I learn and discover daily how destructive the tongue can be ... it is indeed like a double edged sword!

I just want to say from personal experience , never let anyone speak words into your life ... I don't mean 'prophetic words' those are a separate issue to be weighed , shared and valued differently.

I mean those words where in a discussion or argument someone says 'you have issues' or 'you are like this because of your past'.
If you have found your identity in Christ, if you have given Him your all , you are a 'New Creation' in him so let no one plant seeds of destruction or hurt in your life.

I celebrate again today the joy of 'frugal finances' thankful for what I have , but also freedom, freedom of my spirit and soul. A reconnection to my creator with no clouds , no ambiguities and certainly 'no voices' wishing to diagnose my personality and share untruths.

I am free
I am honest
I know who I am in Christ
I am loved
I am blessed
and most of all I am happy!

Come celebrate with me and share God's love by planting a kind word , a heartfelt thanks to someone you know or maybe even a hug ... make a positive difference in someone's life today.

Have you got gifts and talents that have just been lying dormant?

Why not choose today to use these gifts to celebrate and make someones life better today , it can be a small act of kindness or signing up to help in some serving team at church , goodness it can be as simple as donating some wool to a charity.

I have found that it is so important for us to love on others and use our gifts and talents , why? Well we have the Holy Spirit inside of us , and part of His make up is to serve , love and give ... so when we do these acts of love too you will be amazed not only at how great you feel ... but you will also discover new gifts and talents ...

Lets look at what the bible says ....

…9Be hospitable to one another without complaint. 10As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:10  


 
Don't let the treasures that God deposited inside of you go to waste ... go on spread and little love and join me ...

 

Everyday in life we make choices that affect our future , family and loved ones and sometimes we make the wrong decisions too! As that old saying goes 'hindsight is foresight' and if we all knew the outcome of our decisions in advance , we  might choose a little more conservatively.

One thing I do know and that is that you cannot live life in regret , that would make you wrong decisions , mistakes and misdirected plans steal your future and your desitiny and that is not what God want for us!

God wants us to take heed of our journey , to learn and to grow from each and every experience ... to look forward and see the adventure ahead and to leave the past where it belongs ...behinds us!

In Jeremiah God promises us ...
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  - Jeremiah 29 v 11

I know that I am disappointed in choices that I have made , lie has not panned out the way I planned, I have had to accept realities in my life which are not the path I would have chosen for myself   ...but God!

So today again I remember to keep forging ahead ... trusting the Lord and knowing that He knows what lies ahead and is guiding me every step of the way ...

Are you coming?

It is the middle of winter here and I personally feel as though not only are the seasons changing outdoors , but so are they changing in my heart.

I feel like it is time to let go of all the fears , the tears and the heartache. It is now time to move forward , trusting for 'the joy to come in the morning' as promised by God.

I am tired of hauling all this baggage around with me, lately it has felt like more of a noose and less of a suitcase ...time for a clean out ... a washing away of the old which is so very easy to cling too...

Today there is a glimmer of hope for me, as the promise of my car getting sorted out is lingering (still trusting God for the finances) , suggesting once again that there is a future of promise and freedom on the horizon.

Even though outside my window there is currently a torrential rain storm ( both in the physical and emotional realms), I am trusting God today more than ever... to provide a husband , finances and a future that He alone has planned for me ...

Here I am Lord! I am stepping out of the boat ...' where you take me I will go!'

Today is the start of a new journey and a new chapter ...

This week , this month and everyday at the moment feels as though I am flitting around aimlessly and without any purpose. I feel totally at a loss of control and direction.

I have always been a closet control freak .... just relaxed enough to get away with going unnoticed as a borderline case, however at the moment I am reliant on others... resulting in the fact that no two days can really be planned in succession, no 'to the minute planning' as I fall victim to the schedules and planning of others.

Now I can take two paths ....

I can either freak out , throw and tantrum and collapse in a heap ... all to no avai!
OR
I can choose to surrender, submitting my days to the Lord and leaving the logistics to Him ... a path I have chosen and am learning to walk daily.

You see by surrendering the control of life , it's issues and responsibilities you are declaring in Faith that the Lord does indeed know best ... that you can in fact rely upon your Faith and trust the Lord wholeheartedly.

It does not mean that you will not be challenged or that Satan will not continually try to debunk and demolish all that God has instilled in your spirit. After all Satan is the master planner when it comes to deception and using the mind to persecute.

But today I encourage you to take the path of 'most' resistance , a path of surrender ... setting your spirit free .. allow yourself to walk in freedom and to take flight like a butterfly .... trusting God.

Today the sun is shining , the municipality are cutting the grass and the world outside is abuzz with the energy that a day of sunshine brings in the throes of Autumn.

It made me realize how fickle we can be , changing our emotions and feelings according to how the weather looks and even feels ... life is no different when it comes to our circumstances.

When all is awry we are dark and gloomy , questioning our Faith , crying at God's feet and yet when there is sunshine in our life and all is well ... we soon forget our previous woes which are drowned by the sound of joy and laughter.

Today I want to encourage you to celebrate all the seasons in your life the Summers , the Winters , the Springs and the Autumns ...

When the darkness closes in , light a candle ...focus on the light (Him who loves us) and keep walking. My life at the moment is in the shade and I am really grasping with all I have to cling to that little bit of light ... knowing that my God is faithful and He loves me!

Never forget the warmth of the sun on your skin in Summer for it is His light that endures forever.

Today I am lifting my hands up to the sky in this Winter (in my soul) and praising the Lord for He is good! Join me!