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Who Says?

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2 Corinthians 5:17

        This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

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Did you ever have someone tell you that you can’t do something?  That your goal was not achievable?  Maybe you always wanted to be something in life but for some reason there was obstacle after obstacle in your way?  We all have heard the “if you can dream it, you can do it” catch phrase but how many of us dream of things we know somehow just won’t happen.  I think this really goes back to my earlier blog about Matter Over Mind, if we have the mindset that we will not amount to anything, well, then there lies our fate.  If, however, we choose to allow Jesus to rule our thoughts and actions, who knows where we will end up.

I know, it’s hard to wait.  I feel like I have been waiting for something to happen in my life forever!  Just when I think something is about to really getting going with my books, something gets in the way.  One delay after another it seems, but the more I seek after God the more the reality sets in that perhaps I cannot see what God has in store for me and He is waiting for me to be fully ready to take on such a responsibility.  God will never give us anything before we are ready for it.

So I encourage all of us to get rid of the “so and so said I can’t do that” attitude.  Maybe we need to begin to forgive some people in our lives for speaking lies into our subconscious.  Maybe we need to begin to believe in ourselves for just a moment and look to God for some answers.  God did not deliver us from the hand of Satan to just accept His salvation.  He has great plans for us and He even says He wants us to prosper.

Begin today to seek God on this issue.  Ask Him what His desires for your life are, I can almost bet it’s exactly what you have been dreaming about doing.  If it His will, He will give you the tools to complete the task.  Yes, you can have those dreams if you choose to listen and obey what God speaks to you. Anything is truly possible with God.

Ordering Life

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Job 3:23
Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?

Today in class, we learned about planning our lives out and mixing work with pleasure and family with co-workers and appointments with work assignments.  There is a lot to living this life.  We often are pulled in a million directions at once and we are overwhelmed and overworked, losing sight quickly of the dreams we actually had for our life.  If we lived in a perfect world, our lives would be laid out for us and we would have perfect balance, however this is not the case. Instead we are consumed by life and we have no order.

We have but one short life, described in the Bible as a vapor in the wind.  We spend so much time focused on so many other things we think are important when in reality these are just distractions for the things we really should be focused on.  We run around this planet keeping ourselves so busy we miss out on the really important things which should matter the most.  How many of us have taken on jobs to support our families only to end up neglecting them in the end because we let work consume us?

God is a God of order and He calls us daily to spend time with Him.  How many times do we say we are too busy for Him?  Do we often rush out of the house before we do our devotions?  Do we choose to listen to the latest news on the way to work instead of worship music?  There are so many things we do everyday to avoid God, it is of no surprise we make the wrong choices so often.  If we could actually focus and order our lives so that we put God and His desires for our lives first how much closer would be to our dreams?

I had taken this class before in my McDonalds career, however, it was at a time in my life where I was too consumed with life to take it seriously. After I separated from my husband three years ago, some of these things came back to me and I began to refocus my life.  I began to pursue my dream of being a writer and wow, I have written two books already and starting on a third.  It was in a moment when I decide to put God first again in my life that I began to see I could reach my dreams.

I encourage each of you to begin today to “order life”.  I urge you to get a planner and begin to find the balance you can have between work and life in general. If you have two planners  right now, one for work and one for home, learn how to combine them for more effective planning.  Life matters and when it is well planned, we can find balance.  We can achieve our dreams. We can be less stressed and more happy.

How will you “order life”?  Will you begin to be a better planner?  Who do you think this will benefit?  You? Your family? Your co-workers? Your boss?  Planning has endless possibilities.

Looking For My Yacht

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 Matthew 14:29
“Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.

First, I must apologize for the length of days between my blogs lately, it has been difficult adjusting to my new position at work and I have been very busy.  I am hoping as I get a handle on things I will be able to focus once again on my blogging.  As for today, this will be short and sweet as I am headed to revival meetings and I am seeking God for some answers.  As many of you know, I am in the process of publishing a book.  The process is slower than I want to go, yet I know it is all according to God’s perfect plan for my life.  Today I want to share some joy and I hope you will rejoice as well for if you too choose to surrender, God is waiting to work a masterpiece in your life as well.

I am an ordinary person.  I live an ordinary life for the most part.  I am different than everyone else as we all are.  I have hopes and dreams.  I have tragedies and triumphs.  The only difference between me and the unbeliever is God.  It is this God Factor which orchestrates my life and gives me the desires of heart.  It is this peace and understanding which gets me through my days.  The key to all of this was surrender.  I am in the process of putting together a little book about surrender and soon it will be available.  Surrender was the key to writing my first book, if I had not given it all to God, I would still be in my rut and not growing with the Lord.

This morning, I spoke with a possible book representative.  She gave me insights and pointers, sharing a part of her ministry with me.   We talked about an hour and I hung up the phone happier than I have been in days.  She spoke things into my life and confirmed many things.  This book my friends is truly only the beginning.  There will be more.  God is calling me to a ministry position and I am looking for my yacht.  I must get up and get out of my comfortable boat and seek greatness.  I have to step out on to the water and trust God to take me to the next big thing.  No longer will I dwell in the simple fishing boat, I will live in the yacht where ministering to the broken can begin.

I am so excited to see where God is taking me. I am ready for training and I am seeking those whom God will send into my life to grow me up in the ministry aspect of my life.  I am searching for those who will invest time into my book.  I am ready to be amazed by God and I want to take you on the journey with me.  Ahead of me lay great possibilities and uncharted waters.  Just beyond the next harbor there are people who need to hear God loves them and that He desires to heal their brokenness.  Lots to do and pray about.  Are you ready to go sailing with me?  I will not leave you behind, Jesus did not leave me.

Just Push

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Psalm 118:13
I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.

Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Today as I was filling out an application to join a website concerning writing, I really began to wonder why I have not more actively pursued this passion which lies in my heart to write.  I have loved the art of rearranging words since I was in kindergarten.  I knew math was not my strong point after being the only kid in the class who did not receive a big Hershey bar for being able to say all of my numbers correctly from 1 to 100.  I despised my teacher for years because of my own failures and finally after repenting and asking God to forgive me I can remember some of the good times from those early days.

In high school I really found my love for writing as I wrote poem after poem and really enjoyed my writing classes.  I had a teacher who believed in my writing and gave me much needed encouragement as I struggled with who I wanted to become.  Well instead of focusing on my college career and getting any kind of degree in writing, I quit after the first semester because one of the teachers seemed to hate the way I wrote.  Why on earth did I give up so easily?  How often in our lives do we not push for the things we want but instead walk away from our destiny only to discover ourselves not where we want to be 20 years later?  So here I am, working in a restaurant for the past 25 years and going nowhere in my passion for writing because I let a stumbling block 20 years ago stop my voyage.  Now don’t misread me, I love my job and I have had so many opportunities to bless others here that I have no regrets, I just wish I would have been doing something with my writing at the same time.

I have decided today there is no better time than right now to change this aspect of my life.  As I go through the process of adding all the little extras into my book like table of contents and dedications, I want this to be a beginning of something new for me.  I will soar as though on eagles wings just like God says I will in the Bible.  He keeps His promises to us and all we have to do is believe.  It really is that simple.  He set before us this great race and it is up to us to decide whether we will run it or not.  Taking this race to the next level is my goal.  Yes it is one filled with hurddles, but once you have mastered the art of jumping with God, nothing is impossible.

Do you have a dream?  Do you know what your hearts’ passion is?  Are you just accepting where you are in life even though there is the fire burning within you to accomplish things much greater than this?  Is it time for you to run?  To push forward?  To gain control of your destiny?  I myself am ready to run this race full force.  I got what it takes and this fire, well it just will not decrease!  I want to be a lighthouse for someone else.  I want God to use my writing to change the world and to reach those who are in need.  I want to display my life for the world to see so that there is evidence of a better life, one full of blessings and wishes granted.  It is never too late to start running your race.  Ready. Set. Go!

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

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