Good afternoon church, I'm Luke Ramos, currently under the witness team/ministry here @ His Life Ayala. I will share a portion of my life where I re-framed my mindset in relation to the series, Bounce Back, and our topic, Re-frame Your Mindset.
I was raised in a Christian family, however, that doesn't guarantee you that you will not fail in life, in faith, or your walk with God in general. Growing up, I'm always exposed to church activities and even involved in a ministry. A Church Kid as some of you may call. Then came highschool where I was a bit exposed to the so called "Un-Godly things". Then became worst when I got to college where I became addicted to drugs. I entered Hislife months before I graduated, because of my parents. They encouraged me to join Crossover or "Encounter" as we call it way back 2012. On January 21 2012, that's when my life changed, I genuinely received Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Saviour. I overcame my drug addiction and I was a new person. But my journey of failing doesn't end there.
I started my career at a big company and began working months after I graduated. I was still on fire when I got that job. As time passed, little by little, I began to realize I am slowly having a relapse. As if there's something pulling me in darkness, I was hooked to drugs again. My career was affected. My mental, physical, and spiritual health was at its worst state. My Life as a whole seemed to be useless and hopeless. I did not know what else to do. But a little voice inside me pushed me to ask help from my Dad. I know it was a wisdom from God. So I told my dad about my relapse and what is really happening in my life. He was unaware because I was not staying at home mostly during that time, and I had a semi-live in partner. To sum it up, my parents helped me in ways they could just for me to get rid of that addiction and problem. Most importantly they included God to intervene in my healing & recovery and now I am sober for almost 6 years.
I may have failed a lot, but our God is a God of second chances. God helped me by His grace to learn from my failures and not to commit the same mistake over and over again. I am now a 30 year old and haven't figured it all out. At this age I am still young to discover and experience what life has to offer. Young to start all over again with God and mature enough not to repeat and dwell on my past failures.
I now involve myself in a ministry and Lifegroup. I did not and will not stop myself from joining in the advancement of God’s kingdom knowing my past was really a filthy one. Remember that God calls the unqualified, the most imperfect, the most broken ones to do His works. He does not require you to be perfect. All He wants is your willingness. Your willingness to be broken and be made-whole by Him. Your willingness to be used by Him. Your willingness to be sharpened by Him. Your willingness to trust Him. Your willingness to put your Faith in Him. Although we’re still facing this pandemic, and our situation seems to be hopeless, I always remind myself that our unknown future is secure in the hands of our all-knowing God.
This mindset kept me going even if my life doesn't seem to fall into place, and even made me realize that I am blessed given the circumstances. This mindset helped me find love, joy, and peace in God alone.
Lastly, I re-framed my mindset with what God sees in me, from useless to usefull, from fruitless to fruitful, hopeless to hopefull, failure to victorious
So I encourage you to continue your walk with God, never let go of Him. For He is our only hope, our rock and our fortress, the one who will never leave us nor forsake us.
As we Filipinos would say, PADAYON!
Hallelujah! To God be the glory!
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