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Saturday, November 4, 2023

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2 Corinthians 3:6 MSG

^4-6We couldn’t be more sure of ourselves in this—that you, written by Christ himself for God, are our letter of recommendation. We wouldn’t think of writing this kind of letter about ourselves. Only God can write such a letter. His letter authorizes us to help carry out this new plan of action. The plan wasn’t written out with ink on paper, with pages and pages of legal footnotes, killing your spirit. It’s written with Spirit on spirit, his life on our lives!

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2 Corinthians 3:6 ICB

⁶God made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. This new agreement is not a written law. It is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

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

Sweet November where did you come from so fast? Just like the movie such a bitter-sweet story of time going by too quickly; in love, in loss. We get so caught up and forget to really check does it really matter, or should it really matter with what we spend our precious moments on.

What is the purpose in the pain, and does it include Christ Jesus? Are we serving others to grow forward or are we just putting band aids on things and enabling derailment down a path of no turning back?

I certainly do not have any of the answers. I do so love this time of year when the bold colors of life prevail even for the briefest of moments in time. Then the cold winter chill sets in with at times darkness that paralyzes to the very core.

When the sun stops shining and we lose our hope because darkness seeks to lengthen the days and the world says we must work ourselves to the bone to live, to be to everything that does not truly matter.

I get it; better than some as a single parent divorcee I learned early on to step up and do what it takes managing my responsibilities I chose.

Thinking back when I worked two jobs and went to college raising two beautiful gifts. Praying daily for me to just stay alive long enough to see them grown. Then later blessed with grands and still praying the blessing for life to see them grown but if not know they are in the hands of God.

What a rush, a ride and still saying life is where you keep your hands and feet in the ride at all times until you are face down talking to Jesus and taking that time to hear him answer.

And so many days like the world jumping out and back on trying to win that spiritual tug of war and handle it.

Beyond so grateful for the opportunities so many did not get; not to mention beyond thankful for the lessons and blessings in all the messes I have been allowed to live, love, and laugh into the next unpromised tomorrow.

How did Paul make it through as he was beaten and broken so many times right up to the end and never forgot who and where Jesus was. I wish I had the answers to his story and to mine. I don’t know what makes me get back up. I don’t know what makes me pause and not just isolate and hide. At least I don’t know anything outside of Jesus Christ. Woo wee, the stories growing up as a kid and thing danger and reckless abandonment me and my friends had.

Nine, ten years old wandering the streets, days before my 15^th birthday being thrown from a van that rolled, Guns to my head knives in my hand. Love buried so deep in the depths of the walls of all the broken promises and chasing rainbows when they truly were looking for the pot of gold and God’s promises and not some upside-down world and whatever the world had to steal it and ruin the innocence even more.

Far from being that angle, wanting and looking for love in all the wrong places and trying to figure out what it meant. All the while living by the theme song of Greg Alman No angel. Dedicated and there until you make it so I cannot. Nothing different at this stage when it comes to never leaving you cold. Which has cost me far too much time I will never get back in this universe. But taught me so much about what real love is in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

I am as authentic as it gets AlwaysMeKelly! The only thing I have to prove is the commitments I sign-up for and the responsibilities of what I choose to want.

I don’t need anything that the good Lord does not give and allows the air in these lungs and the functioning of any given day.

Maybe that is why I don’t waste my time looking up into people to find life. I don’t know. Not into drama get enough of that raising up girls and not for nothing Been there, done that and wrote a book. Two actually just have not had the second published which I really need to get out there and do it before I too run out of time. But hopefully if my number is called before so. Those that know me well will finish it for me. The Lord knows time and generations need to know about life and really understand it matters to know and own your choices.

Nope not ill, growing in ways and body changes of things I used to be able to do or have that no longer work. But blessed beyond measure even when I am tired and weary because my choice is to give it away to others who don’t always understand gifts but yet live with entitlements.

I Pray Jesus keeps knocking on their door and they wake up before its too late. I get it though it took me a long time coming from nothing and realizing I will be leaving with nothing.

We all do and will.

And the crumbs of what is left behind will be left for the vultures and insects to pick apart and fight over just to toss in a corner as long as no one else gets it.

Anyway, in the meantime what does it mean to live our best life. What is it that feeds your soul and burns deep within? Prayerfully it is not something that will destroy you.

Waiting on those second chances and forgetting to stop waiting and finding these distractions that suck the life out of us before twilight ever dims our hearts or soul light.

I recently had this conversation, and I won’t deny I prayed hard for several young ladies giving themselves away over time. Where they never had enough of themselves that they would take jobs where mankind treated them as a piece of meat to be used, abused, and tossed out once they were done.

I am beyond blessed to have perhaps working three or four jobs at a time and maybe never getting it right but to always know my worth would never be in the hands of another human being. And even after all this time I have to watch myself when I see men or women treating others like a piece of meat for their own gain. Cause yes, in a heartbeat I could easily forget the fruits of the spirit that grow within to make sure they know their worth.

Heartbreaking watching them chase the wind and give themselves away and never once remember the same God they went in that water to be anew is there still waiting.

Thus, teaching me so many lessons daily and how to know even with all the boundaries and group studies I have down with and for others it them. I still have to be reeled in to not get caught up in working my life away or trying to….

Some of us found our life and meaning and strength to not be consumed by the demons while others could not; or others were the demons themselves.

Balance and knowing when to hold on and when to let go and all that in-between of staying because we don’t want to ruin our reputation, or we pretend so long we are someone else we lose ourselves in the truth and who we really are.

In the end we all will have to answer at the feet of Jesus.

As talking about it today prayerfully not anytime soon because so many I have loved dearly and deeply have gone far too soon in my time, even if God’s timing was perfect.

No matter what any of us go through we will never understand and feel the pain and sorrow that Jesus Christ took up to and on that cross. So, I can only hold on to hope and know I am going to do my best to keep praising in all I am to praise in silence or publicly. I just know without Him I am nothing and I am not ready to leave this place yet. There is so much left to do to shine the light for all to know who Jesus is.

With hopes and prayers to just keep planting hope, seeds, love, light and peace and that when I start to wither, I too am fed for the eternal life awaiting. Bride of Christ, Jesus Freak, in love with the lover of my soul. Thankful and purely lost in the abyss of finding that stairway to heaven and the beautiful streets of gold.

Even if I am wrong, well to die to myself and live for all that is pure and so deep in hope is beyond anything I ever want to lose.

We can be hurt and angry all we want but we cannot be angry at God for things he never promised. He gave us all freedom of choice and will and the knowledge to always do our best for and to what is right. We choose not to.

He choose me, he chooses you if only you would stop and let your heart and soul hear.

People places and things will give you allot of pleasure or pain but none of it is everlasting as Christ Jesus is, does, will!

So, no matter how I dress up in inflatable baby costume, or clowns or unicorns or even just a fake smile during the times that hurt so bad. I am beyond anything to know he is my strength, will and courage for any new day. All which I will never deserve.

Hope, love, and prayers you will feel the arms of all that is good wrapped tightly around you and all your days bring. Believe in Jesus, meet him personally. You have nothing to lose.

Give all your fear, doubts and pain back to the foot of the cross.