I was thinking about the EX factor the other day and realized I justhow biblical a change is to go from current to EX. I am constantly saying that God puts people, things, and situations in your way while you’re on your way, and they are not supposed to arrive with you when you get to your destination. You cannot get where you’re going unless those people, things, and situations were not put there in the first place. This is so fundamental that Christ could not have saved mankind if He didn’t go through the “stuff’ that was put in His way on His way to the cross. To me, this is what I call a factoid. That means you cannot get to where God has destined you to be unless you have some “Exes” in your life. Some of y’all know exactly what I’m talking about, but you don’t want to acknowledge that your EX is not yet just that, an EX. Now, for those of you who feel me because you’re now on the other side, let’s talk about the value of ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-job, ex-house, ex-city, and for you Christians, we can include the ultimate Ex.  You.   We are all EX something: ex addicts, ex alcoholics, ex-liars, ex-convicts, exgamblers, and sinners. Some of us put the EX in EX, and rightfully so. I earned mine. I don’t know about you.My point is this. Without the EX, you, we, I don’t have a testimony. And without the testimony, really, where would you be today? Without Christ’s Road to the cross, the stuff put in His way, where would we be? Our lives sometimes represent one challenge after another, and we are who we are because God brought us through it. And when we look back on it, we can thank God for Exes. Those people, places, and things are no longer in our lives, but they are a part of us. They will be forever. And because of it, let the EX celebration begin. Now you know some of y’all are so glad that it didn’t go how you wanted it to, he or she didn’t stay, you lost the job, and the so-called friends don’t come around anymore. Celebrate your Exes, please. But understand that God puts people, things, and situations in your way while you’re on your way, and they are not supposed to arrive with you when you get to your destination. However, that destination I’m talking about is the one God has chosen for you. Let me be clear about this. It’s a God thing with me. That means if I can relax, relate, and release, as they say, and understand there is a divine purpose in all that is put in my way, my job is to look for it, embrace it, and pray about it. And when I realize it’s not going to get me where I’m supposed to be, then my job is to put an EX on it. That may be hard for some of us because we want to make it work. God wants us to put an EX on it because the only reason it’s, he or she, is in your way in the first place is because you decided to make it a part of your journey, not God. We’ve forced His hand by making God make you see the value of the EX. Now I know I’m preaching to somebody, which is not my intent. But, if you are not in an environment that uplifts you, brings out the good in you, blesses you, and allows you to be a blessing to others, it’s EX time. It’s time you become what God has made you become and not what this world,  these people,  these situations,  your addictions, and life’s mistakes say you are. I’m just saying there’s reason to have and, at times, be an EX. And when you realize this, the road to God’s house is clear. See you when you get there.May God bless and keep you and all your EXES forever.The post Ex Really Does Mark The Spot appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.