I am not who I use to be

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

I am by no means who I was when I first moved to Florida. I was sure I heard from the Lord, but not exactly sure what was in store or what the future looked like. Looking back now I can see where the Lord has guided me. It's been amazing and I have to give him all the glory. I continue to give him all the glory because it is Him who changes me. The Lord did show me there were changes going to be made and it was all a matter of him bringing them around. I have made physical changes such as relocating from North Carolina to Florida, my weight, eating habits. I have made spiritual changes and emotional changes. The Lord has massively been delivering me from my old ways and bringing his ways. I have been through much counseling in the past year and it's amazing to see how the Lord will make these changes in my life. It's not that I havn't had to do a lot, I have had to allow him to work in my life and for me to release my control over my life. I have had to do my part in listening to him, and not just listening but following through. That's probably been the biggest thing is "following through." When he sets out to do something through you, the Lord will complete his work!! I just keep in my mind that I am a work in progress. I have not yet arrived. The words that have kept me through this enduring season is Philippians 3:12-14 "but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus," and 1 Corinthians 13:11 "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. "