The picture above is of the stack of books that I have been reading over the past few weeks. I told you earlier in my blogs that I have felt a shift in my life for the last several weeks, and that I needed to do something about it. So, I started reading these books. Last night I was reading Dani Johnson’s book titled First Steps to Wealth. The title of her book may be about wealth, but I urge all of you to get it and read it. She really goes to the core, gets to the real issues of things we need to work on. Wealth can mean so much more than money. In the chapter I’m on, she starts talking about the Law of Teachability. One thing she talks about is ego. I would’ve told you that I did not have an ego before reading that chapter. Turns out, I do have an ego and I had to ask myself, am I really in a place to be taught something? You see, as I discovered last night, ego comes in several different forms.
I had to ask myself, am I teachable? Are you teachable? Or, do you spend your days at work thinking you know more than anybody there, feeling like there’s nothing more for you to learn, and nobody else knows as much as you? Do you spend your days thinking you know more than your friends, and thinking they can’t teach you anything? Do you go to church on Sundays because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do, and go expecting not to be taught anything? Do we think there’s nothing our kids can teach us? If we’re totally honest with ourselves, I think we might find that we do in fact, at times, think we have nothing else to learn.
Let me take this a different direction for a second. I recently wrote a blog about the seasons of our lives. There is a lesson to be learned in every season of our life, and in every situation we go through. We must stop and ask God what are you trying to teach me? Where do I need to grow? Am I being teachable at this moment? Am I able to just shut up and listen and learn? If we are living, truly living, and growing, we have to always be learning and educating ourselves.
What is it that you want to learn? It is never too late, you are never too old, you are never too poor, you are never too rich, you are never too educated to learn in life. We must grow or risk living in mediocrity. Do you spend more time on social media, watching TV, gossiping with friends, shopping or a myriad of other things instead of trying to learn and grow in life? Where will those take you? In a positive direction? I do not think it will take us in a positive direction. Don’t get me wrong, I love social media. It helps me stay connected with friends and family that I don’t see on a regular basis, but it can literally consume hours of my day if I let it. Hours of my day that I could spend reading, working out, learning to be a better cook, helping others, sharpening my mind. Learning something! Being better equip and educated to be the best I can at my job, for myself, for my friends and family, or to make a difference in this world!
Psalms 25:9 says this: He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. Further down in the chapter it says: He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. So let me leave you with these questions. Where you are right now, what lesson is there in what you’re going through? What desire is down in the pit of your stomach guiding you to learn something new? Just maybe that desire to learn something new, and where you’re at in your life go hand-in-hand and it’s trying to teach you something valuable. If you will stop and listen, educate yourself and grow, I believe great things are in store in your future!
With love for you all!
Shauna
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