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Tuesday July 26th
11 Faith means being sure of the things we hope for. And faith means
knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.
Hebrews 11:1 in all English
translations
Thinking
Out Loud – Journal Thoughts/Prayers / Mind Maze Overflow
Wow can you imagine what it was like to teach about faith 2000 years ago, trying to convince others to hold on and believe in all that is unseen when the world that surrounds you is filled with anything but hope for a future or goodness.
Really no different than
today. In fact, today we are so over
stimulated and given so many opportunities we condition ourselves that only
seeing is believing so if it is not something tangible that we hold into our
hands physically. It must not be true.
I posted yesterday just saying it
must have been my turn that the last couple of days atmosphere had its wires
crossed somewhere and any harmony that I sought was being disrupted to the
point where even when things passed, and they do. Even in my own faith that stress crept in
and at the end of the day when even the simplest looking for something was
right in front of me, but I could not see it.
I had to laugh and thank God for the lesson.
We ought not get caught up trying
to change, fix or control situations out of our own circle or control. For me when it comes to the grandkids I am
raising or the leadership roles I step into assisting others when change out of
what the norm has been. It kind of rocks
me even though I know 210% who is really in control.
I hate big time and I know that is
a strong word. But I cannot handle watching
broken pieces falling to the floor when my family, friends, connections that I
know are really trying to heal but all the brokenness they are healing from cuts
others along the way.
Yes, it does not help if they do
not walk the walk or fully live in with Christ inside. For crying out loud even when we do it can be harder than we
want to ever deal with.
I know I am far from perfect and
because I had my kids so young, I made allot of mistakes growing up with
them. But in the end, I never quit on
my responsibility or the fact I was given the gift of life and it gave me life.
Been there done that and front row
seats to the school of hard knocks and so many lessons trying to find love and
what love really was.
If only I knew then what I learned
since allow Jesus into my day to day. It
doesn’t stop the sometimes-wrong choices or putting too much hope and
absolutely stock in how or what other people are really up to; believing they
really do mean what they say yet in the end they prove differently by what they
are actually doing.
And that is not the hard
part. The hard part is when people out
right lie to themselves and of course lie to you about their real
intentions.
I am beyond grateful the good Lord
did not allow my heart to harden over the many let downs, abandonment or
outright issues that should have never been in this journey. I thank God every day that he has allowed me
to still hold love deep within this soul even when you have to let go of what
belongs to him to deal with.
Sure, somedays I have nothing but
the ability to not look so darn tired being my eyes show directly into this weary
soul. And yes, I carry everyone with
me no matter how I give it over and when it comes to those entangled heart strings. Whew derailment happens in 0-60 seconds.
I don’t do drama. I have lived a lifetime and I use to tell my
kids save the drama for someone else’s mamma.
Course that is not how life works and not all kids are the same for sure
even if they are raised up in the same standards.
As for me growing up in a broken
single parent no parent home. I grew up
hard and broken.
Felt like a throw away all my kid
life except when consumed by the vultures that misguide and pick pieces of you
away for their own selfish reasons of hurts, habits, and hang-ups.
Even learning to grow through
physical brokenness in so many ways I thank God every day I am not some mean,
bitter vengeful what do they call them now days (Karen). And sorry if that offends anyone. I did not even know what that meant until
this past year just learning.
So many of us walking around
carrying the organized not organized chaos of the world thinking we got it
together and what we are doing really is the right thing.
The right thing is different for
every living soul on this planet. However,
there should be a collective sense that points, leads and guides us through to
the greater good.
Life is what it is until it is not,
and we all believe in something. I
believe in the God of the universe who created all things, that he created and
breathed to life his one and only son.
God, Jesus Christ, and the everlasting
Holy Spirit and all that was written and still unchanged after more than 2000
years ago. Galatians 5:22-23 love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.
And all the goodness that can come
from even a sliver of any of them we are allowed to choose to carry with
us. But not just carry, purpose daily to
put to use, expect, respect and work towards.
Anyway, it is crazy how I can go years
at a time and wake in the night and have exciting thoughts flowing through this
maze and want to right and just right now not feeling it because I let life consume
me and rob my energy of what might be said.
One thing for sure is everything happens when and how for a reason. I stopped chasing trying to find out what
they were a long time ago.
For now, I am blessed, and it is
what it is; until it's not.
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