Handling a big lose

1 Corinthians 2:9 "However as it is written:  "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.""     Sometimes our loses can feel overwhelming, we can't imagine anything being able to fill the hole left behind.   We can look at the hole and the emptiness , thinking only of the lose and loose hope.   Jesus is the way to fill us to over flowing no matter how deep our lose. Fix your eyes upon Jesus, TRUST He will provide.  Be thankful in the midst of it all. " No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him."   TRUST.  

What’s growing in you?

 1 Corinthians 3:16 "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temples and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple."   We are Gods temple!! What we put in our temple includes what we feed our minds.  The thoughts we let ourselves think, the music we listen to, the morning radio shows.  What we think about expands.  

Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brothers whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praise worthy-think about such things."    An old friend of mine committed suicide, before she did this she had a lot of compulsive thinking in the wrong direction.   Her Theropist said, "You have a well worn path of thinking in the wrong direction."    That is an extreme example of wrong thinking but we can wreck this very day, if we let our brains go to dark places.    We are each Gods temple; let's feed our body, mind and soul what is edifying!!!😇❤️🙏🌸💃

Sincerity of heart all day long

Psalm 139:23 " Search me, O God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts.  24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."  

This is a great verse and a fantastic prayers!! There is so much power in praying the word of God. On my own my prayers can be the same old same old.   Jesus told us not to pray in blind repetition  as the Pharisees.   Psalm 139:23-4 is a heart felt prayer.  David yearned to be closer to God and to do His way.  David was a sinner, we are all sinners. I am healthiest when I, shake off my wrongs, accept the forgiveness Jesus died to give me and try try try again to remember to seek God first and do His will not mine.  It’s so easy to think I’ll do this,  when I wake up each morning.  Still I forget while I’m going about my day.   God please fill each of us with an out pour of your Holy Spirit so we can remember You  and Your ways all day today and each day!😇💃🙏❤️🚴🏾‍♀️

What is your idol?

 Jeremiah 2:5 "This is what the Lord says,  "What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me?  They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves."    Wow!!! What a powerful truth!    I noticed myself getting a judge full  heart the other day.  It was not about one thing or one person, but about a number of things and a number of people.  This verse is helping me look at my heart.   Am I truly seeking God and His Word first? Am I truly living by Jesus command, "Love others as I have loved you:".     I started a Bible study yesterday,"Learning to encourage each other in Gods Word". One of the ladies pointed out it's no good to be able to spout off Bible verses, if you don't act the part.     Today, I am hoping to keep my heart upon the Lord, so I can truly, "Act the Part".   Hope this helps you today too. 😇💃🙏❤️John 13:34 “A new command I give you: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

Out of the over flow of the heart

 Luke 6:45 "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 the heart his mouth speaks."   Wow.  What a powerful TRUTH!!   Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.  Have you ever been in a bad mood?   Sometimes I don't sleep well or I eat too much sugar or I don't take time for my wellness routines.  When I neglect my health I can easily get into a negative nilly attitude.   The biggest part of my health and wellness is starting out my day thankful and reading Gods word.   This sets the stage for my heart to be right.  What ever I fill myself with grows.  I have to be very careful that my "self talk" is the encouraging word of God.   If I neglect this simple practice my heart gets defeated and I see what's wrong and not what's right and pretty soon you'll hear me grumbling and complaining .   Grumbling and complaining are signs of the evil over flowing in my heart.   God is our strength and our song!! Today let’s let our hearts be filled with His hope and joy so our mouths will be overflowing with His encouraging words!!😇💃🙏❤️🌸

Fully alive here and then

 John 11:25 "Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?"   He is the resurrection and the life!!  Not only the eternal life but our life today in our hear and now!!   I was so dead in my trespasses and sins then He helped me quit drinking and freed me from the guilt and shame that I deserved.    I remember that when I quit I thought I'd be a really good person as long as I didn't drink.   Truth is I sobered up and I was still a sinner.  I still am a sinner.  The difference now is 1.  I truly do want to leave my sin behind me. 2.  I am not defined by my sin!  Jesus took all my sins, yesterdays,todays and tomorrows on the cross and washes me clean from it all.   He does that for each of us!!! Plus in exchange, He  gives us His righteousness!!  God looks at us as righteous because of Jesus not as sinners!!   Out of my thankfulness I keep trying and trying  again to do what is right because most of my heart wants to do what is right.    I say most of my heart because there is still a part of me that wants what God doesn't want for me.   I am still a sinner, I can hardly wait tell I get to Heaven and there I will no longer be stricken with sin.    3.  We get to go to Heaven, when we die here on earth!!! Even though we die, we live!!! We fully live in this life and the next because of the glorious gift of Jesus Christ!!!😇🙏❤️🌸💃🚴🏾‍♀️

Praise the Lord for perseverance!!!

 Psalm25:4 "Show me your ways O Lord, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." 

My Hope is in Him all day long!!! When I hope in the Lord, I have His peace.   I can get pretty wound up, doing this or that. Trying to "make things happen".  Some of my projects turn out and some are big flops.  When I have a big flop, I often keep trying to make it happen anyway.  I know Einstein had 999 fails before he got the light bulb perfected. So I use that when I am in my try,  try,  try again mode.  Truth is sometimes  I'm just going down a path God is not about to bless ever.  I also don’t want to give up right before the blessing.  It's hard for me to know when to quit and when to push through .  This verse is helping me today.  Psalm 25:4-5 “Show me your ways O Lord, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and tech me, for you are God my Savior, my hope is in you all day long."  I’m really glad I didn’t give up trying to quit drinking.   Praise the Lord for perseverance!!😇