“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.” Genesis 6:3 King James Version

Should I be on this side of eternity in a few weeks I will be 65 years old. As with many birthdays, I spend the time evaluating where I have been and thinking about where I am going. It was around my 50th birthday that I realized I was not where I wanted to be in life and around my 60th birthday that I began to do something about it. Sixty is the halfway point; God promised 120 years; I don’t know if I want to live that long – Come Lord Jesus! By 62 I had made the change.

1 Corinthians 2:2 (KJV)
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

The difference with that change and the other changes is who I consulted with to do what I did. Everyone has an opinion but only one opinion matters.

Philippians 4:11-13 (KJV)
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

In declaring my independence I became a servant of God’s. I declared, and declare, my Independence from the ways of man. Many people say this but not many people live it.

To be independent of man means I will be rejected by those who follow trends and do what is popular and easier. It’s football season and I don’t watch, next month is March Madness, and I have no clue what is going on. I know I don’t wear the latest style and I threw away all of my makeup. I keep my hair in plaits but took it out to wash, I contemplated leaving it out for awhile but I wear a head-covering 90% of the time so why bother. I don’t know anyone, personally, who lives like I do. I live the way the Spirit guides me.

I have quite a few blog post planned but I have scheduled any of them yet, the Spirit had not prompted me to release them. I ant to republish the books I unpublished, but again I have not been prompted to do so, though I am lead to edit them, add to them. I have given away more craft items than I have sold and I struggle with my private tax practice- I want to give it up, but Good. To be free from man, for me, is to be bound to God.

I do not see being a multi-millionaire, or a millionaire, in my future but I know God has and will supply all that I need and want. Through all the difficulties of the almost 65 years, I have been blessed; even when I did not know Him, He knew me.

In declaring my independence I am saying:
-I don’t care what people think but I do care what God wills. Matthew 6:1
-I don’t do things like other people, I do things like me. Psalm 139:14
-I will not focus on my problems but on His will. Matthew 6:33
-I am blessed! Romans 8:28

Written by Marsha L Floyd
Monday, February 3, 2025 5:53:32 AM
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