Advisor or Advisee?

There are two types of people in this world: ones who give advice, and ones who ask for advice. Which are you? Maybe you're both. As for me, I'm more of the one who gives advice. I'm not one to ask for advice on issues, I usually just think them through, pray about it, and come to my own conclusion. This has gotten me through almost 21 years of life. Lately I've been going through some rough patches and havn't really been able to put my finger on what it is that's bringing me down. I'm here in this beautiful country doing God's work, yet I'm robbed of all my joy. Now, if you were to come to me with this issue I'd have plenty of advice to give...so why can't I get out of this funk? I was reading through my past blogs and it hit me...I don't take my own advice. As I was reading what I had written months ago, I thought...man this is some good stuff. Now, I don't say that to be prideful and think oh I'm sooo wise. I say that because all those things that I wrote were from God. They were the result of much prayer and study. They were God's advice to me...not my advice to everyone else. Sure I would think about what I was saying, but I guess I just assumed that because it was me writing it that I already had it implemented into my life. I was so very wrong. Many of the things that I've written about are the very issues that I'm dealing with right now. If I would have truly LISTENED to the advice God gave me when he gave it to me instead of letting go into my ears and out through my fingers and onto my blog maybe I wouldn't me in this funk right now. I say all this to get to the point that if you're like me, always being the one giving the advice, take your own advice before you give it to others. Chances are its actually God's advice to you for your own life.