Intentionality

I had a revelation that I was not living my life with intention. I didn't think that intentionality < (made up word?) was something that I needed to worry about, that I was somehow different. I have been living dictated by my emotions and what I felt Holy Spirit was saying. There is nothing wrong with being an emotional person that listens to Holy Spirit for all things, but I was being led by a wind, not by a force. What am I afraid of? What if I purposely got up at the same time everyday, gave myself a curfew, purposely chose what I was to eat (not by what I feel like eating), scheduled in my homework time and time for exercise? Would I lose my freedom? I propose that I would gain the freedom that I have been searching for, that level that I has eluded me for so long. Discipline is not a dirty word for the crazy creative! It is the magic word! It is not made to reign in my ideas, my passion or zeal, I can still be all the things I have been, but more! Here is an excerpt from a book we read for Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. Moral Revolution by Kris Vallotton and Jason Vallotton:

"I can't tell you how many people I have talked to over the years who say things like, "No one respects me," "Nobody likes me," or, "No one wants to be my friend." What they don't realise is that that don't like and respect themselves, but they want others to be friends with them. That never works. We tell people what to think of us, not so much with our words but by the environment we develop around us and by the way we take care of ourselves."