Tuesday, July 18, 2023

07-18-2023-JULY_PrayersThoughts_PiecesofMe (AlwaysMeKelly)

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Tuesday July 18th , 2023

Thought Daily Devotions from Biblegateway.com Daily Verse

Psalm 119:7 MSG @Biblegateway.com

^1-8You’re blessed when you stay on course,
    walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
You’re blessed when you follow his directions,
    doing your best to find him.
That’s right—you don’t go off on your own;
    you walk straight along the road he set.
You, God, prescribed the right way to live;
    now you expect us to live it.
Oh, that my steps might be steady,
    keeping to the course you set;
Then I’d never have any regrets
    in comparing my life with your counsel.
I thank you for speaking straight from your heart;
    I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
I’m going to do what you tell me to do;
    don’t ever walk off and leave me.   Read full chapter

Thinking Out Loud – Journal Thoughts/Prayers / Mind Maze Overflow

Another week has come and gone already. Time is fleeting and there is no do overs for our yesterday. Just lessons learned and messages shared to help those towards the path of hope and ever after eternal grace and mercy.

Woke this morning knowing I just want to be in His light. With abilities to see through the heart and eyes of Jesus. And all the good that is written and reflected in the history of God.

As I think over the past few years how this world has changed and how we are cancelling out everything. From people, places, and things. Just to fit our own selfish ambitions or moreover feelings we need to fulfill that never will be. I used to think who I was because of what other actions made me. I won’t lie, I DTA. Don’t trust anyone fully. Sadly, but safely, I guess the wall I have built over the lifetime I have been given has many broken steppingstones that got me here.

Thankfully I am able to hold dearly and through the depths of my soul the promise of God and the hope, peace and grace Jesus gives me. Nothing can ever give me that everlasting here and now.

Sure, I still sometimes believe too much in some people, places and things and pick myself back up off the floor hopefully putting the broken pieces back in a way that reflects the beautiful colors of God’s universal kaleidoscope. While still trying to grow forward.

Thankfully I am able to see even better through the muddied waters the storms of life present. All my hurts, habits and hangups. Whew!!! So thankful I was able to recognize who I was created by and the worth of all of God’s creations.

Thankful my anger that still sometimes shows up, has been calmed by Jesus himself on that boat.

The stress of day to day is beyond real. From real worries how will it turn out for the babies of this world, to when will those already grown find their peace and live righteously thankful for what they have; not what they think they deserve.

Would I be the person I am today if it were not for my own stubborn head banging lessons from the schools of hard knocks and even the darkness in humanity because they can. Most likely not. Although the dreams of survival have faded some of the mind’s eyes never forget.

Never forget where you were but don’t stay and live there. Let it go when you have been given the gift of life and grace.

We have to purpose daily through the hills and valleys of daily choice and response. We have to choose what we will faithfully know, what to hold on to and what to let go. Everything is given and taken away. Gratitude every day even if we have to search for the reasons. For each day we are allowed back up; there are the moments given with abundant opportunity for gratitude and growing forward. Be it alone or taking others with you. Although contributing to the light and growth of others always fills my cup.

Just as the breath in our very lungs, every single thing we are, we are given belongs to Christ alone.

I have nothing I have done, nothing I will do. Nothing I can offer, nothing I am given. Worthy of the blessings and peace Christ has allowed me.

Thankful the sting of death that lurks among us, among me; fades even when the tears in memory never will prayerfully. Even when the pain that cuts like a knife watching the destruction and robbery of what political, power and greed and all our selfish ambitions cause.

I pray I never quit. I pray all I am connected are consumed by Christ alone.

I am perfectly broken and each time my pieces are shook into something new visual opportunistic choice to be made. I know forever to whom chose me, I did not choose Him. It just turns out I finally heard the whispers through all the war-torn valley steps made.

May I never stop writing about the purpose of owning what we believe in. May I never fade in what I am to you Jesus. For one day I will be dancing on those streets of gold with all who you have blessed me with. Yet until that day may the strength to just breathe be full of your awareness and truth.

Thank you for then, thank you for now and all the in-between!