Praise you in this 🔥

Psalm 63:7 "Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me."  Sing praises even when you feel weary,   Cling to the Lord under the safety of His wings!   The smoke up here is still very thick and I’m not biking again today, which is very hard for me.    I really love the freedom of movement I feel on my bicycle 🚴.   Plus I love the amazing views and fresh air,    Today fresh air is not at all what we have.   I can’t imagine actually being in Canada where so many fires are actively burning.  Many things are out of our control, many things seem wrong, but today I choose to take comfort in our Most High God and TRUST Him in this, taking comfort under His wings and praise Him in my inability to understand.     I hope this helps you today too😇🦅🙏🌸❤️ rest in the shadow of His wings and Praise Him in the middle of your fire!

Wild fires? No worries

This morning the smoke from the wild fires in Canada, looks to be lifting.   I can see that there is shoreline across the lake.  Yesterday,  the smoke was so thick, I could only see a quarter mile.   John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full."  Fire is a tool but certainly can destroy, that's happening with these wild fires.   Last night, our plans were destroyed; we chose not to bike, because of the air quality.   Instead  we took a boat ride and had time in happy conversation over pizza,  celebrating a friends birthday.  It was not what we had planned but we found fun and abundance in our different direction.    I hope you  like this perspective today and it helps you remeber that even if the thief, is trying to destroy, you have Jesus who is leading you to abundance !!  😇🦅🙏❤️🌸

Patience and perseverance are good things

Psalm 119:1 "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good and His love endures forever.......176 I have strayed like a lost sheep.  Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands."   Psalm 119 is so beautiful, it's also so long!   I find myself avoiding it because of its length, but this morning I took my time and enjoyed every verse.   Sometimes, that’s what I do, avoid things that take too long…..yet, those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength and soar like the wings of an 🦅 Eagle.   Patience is a good thing😇. Perseverance is a good thing.   May you be blessed with both today!!

Press on!!

Philippians 3:13 " Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."    Forgetting what is behind and pressing forward to what God has called me!!   Beautiful!!   Yesterday, a friend of mine said, " you didn't believe how hurt I was".  I said, it's not the I didn't believe you got hurt, I just didn't understand you not trying again."    We we're only talking about water skiing, but how largely applicable in life!!😇.  I hope this helps you today " shake off " whatever is holding you back, and press forward toward the high calling of God!!😇🙏🌸🦅❤️

Love of money? Whoa, whoa, whoa…

 Hebrews 13:5 "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,  "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."    So we can say with confidence, " The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"   These verses jumped out to me today because one of my students boldly proclaimed, " I love money!"  I immediately said, whoa, whoa, whoa....   what was that?    We stopped and talked about money being a tool, and even if we could use it to buy everything material this world has to offer, we would still be left empty .   Money and stuff can only satisfy for a moment.  Peace and joy comes from God through Jesus Christ.   This peace, His love, Mercy and Grace are what gives us deep love and joy.  This deep love, joy and TRUST in Jesus is what brings us true contentment.    We can enjoy this contentment everyday no matter what because He has promised; " Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you!"    😇🙏❤️🦅🌸

The Lord will fight for you!

2 Timothy 4:17-18 " But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lions mouth.  18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to His Heavenly Kingdom.  To Him be the glory forever and ever.  Amen".    The Lord will fight for you!!!    Many times we make poor choices and the consequences feel overwhelming.  But in it all Jesus loves us!! He will never leave us or forsake us.   He is with us to pick us back up and give us a fresh start moment by moment.   Today be encouraged to let the Lord fight for you!!  Praise Him for His victory even if you can't quite see it.   He's got this!!!! 😇🙏❤️🦅🌸

Consuming fire 🔥

Hebrews 12:28 "Therefore since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire."  .....13:9 " Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.  It's good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them."     We will not be shaken!!!   I don't have to look to far to see "hard".   I wish I always made good decisions and had tons of perseverance, but currently I'm dealing with indecision and I'm leaning toward the least amount of effort.   Cuz I feel " tired and torn".     I will make a final decision and go forward with energy.   But my indecisiveness really hurts me.    My problem is I gladly take on more then I really have time to do.   I get it all done, but recently I'm  wondering at what cost?     I like the saying " less is more". Im not very good at " doing less".     It's a balance    I thank God recently He has put beautiful people in My life to; remind me of this truth.    These two passages help me too; 1.   I will not be shaken, I will stay thankful.  2.  I will keep my eye on Gods word making sure my motivation is for Him not the world.    I hope you like this today too!!  Do not be shaken!! Be thankful!! Let God be your consuming fire!!

Through it all!

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though Earth give way and mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though waters roar and foam and mountains quake with their surging."  God is our refuge and strength....in all circumstances!!   Waters surging,  mountains falling we all have something going on almost all the time.   God is our ever present help!! Be inspired to TRUST Him today!!!😇🙏❤️🦅🌸. Through it all!!

With a sincere heart…..😇

1Peter 1:22 " Now that you have pruified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have a sincere love for your brother, love one an other deeply, from the heart."❤️.  Love deeply; Sometimes loving deeply make a person feel vulnerable. Jesus didn't ask us to love others so they will love us.   He said, "Love others as I have loved you. " He loves us regardless of our sins; while we were yet sinnners He suffered and died for us.  Today, for my own health and wellness I chose to have a pure heart toward others,  we humans let eachother down and we humans makes pleanty of poor choices.   Jesus extends forgiveness as part of the way He loves us.  Today I hope we can all be inspired to love people where they are at not where we want them to be😇🙏❤️🦅🌸

Sometimes I have to start by remembering to love myself, remembering I am made beautiful through the powerful gift of Jesus.   I need not look at my warts but His righteousness in me!!😇

Better together with Jesus at the helm!!

Romans 1:11 " I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-12 that is that you may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith."   I love this!! Better together!!!    Today let's be encouraged to lift each other up in faith!!   We are better together with Jesus at the helm!!

The waiting is the hardest part😇

John 15:12 "My command is this Love each other as I have loved you."   These are the words of Jesus.   How does He love us?    He loves us so much that while we were yet sinners He died for us on the cross/. Ephesians 4:32 " Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you." In my humanity always being love is not of my strength it's of Jesus.  Philippians 4:13 " I can do everything through Him who gives me strength."    For me "everything", includes patience, people have to go through tell they get to, waiting is often the hardest part😇 ( Tom Petty wrote a song about that).    

Holding the tongue? True mercy

James 2:13 "because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.  Mercy triumphs over judgment!    ......James 3:5 " likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.  6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.  It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell."     Wow.  These verses are speaking loudly to me today.   When I am "judging" in my heart and then I speak against someone with  my mouth, I am being who I don't want to be.    Why is it so easy for me to play the holier then Thou card?   I say that I am a Christian but when I get judging and then speak out in judgment what does that say about me?    When I was married to my children's father.  I spoke out against him often, surprise surprise we got divorced.    My point is simple, I have learned that I need to hold my tongue and trust God in all things.  Wait patiently for Him and have true mercy in my heart toward others.   True mercy is to make sure I hold my tongue.    I hope you like this today too😇🦅🙏🌸❤️( unfortunately I have still not tamed my tongue).

Out of the overflow of the heart….?

Luke 6:32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them."  33 and if you do good to those who are good to you what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that."   ...... 45 " The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.  For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks."  These are great verses,  they remind me to be pure in heart especially toward others, and especially with my mouth.    I have found good friendships with many people that I originally, " wasn't so sure about"   I also like thinking about when you get " Squeezed" what comes out.    If you are an orange , orange juice comes out.   If you are Gods love, love comes out.     This world gives us many opportunities and support in lashing out and being judging.   Be encouraged today to Rise up!! Love those who are difficult and speak well with sincerity of heart.     Grace and Mercy is what Jesus gives us, today let's give it back😇🙏🌸❤️🦅

Remain in His True Vine

John 15:1 " I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit. While every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. ".  These are the words of Jesus😇.  Remain in Him and He will remain in you!    These past four days I've had very early busy mornings with very little sleep.  So my Bible time has taken a hit.   Yesterday.  I felt a bit of hopelessness that I have t felt in a long time.   Almost a feeling of " Give up".   Then I remembered, I hadn't been spending good quality time in my Bible and I was tired.    Last night I had to prune my petunias,   I remembered again, the best place for my head and heart is is Gods word; if I am flourishing or if I am being pruned.     I need to be in the safety of the True Vine!!!   I hope this helps you remain in Him today and always!!    Be fit and be blessed, Kimberly😇🌸🙏🦅

Pray for those who mistreat you

Luke 6:27 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.  ". This is such great advise!!!   When I am  upset with someone and I take the time to pray for them and have true mercy in my heart for them it truly helps me.   I hope this perspective helps you today too.  😇🙏🌸🦅💕Ps.  I found my keys and was able to move the van in plenty of time for the tree trimmers.  Praise God.  He is amazing!!

It’ll all work out!

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”     He has plans for us!!   Today I am waiting on the tree trimmers, I have an urgent matter for them, I can find the keys to my van to move it so they can get in.  I read this verse and it comforted me.   I mess up daily, but regardless of my mistakes, God knows and His arm is not to short.   He provided the funds for the big fix; he'll provide a solution for the " no keys " situation.    I find myself anxious initially when things don't go well; but when I exhale, read Gods word and trust.  Even in my frustration I can have a deeper peace.   Peace be with you today; His Peace 😇💕🌸🙏🦅

Free indeed!!

John 8:36 "So if the Son sets you free you will be free indeed." 😇   True independence starts with dependence on Jesus!   Today let’s let go of any chains that bind us and go forward boldly in Christ!!  He alone takes our sins and removes them as far as the east is from the west and remembers them NO More!!  Freedom is a  fresh start day by day!!   Happy 4th of July!!😇🙏❤️🌸🦅

Courage and strength

 Hebrews 10:39 " But we are not those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."   Just Believe!     Don't shrink back!!!   Be bold in faith!!    This country was founded with courage and strength.   Can you imagine our Country’s forefathers  without faith?   No way!     Be encouraged to "keep the faith" this Independence Day and beyond!!! Happy 4 th of July week.  Be strong in Jesus no matter what!!!

Die to live😇

John 11:25 " Jesus said to her, " I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me shall live, even though he dies; ".  This verse is one of my favorites.  Even though he dies; he lives.    Today,  as I think on this verse I think of the part of me that had to die; to make room for The Holy Spirit's guidance in my life.   I had to let go of " Kimberly's " way and TRUST in God's way.      This is a continual process for me.  I hope this helps you today too,  in either trusting God in the passing of a loved one or trusting Him in a door that has closed.    Be fit and be blessed 😇🙏❤️🦅🌸