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Relationships

Relationships are so needed but yet sometimes so hard. They can be lots of work. We have to stay in communication with people so we don’t have misunderstandings.

Some relationships are so easy and it’s a give and take that just flows. Others are friction and a battle every step of the way.

We have to keep our eyes on our part of working things out. We have to be open to things that we have done wrong, but yet we can’t take all the blame. We don’t have to sell out and lose our identity.

There are so many different kinds of personalities. One can be strong and not even notice if they hurt your feelings. Another can be so sensitive that they take on every hard thing that is going on.

We don’t have to be full of pride and not admit that we might have a flaw in our character. We all can use some work and tweaking on ourselves. We don’t need to believe any kind of a lie that we have it all together, or any kind of a lie that we are a total mess that can’t get it together.

Life is a process, we are all a work in progress. We need to be open to apologize if we have to. We also need to be open to forgive. That’s what is going on in the world today…lots of narcissistic people that only think of themselves and don’t have empathy for what someone else might be going through.

How sad when we can’t even have a little compassion for someone even though they may be different than we are. That’s what my passion has been, birthing a culture that is meant for Recovery and Restoration.  It is starting to happen too.

We get to start a Celebrate Recovery meeting soon in a small town that needs it so desperately. That’s is so my heart. It’s not just for addicts like some may think, it’s for anyone with hurts, habits, or hangups. That pretty much includes us all. Isn’t it great to be able to admit that you might have a hurt, habit, or hangup and you are still an ok person?

I have been wanting this to take off forever and I am starting to see it happen all around us. Needless to say, I’m very excited about this and my book is a lot about how it has helped in my life. My book is moving along in the editing process so one of these days very soon I will be launching. Yay!!

If you see a Celebrate Recovery being offered anyplace around you, you might want to pop in and just check it out. The thing with lots of people is that they think, “Oh, I don’t need something like that. That is for people with lots of problems.” Well, that is simply not true, we all struggle, we all need support from others, and we all have something to offer.

Just some thoughts to ponder today about relationships!!

Pursue healthy relationships!❤️

It’s worth the effort!❤️

Confronting can be called carefronting❤️

People are great!❤️

See you soon!❤️

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Hope deferred

Just thinking a lot about the verse Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” This scripture is really something to think I about. If you keep dreaming and dreaming for things and they never come about, you finally give up.

I wonder how many people that live out on the streets kept trying and trying and dreams kept falling through so they finally just stopped trying. They finally said, “Ok, I don’t even want a home anymore! I don’t care if I have to live in the cold, at least I won’t be expecting anything and won’t be let down again.”

That is sad and I could see some of that in myself. The battle would get so hard sometimes it was just easier not to expect anything or even ask for anything. The bad part about being that way is that you stagnate…your creativity starts dwindling, your passion about life starts dwindling.

We have to keep fighting for change and things to look forward to. Even if you go do anything just a little different than normal to keep moving forward!! Go to different places, different scenery, anything to bring about change in your life.

We can’t expect someone else to do it for us, we have to produce change ourselves. We have to keep ourselves (with God’s help) from falling into awful ruts. Some people have no problem taking great care of themselves but others have to fight to remember that they matter and are important and have dreams that are important and matter in this world.

I am so grateful to be getting some momentum in some of these things finally and moving forward!! We have to be grateful everyday for things in our life because it is easy for stinkin thinking to enter in and hold us back from moving into our destiny!!

Keep your eyes open, don’t get distracted!! Keep your love, joy and forgiveness going. Don’t get isolated!! There is a big world out there and many things that you can be so passionate about!! Leave your footprint wherever you go! You can change the atmosphere around you by just being you.

Keep moving forward👍🏼

Don’t stagnate❤️

Do the last thing God told you to do❤️

You aren’t a mistake❤️

You aren’t an accident ❤️

Keep on keeping on❤️

See you soon❤️

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Realization

Hi… been a while…just came to a realization!! I was on vacay last week trying to get my book to a new place which did happen…Also, got to go up and visit with some friends that we got to spend a lot of time with in Texas last fall.

We also got to visit another church in Champaign/Urbana area…. awesome… the young man came up and spoke a prophecy over us right off the bat when the service was over…

He told us how we were grandparents to all these kids just like Heidi is in Mozambique…. woo hoo… it brought a revelation to me that America is a huge, huge mission field!! These kids we minister to are valuable and important and their lives matter!!

I got to hug on a 14 year old last night that has been through more that we can even imagine for a 14 year old… I am very honored for the ability and opportunity to do such a thing. She told me her whole story and didn’t want to leave my side all evening… America needs help!!! America needs love ❤️

Anyway, I knew there were lots of troubled people but I just got a HUGE reality check about it!! While America is sitting in our shiny buildings there are needy people crying and children having to be adults!!

Glad to be a part of anything that might make a difference!! And hope to be making more difference!!

Soooo, got the book to the editor this week…woo hoo!! But I have decided to make the title back to the original…”Shift Happens”…. a woman has a right to change her mind, right?😊

Yep… it’s kind of a eye catcher and I think it’s a good title!!

Hope you are all having a good life and being who you are created to be!! Keep fighting for it if you haven’t found it yet!! It will show up!!

Miss you all!! Sorry I haven’t been here for a bit!! Not because I don’t want to be, just staying  very focused!! I am going to have a launch team eventually and I will have a Facebook page and coach people how to be on there… I would love you all to be there!! I’ll keep you informed!!

Love to you all today!! Keep on pursuing your dreams and destiny!!! God gave you those dreams!! It’s His plan on the Earth!!

Keep on keeping on!!

He created you for purpose!!

Don’t let man minimize you or steal it!!

I’m praying for you!!

See you soon!!!❤️👍🏼😍

 

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Trust the course

Wow…I’ve been so busy and so torn in so many different directions!! Literally so many things I have been praying about are coming into fruition and it almost stopped me dead in my tracks!! Almost overwhelming!! But in a good way🙌🏻❤️

One thing is that when I got in Self Publishing School I had no idea that Chandler that started it was a Christian, I just loved his spirit, and his character!! Then supernaturally God gave me prophecies and confirmations about doing the school.

So I’m in this school with all these uplifting, amazing best seller list people. I’m helping them all launch their books by reading and reviewing!! I’m learning all the procedures!! OMG when you are involved with people cheering you on there is nothing like it!!

So here’s what happened last night!! A lady gets on and says, “Well, I was at church Sunday and I had been thinking about joining SPS and I saw the song, “Testify” come up on the screen by Needtobreathe…. then I heard Chandler say that his brother is in a band called Needtobreathe….then she said, “So I am here by divine appointment.”

I thought woo hoo!!! And I looked up the song on YouTube!!! It came clear to me why God had directed me there… it came clear to me why Chandler and his brother had given the proceeds of his first book to a needy country… it was why after a lady on the SPS passed away while writing her book they are doing everything they can to publish it anyway!!! Because God’s spirit is in the place!!

God does direct our paths…He is a good, good Father!! I’m am in over my head out of my comfort zone in every way right now…but I’m hooked up with a bunch of others that are tooooo…. it was worth the money that I really didn’t have to do it!! When we hear what we are supposed to do we just have to do it!!

My hard miserable past is what equipped me to be able to do what I am doing right now!! Mainly because I know that when I can’t do things that HE can!! We just have to find out His will and step into it!!

I am not really good at setting up pages and typing on Word… now I am being put in a position at church where I have to type out the Worship Service Order and put a link of the worship songs in there….along with getting my book finished, doing hair, taking people through freedom sessions, and handling a bunch of troubled middle school kids on Wednesday nights!!! Whaaaa?? I keep thinking I’m going to get to easy street… but I don’t think it’s going to happen in my lifetime!! I wouldn’t have it any other way!!

I haven’t written on here for a little bit and thought I didn’t have anything to share!! But then it comes in like a flood!!

Be blessed today!!❤️

Get outta your comfort zone ❤️

Don’t compare yourself to anyone else❤️

Find His will and purpose for you!!❤️

See you soon!!❤️

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Finished Rough Draft

Wow, before I started the school I wouldn’t have even known what a rough draft was. Now I have just completed it, which means I just titled it and filling in all of the pages to send to the editor.

I am very excited but it took me a couple of days to get very happy because I just couldn’t believe it. Then I announced it on the Self Publishing School and there were so many “likes” and excitement that I couldn’t help but join in.

If you ever feel that you are supposed to do anything like this, I encourage you to go for it!! I encourage you to step out and do anything that you are called to do!! It’s so hard, fun, and exciting at the same time!

I love to be stretched out of my comfort zone and see the way the things that looked so scary at first melt away. It truly is amazing how you can be thinking a certain way about something and it can seem so impossible, then before you know it, it’s accomplished.

Ok because y’all are my BFF’s I’m going to let you in on the title….😊

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgement

Turning your stumbling blocks into stepping stones

—————————————————————–That’s it!! I couldn’t even think of a title at first but we were riding in the convertible and it popped in my head! Now I am trying to design the cover on Fiverr. Think about what you are not doing because you think it seems impossible.

Then, rethink it. If you thought it were possible, would you move ahead and do it? It probably really is possible, really! I am praying and hoping that creative ideas pop in your head and that you write them down. I am praying that you even act on them.

Sometimes we need to fan the flame of the gift that is within us. 2 Tim. 1:6

Sometimes our creativity gets lost in the busyness of life so we actually have to find it and activate it. It is different for every unique person. Some people are creative in organizing. Some are creative in business, some creative in art and some in writing.

You can use your creativity while you are being a mom and even teach your children to be creative. They are so teachable and learn so easy. They are so fun.

Just take a little baby step and God will meet you where you are. You know what is the most annoying thing to me? When someone picks apart one little bitty thing you did wrong and misses a huge thing you just did right!!

OMG!! Do just the opposite than that today!! Look at what all you have accomplished and done right!! Lift up all the positive things!!! Who cares about little bitty wrong things!!

God totally does not care about little bitty wrong things❤️

We can’t either❤️

Your right things could change someone’s life❤️

It is worth a few tries ❤️

Don’t give up!!❤️

See you soon❤️😊