I do know there are miracles and turn arounds…I was speaking to the people in some pretty extreme cases❤ Just sayin…
I encourage you!
Hi, just want to encourage you to do what you think you are supposed to do. Whatever goals you have set, start doing them. Don’t let opposition hold you back. Opposition will most DEFINITELY be there. Don’t let it stop you. If you don’t let it hold you back, you will get stronger.
We almost need to be at the point where we expect opposition!! Wow, there have been times where opposition was so, so strong it was unimaginable!! To the point where it stopped me dead in my track. That’s why I encourage you to fulfill your destiny!! I know how much is there trying to keep you from it.
The opposition is not all bad, if you keep making the right choices.
James 1:3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
When I married my second husband the second time, I was so sure that this time everything would work out. Not too long after we got back together it was back to drugs and a mess. The perseverance I had to learn during that time, was to love him and let God work in him and pursue my new salon and business dispite what he was doing. Which meant going there painting and working on the place while he was not capable and was home in a recliner. (Thanks kids for helping… you’re awesome)
I had to learn to do this in an attitude of forgiveness toward him. He literally was not capable of anything else. That was not my responsibility to save and rescue him, even though I had to forgive him for what he was doing.
I am going to say something that I believe is true. Many people take the scripture about adultry and believe that is the only thing that God allows as divorce. I know my God though, and I believe that if someone literally will not change from abuse, drug addiction, and such, that God would not want you to live like that.
There are many different scriptures and I believe you have to find in your heart what God is speaking to your situation. Its a pretty touchy subject that needs many counselors and much prayer to come up with solutions.
One scripture says, “If they want to depart, let them.” I think that word could mean depart, in many ways…emotionally, physically, spiritually. It is something that definitely needs to be dealt with, and not just going on and on, with you enabling someone to be treating you badly, and waiting for God to do something. I think that is out of reality. We have to deal with things!! It’s up to us!!
Keep getting help of all kinds, and other people’s wisdom. I’m definitely not giving someone an excuse to run out on a covenant they have made with God, but sometimes the other person has already ran out on the covenant and I believe God hates that as much!!
Each situation is different and deserves to be treated differently. I am just against a person, man or woman, having to feel condemned for making a decision that is very hard to make. I believe we must feel empathy for such cases!! God is out for our welfare and loves us!
Keep on dealing with things!!
Life more abundantly!!
Tomorrow❤
Rest, relax and enjoy!!
Well I am writing this on Saturday for Sunday. Hope you can find some time to chill, and relax and regroup today. If not today, another day this week. We all need time to take care of ourselves.
Time to take a deep breath and know that God is Large and In Charge!! We need time to be a little lax about our responsibilities. My week has been very busy, which I love, but time to let it all go now!!
Blessings and peace to you!!
Tomorrow❤
Celebrate other’s successes🎉🎊
Hi. You know, some of you may be thinking, “Hey, I’m not having any of these interesting things happening in MY life.” Well, you know the first way to make that happen? Start celebrating good things going on in other people’s lives.
If someone tells you about something good going on in their life, just start being genuinely happy for them. There aren’t lots of people doing that. Encourage them to be the best they can be. It’s a win win, when you are doing that. Guaranteed.
I’m not really saying to “pretend” to be happy because that’s just phony. I’m saying get yourself to a place where you are so cleaned up on the inside and have such a pure heart that you are REALLY happy!!
There are long periods of times sometimes where something good really doesn’t happen to you. I’ve had years, maybe even decades where things didn’t happen the way I expected. Sometimes I had to join in and be happy for someone else’s dream. I had to go with the plan that was in front of me. I had to SHIFT my mindsets and get settled with HIS plan.
Wow when we do that, what wonderful things happen!! It changes our hearts. It changes our motives!! It changes our character!! Then when it’s time for your Dream to happen, you know it’s not about you at all!!
When you know it’s not about you, you are in so much more rest about doing it! You don’t get on a pity party when things don’t go your way!! You know that when you are weak, that’s when HE shows up the strongest!! Oh yes HE does!!
He let me get to the point where I did not care what one person thought anymore. I really didn’t care what I thought was supposed to be happening anymore. When I got to that point, my dream started happening, because I didn’t own it! He did and does!!
So I know when you are hurting, and you go to church alone without your husband or without other people you would love to join you. Or your life seems so out of control or way far away from what you wanted or expected. It’s hard!! But don’t give up, nothing is wasted!! Keep on keeping on!! You are moving toward a better day!!
One day at a time!! Even if something crazy happens that you didn’t expect. Don’t let it make you give up! There is still hope! No matter what the situation is, how you think about it, is the main thing!!
Prov. 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
So that’s saying what we think, we will be. I’m not just telling you a scripture and thinking you can do that, though. I’m all about showing you the way to walk that out!! I’ve needed lots and lots of help from lots and lots of people to help me learn how to walk that out!! It’s not very easy sometimes!!
Keep being pliable and teachable and learning from the hard things. There are lots of lessons if you look for them. Sometimes you have to SHIFT your mind and dig deep! It’s there, keep looking!
Keep digging!
Keep knocking!
Keep celebrating others if you can! If you can’t, figure out why!!
❤Tomorrow
Shift happens…
Hi…back to the SHIFT happens. It happened to me yesterday in a big, big way. I can’t share the details yet, but I kept thinking I was supposed to step out and do something for about 3 months. I kept thinking I was crazy thinking about such a thing. I even got to the place where I gave up on it. But I just kept feeling like I was supposed to do it. I finally contacted a person and she said, ” First off, let me tell you that you aren’t crazy. My husband and I have been praying about this for 6 weeks. Wow!! Talk about SHIFT!!
Instantly it was clear that I wasn’t crazy, what I heard was right, and it was going to happen!! Love it!! That was amazing!! I’ve had many things happen like that in my life before!! I really believe if we keep ourselves pliable and moldable for change these things happen!!
Ps. 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
The thing with that, is that the more you delight yourself in Him, the more your desires change. Instead of wanting some things that aren’t very fruitful, your desires change. For me, instead of wanting to do something just for me, it may involve helping someone else.
The thing above involves helping lots of people. So what I get excited about is that I get to help some people!! That’s because it’s what I was put on this Earth for, and I am grateful to get to do what I was put in this earth for!!
I am so excited when people find and finally get to do what they are supposed to do!! There is nothing like it!! Why wouldn’t God want me to do something that is helping people? Makes sense to me!!
So my hope for everyone is to get to the place where their own life is free and not full of a bunch of problems holding them back, and get to the place where they can help people in their own way.
If you need help in coming to this let me know, or let someone you are around know, so you can start getting to that place. Remember if you are all about what He wants, He will move heaven and earth to make it happen. It’s about His will, not my will!!
Sometimes when you have small children at home, they are the ones you are helping. Sometimes our husband is the one we are helping, or our friends. It might just be the people around us in everyday life. I guarantee, everyone needs help at sometime or another.
Be open, be available for change and remember! Shift does happen! Sometimes it might feel like it’s shifting in a bad way before it bears good fruit. Just enjoy the ride and enjoy the process!! Moving forward in any way is better than stagnating!!
Shift happens!!
Never too late!!
Tomorrow❤