1 John 4:8 "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Love is HARD. People in the world think Christian are the weakest people but actually we are the strongest, because it is not easy to love people. It's a whole lot easier to hate someone when they hurt you, but to forgive someone and still love them and bless them when they hurt you, that is where true strength is. :) Only the strongest people can do that.
1 Peter 4:8 "Keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."
If you really love someone you won't care what they did or didn't do. "Love keeps no record of wrongs."
Colossians 3:14 "Put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."
Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. His number one goal is to divide and conquer. He wants to divide any strong friendship and any love relationship, because he hates it when we are united in love with others. But don't let him. God desires that we have harmony with others, so seek peace at all costs. Don't let Satan pit you against those you love the most.
John 13:34-35 "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I have never understood why those in church can sometimes be some of the most cold and heartless people out there. It is pretty ironic isn't it? Love is supposed to define all of who a Christian is, but sometimes, often times, Christians can be the least loving people. I know I have had this problem a lot in the past. For some reason when we get saved we think we can judge everyone else. But we aren't saved and then become God. Saved people are still sinners and we need to stay humble and always see that. Don't get to full of yourself just because you are saved. God OPPOSES the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
It's a lot more fun to judge others then to BE judged. I think we judge others to get our minds off of all the judgment we ourselves get from others. Bullies were always bullied themselves. ;) And "those who deserve love the least often need it the most." So love your haters. ;)
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Love Sucks
I think I'll get my first tattoo tomorrow. It will be on my forearm and it will say "Boys Are Stupid." :) And I'm considering dying my hair black. It should look really cool I think. :) Time for a rebel look for me I think. :)
I don't know why I keep tring to find love. I probably should just stay single for a week or a month or longer. That could do my brain and soul some good for sure. There are only so many times a person can put themselves out there and get rejected. But it is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all right? "I could have missed the pain, but then I would have missed the dance." :)
We always try to find someone we will be perfectly compatible with, but the reality is there is no one you will ever be perfectly compatible with, because we are all so different. Some poeple can handle differences in others and some can't.
In any love relationship it seems both people always try to change each other. That can be good sometimes. The Bible says "As iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another." And "Two are better then one for if one falls, his friend can help him up." And "It is not good for the man to be alone." Of course it doesn't say it is not good for a woman to be alone. lol :) Women do tend to handle being alone a lot better then men do. Or do we? hm...I shall try this being alone for a week or longer. It probably will feel like a breath of fresh air overall. I need some me time I think. :) It's time to kick every single guy to the curb and just breath for a bit I think.
I hope you all can find freedom from whatever addiction you have and just be free for awhile. :)
I know I have always had a "love addiction." But that was part of the curse for women. God told the woman "Your desire shall be for your husband but he shall rule over you." Meaning, most women want a man, but when they get one, he tends to dominate her and make her feel like crap, which is very true.
God help me.
May God bless all ya'll!
I don't know why I keep tring to find love. I probably should just stay single for a week or a month or longer. That could do my brain and soul some good for sure. There are only so many times a person can put themselves out there and get rejected. But it is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all right? "I could have missed the pain, but then I would have missed the dance." :)
We always try to find someone we will be perfectly compatible with, but the reality is there is no one you will ever be perfectly compatible with, because we are all so different. Some poeple can handle differences in others and some can't.
In any love relationship it seems both people always try to change each other. That can be good sometimes. The Bible says "As iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another." And "Two are better then one for if one falls, his friend can help him up." And "It is not good for the man to be alone." Of course it doesn't say it is not good for a woman to be alone. lol :) Women do tend to handle being alone a lot better then men do. Or do we? hm...I shall try this being alone for a week or longer. It probably will feel like a breath of fresh air overall. I need some me time I think. :) It's time to kick every single guy to the curb and just breath for a bit I think.
I hope you all can find freedom from whatever addiction you have and just be free for awhile. :)
I know I have always had a "love addiction." But that was part of the curse for women. God told the woman "Your desire shall be for your husband but he shall rule over you." Meaning, most women want a man, but when they get one, he tends to dominate her and make her feel like crap, which is very true.
God help me.
May God bless all ya'll!
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Be Wise in Your Words
Colossians 3:17 "Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
There is a great phrase that sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. That phrase is all about denial. Do whatever you do in the name of the Lord, as in, make sure all that you do and say will glorify God. Just because someone says hurtful things to you that doesn't give you a right to hate them. For some reason every year with the holidays a million offenses will come. People will say things that will hurt you. Any time you open up and let people in and really talk to people, they might hurt you. Where do you go with that hurt? Do you put walls up? Do you let the anger stay insideo of you and fester? Do you try to take revenge? Or do you give it to God? Will you let go of your anger today? And lay it down at Jesus' feet? ;)
Psalm 19:14 ""Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord." If you let the sun go down on our anger, you Give Satan a foothold in your mind and heart. Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. Did you let Satan win in your mind today? Repent.
Ephesians 4:29-32 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, (by hurting others) by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Are you quick to forgive others? Or are you quick to judge them? "Judge not lest you be judged, for with the same measure you judge others you will be judged." We reap what we sow. If we are without mercy towards others, we will not be shown mercy when we need it.
Be careful of being to hard on others. We have all sinned and fall way short of the glory of God. Look in the mirror before pointing the finger at another person. When you point a finger at someone else there are 3 fingers pointing back at you for a reason. ;)
Colossians 3:8 "You must put these all far away from you: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and mean talk from your mouth."
Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
Be very careful what you say to others. Think before you speak. If you don't, you will regret it. Pray, a lot, before you speak to anyone when you are angry. And be wise.
May God bless you all!
There is a great phrase that sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. That phrase is all about denial. Do whatever you do in the name of the Lord, as in, make sure all that you do and say will glorify God. Just because someone says hurtful things to you that doesn't give you a right to hate them. For some reason every year with the holidays a million offenses will come. People will say things that will hurt you. Any time you open up and let people in and really talk to people, they might hurt you. Where do you go with that hurt? Do you put walls up? Do you let the anger stay insideo of you and fester? Do you try to take revenge? Or do you give it to God? Will you let go of your anger today? And lay it down at Jesus' feet? ;)
Psalm 19:14 ""Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord." If you let the sun go down on our anger, you Give Satan a foothold in your mind and heart. Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. Did you let Satan win in your mind today? Repent.
Ephesians 4:29-32 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, (by hurting others) by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Are you quick to forgive others? Or are you quick to judge them? "Judge not lest you be judged, for with the same measure you judge others you will be judged." We reap what we sow. If we are without mercy towards others, we will not be shown mercy when we need it.
Be careful of being to hard on others. We have all sinned and fall way short of the glory of God. Look in the mirror before pointing the finger at another person. When you point a finger at someone else there are 3 fingers pointing back at you for a reason. ;)
Colossians 3:8 "You must put these all far away from you: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and mean talk from your mouth."
Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
Be very careful what you say to others. Think before you speak. If you don't, you will regret it. Pray, a lot, before you speak to anyone when you are angry. And be wise.
May God bless you all!
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Don't Covet and Be Grateful
This week is Thanksgiving week so I'll write about being thankful for what you have and not coveting what you don't have. There is a great song by Rihanna called "Live Your Life." At the beginning a guy says, "Stop thinking about what you aint got and be thankful for the life you do have." Amen to that! I think it is human nature to always look at the One thing you can't have or don't have and want it. Like Adam and Eve in the garden were told they could eat from any tree but one, and what did Eve do? She decided she wanted to eat from the One tree she couldn't. Of course that was partly thanks to Satan tempting her, but it's also interesting that she wasn't satisfied enough with ALL the trees she could eat from. She wanted to eat from the One she wasn't supposed to.
Aren't we the same way? We maybe aren't supposed to buy so many things but we do anyway. We might be trying to watch our weight and pledge to ourselves to avoid junk food but then we eat it anyways. We might be trying to quit smoking or drinking but then we do it anyway. Sometimes the more we try to avoid something the more we want it. Even when we know certain things are bad for us, we do them anyways. Like I have been smoking for the past 4 months since my girls went away from me to help me deal with the sadness of it all. But I think I'm finally to a point where I don't need to smoke, praise God. I have moved on, for the most part, and am happy now for the new life I have as an independent woman again. Also God has given me enough wisdom to realize I am much, much happier when I don't smoke. There is only one reason to smoke really, to silence my emotions, and about 100 reasons to not smoke. So why do it? God give me more and more wisdom in this, and for anyone reading this, if you have an addiction you want to overcome. :)
I pray often that God will make me the wisest person alive today. I know that's a lot to ask for but hey if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can move mountains right? :) I certainly am leanring a ton due to all the crazy circumstances I've been through in my life. I think now God is putting me around some of the wisest people now I've ever known in order to increase my wisdom, so praise God for all my new smart friends. :)
But be careful about coveting and wanting things you don't have or can't have. Be happy with the things you Do have. The more thankful you are for what you already have, the happier you will be. Try to not covet things that are not yours. Maybe they are not yours for a Reason. Maybe you think you want it or them, but then if you were to get it/them, you wouldn't be all that happy with it, whatever It is for you. ;)
Try to be grateful for what you already have. You can do it! lol :)
May God bless you all!
Aren't we the same way? We maybe aren't supposed to buy so many things but we do anyway. We might be trying to watch our weight and pledge to ourselves to avoid junk food but then we eat it anyways. We might be trying to quit smoking or drinking but then we do it anyway. Sometimes the more we try to avoid something the more we want it. Even when we know certain things are bad for us, we do them anyways. Like I have been smoking for the past 4 months since my girls went away from me to help me deal with the sadness of it all. But I think I'm finally to a point where I don't need to smoke, praise God. I have moved on, for the most part, and am happy now for the new life I have as an independent woman again. Also God has given me enough wisdom to realize I am much, much happier when I don't smoke. There is only one reason to smoke really, to silence my emotions, and about 100 reasons to not smoke. So why do it? God give me more and more wisdom in this, and for anyone reading this, if you have an addiction you want to overcome. :)
I pray often that God will make me the wisest person alive today. I know that's a lot to ask for but hey if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can move mountains right? :) I certainly am leanring a ton due to all the crazy circumstances I've been through in my life. I think now God is putting me around some of the wisest people now I've ever known in order to increase my wisdom, so praise God for all my new smart friends. :)
But be careful about coveting and wanting things you don't have or can't have. Be happy with the things you Do have. The more thankful you are for what you already have, the happier you will be. Try to not covet things that are not yours. Maybe they are not yours for a Reason. Maybe you think you want it or them, but then if you were to get it/them, you wouldn't be all that happy with it, whatever It is for you. ;)
Try to be grateful for what you already have. You can do it! lol :)
May God bless you all!
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Keep Hoping and Believing
Just because something doesn't go the way you were predicting or hoping for, for now, that doesn't mean that it never will. Just stay in faith. If God told you that you can have something, you will. Just wait on his perfect timing. "You have not because you ask not." If you want something, ask God for it. "Delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart." What is your greatest desire? God wants to know. You might think "God already knows what I want." But not necessarily. Often times we don't even know ourselves what our greatest desire is. We push it out of our minds because we think it's impossible, but what if it is possible? What if really "all things are possible to those who believe?" How big do you think God is? Do you really believe that he can do what seems impossible? Why not just go out on a limb and ask God for big things, that big thing that you really, really want. People are more bold with Santa and what they want for Christmas then they are with God. What if God really does care about what you want most?
For some reason the predeominant thought among Christians is a very ascetic way of thinking that we got from the Catholic monks. Most Christians literally think God wants them to be miserable. But really? What parent ever wants their children to be miserable? None. Every parent wants their child to be happy. Of course parents know more then kids what will make them happy, like not eating sugar will make them more happy in the long run so they don't have to suffer at the dentist's office. So there are things we ask God for where he's like, "No that would only hurt you. I have something better for you."
Trust God's judgement in the long run. If he doesn't give you what you first asked for, he will give you something better. :) But still ask, because you never know, you might get the very thing you want the most. Just keep believing that it's possible, and it might be. :)
May God bless you! And may God give you the greatest desires of your heart! :)
For some reason the predeominant thought among Christians is a very ascetic way of thinking that we got from the Catholic monks. Most Christians literally think God wants them to be miserable. But really? What parent ever wants their children to be miserable? None. Every parent wants their child to be happy. Of course parents know more then kids what will make them happy, like not eating sugar will make them more happy in the long run so they don't have to suffer at the dentist's office. So there are things we ask God for where he's like, "No that would only hurt you. I have something better for you."
Trust God's judgement in the long run. If he doesn't give you what you first asked for, he will give you something better. :) But still ask, because you never know, you might get the very thing you want the most. Just keep believing that it's possible, and it might be. :)
May God bless you! And may God give you the greatest desires of your heart! :)
Monday, November 18, 2019
Prophecy Reveals Secrets
Having a gift of prophecy means people will get mad at times at what you say, but it isn’t your fault. That’s the Holy Spirit convicting them in the truth of what you said. If the shoe fits, wear it, and then go buy different shoes. 😁👍🏼 As in, Change what you hate in yourself.
The truth almost always makes people angry because they love to hide in darkness. The truth often necessitates a change. We get angry in order to have the energy to make the change in ourselves that we need to. But so many quench the Holy Spirit and ignore the warnings from God that they need to change. People love to shoot the messenger instead of take what God is saying to them and make the change they need to. If a truth makes you angry, don't get angry at the person who said it, only get angry at yourself if you ignore it.
Here is a good verse about prophecy, "If an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!” If you are speaking truth that brings out the secrets of others' hearts, that is because you are using your gift of prophecy. Any Christian can have the gift of speaking prophecy. It isn't necessarily predicting the future. It is just speaking out the truth.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Hell is Real
Here are some verses to refresh all ya'll's memory that hell is a real place and a ton of people Will be going there. Anyone who does not believe in Jesus, that Jesus is God, Will go to hell when they die. Period.
Matthew 10:28
Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Rev. 20:11-15
"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21:8
As for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
Matthew 25
"Then shall God say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Revelation 20:10
The devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 20:15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew 25:41
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
Matthew 13:50
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment...if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Jude 1:7
Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
John 3:16-18
Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Revelation 20:14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Mark 9:43-48
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Luke 16:19-31
"There was a rich man named Patrick who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Daniel 12:2
"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Acts 2:27 "You will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption."
Matthew 10:28
Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Rev. 20:11-15
"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21:8
As for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
Matthew 25
"Then shall God say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Revelation 20:10
The devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 20:15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew 25:41
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
Matthew 13:50
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment...if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Jude 1:7
Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
John 3:16-18
Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Revelation 20:14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Mark 9:43-48
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Luke 16:19-31
"There was a rich man named Patrick who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Daniel 12:2
"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Acts 2:27 "You will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption."
Saturday, November 16, 2019
My Testimony
I grew up in church since I was a baby. I rebelled a bit though in junior high, after my parents divorced. At age 14 I finally decided to take Christianity seriously. I guess that’s when I started having a fear or respect of God and when I first started reading the Bible and praying a lot. :)
I went to India on a missions trip at 14 and that really cemented my faith. Then I went to Taiwan twice to teach English and Mexico about 7 times on missions trips. I have worked with kids in most of my jobs the past 20 years and always have a goal to help kids love God, because life is hard and kids need lots of encouragement. :)
I think it’s key we keep our faith alive that God is good and that he loves us. We can’t let Satan convince us that God doesn’t care about us. We have to keep that relationship with God close and strong, because ultimately God is our only hope in life and our only protector and provider. 😁👍🏼 God is good! Woot. 😀
I went to India on a missions trip at 14 and that really cemented my faith. Then I went to Taiwan twice to teach English and Mexico about 7 times on missions trips. I have worked with kids in most of my jobs the past 20 years and always have a goal to help kids love God, because life is hard and kids need lots of encouragement. :)
I think it’s key we keep our faith alive that God is good and that he loves us. We can’t let Satan convince us that God doesn’t care about us. We have to keep that relationship with God close and strong, because ultimately God is our only hope in life and our only protector and provider. 😁👍🏼 God is good! Woot. 😀
Learn to Wait Well
When you pray for something, God will tell you no, yes, or wait.
We generally are not very good at waiting. Think of any time you have had to wait in line. It's not fun right? But God wants us to be good at waiting. "Delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart." But he doesn't give you all your desires at once. If he did you would probably be spoiled. He often gives us one blessing at a time, probably so that we won't get too prideful. God gives us as much blessing as we can handle at one time. He doesn't want us to loose sight of him so he blesses us slowly sometimes. But if he has put a dream in your mind and given you a vision of something, he will bring it to pass. Just stay in faith that he will and he will. :) Keep believing and keep hoping.
Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope." God speaks to us through the Bible, but he also speaks to us in our spirit. Jesus said "My sheep hear my voice." If you want to heart God speaking to you, you can. You just have to listen harder. Go on a walk a few times a day to hear God. It often isn't until we get away from all the distractions in our home and go for a walk that we can clearly hear God speak to us. :)
Isaiah 40:31 "They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." When you learn to be good at waiting, you grow stronger. It's kind of like taking a really good nap. You wake up feeling renewed and refreshed. When we take a nap, or a break, from striving and trying to do things on our own and just wait for God, our strength will be renewed. Praise God! :)
Isaiah 30:18 "For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." You might be waiting on God for a blessing or for justice. I know in my case, my dad sexually abused me as a kid. He initially only served 6 months in jail, which I felt wasn't just enough. Recently he got committed to prison for 10 years for molesting more kids. I felt then that justice had finally prevailed. If you wait on God to bring justice to those who hurt you, he will. Don't get revenge yourself in any way. Wait on God to bring justice to those who did you wrong. Let go and let God. That is why we can forgive because it's not up to us to bring about justice for ourselves. ''Vengeance is mine" says the Lord. "I will repay it." Amen.
Psalm 40:1 "I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry." If God doesn't seem to be answering your prayer right away know that he still hears you, but he has a lot of things to do. :) God doesn't live to serve us, we live to serve God. Amen? So wait patiently for him to help you. He will in due time. Just stay in faith and learn to wait well on God.
I pray this blog blessed you all and helped you grow in faith and wisdom. God loves you all and I love you all too! That's why I write so much for you all, whoever you all are. lol :)
May God bless you! :)
We generally are not very good at waiting. Think of any time you have had to wait in line. It's not fun right? But God wants us to be good at waiting. "Delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart." But he doesn't give you all your desires at once. If he did you would probably be spoiled. He often gives us one blessing at a time, probably so that we won't get too prideful. God gives us as much blessing as we can handle at one time. He doesn't want us to loose sight of him so he blesses us slowly sometimes. But if he has put a dream in your mind and given you a vision of something, he will bring it to pass. Just stay in faith that he will and he will. :) Keep believing and keep hoping.
Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope." God speaks to us through the Bible, but he also speaks to us in our spirit. Jesus said "My sheep hear my voice." If you want to heart God speaking to you, you can. You just have to listen harder. Go on a walk a few times a day to hear God. It often isn't until we get away from all the distractions in our home and go for a walk that we can clearly hear God speak to us. :)
Isaiah 40:31 "They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." When you learn to be good at waiting, you grow stronger. It's kind of like taking a really good nap. You wake up feeling renewed and refreshed. When we take a nap, or a break, from striving and trying to do things on our own and just wait for God, our strength will be renewed. Praise God! :)
Isaiah 30:18 "For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." You might be waiting on God for a blessing or for justice. I know in my case, my dad sexually abused me as a kid. He initially only served 6 months in jail, which I felt wasn't just enough. Recently he got committed to prison for 10 years for molesting more kids. I felt then that justice had finally prevailed. If you wait on God to bring justice to those who hurt you, he will. Don't get revenge yourself in any way. Wait on God to bring justice to those who did you wrong. Let go and let God. That is why we can forgive because it's not up to us to bring about justice for ourselves. ''Vengeance is mine" says the Lord. "I will repay it." Amen.
Psalm 40:1 "I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry." If God doesn't seem to be answering your prayer right away know that he still hears you, but he has a lot of things to do. :) God doesn't live to serve us, we live to serve God. Amen? So wait patiently for him to help you. He will in due time. Just stay in faith and learn to wait well on God.
I pray this blog blessed you all and helped you grow in faith and wisdom. God loves you all and I love you all too! That's why I write so much for you all, whoever you all are. lol :)
May God bless you! :)
Friday, November 15, 2019
Gossip and Lies are Killers
The fastest way to kill any relationship is through lies and gossip. When you talk to other people a lot about a person in negative ways, the relationship will probably end. Also if you don't respect that person enough to not lie to them, your relationship probably won't last.
I could say tons about those two topics but I'll just say that over the past year my ex husband lied to me about 20 times and his mom lied to me and him about 10 times so that's why I decided to be done for now with Ben and his family. I let them have our two girls for now and I have distanced myself from them and all the craziness so that I would not go crazy. I can't handle lying. It's my number one pet peeve. And I definitely can't handle people that can't stop talking about other people. It's like come on, have some self-control. My goodness. Find a different hobby.
The gossip was absolutely horrendous with my ex husband's family. Everyone talks about everybody and every tiny little thing that anyone does. I guess that was their hobby. I can find other things to talk about rather then critical things about every single person in my family. I vent sometimes about people, but I'm not going to do that 24/7. That's SO destructive and I don't get why people don't realize how damaging it can be to a family. I guess their goal was to destroy our family, or they just didn't realize that it probably would destroy our family.
So I have enjoyed taking a big step back from that this past 5 months. I talk to almost no one now except my best friend Ashley and my new co-workers. They tried to rope me into the gossip mud bath but I said no thank you to that. I have never been much into gossiping and I never will be. It doesn't do any good. It only brings about harm. And you only feel like a horrible person after doing it.
Typically women are the only ones who gossip but men can to. Don't do it.
Here are some good verses on the subject:
Proverbs 20:19 "Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler." If someone tells you secrets, keep their secrets to yourself. Don't betray them. And your words should have meaning to them. Don't just talk just to talk. Learn something and teach something from the words used.
Proverbs 16:28 "A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends." Yep.
Proverbs 11:13 "Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered." Yep.
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Amen. :) If you feel dirty after talking to someone maybe you shouldn't talk like that anymore. I think lots of people have of insecurity and depression due to the ongoing negative conversations they choose to have. Then they have anxiety that others will find out what they have been talking about. The solution is to only say words that you would later on be proud of. :)
Proverbs 26:20 "For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases." If you want to stop pissing people off around you, stop talking badly about them. If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all. People might think for a time they like hearing all the juicy gossip about everyone they can, but in the end they will feel bad for looking down on others.
Gossip comes from pride. You think you are better then that other person and so you feel justified to think they are horrible and then cause everyone else to think they are horrible too. But are you really that great? I mean really? Is anyone really all that great? No. None of us are. So we can't ever get up on our high horse and look down on others. No matter what their sin is, you have plenty of sins too. "He is without sin cast the first stone." Don't throw stones at others and what they do or don't do until you are perfect. Which will mean you will never be able to, justifiably.
Just be nice.
God bless! :)
I could say tons about those two topics but I'll just say that over the past year my ex husband lied to me about 20 times and his mom lied to me and him about 10 times so that's why I decided to be done for now with Ben and his family. I let them have our two girls for now and I have distanced myself from them and all the craziness so that I would not go crazy. I can't handle lying. It's my number one pet peeve. And I definitely can't handle people that can't stop talking about other people. It's like come on, have some self-control. My goodness. Find a different hobby.
The gossip was absolutely horrendous with my ex husband's family. Everyone talks about everybody and every tiny little thing that anyone does. I guess that was their hobby. I can find other things to talk about rather then critical things about every single person in my family. I vent sometimes about people, but I'm not going to do that 24/7. That's SO destructive and I don't get why people don't realize how damaging it can be to a family. I guess their goal was to destroy our family, or they just didn't realize that it probably would destroy our family.
So I have enjoyed taking a big step back from that this past 5 months. I talk to almost no one now except my best friend Ashley and my new co-workers. They tried to rope me into the gossip mud bath but I said no thank you to that. I have never been much into gossiping and I never will be. It doesn't do any good. It only brings about harm. And you only feel like a horrible person after doing it.
Typically women are the only ones who gossip but men can to. Don't do it.
Here are some good verses on the subject:
Proverbs 20:19 "Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler." If someone tells you secrets, keep their secrets to yourself. Don't betray them. And your words should have meaning to them. Don't just talk just to talk. Learn something and teach something from the words used.
Proverbs 16:28 "A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends." Yep.
Proverbs 11:13 "Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered." Yep.
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Amen. :) If you feel dirty after talking to someone maybe you shouldn't talk like that anymore. I think lots of people have of insecurity and depression due to the ongoing negative conversations they choose to have. Then they have anxiety that others will find out what they have been talking about. The solution is to only say words that you would later on be proud of. :)
Proverbs 26:20 "For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases." If you want to stop pissing people off around you, stop talking badly about them. If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all. People might think for a time they like hearing all the juicy gossip about everyone they can, but in the end they will feel bad for looking down on others.
Gossip comes from pride. You think you are better then that other person and so you feel justified to think they are horrible and then cause everyone else to think they are horrible too. But are you really that great? I mean really? Is anyone really all that great? No. None of us are. So we can't ever get up on our high horse and look down on others. No matter what their sin is, you have plenty of sins too. "He is without sin cast the first stone." Don't throw stones at others and what they do or don't do until you are perfect. Which will mean you will never be able to, justifiably.
Just be nice.
God bless! :)
Possible Happy Endings that Died
I think my recent friend breakup, and we were Just friends for any wondering, with my former boss reminded me of my anger toward my ex husband, which I have just kind of stuffed for the past 6 months.
The situation with my ex husband was incredibly messed up, him leaving and letting himself go crazy over the past year. We had several fights the 3 months before he left and I kept trying to spiritually correct him. I kept saying, "The issue is that you are talking to demons More then you talk to. You are gossiping about me with demons." I knew exactly what this was like because that happened to me with the guy I was with before Ben. Satan or demons would totally whisper in my ear that he was a bad guy and that I shouldn't trust him but he was a good guy. I knew it was all Satan lying to me and giving me a spirit of fear but I didn't know how to overcome the lies being spoken to me.
Satan is called "the accuser of the brethren" in the Bible, so he accuses others to us, in our own minds, to try to turn us against them. Satan hates love and unity. He tries to divide and conquer by keeping us as isolated as he can cuz isolated sheep are the easiest to kill. :(
If we let that go on, these evil thoughts about another, a stronghold is built that is hard to get over, which was the case with my ex husband. He dwelled on the thoughts so much that I was a cheater, which I wasn't, that it became a stronghold in his mind. He considered me commenting on Facebook and just responding to guy's comments as me cheating. Pretty nuts for sure. But I guess that just showed how much he loved me. He loved me so much that it made him crazy. That even me talking to guys in that way made him crazy.
I know with my current boyfriend he was worried at first that I would make him go crazy too lol. Hopefully I never would. :) And a guy I had talked to about it all said, "Is your stuff that good that you made this boy go crazy?" I was like "What do you mean?" But yes essentially it was that Ben was that much in love with me that he went crazy because of it. But I didn't feel the same way.
After Ben told me 6 months ago that he has looked at porn our whole marriage I definitely turned my heart off to him and I lost pretty much all the respect I had for him spiritually and felt cold toward him physically. It didn't help that every job he tried to do wasn't working out either. He tried a Cement Truck driving job but couldn't get it down. Then one night he had some beers with a neighbor, slept through his alarm the next morning and they fired him. That job might have worked but then that definitely made it not work out. So then that made me even more mad at his drinking and smoking etc. He would drink a glass of Sangria every night. I didn't like it much. And he smoked out whole marriage about a half pack a day, which got expensive. He would bash me about buying things on Amazon but I felt like if he got to enjoy smoking then I got to enjoy buying random fun things on Amazon. I tried to limit myself to $10 a day, which we could mostly afford because he made a lot as a Fuel Truck Driver. But then I got a credit card and it got a little out of hand. The credit card stressed him out a ton for sure, as it probably should have. I should have never gotten it.
I remember when I met Ben he wasn't a smoker and started about 2 months after we got married and I felt so robbed. I said to him, "If I had known you were a smoker I never would have married you. I would never marry a smoker." But he just kept smoking. He said it was my fault because I stressed him out. Whatever. He could have used other coping skills to deal with his stress. Of course now, ironically, I'm smoking to deal with the stress of him being gone, but that's besides the point lol. But also I actually picked up smoking after he left in an attempt to understand him. I wanted to do it myself so I would stop judging him for doing it. And I do mostly understand the appeal of it now so that's good. But now I think about wanting to smoke all the time so my sociological experiment maybe wasn't a good one. lol.
Anyways, life is hard but God gets us through it. God certainly has sustained my mental soundness through all this so praise God. I never went crazy even though Ben did. Miracle right there. :)
Life is very, very hard at times. I love the song "So Much For my Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne. That is my main song for my ex husband and now somewhat for my former boss who I was hoping to be with. I still think in the future there is a possibility that dream might be fulfilled, but only God knows. :) For now I am trying to forget about him. Trying would be the key word. lol
There is still a possibility that my family can be reunited and Ben can stop being crazy and things could go back to how they were. I would have to fully forgive him for looking at porn though, which maybe that would be to hard. I think I have forgiven him, but trusting him again would be hard.
It's easy for us to get our hopes up about things and life and having a perfect family but then Satan comes in and messes it all up. That is what happened with my ex husband and I'm really tired of Satan messing up all my possible happy endings, but it is what it is.
Pray for me. And don't worry I'll be ok. :) Thanks all! God bless :)
The situation with my ex husband was incredibly messed up, him leaving and letting himself go crazy over the past year. We had several fights the 3 months before he left and I kept trying to spiritually correct him. I kept saying, "The issue is that you are talking to demons More then you talk to. You are gossiping about me with demons." I knew exactly what this was like because that happened to me with the guy I was with before Ben. Satan or demons would totally whisper in my ear that he was a bad guy and that I shouldn't trust him but he was a good guy. I knew it was all Satan lying to me and giving me a spirit of fear but I didn't know how to overcome the lies being spoken to me.
Satan is called "the accuser of the brethren" in the Bible, so he accuses others to us, in our own minds, to try to turn us against them. Satan hates love and unity. He tries to divide and conquer by keeping us as isolated as he can cuz isolated sheep are the easiest to kill. :(
If we let that go on, these evil thoughts about another, a stronghold is built that is hard to get over, which was the case with my ex husband. He dwelled on the thoughts so much that I was a cheater, which I wasn't, that it became a stronghold in his mind. He considered me commenting on Facebook and just responding to guy's comments as me cheating. Pretty nuts for sure. But I guess that just showed how much he loved me. He loved me so much that it made him crazy. That even me talking to guys in that way made him crazy.
I know with my current boyfriend he was worried at first that I would make him go crazy too lol. Hopefully I never would. :) And a guy I had talked to about it all said, "Is your stuff that good that you made this boy go crazy?" I was like "What do you mean?" But yes essentially it was that Ben was that much in love with me that he went crazy because of it. But I didn't feel the same way.
After Ben told me 6 months ago that he has looked at porn our whole marriage I definitely turned my heart off to him and I lost pretty much all the respect I had for him spiritually and felt cold toward him physically. It didn't help that every job he tried to do wasn't working out either. He tried a Cement Truck driving job but couldn't get it down. Then one night he had some beers with a neighbor, slept through his alarm the next morning and they fired him. That job might have worked but then that definitely made it not work out. So then that made me even more mad at his drinking and smoking etc. He would drink a glass of Sangria every night. I didn't like it much. And he smoked out whole marriage about a half pack a day, which got expensive. He would bash me about buying things on Amazon but I felt like if he got to enjoy smoking then I got to enjoy buying random fun things on Amazon. I tried to limit myself to $10 a day, which we could mostly afford because he made a lot as a Fuel Truck Driver. But then I got a credit card and it got a little out of hand. The credit card stressed him out a ton for sure, as it probably should have. I should have never gotten it.
I remember when I met Ben he wasn't a smoker and started about 2 months after we got married and I felt so robbed. I said to him, "If I had known you were a smoker I never would have married you. I would never marry a smoker." But he just kept smoking. He said it was my fault because I stressed him out. Whatever. He could have used other coping skills to deal with his stress. Of course now, ironically, I'm smoking to deal with the stress of him being gone, but that's besides the point lol. But also I actually picked up smoking after he left in an attempt to understand him. I wanted to do it myself so I would stop judging him for doing it. And I do mostly understand the appeal of it now so that's good. But now I think about wanting to smoke all the time so my sociological experiment maybe wasn't a good one. lol.
Anyways, life is hard but God gets us through it. God certainly has sustained my mental soundness through all this so praise God. I never went crazy even though Ben did. Miracle right there. :)
Life is very, very hard at times. I love the song "So Much For my Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne. That is my main song for my ex husband and now somewhat for my former boss who I was hoping to be with. I still think in the future there is a possibility that dream might be fulfilled, but only God knows. :) For now I am trying to forget about him. Trying would be the key word. lol
There is still a possibility that my family can be reunited and Ben can stop being crazy and things could go back to how they were. I would have to fully forgive him for looking at porn though, which maybe that would be to hard. I think I have forgiven him, but trusting him again would be hard.
It's easy for us to get our hopes up about things and life and having a perfect family but then Satan comes in and messes it all up. That is what happened with my ex husband and I'm really tired of Satan messing up all my possible happy endings, but it is what it is.
Pray for me. And don't worry I'll be ok. :) Thanks all! God bless :)
Changing the World
"If it makes you happy it can't be that bad" right? Actually yes it can be. There are tons of things that make us happy that can be bad, like smoking and drinking and shopping or eating too much for example.
Even in our desire to change the world, as I think all of us have, we can go about it the wrong way.
I seem to have an obsessive need to help as many people I can. That's why I write so much on my blog and on twitter. That was the root cause of the issues with my former boss. It wasn't lust so much as I want to help and teach as many people as I can. But the majority of people don't want to be taught. That's when you have to let go and let God. And then all you can is pray for them. ;)
Jesus taught in parables so that those who didn't really care to learn anything wouldn't, and those who really wanted to learn would. They were like riddles for people to figure out. God doesn't want the simple minded or the selfish or the weak. God only wants those who want to be wise and strong.
Jesus said "to those who overcome to the End I will give the crown of life." If you can't overcome, God doesn't want you. That's literally and actually the hard truth.
If you turn and run and give up when you face persecution, God doesn't want you. If you dig a hole and hide the rest of your life because you can't take the pressure of being a Christian, God doesn't want you. Only the strong survive as a Christian. If you aren't strong, you won't be a Christian for very long.
The weakest people are not the Christians but rather the non-Christians.
Jesus said "Go into All the world and make disciples of all nations." If you aren't actively trying to do that, can you really say you are Christian?
I've always had a Great desire to make my mark on the world and to affect as many people as I can. I think that's why God has had me move around so much and have as many jobs as I've had, so I can be around the greatest number of people and make disciples of as many people as I can. :)
If you get fired from a job, consider that maybe God wants to bring you into a wider and bigger place around more people.
All of life is a journey. We have never arrived at our destination until we get to heaven. God likes to change things in our lives often so that we never stop growing and getting stronger. No one grows when they stay in one place or around the same people for too long. We grow the most when there is lots of change in our lives.
And the stronger and wiser we are, the more we are capable of changing the world, for Jesus. :) That is why God lets us go through Many trials at times. His goal is not our comfort but rather that we make disciples of as many people as we can.
May God bless you all! Now go make some disciples! :)
Even in our desire to change the world, as I think all of us have, we can go about it the wrong way.
I seem to have an obsessive need to help as many people I can. That's why I write so much on my blog and on twitter. That was the root cause of the issues with my former boss. It wasn't lust so much as I want to help and teach as many people as I can. But the majority of people don't want to be taught. That's when you have to let go and let God. And then all you can is pray for them. ;)
Jesus taught in parables so that those who didn't really care to learn anything wouldn't, and those who really wanted to learn would. They were like riddles for people to figure out. God doesn't want the simple minded or the selfish or the weak. God only wants those who want to be wise and strong.
Jesus said "to those who overcome to the End I will give the crown of life." If you can't overcome, God doesn't want you. That's literally and actually the hard truth.
If you turn and run and give up when you face persecution, God doesn't want you. If you dig a hole and hide the rest of your life because you can't take the pressure of being a Christian, God doesn't want you. Only the strong survive as a Christian. If you aren't strong, you won't be a Christian for very long.
The weakest people are not the Christians but rather the non-Christians.
Jesus said "Go into All the world and make disciples of all nations." If you aren't actively trying to do that, can you really say you are Christian?
I've always had a Great desire to make my mark on the world and to affect as many people as I can. I think that's why God has had me move around so much and have as many jobs as I've had, so I can be around the greatest number of people and make disciples of as many people as I can. :)
If you get fired from a job, consider that maybe God wants to bring you into a wider and bigger place around more people.
All of life is a journey. We have never arrived at our destination until we get to heaven. God likes to change things in our lives often so that we never stop growing and getting stronger. No one grows when they stay in one place or around the same people for too long. We grow the most when there is lots of change in our lives.
And the stronger and wiser we are, the more we are capable of changing the world, for Jesus. :) That is why God lets us go through Many trials at times. His goal is not our comfort but rather that we make disciples of as many people as we can.
May God bless you all! Now go make some disciples! :)
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Overcome the Bullies
When a bully tries to make you afraid of them, you have to show them you are Not, and will never be, afraid of them, or else you will be running away from bullies your entire life like a coward. ;)
Life is full of bullies. There will always be people that want to make you serve them and turn you into a slave. Life is full of people who will want to make you feel less then so that they can feel superior and better about themselves. There will be people who will want to take away your voice and silence you because they are jealous of you. But don't let them control you. Don't show the bullies that they won. Keep living your life. Don't let a spirit of fear come over you. Stay strong. Be bold. Stay alive. Keep hoping and believing that you can and will be all that you can be.
No matter who tries to kick you down in life, get back up and keep running. :)
God bless!
Life is full of bullies. There will always be people that want to make you serve them and turn you into a slave. Life is full of people who will want to make you feel less then so that they can feel superior and better about themselves. There will be people who will want to take away your voice and silence you because they are jealous of you. But don't let them control you. Don't show the bullies that they won. Keep living your life. Don't let a spirit of fear come over you. Stay strong. Be bold. Stay alive. Keep hoping and believing that you can and will be all that you can be.
No matter who tries to kick you down in life, get back up and keep running. :)
God bless!
Keep Your Hope Alive
Here are the Best Disney lyrics ever: "A dream is a wish your heart makes, when your fast asleep. In dreams you can loose your heart ache, whatever you wish for you keep. Have faith in your dreams and someday, your rainbow will come shining through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true." :)
Never give up hope. Just because you don't seem to be achieving your dreams yet, keep hoping and keep believing. Don't ever stop believing. "All things are possible to those who believe." Also God will generally just fulfill one dream of yours at a time. You can't get to greedy and expect God to make all your dreams come true in one day. :) Give it time, whatever it is that you are hoping for. Trust God to bring about what he has told you that he will. And be patient. But stay in hope and keep praying for it.
Jeremiah 29:11 says "I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." God wants us to have a good future. He wants to give us the desires of our hearts. But we are to seek his kingdom first and his righteousness and Then all these other things will be added unto us. Don't expect to get the desires of your heart until you first delight yourself in the Lord and seek his kingdom. You can't have the blessing without doing the time. :) You don't rewarded until you put in the hard work.
Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." I love this song by Audio Adrenaline, "I get down but he lifts me up." Satan and the world try to put you down all the time. They try to take the wind out of your sails and make you want to dig a hole and burry yourself in it at times, but Jesus said "I came that you might have life and life Abundantly." So always have that hope. Know that God wants you to have a Great life. Amen praise God. :) And he will bring it about in his timing.
Romans 12:12 "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." I love the quote that every person needs something to do, someone to love and something to hope for. Our jobs of course are something to do, but it's nice to have hobbies too. Obviously writing is my hobby. It would be nice if it could be my career, but for now it's just a hobby. :) If you don't have someone to love, find someone to love. :) Obviously with the amount of hours you spend around your co-workers they are great people to show love to. Pray for them. Show concern and ask them about their lives. Take the time to invest in them and to encourage them. You can lean on them at times and then they can lean on you at times. It's always great to have great co-workers. "Two are better then one and a strand of three cords is not easily broken." Amen. And "there is greater strength in numbers." That's a great line from the movie Gladiator. :) The more close friends you have, the better your life will go. Satan wants to isolate you, but don't let him. Make the effort to put yourself out there, even when you know people might hurt you. In the end, you will be glad you did. Also it's key to have something to hope for, maybe a cruise or whatever your dream is. "Never stop believing in the beauty of your dreams." Keep that hope alive that someday, you just might get what you are hoping for. In the mean time, give it to God and watch him work. God never stops working. Even when you don't see it, he's working. Amen. Praise God. :)
Isaiah 40:31 "They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary." While you are waiting for what you hoping for, learn to be good at waiting. Don't try to force things to be ripe before they are. If you try to eat fruit before it's ripe, it doesn't taste as good. You have to wait for what you are hoping for to become ripe before you can enjoy it.
Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." I always had a hard time understanding this verse, but basically it means if God has given you a vision of your future, keep that vision in front of you and keep believing that it will happen. It's only a matter of time. Just keep having faith that it will come to pass. You might not see it happening now, or you might not see how it could Ever happen, but you have to stay in faith that it could and will happen. If God has told you that it will happen, it will, just give it time. When we hope for something that God has put in our hearts and told us will happen, we can be assured that it will happen, eventually. :)
Never stop dreaming and hoping. "Delight yourself and the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Amen.
God bless!
Never give up hope. Just because you don't seem to be achieving your dreams yet, keep hoping and keep believing. Don't ever stop believing. "All things are possible to those who believe." Also God will generally just fulfill one dream of yours at a time. You can't get to greedy and expect God to make all your dreams come true in one day. :) Give it time, whatever it is that you are hoping for. Trust God to bring about what he has told you that he will. And be patient. But stay in hope and keep praying for it.
Jeremiah 29:11 says "I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." God wants us to have a good future. He wants to give us the desires of our hearts. But we are to seek his kingdom first and his righteousness and Then all these other things will be added unto us. Don't expect to get the desires of your heart until you first delight yourself in the Lord and seek his kingdom. You can't have the blessing without doing the time. :) You don't rewarded until you put in the hard work.
Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." I love this song by Audio Adrenaline, "I get down but he lifts me up." Satan and the world try to put you down all the time. They try to take the wind out of your sails and make you want to dig a hole and burry yourself in it at times, but Jesus said "I came that you might have life and life Abundantly." So always have that hope. Know that God wants you to have a Great life. Amen praise God. :) And he will bring it about in his timing.
Romans 12:12 "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." I love the quote that every person needs something to do, someone to love and something to hope for. Our jobs of course are something to do, but it's nice to have hobbies too. Obviously writing is my hobby. It would be nice if it could be my career, but for now it's just a hobby. :) If you don't have someone to love, find someone to love. :) Obviously with the amount of hours you spend around your co-workers they are great people to show love to. Pray for them. Show concern and ask them about their lives. Take the time to invest in them and to encourage them. You can lean on them at times and then they can lean on you at times. It's always great to have great co-workers. "Two are better then one and a strand of three cords is not easily broken." Amen. And "there is greater strength in numbers." That's a great line from the movie Gladiator. :) The more close friends you have, the better your life will go. Satan wants to isolate you, but don't let him. Make the effort to put yourself out there, even when you know people might hurt you. In the end, you will be glad you did. Also it's key to have something to hope for, maybe a cruise or whatever your dream is. "Never stop believing in the beauty of your dreams." Keep that hope alive that someday, you just might get what you are hoping for. In the mean time, give it to God and watch him work. God never stops working. Even when you don't see it, he's working. Amen. Praise God. :)
Isaiah 40:31 "They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary." While you are waiting for what you hoping for, learn to be good at waiting. Don't try to force things to be ripe before they are. If you try to eat fruit before it's ripe, it doesn't taste as good. You have to wait for what you are hoping for to become ripe before you can enjoy it.
Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." I always had a hard time understanding this verse, but basically it means if God has given you a vision of your future, keep that vision in front of you and keep believing that it will happen. It's only a matter of time. Just keep having faith that it will come to pass. You might not see it happening now, or you might not see how it could Ever happen, but you have to stay in faith that it could and will happen. If God has told you that it will happen, it will, just give it time. When we hope for something that God has put in our hearts and told us will happen, we can be assured that it will happen, eventually. :)
Never stop dreaming and hoping. "Delight yourself and the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Amen.
God bless!
Be Careful of Idols
God is a jealous God and “he disciplines those he loves.” If you have any idols, God will take them out of your life. Don’t hold anything in higher esteem then God. Ever. 👍🏼
I have often made this mistake with boys. The curse for women was “your desire shall be for your husband (or a husband) yet he shall rule over you.” This is why Paul says it’s better to remain single, if you can, because those who marry “will face many troubles in this life.” I can say a big amen to that. 😔
If you can stay single, stay single. You will be 10 times more happy in the long run. 👍🏼
Politics
Here are my two cents on politics; I don’t pay much attention to politics. Jesus is my president and king. 😁 I submit to the governing authorities, but if I want to see a change in the world, I know it’s not through politics, it’s through lots of prayer. 😁👏🏼 If you want our world to get better it’s not about who you vote for, it’s about how much you Pray. 😉
Prayers Desperately Needed
Please pray for me. My former boss is literally trying to press charges against me with the police for e-mailing him too much. I really didn't though, at least I thought I didn't. :(
This is causing me to wonder about how much I can hear God's direction for my life though, because all along I had thought it was God telling me to write him so much. But hey, no one can hear God perfectly I'm sure. Before I applied to work at his store I had a vision of warm fuzzy feelings regarding his store. But now I am feeling Very far from warm fuzzies and the feeling is more like terror and shock. I am Greatly wishing now that I would have never ever worked there. I wish I could go back and not have ever applied there now. I can't imagine being arrested just for e-mailing him to much. I had no idea such a thing was even possible. I seriously only e-mailed like twice a day. I didn't think it was excessive at all. God help me.
On the up side though, if I was arrested for that, I would have a very interesting prison ministry. :) That's me trying to see the silver lining in every cloud. But I hope that if I cease any and all e-mails to him the charges will be dropped and this whole crazy situation will be forgotten.
This is interesting though, I actually dated a guy 8 years go who was a prison guard and he said most of the men told him that they would commit a crime on purpose when they got out of prison because they actually wanted to be in prison again, because prison is so much easier then normal life. I'm sure the possibility of getting beat up wouldn't be more fun, but you wouldn't have to worry about bills in prison, so that actually would be kind of a plus. People in prison also have tons of social time. lol :) We all know that bills stress us out a lot, for sure. I have such a positive personality I probably could be happy even in prison though, which is hilarious really. :) Not that I would ever intentionally put myself there. I have always been a law abiding citizen and I always intend to be. I have never significantly wronged anyone in my life, until now I guess, but I definitely think this guy is over-reacting. I always try to do what is best for others and I always put others above myself. I am not a selfish person, at least I don't think so. :) I am generally the least selfish and most kind and gentle person I have ever known.
This instance reminds me of another time when someone betrayed me and significantly hurt me and scared me. I felt very hurt by my uncle who I was very close to. But it was partly because of my fault and having a big mouth. I have often said too much and it has gotten me in trouble. I have often been to honest when I probably should not have been so. My uncle read my journal one summer when I was living with him in Hawaii as a nanny for his kids. I had written about how he yelled at his kids and how he might as well hit them because he was so verbally abusive towards them. He got so mad at what he read that he bought a plane ticket for me to go home early. He flipped out on me on the drive to the airport and told me I was scum. I think that was the last and only time someone was this mad at me that they wanted to destroy my life and make me feel horrible.
So now I'm in a similarly scary situation but I'm going to trust God to keep me safe. I will never e-mail this guy who again who I seem to have made so mad at me. Thank you all for praying for me. I need lots of prayer right now.
Whenever we have the greatest victories in life, Satan tries to bring us down the most. I currently have an awesome career finally and Satan is greatly trying to mess up my life. God help me! I trust that God will protect me. Thank you Jesus for your protection over me and all around me. Amen. :)
May God bless you all!
This is causing me to wonder about how much I can hear God's direction for my life though, because all along I had thought it was God telling me to write him so much. But hey, no one can hear God perfectly I'm sure. Before I applied to work at his store I had a vision of warm fuzzy feelings regarding his store. But now I am feeling Very far from warm fuzzies and the feeling is more like terror and shock. I am Greatly wishing now that I would have never ever worked there. I wish I could go back and not have ever applied there now. I can't imagine being arrested just for e-mailing him to much. I had no idea such a thing was even possible. I seriously only e-mailed like twice a day. I didn't think it was excessive at all. God help me.
On the up side though, if I was arrested for that, I would have a very interesting prison ministry. :) That's me trying to see the silver lining in every cloud. But I hope that if I cease any and all e-mails to him the charges will be dropped and this whole crazy situation will be forgotten.
This is interesting though, I actually dated a guy 8 years go who was a prison guard and he said most of the men told him that they would commit a crime on purpose when they got out of prison because they actually wanted to be in prison again, because prison is so much easier then normal life. I'm sure the possibility of getting beat up wouldn't be more fun, but you wouldn't have to worry about bills in prison, so that actually would be kind of a plus. People in prison also have tons of social time. lol :) We all know that bills stress us out a lot, for sure. I have such a positive personality I probably could be happy even in prison though, which is hilarious really. :) Not that I would ever intentionally put myself there. I have always been a law abiding citizen and I always intend to be. I have never significantly wronged anyone in my life, until now I guess, but I definitely think this guy is over-reacting. I always try to do what is best for others and I always put others above myself. I am not a selfish person, at least I don't think so. :) I am generally the least selfish and most kind and gentle person I have ever known.
This instance reminds me of another time when someone betrayed me and significantly hurt me and scared me. I felt very hurt by my uncle who I was very close to. But it was partly because of my fault and having a big mouth. I have often said too much and it has gotten me in trouble. I have often been to honest when I probably should not have been so. My uncle read my journal one summer when I was living with him in Hawaii as a nanny for his kids. I had written about how he yelled at his kids and how he might as well hit them because he was so verbally abusive towards them. He got so mad at what he read that he bought a plane ticket for me to go home early. He flipped out on me on the drive to the airport and told me I was scum. I think that was the last and only time someone was this mad at me that they wanted to destroy my life and make me feel horrible.
So now I'm in a similarly scary situation but I'm going to trust God to keep me safe. I will never e-mail this guy who again who I seem to have made so mad at me. Thank you all for praying for me. I need lots of prayer right now.
Whenever we have the greatest victories in life, Satan tries to bring us down the most. I currently have an awesome career finally and Satan is greatly trying to mess up my life. God help me! I trust that God will protect me. Thank you Jesus for your protection over me and all around me. Amen. :)
May God bless you all!
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Life is About Change
Just because something isn't exactly what you want, you can still be grateful for it. I'm somewhat preaching to myself in this because I'm having to adjust to a new job now and new friends and a new boyfriend. I love it but I can't help but miss my old job and my old friends and my old life. But may God send me new friends there that are even better then my old friends. :) And may I appreciate my boyfriend as much as I appreciated my ex husband. It's hard to not look back at what was though and miss it. May God give me the ability to appreciate my new things rather then miss the old.
With everything in life there are pros and cons. When you get more hours at work, you have the hope of having more money, but you have to go through the suffering of working more. My back was killing me today at work. Please pray for me to have less back pain. Thanks all! I have literally never had such bad back pain in my life. :( But I'll get used to it I'm sure. I'm just not used to standing for 9 hours in a row. I've really been a spoiled princess for many years now, getting to be a stay at home mom for 7 years, so working is like new territory for me. It's been awhile since I had to work hard, in the sense of standing a lot. Other then that my job is pretty easy. I'm just a cashier at a gas station. I love the aspect of getting to talk to random people all day and making them smile by saying some random joke or complimenting them. It's a great job really. I pray I am shinning God's love and light as much as I can there. :)
I suppose God allowed me to get fired at my last job so I can shine my light to more people in a new place. I guess my light shone enough at my last job with my previous co-workers. My mission was complete there I suppose. Just like when someone dies it's like their assignment is up, when God makes a change in your life it's like you are being re-assigned and on a new mission. Embrace it. And try to enjoy it. :) Change can be hard but good too.
You can't have something great in life without suffering, generally. Nothing good in life comes easily. That's always key to remember.
Also, if you don't learn to adapt in life you will be depressed. Change is always happening in life and we have to learn to roll with the changes. If you stay stuck in your past, you will be depressed. If you keep wishing what was still was, you will feel hopeless, because the past is in the past and there isn't much you can do about it. Today it seemed like all the sad events of my past year just hit me all at once. It was cold and rainy weather today so that didn't help to keep my mood up. :(
But whatever you are holding on to, just let it go and move forward. Be greatful for what you have now rather then always looking back at what you don't have anymore. That is really all you can do, if you want to maintain a good mood, which is pretty important. :)
It may not be easy to appreciate a new great thing you have because you are looking back at an old thing, but try to. :)
May God bless you all! I pray you all will be able to keep your mood happy in this crazy cold weather we are having. God loves you very much! Never forget it. :)
God bless!
With everything in life there are pros and cons. When you get more hours at work, you have the hope of having more money, but you have to go through the suffering of working more. My back was killing me today at work. Please pray for me to have less back pain. Thanks all! I have literally never had such bad back pain in my life. :( But I'll get used to it I'm sure. I'm just not used to standing for 9 hours in a row. I've really been a spoiled princess for many years now, getting to be a stay at home mom for 7 years, so working is like new territory for me. It's been awhile since I had to work hard, in the sense of standing a lot. Other then that my job is pretty easy. I'm just a cashier at a gas station. I love the aspect of getting to talk to random people all day and making them smile by saying some random joke or complimenting them. It's a great job really. I pray I am shinning God's love and light as much as I can there. :)
I suppose God allowed me to get fired at my last job so I can shine my light to more people in a new place. I guess my light shone enough at my last job with my previous co-workers. My mission was complete there I suppose. Just like when someone dies it's like their assignment is up, when God makes a change in your life it's like you are being re-assigned and on a new mission. Embrace it. And try to enjoy it. :) Change can be hard but good too.
You can't have something great in life without suffering, generally. Nothing good in life comes easily. That's always key to remember.
Also, if you don't learn to adapt in life you will be depressed. Change is always happening in life and we have to learn to roll with the changes. If you stay stuck in your past, you will be depressed. If you keep wishing what was still was, you will feel hopeless, because the past is in the past and there isn't much you can do about it. Today it seemed like all the sad events of my past year just hit me all at once. It was cold and rainy weather today so that didn't help to keep my mood up. :(
But whatever you are holding on to, just let it go and move forward. Be greatful for what you have now rather then always looking back at what you don't have anymore. That is really all you can do, if you want to maintain a good mood, which is pretty important. :)
It may not be easy to appreciate a new great thing you have because you are looking back at an old thing, but try to. :)
May God bless you all! I pray you all will be able to keep your mood happy in this crazy cold weather we are having. God loves you very much! Never forget it. :)
God bless!
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Be Patient
The greatest thing to work on in our character is patience. Don't force things before their due time. Let things flow naturally. All of life has a natural flow and progression. Like the beauty of a moutain river, when we just let things flow naturally it is much more beautiful. Also the Bible says, "Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength." If you are feeling weak and stressed out maybe it's because you are not waiting on God and rushing things.
Galatians 6:9 "Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Whatever you sow you Will reap. It might seem like your good deeds go unnoticed or they are unappreciated but God sees, and he WILL reward you. Don't loose heart. Your reward is coming. For example, I did tons of great things for my last job but did not reap what I sowed there so it seemed worthless, but God rewarded me with a better job so praise God! You will reap a harvest in some way if you do not give up in doing good, so keep doing good. You will be glad you did. :) Doing good can make you weary, but it will boost your confidence the more good that you do and God will reward you. Stay in faith.
Romans 8:25 "If we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." This is like the verse that "faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." Even though you don't see what you might want happening, keep hoping and keep believing that it will. "According to your faith it will be done to you." If you keep on believing that your dreams will come true, then they will, just wait for it to happen. :)
Psalm 37:7-9 "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land." Everyone has people in life who do them wrong. But don't take revenge on them. Pray for them. Forgive them. And then move on. :) God will enact vengeance on those who wrong you, don't worry.
Romans 12:12 "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." When you go through trials, stay patient. It helps to remember all that Jesus had to endure for us, so if you ever think you are having a hard day, remember what Jesus did for you. Your bad day is nothing compared to Jesus dying on the cross, so we really never have anything to complain about. :)
Ephesians 4:2 "With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bear with one another in love." When you are patient you are acting with humility and you can be gentle with others. Those who are in a rush are almost never gentle, think about it. Focus on patience in all things and you will be a more likeable person. No one likes someone who is always in a rush. Just relax. Chill. And be patient with other, yourself and God. Then you will have more peace.
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Jesus said, "You have not because you ask not." If you want something, pray about it. God will either say, yes, no or wait. If he says wait, then learn to be patient and wait on him for his perfect timing. Learn how to wait well. :)
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." We can be patient and wait on the Lord because we know he has very good plans for us. If you truly trust God, then you will be better at waiting on him. :)
May God bless you! :)
Galatians 6:9 "Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Whatever you sow you Will reap. It might seem like your good deeds go unnoticed or they are unappreciated but God sees, and he WILL reward you. Don't loose heart. Your reward is coming. For example, I did tons of great things for my last job but did not reap what I sowed there so it seemed worthless, but God rewarded me with a better job so praise God! You will reap a harvest in some way if you do not give up in doing good, so keep doing good. You will be glad you did. :) Doing good can make you weary, but it will boost your confidence the more good that you do and God will reward you. Stay in faith.
Romans 8:25 "If we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." This is like the verse that "faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." Even though you don't see what you might want happening, keep hoping and keep believing that it will. "According to your faith it will be done to you." If you keep on believing that your dreams will come true, then they will, just wait for it to happen. :)
Psalm 37:7-9 "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land." Everyone has people in life who do them wrong. But don't take revenge on them. Pray for them. Forgive them. And then move on. :) God will enact vengeance on those who wrong you, don't worry.
Romans 12:12 "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." When you go through trials, stay patient. It helps to remember all that Jesus had to endure for us, so if you ever think you are having a hard day, remember what Jesus did for you. Your bad day is nothing compared to Jesus dying on the cross, so we really never have anything to complain about. :)
Ephesians 4:2 "With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bear with one another in love." When you are patient you are acting with humility and you can be gentle with others. Those who are in a rush are almost never gentle, think about it. Focus on patience in all things and you will be a more likeable person. No one likes someone who is always in a rush. Just relax. Chill. And be patient with other, yourself and God. Then you will have more peace.
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Jesus said, "You have not because you ask not." If you want something, pray about it. God will either say, yes, no or wait. If he says wait, then learn to be patient and wait on him for his perfect timing. Learn how to wait well. :)
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." We can be patient and wait on the Lord because we know he has very good plans for us. If you truly trust God, then you will be better at waiting on him. :)
May God bless you! :)
Monday, November 11, 2019
Relationships
Probably the number one thing I need to work on in interpersonal relationships is submission. I have always had a hard time submitting to those over me. It didn't help that my dad molested me as a kid, so I haven always had a hard time respecting authority. I read in a book like 10 years ago that Satan will give a woman reasons why she should think her husband doesn't deserve to be the head of the home and then she will try to be the head. This might be what God meant in the curse when he said to the woman "Your desire shall be for your husband but he shall rule over you." That could have meant a love desire, like how us women can get a bit boy crazy and think we need a tall, strong man in our life or we will die, :) or it could have meant a desire for control. If so, then a power struggle was introduced into love relationships with the fall. And this can be seen in any man/woman relationship now; there is a constant power struggle. Both always want to be in charge, but biblically, the man is supposed to be in charge and to be the head. If a woman is strong though, it will take a man who is even stronger to be able to be the head over her. :)
I remember my older brother asking me once, "So how are you going to find a leader if you are a leader?" Like for marriage. I was like, "I don't know that's a good question." I suppose he could always tell I had a very strong personality. I tend to be very dominant and I don't really know how to not be. I probably would have made a great missionary, but I tried to be married instead. :) Tried being the key word. lol. No, we were mostly happy for 7 years of marriage. :) And I'm still trying to be married now to someone else, because the single life sucks, I think anyways.
I think for sure this was an issue with me and my ex husband. My reason for not submitting to him more was his horrible memory. He lost something almost every day and it drove me nuts. That caused me to not respect him as much because he seemed more like a child then. I think he smoked too much pot in his younger years. lol. I really did have a hard time respecting him our whole marriage. He was very tall, so that helped me to respect him. And he did work like 14 hour days our whole marriage, so I respected that about him a lot. But our theology was always very different so that made it hard for me to respect him. He was very much into getting "slain in the spirit" and I have always seen that as completely demonic. So that was our main issue of tension, and really probably why our marriage didn't make it. I knew from week 1 that we had this major difference in our spiritual beliefs but we got married anyways. I hoped it wouldn't matter to much or it would blow over. I thought maybe it was just a phase for him, but no, he's been into that for the past 12 years and won't give it up. I don't understand it and we fear most what we don't understand.
Anyways, so that caused me to not respect him as much because I always thought, "Do you see that in the Bible? No. So why would you think it's biblical?"
I have a strong healthy fear of Satan and witchcraft and false Christianity that looks like God and the Holy Spirit but it's actually demonic, but he never has, sadly. So that was always an issue for us.
Anyways, it can be easy for us women to find holes in our man's armor and see them as not being a capable leader that we need, but may God help us with this. :)
I currently have an awesome boyfriend whom I love very much. I haven't seen any holes in his armor yet, except that he complains too much at times. lol :) But otherwise I think he is a strong man I could submit to my whole life. So praise God for that! He plays guitar, which is awesome. He is a great dad. We both love, love going to church and worship. And he loves God as much as I do so that's great! I pray that we will be together for the next 40 years. :)
I don't know though because some doctor only gave him like 5 years left to live 7 years ago, but all things are possible to those who believe. Maybe that doctor had no idea what he was talking about that day lol. He is a great guy and I praise God for sending him to me. His name is Bryan. Please pray for us. Thanks all!
I hope you all can find a great person too! God loves you! And he will give you the desires of your heart. Just serve him as best you can and he will bless you. Amen. God bless!
I remember my older brother asking me once, "So how are you going to find a leader if you are a leader?" Like for marriage. I was like, "I don't know that's a good question." I suppose he could always tell I had a very strong personality. I tend to be very dominant and I don't really know how to not be. I probably would have made a great missionary, but I tried to be married instead. :) Tried being the key word. lol. No, we were mostly happy for 7 years of marriage. :) And I'm still trying to be married now to someone else, because the single life sucks, I think anyways.
I think for sure this was an issue with me and my ex husband. My reason for not submitting to him more was his horrible memory. He lost something almost every day and it drove me nuts. That caused me to not respect him as much because he seemed more like a child then. I think he smoked too much pot in his younger years. lol. I really did have a hard time respecting him our whole marriage. He was very tall, so that helped me to respect him. And he did work like 14 hour days our whole marriage, so I respected that about him a lot. But our theology was always very different so that made it hard for me to respect him. He was very much into getting "slain in the spirit" and I have always seen that as completely demonic. So that was our main issue of tension, and really probably why our marriage didn't make it. I knew from week 1 that we had this major difference in our spiritual beliefs but we got married anyways. I hoped it wouldn't matter to much or it would blow over. I thought maybe it was just a phase for him, but no, he's been into that for the past 12 years and won't give it up. I don't understand it and we fear most what we don't understand.
Anyways, so that caused me to not respect him as much because I always thought, "Do you see that in the Bible? No. So why would you think it's biblical?"
I have a strong healthy fear of Satan and witchcraft and false Christianity that looks like God and the Holy Spirit but it's actually demonic, but he never has, sadly. So that was always an issue for us.
Anyways, it can be easy for us women to find holes in our man's armor and see them as not being a capable leader that we need, but may God help us with this. :)
I currently have an awesome boyfriend whom I love very much. I haven't seen any holes in his armor yet, except that he complains too much at times. lol :) But otherwise I think he is a strong man I could submit to my whole life. So praise God for that! He plays guitar, which is awesome. He is a great dad. We both love, love going to church and worship. And he loves God as much as I do so that's great! I pray that we will be together for the next 40 years. :)
I don't know though because some doctor only gave him like 5 years left to live 7 years ago, but all things are possible to those who believe. Maybe that doctor had no idea what he was talking about that day lol. He is a great guy and I praise God for sending him to me. His name is Bryan. Please pray for us. Thanks all!
I hope you all can find a great person too! God loves you! And he will give you the desires of your heart. Just serve him as best you can and he will bless you. Amen. God bless!
Fasting is Fun :)
I am currently on day 8 of 10 days of intermittent fasting, that I felt God told me to do. :) Now I feel like God wants me to do this for the rest of my life lol. I eat one snack a day and don't eat the rest of the day, except drinking coffee or other beverages. I am doing it to die to myself and to loose weight. I looked it up, apparently fasting only makes you loose one pound a day. I'm hoping it is more then that though. lol :)
When you are fasting and you are always hungry for food it reminds you of how Hungry you are for God. :) I think we often forget this, and fasting remind us of our hunger for God.
Besides weight loss, the main spiritual reason I have found for fasting is when the disciples came to Jesus and asked him why they couldn't do a deliverance on someone and Jesus said, "This kind comes out Only by fasting and prayer." So if you need deliverance, or you are praying for deliverance for someone you know, the only way it might happen is through fasting along with praying for them.
Fasting unlocks the door to greater supernatural victory. Amen. Praise God!
"You have not because you ask not." But maybe you also have not because you need to fast and pray about getting it. :)
Our greatest desire in life should be to bring glory to God, and to make ourselves less, to die to ourselves. Fasting helps with this.
And those are my main reasons for fasting. I hope you will try it. It's pretty easy for me because I have never enjoyed food much anyways. Except bananas. I love bananas, but that's about it. lol. I had my gall bladder out two years ago so any time I eat almost anything it hurts my stomach. So I'm not missing food a whole lot anyways lol.
It's amazing how little food we actually need also. I think most of us think we need tons of food. We think we will die if we don't eat like every half hour sometimes. But you won't die. You will be just fine. Your body could literally go 40 days without food. ;)
Sure it's not fun to have hunger pains all day, but I think it reminds me of the painful hunger I have for God, which we all do. Most people are just in denial that they need God as much as they do. They run to substances to numb their loneliness and pain, but God is the only cure for your pain inside, not drugs and not anything else. God is all you need. It's nice to have friends too. lol :) But God is supposed to be your main source for love, joy and peace.
Look to God, not people, not food and not substances to fill the void in your heart, which I know we all feel 24/7 because life is hard. God put that emptiness in us for a reason, so that we would reach out to him. :)
May God bless all ya'll!
When you are fasting and you are always hungry for food it reminds you of how Hungry you are for God. :) I think we often forget this, and fasting remind us of our hunger for God.
Besides weight loss, the main spiritual reason I have found for fasting is when the disciples came to Jesus and asked him why they couldn't do a deliverance on someone and Jesus said, "This kind comes out Only by fasting and prayer." So if you need deliverance, or you are praying for deliverance for someone you know, the only way it might happen is through fasting along with praying for them.
Fasting unlocks the door to greater supernatural victory. Amen. Praise God!
"You have not because you ask not." But maybe you also have not because you need to fast and pray about getting it. :)
Our greatest desire in life should be to bring glory to God, and to make ourselves less, to die to ourselves. Fasting helps with this.
And those are my main reasons for fasting. I hope you will try it. It's pretty easy for me because I have never enjoyed food much anyways. Except bananas. I love bananas, but that's about it. lol. I had my gall bladder out two years ago so any time I eat almost anything it hurts my stomach. So I'm not missing food a whole lot anyways lol.
It's amazing how little food we actually need also. I think most of us think we need tons of food. We think we will die if we don't eat like every half hour sometimes. But you won't die. You will be just fine. Your body could literally go 40 days without food. ;)
Sure it's not fun to have hunger pains all day, but I think it reminds me of the painful hunger I have for God, which we all do. Most people are just in denial that they need God as much as they do. They run to substances to numb their loneliness and pain, but God is the only cure for your pain inside, not drugs and not anything else. God is all you need. It's nice to have friends too. lol :) But God is supposed to be your main source for love, joy and peace.
Look to God, not people, not food and not substances to fill the void in your heart, which I know we all feel 24/7 because life is hard. God put that emptiness in us for a reason, so that we would reach out to him. :)
May God bless all ya'll!
Love Can Be Beautiful :)
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
I love the verse that "love does not insist on its own way." For some reason people think when they are loving others they can be controlling with them. But that isn't love. Dictating what someone should or shouldn't do isn't love. Love lets people be free to make their own decisions. This is why God gives us the free will to love him or not. It wouldn't mean much to God if we didn't have the choice to choose him or not choose him, or to talk or not talk to him 24/7. It only means the world to God since he knows there are literally a thousand other things we could be doing with our time instead of talk to him. So when we do pray and talk to him, it means a lot more.
"Love is patient." When you try and rush others you aren't being loving. Real love gives people time to think and make their own choices. Also those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength and soar on wings like eagles. Love is capable of waiting on someone. :)
"Love is kind." Kindness is the most attractive character quality in anyone. Kindness IS love. :) "Love does not envy." If you truly love others, you won't be jealous when they have good things. You will be happy for them. And you will want the best for them.
"Love does not boast." If you are a truly loving person you won't brag about anything you have or can do. You will stay humble. Love is not arrogant. Love helps us to never think we are better then others. "No one should think of themselves more highly then they ought," Paul said. Love is not rude, obviously. Rude people are the least loving people. Rudeness comes from pride. If you think you are better then others, you will be very rude to them. The solution is to stay humble.
"Love is not irritable." When someone is irritable they are probably filled with an evil spirit, seriously. The Bible says, "Do no let the sun go down on your anger and don't give Satan a foothold." Nothing can open us up to a demon getting inside our mind like anger. "Anger is one letter away from danger" Joyce Meyer says. :)
"Love is not resentful." If you love someone, you don't resent doing things for them. You are a cheerful giver, always. And if they don't meet your expectations in some way, you do not resent it, because you love them. :)
"Love bears all things." My ex husband actually spelled that out in playdo just before we broke up. I don't know if the message in that was that I should bear all things with him or he was trying to convince himself he needed to bear all things with me. He was going crazy and I was getting really angry about it and at him for it. Hence why he spelled out that phrase I guess.
Love "believes all things." If you truly love someone you will believe that they can do anything. You will believe in them. You will have faith that they can be better then they are, without pushing them hard to be that way.
Love "hopes all things." Love never gives up hope on someone. If they need to be set free from some addiction, a loving person will keep believing in them that they can. "All things are possible to those who believe." You have to keep believing in the one that you love, that they can and will be amazing, even if they aren't right now.
And finally "love never ends." Once you fall in love with someone, you will probably be in love with them the rest of your life. That's why it's important that you choose wisely who to fall in love with, because a part of them will stay in your heart forever. "Guard your heart" the Bible says. Don't fall in love with anyone and everyone, only with the most worthy people.
And those are all my thoughts on love. I pray this blessed you all. Have a great day and may God bless you with a wonderful life in every way. :)
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
I love the verse that "love does not insist on its own way." For some reason people think when they are loving others they can be controlling with them. But that isn't love. Dictating what someone should or shouldn't do isn't love. Love lets people be free to make their own decisions. This is why God gives us the free will to love him or not. It wouldn't mean much to God if we didn't have the choice to choose him or not choose him, or to talk or not talk to him 24/7. It only means the world to God since he knows there are literally a thousand other things we could be doing with our time instead of talk to him. So when we do pray and talk to him, it means a lot more.
"Love is patient." When you try and rush others you aren't being loving. Real love gives people time to think and make their own choices. Also those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength and soar on wings like eagles. Love is capable of waiting on someone. :)
"Love is kind." Kindness is the most attractive character quality in anyone. Kindness IS love. :) "Love does not envy." If you truly love others, you won't be jealous when they have good things. You will be happy for them. And you will want the best for them.
"Love does not boast." If you are a truly loving person you won't brag about anything you have or can do. You will stay humble. Love is not arrogant. Love helps us to never think we are better then others. "No one should think of themselves more highly then they ought," Paul said. Love is not rude, obviously. Rude people are the least loving people. Rudeness comes from pride. If you think you are better then others, you will be very rude to them. The solution is to stay humble.
"Love is not irritable." When someone is irritable they are probably filled with an evil spirit, seriously. The Bible says, "Do no let the sun go down on your anger and don't give Satan a foothold." Nothing can open us up to a demon getting inside our mind like anger. "Anger is one letter away from danger" Joyce Meyer says. :)
"Love is not resentful." If you love someone, you don't resent doing things for them. You are a cheerful giver, always. And if they don't meet your expectations in some way, you do not resent it, because you love them. :)
"Love bears all things." My ex husband actually spelled that out in playdo just before we broke up. I don't know if the message in that was that I should bear all things with him or he was trying to convince himself he needed to bear all things with me. He was going crazy and I was getting really angry about it and at him for it. Hence why he spelled out that phrase I guess.
Love "believes all things." If you truly love someone you will believe that they can do anything. You will believe in them. You will have faith that they can be better then they are, without pushing them hard to be that way.
Love "hopes all things." Love never gives up hope on someone. If they need to be set free from some addiction, a loving person will keep believing in them that they can. "All things are possible to those who believe." You have to keep believing in the one that you love, that they can and will be amazing, even if they aren't right now.
And finally "love never ends." Once you fall in love with someone, you will probably be in love with them the rest of your life. That's why it's important that you choose wisely who to fall in love with, because a part of them will stay in your heart forever. "Guard your heart" the Bible says. Don't fall in love with anyone and everyone, only with the most worthy people.
And those are all my thoughts on love. I pray this blessed you all. Have a great day and may God bless you with a wonderful life in every way. :)
Jealousy is a Killer
If you are jealous of someone, how about you do the work that they did to become the great person that they are? And then you won't have to be jealous of them anymore. ;)
I have had a lot of people become jealous of me in my life, which has definitely kept me from wanting to stand out in certain situations. I think jealousy is the main reason I was recently fired from my job. I have a great singing voice which some have been jealous of. I was always very gifted in basketball which made some people hate me. I had one team mate literally push me from behind in a practice so that I flew on the floor. That was nuts. I have always been very smart and got great grades which incurred a lot of jealousy. I have always been very close to God and have a ton of Bible verses memorized which has also made lots of people jealous of me.
I think the issue of jealous is why the majority of the world chooses to not shine and to just lay low, because we are worried of the jealousy of others. Jealousy from others is a legitimate thing to be worried about, because just one jealous person can wreck your entire life. Cain killed Able due to jealousy. And Saul spent years Trying to kill David due to jealousy. :(
The only person in my life I've been really jealous of is Joyce Meyer lol. Most people I'm not all that impressed by, but I have always been highly impressed by Joyce Meyer. :) I heard her say in a sermon she has published like 50 books, so I got determined that I would publish that many books. And I do now actually have about 32 self-published books on Amazon. I don't make much money at all from them but just getting that accomplished made me feel better. lol I'm not competitive at all. Not at all. jk.:)
It's ironic that the things we do to impress people to make them like us can also make them jealous and make them hate us. :(
I've also always been jealous of women who always look picture perfect and can wear cute make up because I can't. I break out anytime I try to wear make up. And I have to wear glasses so I can't really wear eye make up anymore. I tired contacts for a long time but finally decided to just stop caring about wearing glasses. I get jealous still of women who feel free enough to wear their hair down. I have some weird ongoing thought that every guy I pass will fall in love with me if I wear my hair down so I always wear it up lol. I generally don't want random guys to like me or have the hots for me, probably because my dad did when I was a kid, so to some extent other guys being attracted to me only pisses me off. It's odd but true. I'm not gay lol. I just want One guy to be attracted to me, not like 10 or 100. So I try to stay modest.
I think that's good though overall. I think the girls gone wild issue in America now is crazy. How girls now just throw caution to the wind and want every guy in the world to be in love with them. It's like hello, do you want to get rapped? Be a little bit more careful ladies, my goodness.
I have been jealous my whole life of anyone skinnier then me. I've never been grossly overweight, but slightly. I'm pretty sure that's everyone in the world, we always envy people who look like they are in better shape then us. But the solution is just do what they did and then you won't be jealous anymore. I am currently working on 10 days of intermittent fasting, meaning I eat a snack once a day and don't eat the rest of the day. I have picked up drinking Redd's apple ale though to get some calories, and that has been fun. But the goal in this time of fasting is to die to myself more and to loose weight. I feel like God is saying I should do this the rest of my life. :) I think we all need a Ton less food then we think do. ;)
We also might be jealous of people who have more money then us. But just work more so you have more money and then you won't be jealous of them. It's simple really. People make it seem so complex but it's not. If you want more money, work more to get it, and spend less then you do.
I think my ex mother in law has been jealous of me for the past 7 years. She is quite overweight and I managed to not gain too much weight even after having two kids. I think she always hated me for that. She would always bring brownies over and tons of junk food like she was probably trying to fatten me up. I would always just throw away all the junk food lol. And I think my mom has been jealous of me my entire life sadly. I am better looking then her. And I have done a lot of work on having a good soul and my relationship with God that she hasn't. I think I have a 20 times more beautiful heart then my mom. I think she knows that and she hates that about me. But if she wanted to put in the work to be a better and nicer person, she could, that's all I can say.
So many people want to act like a victim in life, but none of us are. If we want something we can make it happen. We just have to try harder and stay in faith.
So try to not be jealous of others, or if you are, do what they did to get where they are so you won't be jealous anymore. :) God bless!
I have had a lot of people become jealous of me in my life, which has definitely kept me from wanting to stand out in certain situations. I think jealousy is the main reason I was recently fired from my job. I have a great singing voice which some have been jealous of. I was always very gifted in basketball which made some people hate me. I had one team mate literally push me from behind in a practice so that I flew on the floor. That was nuts. I have always been very smart and got great grades which incurred a lot of jealousy. I have always been very close to God and have a ton of Bible verses memorized which has also made lots of people jealous of me.
I think the issue of jealous is why the majority of the world chooses to not shine and to just lay low, because we are worried of the jealousy of others. Jealousy from others is a legitimate thing to be worried about, because just one jealous person can wreck your entire life. Cain killed Able due to jealousy. And Saul spent years Trying to kill David due to jealousy. :(
The only person in my life I've been really jealous of is Joyce Meyer lol. Most people I'm not all that impressed by, but I have always been highly impressed by Joyce Meyer. :) I heard her say in a sermon she has published like 50 books, so I got determined that I would publish that many books. And I do now actually have about 32 self-published books on Amazon. I don't make much money at all from them but just getting that accomplished made me feel better. lol I'm not competitive at all. Not at all. jk.:)
It's ironic that the things we do to impress people to make them like us can also make them jealous and make them hate us. :(
I've also always been jealous of women who always look picture perfect and can wear cute make up because I can't. I break out anytime I try to wear make up. And I have to wear glasses so I can't really wear eye make up anymore. I tired contacts for a long time but finally decided to just stop caring about wearing glasses. I get jealous still of women who feel free enough to wear their hair down. I have some weird ongoing thought that every guy I pass will fall in love with me if I wear my hair down so I always wear it up lol. I generally don't want random guys to like me or have the hots for me, probably because my dad did when I was a kid, so to some extent other guys being attracted to me only pisses me off. It's odd but true. I'm not gay lol. I just want One guy to be attracted to me, not like 10 or 100. So I try to stay modest.
I think that's good though overall. I think the girls gone wild issue in America now is crazy. How girls now just throw caution to the wind and want every guy in the world to be in love with them. It's like hello, do you want to get rapped? Be a little bit more careful ladies, my goodness.
I have been jealous my whole life of anyone skinnier then me. I've never been grossly overweight, but slightly. I'm pretty sure that's everyone in the world, we always envy people who look like they are in better shape then us. But the solution is just do what they did and then you won't be jealous anymore. I am currently working on 10 days of intermittent fasting, meaning I eat a snack once a day and don't eat the rest of the day. I have picked up drinking Redd's apple ale though to get some calories, and that has been fun. But the goal in this time of fasting is to die to myself more and to loose weight. I feel like God is saying I should do this the rest of my life. :) I think we all need a Ton less food then we think do. ;)
We also might be jealous of people who have more money then us. But just work more so you have more money and then you won't be jealous of them. It's simple really. People make it seem so complex but it's not. If you want more money, work more to get it, and spend less then you do.
I think my ex mother in law has been jealous of me for the past 7 years. She is quite overweight and I managed to not gain too much weight even after having two kids. I think she always hated me for that. She would always bring brownies over and tons of junk food like she was probably trying to fatten me up. I would always just throw away all the junk food lol. And I think my mom has been jealous of me my entire life sadly. I am better looking then her. And I have done a lot of work on having a good soul and my relationship with God that she hasn't. I think I have a 20 times more beautiful heart then my mom. I think she knows that and she hates that about me. But if she wanted to put in the work to be a better and nicer person, she could, that's all I can say.
So many people want to act like a victim in life, but none of us are. If we want something we can make it happen. We just have to try harder and stay in faith.
So try to not be jealous of others, or if you are, do what they did to get where they are so you won't be jealous anymore. :) God bless!
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Forgive and Have Peace
The most important thing anyone can learn in life is being good at forgiving others.
When we don't forgive others the bitterness in our hearts turns to depression, because we shut our heart down. We stop being capable of loving others because we are so bitter at one or a few people and we let that ruin any future relationships we might have. But that is no way to live. Let it go. Whatever happened, let it go. :)But I love how Joyce Meyer says, "Don't let what one person did to you ruin your relationships with everyone in your future." Amen. Like my dad sexually abused me as a kid, and for a long time that did make me bitter at all men, but I finally made peace with men in general thanks to lots of counseling and growing closer to God. Praise God for that. :)
Mark 11:25 says, "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” If we don't forgive others God won't forgive us. That is extremely serious. That's one reason why I don't get why people believe that you can be once saved, always saved. If you don't forgive others, you are no longer saved. Period. God takes unforgiveness that seriously.
Matthew 18:21-22 Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." No matter how much you have forgiven someone, you have to keep on forgiving them. God commands it. You are forgiving for both their sake and your own, so that you can have peace. But forgiveness doesn't always mean still being friends with them. Be wise who you choose to be friends with. Don't open yourself to be abused over and over by someone. You Can put up boundaries with abusive people.
Colossians 3:13 "Bear with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgive each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." Meaning have patience with others. It's easy for people to get up on their high horse and think, "I would never do that." But really? Even if you don't do what they did, you do other bad things. To not forgive others is the ultimate pride. It's you saying you are better then them. But if we look closely at all that we ourselves do wrong, we will realize we are no place to withold forgiveness from anyone. Ever. Because none of us are perfect.
Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." I love this verse. What this means is that you shouldn't have enemies, from your side at least. Other people might see you as an enemy, but we should not see anyone else as our enemy. Our only real enemy is Satan and no one else. Amen.
Psalm 103:10-14 "As far as the east is from the west, so far does God remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust." We also should remember that other people are dust, as in we need to not have such high expectations of people. Unforgiveness happens when we expect someone to do or not do something and they fail our expectations. But how about you just not have any expectations of others. People don't have to live or act exactly as you think they should. Are you God? No. So don't expect to have total control over others and be able to dictate their every action. People are free to do as they choose. I think people try to control others with their bitterness and unforgiveness, but that only hurts yourself. Being bitter toward another isn't going to control them, it's just going to make them not like you. ;)
Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." If you have a heart of stone you will feel hatred toward others a lot more then you should. Hatred essentially turns your heart to stone. But if you want to have peace with others, you have to love them and forgive them.
Seek to have a heart of flesh, a tender heart that is quick to forgive others. If you struggle with forgiving others, look long and hard in the mirror and realize how Much God has forgiven you for. Swallow a pill of humility and realize you are in no place to judge another or stay bitter at them for anything they did. Sure they aren't perfect, but neither are you. ;) Stay humble.
May God bless you all!
When we don't forgive others the bitterness in our hearts turns to depression, because we shut our heart down. We stop being capable of loving others because we are so bitter at one or a few people and we let that ruin any future relationships we might have. But that is no way to live. Let it go. Whatever happened, let it go. :)But I love how Joyce Meyer says, "Don't let what one person did to you ruin your relationships with everyone in your future." Amen. Like my dad sexually abused me as a kid, and for a long time that did make me bitter at all men, but I finally made peace with men in general thanks to lots of counseling and growing closer to God. Praise God for that. :)
Mark 11:25 says, "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” If we don't forgive others God won't forgive us. That is extremely serious. That's one reason why I don't get why people believe that you can be once saved, always saved. If you don't forgive others, you are no longer saved. Period. God takes unforgiveness that seriously.
Matthew 18:21-22 Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." No matter how much you have forgiven someone, you have to keep on forgiving them. God commands it. You are forgiving for both their sake and your own, so that you can have peace. But forgiveness doesn't always mean still being friends with them. Be wise who you choose to be friends with. Don't open yourself to be abused over and over by someone. You Can put up boundaries with abusive people.
Colossians 3:13 "Bear with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgive each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." Meaning have patience with others. It's easy for people to get up on their high horse and think, "I would never do that." But really? Even if you don't do what they did, you do other bad things. To not forgive others is the ultimate pride. It's you saying you are better then them. But if we look closely at all that we ourselves do wrong, we will realize we are no place to withold forgiveness from anyone. Ever. Because none of us are perfect.
Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." I love this verse. What this means is that you shouldn't have enemies, from your side at least. Other people might see you as an enemy, but we should not see anyone else as our enemy. Our only real enemy is Satan and no one else. Amen.
Psalm 103:10-14 "As far as the east is from the west, so far does God remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust." We also should remember that other people are dust, as in we need to not have such high expectations of people. Unforgiveness happens when we expect someone to do or not do something and they fail our expectations. But how about you just not have any expectations of others. People don't have to live or act exactly as you think they should. Are you God? No. So don't expect to have total control over others and be able to dictate their every action. People are free to do as they choose. I think people try to control others with their bitterness and unforgiveness, but that only hurts yourself. Being bitter toward another isn't going to control them, it's just going to make them not like you. ;)
Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." If you have a heart of stone you will feel hatred toward others a lot more then you should. Hatred essentially turns your heart to stone. But if you want to have peace with others, you have to love them and forgive them.
Seek to have a heart of flesh, a tender heart that is quick to forgive others. If you struggle with forgiving others, look long and hard in the mirror and realize how Much God has forgiven you for. Swallow a pill of humility and realize you are in no place to judge another or stay bitter at them for anything they did. Sure they aren't perfect, but neither are you. ;) Stay humble.
May God bless you all!
Have Faith
"If anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them."
If you want something you have to only believe that it will happen, don't loose faith, and it will happen. I have a certain man that I want currently and I am choosing to believe that God will give him to me. I have felt God telling me that he is my soul mate for a month now. I wake up thinking about him at 3am every single night and no matter how much I try to, I can't stop thinking about him. It doesn't seem to be working out yet but I believe that it will in the future. Perhaps God is just waiting till I'm ready for all that.
Thank you God that you will give me this awesome man when I am ready and when he is ready. I believe it will come to pass. Thank you God that you are good to me and you will give me the desire of my heart. :)
God bless yall! And never stop dreaming. :) Believe that God will make your dreams come true and he will!
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Love
I was crying today over the fact that almost none of my love relationships have gone all that well in life. I remember when I was a kid I wanted to become a nun when I grew up because I thought there was no hope of me finding a good guy. My dad sexually abused me as a kid so that very much caused me to think that all men were perverts for most of my life. I thought all guys cared about was sex. This mental bent has only been corrected recently actually, just by being around various good guys that weren't total pigs.
My marriage to my ex husband was mostly good though. He was a very good guy and very sweet our first 6 years of marriage. And then it's like he just snapped and went crazy for no reason. I never did and still don't understand it.
I am currently fasting for 10 days to pray about this whole situation. I an trying to figure out if God wants me to reconcile with him or move on with someone else. I really have no idea what option is best. Of course if I reconcile with him then I can see my daughters again, which would be very nice. But I seem to have almost forgotten that I am or ever was a mom, it's been so long since I've seen them. I don't know if I should just start a new family with a new guy and entirely forget about them or what I should do. My ex mother in law is being very, very possessive of my ex husband and my two daughters and there's really nothing I can do about it. Well I could take her to court but I don't have enough extra money to do that.
Before my ex husband I was with a guy for 2 years. We were really best friends with a few bad fights. He died 8 years ago due to drinking one night while being on meds and an anti-biotic. I was very anti alcohol for quite awhile after he died. I really only loosened up about being ok with alcohol in the last few months. Alcohol has occasionally given me some solace in my current time of being without my two daughters.
I picked up smoking also 2 months ago which I decided to quit today. So far it's really not that hard to quit so praise God. I never liked how it made my stomach hurt when I smoked anyway. The mental high was fun but the stomach pain was not fun. I thought smoking made me loosen up so I could think things I don't normally think, but alcohol works for that too, which might be slightly better for my body. lol :)
And now I have various things going on and I have no idea which path to take. I have 4 potential guys I would like to be with and I have no idea which one would be the best. I guess it's good to have options but it's a bit stressful too. But then part of me just wants to say screw all guys and maybe I should move up to Nebraska to live with my brother for a time. I sure as heck hate the Cedar trees around me in this area. They give me a crazy headache about one day every week. It sucks.
Or part of me wonders if I should go back to Odessa where my daughters are. But that situation is very volatile and unpredictable. I'm pretty sure my ex husband's mom and dad would murder me if they could, possibly because they think I made their son go crazy, which I don't think I did. Or also because I've had a few boyfriends since he left me, which I somewhat regret but no one wants to be all alone.
So that's my life now. My focus is now almost entirely on love and who to pick now. May God help me make the best decision. :)
God bless!
My marriage to my ex husband was mostly good though. He was a very good guy and very sweet our first 6 years of marriage. And then it's like he just snapped and went crazy for no reason. I never did and still don't understand it.
I am currently fasting for 10 days to pray about this whole situation. I an trying to figure out if God wants me to reconcile with him or move on with someone else. I really have no idea what option is best. Of course if I reconcile with him then I can see my daughters again, which would be very nice. But I seem to have almost forgotten that I am or ever was a mom, it's been so long since I've seen them. I don't know if I should just start a new family with a new guy and entirely forget about them or what I should do. My ex mother in law is being very, very possessive of my ex husband and my two daughters and there's really nothing I can do about it. Well I could take her to court but I don't have enough extra money to do that.
Before my ex husband I was with a guy for 2 years. We were really best friends with a few bad fights. He died 8 years ago due to drinking one night while being on meds and an anti-biotic. I was very anti alcohol for quite awhile after he died. I really only loosened up about being ok with alcohol in the last few months. Alcohol has occasionally given me some solace in my current time of being without my two daughters.
I picked up smoking also 2 months ago which I decided to quit today. So far it's really not that hard to quit so praise God. I never liked how it made my stomach hurt when I smoked anyway. The mental high was fun but the stomach pain was not fun. I thought smoking made me loosen up so I could think things I don't normally think, but alcohol works for that too, which might be slightly better for my body. lol :)
And now I have various things going on and I have no idea which path to take. I have 4 potential guys I would like to be with and I have no idea which one would be the best. I guess it's good to have options but it's a bit stressful too. But then part of me just wants to say screw all guys and maybe I should move up to Nebraska to live with my brother for a time. I sure as heck hate the Cedar trees around me in this area. They give me a crazy headache about one day every week. It sucks.
Or part of me wonders if I should go back to Odessa where my daughters are. But that situation is very volatile and unpredictable. I'm pretty sure my ex husband's mom and dad would murder me if they could, possibly because they think I made their son go crazy, which I don't think I did. Or also because I've had a few boyfriends since he left me, which I somewhat regret but no one wants to be all alone.
So that's my life now. My focus is now almost entirely on love and who to pick now. May God help me make the best decision. :)
God bless!
One of my Favorite Songs
And So it Goes by Billy Joel
In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
Anti Feeling Zombies
The majority of the world are walking dead zombies. Most people prefer to not feel anything because when they do, people around them discourage them from feeling what they are feeling. I remember when I would feel emotional growing up my mom would simply say "Are you pms'ing?" As a way to dismiss it and say my feelings didn't really matter. Or if I would cry about something she would say that. I suppose that was the equivalent of a dad saying to his son, "Son, crying is for babies. Don't cry!"
So we might grow up with a parent not caring when we feel things and then we learn to turn our feelings off. Then we might have a crush on someone and they totally reject us so we decide to not feel any more, until a numbness sets in and we decide that we don't want to feel very much at all anymore. We decide that caring about people is just to hard so we decide to just stop caring. This is the main reason why people drink alcohol, is to turn their feelings off. Of course the opposite can happen too though, where drinking can bring out stuffed emotions, which is interesting.
Of course the Bible does say "don't cast your pearls before swine" so make sure whoever you think of falling in love with isn't a swine. ;) Don't waste your strongest emotions on people who aren't worth it.
The hard truth is, most of the world doesn't really care about you. People will ignore you and disrespect you and all you can do is say ok and shake it off. You can't let people in too much because they will generally disappoint you. You should never give anyone your full 100% trust or admiration. Only God deserves that. He is the only one who will never let you down.
This is why Paul says it's better to remain single, because feelings and love can be so painful. "Those who marry will face many troubles in this life and I wish to spare you of this," he said. Also he says if a woman becomes a widow at a young age she should just remain single as she is and not seek to marry again. He says, "She is happier if she remains as she is." It is very evident why he said that considering how difficult dating is.
God should always be number one in our hearts and minds. He is the only one who deserves to be number one. Don't ever let a human being be first place in your heart, becaues that is idolatry and God does not like it. May God bless all yall. :)
So we might grow up with a parent not caring when we feel things and then we learn to turn our feelings off. Then we might have a crush on someone and they totally reject us so we decide to not feel any more, until a numbness sets in and we decide that we don't want to feel very much at all anymore. We decide that caring about people is just to hard so we decide to just stop caring. This is the main reason why people drink alcohol, is to turn their feelings off. Of course the opposite can happen too though, where drinking can bring out stuffed emotions, which is interesting.
Of course the Bible does say "don't cast your pearls before swine" so make sure whoever you think of falling in love with isn't a swine. ;) Don't waste your strongest emotions on people who aren't worth it.
The hard truth is, most of the world doesn't really care about you. People will ignore you and disrespect you and all you can do is say ok and shake it off. You can't let people in too much because they will generally disappoint you. You should never give anyone your full 100% trust or admiration. Only God deserves that. He is the only one who will never let you down.
This is why Paul says it's better to remain single, because feelings and love can be so painful. "Those who marry will face many troubles in this life and I wish to spare you of this," he said. Also he says if a woman becomes a widow at a young age she should just remain single as she is and not seek to marry again. He says, "She is happier if she remains as she is." It is very evident why he said that considering how difficult dating is.
God should always be number one in our hearts and minds. He is the only one who deserves to be number one. Don't ever let a human being be first place in your heart, becaues that is idolatry and God does not like it. May God bless all yall. :)
Forgiveness and Motherhood
Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Forgiveness isn't always easy. Sometimes people hurt you so much that it's almost unbelievable. But if you want to give yourself peace, you have to forgive them.
Being kind is the key to forgiveness and being tender hearted. If you don't have a tender heart you are almost totally unable to forgive anyone. If you choose to have a rock hard heart you won't be capable of feeling love for anyone or forgiving anyone. Forgiveness is the biggest cornerstone of love. You can't truly love until you know how to forgive others well.
I have always felt that the main fruit of the spirit that I need to work on is gentleness. If you aren't gentle, you can't really love others. Having my two daughters helped me grow in this a lot. I think people who have raised kids are generally much more gentle then those who haven't, because they have had to be gentle with their babies and children.
So many people in our modern world greatly lack the ability to be tender. Women now are trying to become men. Thanks to feminism and the drive of women to get out and work there is a huge lack of tenderness in our modern society. I think that's why everyone is so angry all the time, because they did not get good tender love from their mothers as a child because their mothers were too busy working which made them exhausted.
I know my mom was always a working mom and it seemed she didn't have any energy left for me. That's why I always promised myself I wouldn't have kids unless I didn't have to work and I could stay home with my kids. And I was blessed to get to do that for 7 years, praise God. :) I greatly appreciate the time I got to have with my girls. But then I got driven and felt I needed to start a teaching career and I started neglecting my girls at home some to do online classes. And then my family fell apart, my ex husband went crazy, and I lost it all. My girls and ex husband went to live with his mom. Women, you simply can't pursue a career and have a successful family at the same time. And men, you have to choose between having more money or having a happy wife. You probably should pick having a happy wife over having more money.
Women working generally is a bad idea. I wish I was born in the 20's when women weren't expected to work, but now there is such high expectations on women to clean, cook, care for children, AND work. It's insanity really. No wonder so many women now are so pissed off. And no wonder so many men in our modern cutlure have become so lazy. Almost every single man expects his woman to work, which is fine if they don't plan to have kids. But if a couple wants to have kids, the woman should never work, so she can be home with her kids. But so many men now are still boys and they don't want to carry the load or providing by themselves, even though they are perfectly capable of doing so. But the woman is carrying the load of raising kids by herself so why should the man not be the only bread winner?
Of course it doesn't help if the woman has a spending problem. But in every couple both people have their own vices to work on. Generally women shop and spend money and men drink beer to numb the anger they probably feel over their wives spending so much. This is why Paul said, "Those who marry will face many troubles in this life and I want to spare you of this." Marriage is hard no matter who it is that you marry and no matter where you live.
But keep this in mind, if you are married and hope to have kids, the woman needs to stay home. If you want to raise good kids, let the woman stay home. She will be happier and the kids will be and that means the father will be as well. And women, take a load off. Stop trying to do it all yourself. Let the man take care of you and trust him that he can. Whatever you expect of him is what he will do. So believe in him. And trust him. Focus on your kids, not on always trying to make more money. "The love of money is the root of all evil." ;)
May God bless you all!
Forgiveness isn't always easy. Sometimes people hurt you so much that it's almost unbelievable. But if you want to give yourself peace, you have to forgive them.
Being kind is the key to forgiveness and being tender hearted. If you don't have a tender heart you are almost totally unable to forgive anyone. If you choose to have a rock hard heart you won't be capable of feeling love for anyone or forgiving anyone. Forgiveness is the biggest cornerstone of love. You can't truly love until you know how to forgive others well.
I have always felt that the main fruit of the spirit that I need to work on is gentleness. If you aren't gentle, you can't really love others. Having my two daughters helped me grow in this a lot. I think people who have raised kids are generally much more gentle then those who haven't, because they have had to be gentle with their babies and children.
So many people in our modern world greatly lack the ability to be tender. Women now are trying to become men. Thanks to feminism and the drive of women to get out and work there is a huge lack of tenderness in our modern society. I think that's why everyone is so angry all the time, because they did not get good tender love from their mothers as a child because their mothers were too busy working which made them exhausted.
I know my mom was always a working mom and it seemed she didn't have any energy left for me. That's why I always promised myself I wouldn't have kids unless I didn't have to work and I could stay home with my kids. And I was blessed to get to do that for 7 years, praise God. :) I greatly appreciate the time I got to have with my girls. But then I got driven and felt I needed to start a teaching career and I started neglecting my girls at home some to do online classes. And then my family fell apart, my ex husband went crazy, and I lost it all. My girls and ex husband went to live with his mom. Women, you simply can't pursue a career and have a successful family at the same time. And men, you have to choose between having more money or having a happy wife. You probably should pick having a happy wife over having more money.
Women working generally is a bad idea. I wish I was born in the 20's when women weren't expected to work, but now there is such high expectations on women to clean, cook, care for children, AND work. It's insanity really. No wonder so many women now are so pissed off. And no wonder so many men in our modern cutlure have become so lazy. Almost every single man expects his woman to work, which is fine if they don't plan to have kids. But if a couple wants to have kids, the woman should never work, so she can be home with her kids. But so many men now are still boys and they don't want to carry the load or providing by themselves, even though they are perfectly capable of doing so. But the woman is carrying the load of raising kids by herself so why should the man not be the only bread winner?
Of course it doesn't help if the woman has a spending problem. But in every couple both people have their own vices to work on. Generally women shop and spend money and men drink beer to numb the anger they probably feel over their wives spending so much. This is why Paul said, "Those who marry will face many troubles in this life and I want to spare you of this." Marriage is hard no matter who it is that you marry and no matter where you live.
But keep this in mind, if you are married and hope to have kids, the woman needs to stay home. If you want to raise good kids, let the woman stay home. She will be happier and the kids will be and that means the father will be as well. And women, take a load off. Stop trying to do it all yourself. Let the man take care of you and trust him that he can. Whatever you expect of him is what he will do. So believe in him. And trust him. Focus on your kids, not on always trying to make more money. "The love of money is the root of all evil." ;)
May God bless you all!
Be Thankful
I have seen so much ingratitude lately, in myself and others, at work and at home, so I thought I would write on thankfulness. Ingratitude is the most unattractive character quality a person can have, and thankfulness is the most attractive character quality. When we aren't thankful for what we have it can go away very, very quickly.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." It might seem hard to give thanks in ALL circumstances, but the key is to see what God is trying to teach you in everything. In good times we don't learn very much, but in hard times we certainly do, about ourselves and others. In the good times we have peace but in the hard times we gain wisdom, which is obviously very important for life.
Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!" Amen! No matter what you are facing you have to remember that God is good. Even when things happen to us that seem bad we just have to change our perspective. Maybe what we think is bad could be good, just like what we think seems good could be bad. There is a verse that says, "There is a way that seems right to man but in the end it leads to death." Often times we Think we want something but it's not the best thing for us. God knows more then we do what we need and he will bring that about. We might not understand how things will fall into place but in the end "God works all things for the good of those who love him," so we just have to trust him. :)
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." When we are worried we can always pray. If you want something, ask God for it. Jesus said "You have not because you ask not." But you need to ask while giving thanks for what you already have. If you are not thankful for what you already have why would God give you more?
I pray that blessed you all and helped you grow in wisdom. God bless :)
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." It might seem hard to give thanks in ALL circumstances, but the key is to see what God is trying to teach you in everything. In good times we don't learn very much, but in hard times we certainly do, about ourselves and others. In the good times we have peace but in the hard times we gain wisdom, which is obviously very important for life.
Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!" Amen! No matter what you are facing you have to remember that God is good. Even when things happen to us that seem bad we just have to change our perspective. Maybe what we think is bad could be good, just like what we think seems good could be bad. There is a verse that says, "There is a way that seems right to man but in the end it leads to death." Often times we Think we want something but it's not the best thing for us. God knows more then we do what we need and he will bring that about. We might not understand how things will fall into place but in the end "God works all things for the good of those who love him," so we just have to trust him. :)
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." When we are worried we can always pray. If you want something, ask God for it. Jesus said "You have not because you ask not." But you need to ask while giving thanks for what you already have. If you are not thankful for what you already have why would God give you more?
I pray that blessed you all and helped you grow in wisdom. God bless :)
Take Your Walls Down
So many people have walls up hiding them in from other people. They don't want to let others in because they are scared. Also so many people don't love themselves so they can't accept love from others. If you hate yourself, you will expect everyone else to hate you to. The funny thing about that though is you then cause others to hate you because you expect that they will. You fulfil your own fears by your own actions.
Whatever we expect will happen is generally what will happen. If we believe something awesome will happen with someone, it probably will. If we believe it will end in a train wreck, then it probably will. Life and death are in the power of our words. Life and death are also in our thoughts. How we choose to think or believe about things is often what will happen. Jesus said, "According to your faith it will be done to you." Be very careful about what you believe will happen.
If you don't want to stay isolated your entire life you have to let people in. People will hurt you, of course, but God can heal you. Love in an type of relationship is risky. You never know if things will work out, but if you don't take the risk you will never know if it will work or not.
Don't keep walls up. Take your walls down and let love in. If you don't, you will live a very sad, boring and lonely life.
Whatever we expect will happen is generally what will happen. If we believe something awesome will happen with someone, it probably will. If we believe it will end in a train wreck, then it probably will. Life and death are in the power of our words. Life and death are also in our thoughts. How we choose to think or believe about things is often what will happen. Jesus said, "According to your faith it will be done to you." Be very careful about what you believe will happen.
If you don't want to stay isolated your entire life you have to let people in. People will hurt you, of course, but God can heal you. Love in an type of relationship is risky. You never know if things will work out, but if you don't take the risk you will never know if it will work or not.
Don't keep walls up. Take your walls down and let love in. If you don't, you will live a very sad, boring and lonely life.
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