Chandra Hawthorne
3 min readMar 22, 2023

Something’s Got to Go

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Why do we indulge in the things that make life hard? If most of us are honest most of the things that keep us from being our best we don’t like very much. Of course, they may seem beneficial in the beginning, but we all know where it ends up.

You know the saying; “bad habits die hard”. It’s difficult to stop doing something we’ve always done. Some of our habits are learned behaviors, modeled before us. We can fall into bad habits, and others can develop out of ignorance of its deadly consequences.

As a child, we dream, we learn, and evolve. But somewhere along the way defeat comes in and try to intercept the destiny that God has prepared for us, and possibly our entire family.

When God place something in us, it is not just for us. It is often much greater than you and me. The sad part about that is, if we don’t implement radical change, that something may never be seen by us, or our generation. But don’t misunderstand, His purpose will be done, by the next person who is willing. So why not let it be you?

Do you know what needs to change? Do you know how to put the change in motion?

I was reading, (you guessed it) in the Bible in 2 Kings 22 about a young king of Judah named Josiah. Josiah was the youngest king to ever rule in Judah, he was 8 years old. His father was not a godly king and he kept the law of God away…

Chandra Hawthorne

Christian/Inspirational Author/ Writer. Elevating Lives with simple truths.