This gets us all tangled up and allows us to think we are better than others, when the ground is level at the cross.  He also talks about the fact that there is nothing we can do to make God not love us. When we realize that we cannot out sin the Love of God, we no longer just want to use that freedom to do whatever we want instead we want to do whatever HE wants us to do.  He doesn't call us to a life of ease.  He calls us to "...carry our cross not our mattress."

One thing that I have been wrestling with is my past.  There are skeletons in my closet that I wish had never happened.  I know that they have made me into who I am today, but I HATE that the Devil can taunt me with them so easily.  The big lesson I got about this if also in the book and it says:

"If you don’t let your past die, then it won’t let you live." - Perry Noble

I have been holding onto it and beating myself up with it all the time.  I am finally burying my past in the grace of Jesus and trusting Him to keep it there and to remind me when Satan comes taunting that It's forgiven and it is exactly that, my PAST.  If you want to get even more of the great lessons in this book you can order it online at Amazon and at your local bookstore.  Look up Unleash by Perry Noble. If you still aren't sure you want to read it, just check out the dedication page.  You will want it read if after that!