Calling Jesus for our election

 Romans 10:9 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." What does it mean to confess Jesus is Lord?   I think it means 1.   He is our Savior (We each are active sinners and He alone by dying for us. on the cross,  takes the eternal penalty for our sins  and gives us eternal life in right standing with God) 2. He is Lord of our everyday life.  When we constantly know, repent and turn from our active sinful behaviors, thoughts, and desires, toward living a more Holy life.  with our hearts desire to be pleasing to Jesus. (Jesus said, " I give you two new commandments all others are based off of these.   1.   Love the Lord your God with all your heart mind and soul.   2.   Love your neighbor as yourself.  ( I like the example of what Jesus said,"Love your neighbor as I have loved you")   ).  Today is Election Day in the 🇺🇸 United States!! Today we love each other by getting out to vote to secure our freedom to honor Jesus.  If we vote in a socialist, communist, Muslim government we won't have the freedom to vote it out.     Call on the name of the Lord today to protect our precious United States of America.   🇺🇸

Matthew 22:37-39 & John 13:34-35

Wait

 Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."   Be still!!! Know He is God!!   This is hard for me to do.    I like have things the way I want them when I want them.    This causes me anxiety because things are rarely when and where I want them.    Accepting life as it is and  knowing everything is under His control,  gives me peace.  Today, let's be anxious for nothing but in prayer and petition makes our requests be known to God, then let the peace of God fill our hearts as we wait patiently on Him.  Let's wait for His answers in His timing. ...., TRUST and Wait!!!  Knowing what will be, will be good!!

Let your inner beauty outshine your costume

 Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a women who fears the Lord is to be praised."

True beauty is the Spirit within shining out!! One of my dearest friends said, "When you have Jesus in your heart is shows on your face."   She to date was one of the most beautiful women I have ever known.  Today, be inspired to let your inner beauty outshine any costume you are tempted to wear.    😇❤️🙏

We each can be wrong

 Proverbs 29:11 "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control."

Proverbs 19:11 

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”  Proverbs 12:16 "Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.”   It is best not to take offense in the first place!!! Be inspired  to think before you speak.   Hold your anger, hold your tongue.  Most people are simply doing the best they can with what they have.  Choose empathy and compassion.  Educate each other and be teachable. Seek common ground.  Agree to disagree.   Most of us have solid reasons why we think the way we think.   We each can be wrong.  Let's open our minds to seeing things from an others' point of view.   

No Fear, perfect TRUST!

 Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way as the mountains fall into the heart of the sea."....5"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day."  What ever we face ... God is bigger!! He is our refuge and strength our ever present help in trouble!   TRUST HIM!!   He is all around us and within us!  We need not fear.  We simply need to TRUST HIM!!  

Rise up!!

 Proverbs 24:10 "If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength."  

Proverbs 24:16 "for a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity."

I had a huge week last week!    I was blessed with a beautiful granddaughter and able to spend time with her and her siblings and her cousins.  She is an amazing blessing!!  Two days after she was born I headed to Chattanooga, Tennessee for a paddle board race down the TN River.   I hit so many obstacles that I was tempted to quit before I started.   Then I read Proverbs 23:16 "Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again."    Many times in life we fall.   Do not let how many times you fall define you.  Let how many times you get back up, through the powerful gift of Jesus define you.  I had a wonderful adventure and race in TN.   I'm so glad I didn't give up when things got difficult.    

Stay out of the mud!

 Colossians 3:17 "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." ...3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Yesterday God gave me a vision of a certain behavior of mine, He showed me that every time  I do it, it's like me jumping into a mud pit.  Then, He gave me a vision of me doing life His way and how it leads to me being white as snow, shining next to Him.    Why I keep jumping into the mud is beyond me.  Today, be inspired to do life God's way.   Be kind, generous, patient, persistent in thankfulness and godliness.  We can't live this way on our own.  Ask the Holy Spirit to direct your path.   Read His word and let it be a lamp to your feet.   Each day you try to do life God's way and not jump into your own mud bath; it will get a little easier to stay clean.  😇❤️🙏.  (We are clean because of what Jesus did for us on the cross not because of our own works.  But when we do our best to do life His way, our lives are better in our here and now)