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Date: Monday - March 1. 2021
(Biblegateway.com) Bible
Verse of the Day
Psalm
73:25-26 (NIV)
25 Whom have I in
heaven but you?
And earth has
nothing I desire besides you.
26 My
flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the
strength of my heart
and my
portion forever.
(@Jesus Calling 365 Devotions with Real-Life Stories @Sarah Young)
“The
world has it backward, teaching that peace is the result of having enough money,
possessions, insurance, and security systems.
My Peace, however, is such an all-encompassing gift that it is independent
of all circumstances. Though you lose
everything else, if you gain My Peace you are rich indeed.”
John 10:4 “When He has brought out all his own, he
goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.”
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about
anything, but in everything, by prayer and petitions, with thanksgiving, present
your requests to God.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind I
steadfast, because he trusts in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 NKJV Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you
peace always in every way. The Lord be
with you all.
Soul
Vibes / Motivation Movers (YouTube.Com)
Surrounded (Fight My Battles) @Michael W. Smith
Live Out Loud @Steven Curtis Chapman
Daily Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives or feelings)
Life the greatest show of all time; just one that even when we
flip the script, flip the channel, flip who we have in our lives, who we will
treat kind, who we will love. The ultimate
scene of it being our greatest show on earth or the biggest nightmare like a
panic room has already been set into motion.
So many not even thinking about what they are doing set the stage;
so many even if there are those that really intend on the outcome, so many do
not. They just keep doing until they
get the result they want, or the script gets too hard to manage or read and
they no longer want the part.
We all get to choose be it the script we are going to be part of
in any scene and what and how we will react to that of others.
Panic, anger, getting even unfortunately floods this earth we have
been given to live. And although I do
not believe anyone needs to be coddled.
Loving kindness could change so much if we all started even with our own
selves.
I won’t deny when I get up each morning after giving thanks for
another day, After getting done and
doing devotionals to set my mind in that positive vibe. It is hard not to feel the layers of the day
or previous day sneak in. From that
which people say they are going to do what they should be doing and last minute
it becomes your objective because you are the adult in the house; or just that
which things just have to keep going on.
Frustration hits all of us at one time or another and how we deal
with it is up to us. Our choices matter.
Its hard to smile when the world as you know it that you are in is
falling down around you or for those you care about.
Sometimes its worry and stress for what turns out to be nothing and
others especially in these past couple years the losses just keep pounding
waves all around us, with us or to us.
Believing in a mighty God, Creator, and only Father I have every
known. I have to keep talking about my
Jesus. No matter what hurts, what
becomes a habit that should not or even what I get hung up on. It is the hope in Christ Jesus through anything
on this journey.
Been there done that! To
know what it feels like to hurt so badly physically, emotionality; and all that
leaves you mentally questioning what the point or purpose is.
All that would of, should of, could of~
God and the hope, love, kindness filled with mercy and grace. That no one here and now can ever take away.
All those red letters in the Bible mean something before, then, now,
and forever will.
Life is hard and just because I let my heart reach for more than I
can ever touch. I know God is always
with me.
Fighting for survival all my life.
Trying to fit in, have meaning for me and not just what I had to be
taken. Wanting that deep, desire love emotionally
and physically balance.
I leave the fighting for the one who gives me air in my lungs and
not that does not mean I would not do what it takes to defend myself or family
when it comes down to it.
It just means I know that my God the same being that allows air in
these lungs will cover me and if He does not.
There is something to learn, something to do, something more to be. This is how I fight my battles no matter what
I feel.
Transparency yeah it is a necessity and painful most times than
not. Because most people would rather not
hear the truth if it does not really fit their own scripts they are trying to
play out.
It is what it is until its not.
There is great pain in life and in death. Yet nothing will ever compare to what Jesus
went through up to the cross or on that day.
Balance where we have to constantly know what to hold on to, what
to let go is hard and something we choose every day. By what we say or don’t say; by what we do
or do not do.
I have nothing to prove to anyone in this world but just living
clean. Staying healthy and stepping up
where and when I can.
Giving all the battles, the fears, the doubts, the hurts and all
the good that comes each day we are given.
Seeking opportunity to do more than just go through the motions and
exist. Sometimes caring too much for
what really does not matter.
Sometimes caring for the wrong souls, believing in others is a
beautiful thing. Yet if they cannot see
to believe in themselves to be a better version of themselves it’s a vicious
cycle filled with pain and time we will never get back. Although everything in the time you had with
them will forever be with you until you too leave this world.
People coming together and getting along, with no agenda’s but to
create light and shine is a beautiful dream.
If that means I work on being my best self who is far from perfect
and walking in respect, loyalty, obedience for who I am and for what God
expects. So be it. I will never be perfect only God is.
It’s not my or your place to judge, although we do. We want it all and boy do we get upset
even when we do not put our all into it,
yet we expect those around us to have it together.
I spent the better portion of my life growing up and proving others
wrong. Family, so called friends. People I deeply loved, deeply trusted only
to find now what is they are just imperfect humans just like me.
Some gone too soon, others still existing. Some flying high with the blessings of the one
who allows them up others where they played hard, are suffering hard and will die
hard.
Some with the biggest hearts and dreams with lots of common sense
in a nonsensical world. Others just
trying to believe the best in those who they are given and allowing it to beat
them down.
Making the choices that only they are responsible to make and
living with the results the way they choose.
Thankfully, my imperfect self in this abstract world that I am
given a little bit of color to add knows that the battles belong to the Lord.
What that means in my comedy life movie with twists of drama, and
abundant love. Well, the ending is yet
to be seen.
In the meantime, I will hold on to what is deep inside, fight in
faith forward to keep getting back up and know where every breath comes
from. Knowing that the winter and
darkness will fade out and soon new things will come to life and bloom and the
colors of yesterday will matter no more with what we have for today.
So no matter what is, no matter what is not. Love yourself well and that does not mean dressing
up, collecting all the cool things, or knowing you are the top of your game for
whatever it is you do.
Love the real authentic you for who God created you to be. When in doubt call upon the maker through
his son Christ Jesus. Talk with him,
fight with him, cry with him. But be
honest with him in your needs, your desires, your everything. And listen to and for him.
Dive in; read and learn about who Jesus is, who Jesus forever will
be and who you are in all things.
Live, Love and Laugh basking in His Light and you will absolutely find
yours along the way.
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