Note 2 Self…………

Yes, I have GOT to slow down…..

A Reminder

Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday and I realized that not only is God an amazing God BUT more importantly, I have too many moments that I have taken him for granted just as my teenagers take me for granted. Yes, I obey God and do the things that He commands me to do via his word…. HOWEVER – when I do not take the time to do the little things that He says like pray – meditate – etc… I feel myself off balanced. If I would have just taken the time to do the little things…. When I obtain these God – Epiphany – Moments – I submit my mind…body..soul and spirit all over again and go through a “Coming to Christ” re- enactment.

I have to come to Jesus like it is the first time so that I can REMEMBER the sacrafices that He has done for me so that I can benefit from this temporary living situation that I have been blessed with here on earth.

Pray Always

Jesus said that , “…men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” (Luke 18:1) God speaks to us through Bible reading, but we speak to Him through prayer. Every Christian needs a special time each day (perhaps more than once per day) when he gets alone with God in prayer. Mark 1:35 says, “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” Jesus realized the need to pull away for a while and get alone with His Father in prayer. In our fast-paced society this is sometimes hard, but it’s very necessary and well worth the effort.

If you’re REALLY trusting God for your daily needs and the needs of others, then you will naturally go to Him in prayer to make your requests known. When a child is really depending on his father to do something for him, he won’t quit talking to him about it until it is done. God expects us to come to Him on a regular basis to simply “empty” ourselves by laying all our wants and needs in His hands.

Paul said, “Pray without ceasing” in I Thessalonians 5:17. Prayer is to be continual, because our relationship with God is continual. Many Christians wait until they’ve become loaded down with sins and many burdens before they pray, but this isn’t God’s will. God commands us to pray ALWAYS so we’ll never become over-loaded with problems. He wants us to carry a LIGHT load. Jesus said, “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Mat. 11:30).

The subjects of prayer are many. Thanksgiving is an important part of prayer (Mark 8:6; John 6:11; I Tim. 4:4-5). We are told to pray for forgiveness (I John 1:9), for personal needs(Mat. 6:9-13; Philip. 4:6, 19), and for wisdom (Jas. 1:5-7). We are told to remember others in prayer (Rom. 1:9; Jas. 5:13-16), to remember our government leaders (I Tim. 2:1-2), and to pray for our pastors, churches, and missionaries (I Ths. 5:25; II Ths. 3:1; Jas. 5:16).

Everyone needs to take timeout each day for such physical needs as bathing, eating, and sleeping. Likewise, every Christian needs a special time each day for Bible reading and prayer.

God understands that there is a time and a place for everything under the sun, so use your time wisely so that you do not ever have to choose between alone time with God and other things that can distract us from Him. Remember without Christ in our lives….. our lives are off balanced ANYWAY! Want balance? Get God!

My Morning – Observation

Never Alone!!

Jesus is always by my side!!!

Nice to know that I am never alone when the storms of life are raging! I am elated that He is with me in the good times as well as the bad!

All things are possible when I place my life in His hands!

Nugget 4 Today!

Maryland was great and so was Virginia but as I am getting on the road I sat and pondered over a few things and realized the following:

 

1. Too much trouble brings DYSFUNCTION

 

 

We all have a bit of crazinesss in our families – unable to function normally, properly, etc.; of or characterized by abnormal or impaired psychosocial functioning: a dysfunctional family, dysfunctional behavior. Learn how to recognize trouble so that it does not make you operate in dysfunction and you feel that the behavior is normal!

 

 

 

2. Too much rain and storms brings BITTERNESS

 

 

Left unchecked, rain or water can damage the frame of your house (your mind – your spiri ) and cause harmful mold, mildew, and ultimately rotted-wood problems. The constant rain / problems that keep occurring in a person’s life will cause you to become bitter. Constant family issues, people aroudn you dying repeatedly and unexpected, constant financial problems, broken relationship after relationship can cause a person to feel as if nothing but “raining” problems / negativity keeps happening in their lives. Too much rain will indeed make a person bitter without ANY sunshine being seen every now and then.

 

 

 

3. Too much sun brings PRIDEFULNESS

 

Too much sin can kill, too much of anything is not good and we all know that. However in the sense that I am referring to means too much sun can make one too proud / bring prideful.  Sunshine makes people smile, feel good and knows that “all is well” …..life is great!

 

 

However, with the many blessings / favor happening can cause one to forget to appreciate how the sun actually came about, always “expecting” the sun to be there and to rise every morning! If a person only always experiences the sun, the happy days, the shining light – it can be a harmful thing because when the rain and the storm comes ( because it will ) it causes shock and like we see in REAL LIFE, people cannot take it to the point they commit suicide and sometimes go on “stress” killing sprees.

 

 

 

When a person is prideful their ears are clogged and their vision is blurry and their balance is very off kiltered. With pride being 1 of the 7 deadly sins….. you can imagin! Pride is at the bottom of almost every mistake that a person has made in life.

 

 

Something To Practice Daily -

A Few Important Folks -

Things have UNFORTUNATELY changed over the years in my family but my God!! YES!  I still believe in Family and the power of PRAYER! God always has a way of bringing things together for “His Glory…..

Mothers ALWAYS seem to be the one to hold things together for the sake of FAMILY…. I am grateful that “most mothers” stretch theirselves for the sake of others…. My mother’s face is in the Webster’s Dictionary!! LOL

I REALLY wish that I did not have to “mini – battle” so much via my almost 19 year old son above and his current environment - GEESH! Nonetheless, we do a great deal of “choosing” ourselves, so……..

Talk about tug of war, my goodness. Nonetheless, I love him so dearly and my mother is standing there like she is a proud mommy! LOL She loves all of her grandkids – the ones that act “nice” and especially the ones that does not act “so nice”….

My daughter when she “was little” was such a joy and was innocent …respectful…ambitious…obedient and LOVED to learn about God… my father basically raised my oldest kids from birth til they were almost 13 years old. He taught them to read, write, math, tie their shoes, politics, history and a slew of other things……

My…my…my…my…How quickly things change! I am still trusting and believing that God will work things out for my whole family!  Nonetheless for my now teenage daughter – Boy! Am I really EXPECTING a mighty miracle!  With God EVERYTHING and ANYTHING is truly possible and anything can happen!

Welp… my angelic sister and son are two peas in a pod! She is the BEST sister that anyone could ever ask for. Talk about heart for God that shines through everything that she does and say! YIKES – sometimes her prescence makes me repent! LOL She is a great lady though and I am honored to call her my friend!

My amazing - very compassionate – funny – sweet but still “good” crazy cousin who has been a major blessing to us all. He is one very special person and I think that it is crazy how he looks like my late father too!

I enjoy being this little boy’s mother so much that it TICKLES ME! I blog about me and him enough but family is such an important part of “my make up” …… I have been the mediator for YEARS via my immediate family as well as my cousins..aunties..uncles…etc. It has worn me out to be honest…but I still love and respect the “art of family”..

Thank You!

This goes out to the people who have really showed some concern for me over the years…….. Although there were few in number….. (which God allowed ) but  I appreciate the genuine love, support and prayers…. Through my busy and hectic life, it has allowed me to hold on like you wouldn’t believe….

I have gone through so many things in my life and it seemed as within the last 4 1/2  years that I was just floating amongst the clouds, being OVERLY busy and merely sleep walking here on earth….  My mind was seriously in the clouds from all of the major transitions that were occuring in my life….   I found out the hard way that  I was not Super Woman…!  I may have some of her tendencies and charachteristics.. I’M NOT HER…  becauses ON TV she is NEVER tired! LOL  Truth be told…, I dont desire to be her anymore because Super Woman does to have no balance….. she is strong yeah.. but at the end of the day… she really doesn’t have it together.. it just LOOKS LIKE SHE DOES!

Welp, in the end it seemed like……..looked like…..felt like…..smelled like…tasted like…etc that it was ” I who was left damaged all because i was trying to assist others and almost killed myself mentally, emotionally, phsyically, financially and lets not forget spiritually IN THE PROCESS….. Only to find out that he was making me into a BRAND NEW individual. I have joked a few times asking the Lord why could HE not just simply tell me what all the craziness was about.

Geesh!!!  I have made choices and changes for everyone but myself….. trying to assist……. trying to be a better friend… a better sister.. a better daughter .. church member…a better mother….. better community servant…( whew…. lawwd ) a better follower of *Christ* and all of this can get  hard only because its easy to flip out but it takes wisdom to stay calm and pull a W.W.J.D.  I am certainly alright but it feels soo great to vent  sometimes.

So thanks to those who stood by me by way of prayer… by way of silence, by way of phone calls…, by way of texting ( lol ) by way of emails,… by way of fellowship, by way of being silent and just stood by me, sometimes up close or from afar while I vented… “IN MY OWN WAY”…….. making sure that  I stayed in tact mind, body, soul and spirit.

Trust me, I know that I am a little handful  at times I may have made itmake it difficult to bare with me….

I offer much MORE love… – honor and respect to  the special people God chose to assist me thru my journey..….

Simply,

ME……….

P.S.  THANK YOU AGAIN!

Only 1 Body Needed

  Perfect Wording for this photo I thought!

I need you, you need me. We’re all a part of God‘s body. Stand with me, agree with me. We’re all a part of God’s body.

It is his will, that every need be supplied. You are important to me, I need you to survive. You are important to me, I need you to survive.

I pray for you, You pray for me. I love you, I need you to survive. I won’t harm you with words from my mouth. I love you, I need you to survive.

It is his will, that every need be supplied. You are important to me, I need you to survive.

 

Reflecting -

I can only imagine……

Well actually I can’t even”imagine” especially since I would be in such in “aaaawwwwwwwweeeee” of me even “making it in” because a great deal of people who are always “boasting” that they are getting into Heaven are the main ones that will not make it in.

I want to live right and along my path know that I am doing the will and the work of the Lord….. and NOT ever become so prideful that I obtain the mind set that I dont have nothing to worry about…

God looks at the DETAILS via the things that we do in our lives…. and sometimes “my details” can get me into trouble!