Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ty Traid Firsching. Now you can tell where I got the name for “Traid” Secrets. Let me share with you a little about myself and how I got to be where I am today.
I remember when I was young that my parents kept telling me that I was “just smart enough to be dangerous”. Through my life I found that truer words were never spoken. The fact that the degree of my intelligence could be dangerous befuddled me. Little did I know that my parents were just beginning a lesson that would shape the foundation of who I am today.
We are all smart in our own way, but what my parents were trying to get across to me was that all the smartness in the world doesn’t amount to anything without having God in my life, and more importantly, having God first in my life. I grew up in a Christian household, saved and born again, where God had always been a part of my life. However, I never realized the importance of putting God first in everything I do and in every situation.
One day someone once told me that I had had a lukewarm relationship with God and that really struck home hard. How could I have such a pedestrian relationship with God when He was so present in my life growing up? And, furthermore, I thought to myself, why didn’t my parents tell me the importance of placing God first and foremost in everything I do?
It was that point of introspection, that I realized the most important lesson of my life. As I was looking to myself for the answers, I remembered my parents telling me that I was just smart enough to be dangerous. It was then I became aware, that throughout my life, I had always tried to answer or solve problems by myself first. If that didn’t work, then I pulled in the big guns—meaning God!
At this stage in my life, I realize that my approach was not precisely correct. God wants to be in our life more often than when we are in dire straits. He wants to have a continuous relationship and be ever-present in our lives in all we do. I missed this lesson growing up. The reason was not because my parents or church failed to tell me. They had told me, but that point went in one ear and out the other.
The actual reason I missed this lesson was because I was “just smart enough to be dangerous”! I ran through life using my mind first, and then, if I deemed it necessary and thought I needed it, I would ask God for help. The truth is that there is not a point in my life when I do not need God or His help.
This paradigm shift, I call “Ty 2.0”. I have accepted that reality that everything on this earth belongs to God, and everything I have belongs to God. God wants an intimate relationship with me at all times. So, this being the case, I place God on the forefront of everything I do, say or think.
This is who I am and where I stand today. I talk to God several times a day asking for help, guidance, input in all I do and thanking Him earnestly for being in my life!
Sincerely,
Ty “Traid” Firsching