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Psalm 23

2012 Survival Guide

Something I learned from Bear Grylls is that you cannot survive in the wilderness unless you let go of your life as you know it. If you want to live then you have to eat bugs and chew raw meat. Your going to sleep in a tree not in a bed, your going to spend all of your effort and time finding your way back to civilisation. There is no leisure time in the wilderness.

Bear Grylls served in the British SAS in which he learned to survive in wilderness. The best lessons learnt were in the wilderness rather than in the classroom. Survival principles need to be applied in a real life experience. There are three principles that are a key to survival. Finding food and water to sustain health and strength, having the ability to navigate to find a way to civilisation and resting at night to renew strength so as to be able to keep going.

I want to survive 2012. First I need to let go of any unrealistic expectations that I have. I live in broken world full of broken people as a broken person myself. So I need to put aside my expectations that people are here to serve my needs. There are going to be times when I’m going to be ill treated and I will ill treat people. Relationships are going to be messy and I need to learn to having a forgiving spirit and a servants heart.

Second I need training. I have Christ who is my shepherd whom I plan to follow as I navigate my way through the year. I have Christ whom I will depend on to provide for me and renew me throughout the year. I recognise that I live in a spiritual wilderness which Christ will use to teach me how I can grow in my love for him and people.  the Rev