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Translation)
Date: December 11, Friday
What is an Advent Calendar? What is Advent?
Advent
- A Countdown to Christmas | Focus on the Family Australia (families.org.au)
Advent day 11
Philippians
2:14-15 (NIV) 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and
pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a] Then
you will shine among them like stars in the sky.
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/tWeXVnRm6R8 “Light Of The World” @We The Kingdom
https://youtu.be/nk5mlyYMOBs
“Dear God” @Cory Asbury
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
God’s Gift is Coming
Isaiah
7:14 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
14 The Lord himself will give you
a sign.[a] Behold—the virgin[b] will conceive and give birth to a son and
will name him God Among Us.[c]
Isaiah
7:14 (NIV) New
International Version
14 Therefore the Lord himself
will give you[a] a sign: The virgin[b] will conceive and give birth to a
son, and[c] will call him
Isaiah
7:14 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
14 But the Lord himself will
give you a sign: The virgin[a] will
be pregnant. She will have a son, and she will name him Immanuel.[b]
Isaiah
7:14 (MSG) The
Message
So Isaiah told him, “Then listen to this, government of
David! It’s bad enough that you make people tired with your pious, timid
hypocrisies, but now you’re making God tired. So the Master is going to give
you a sign anyway. Watch for this: A girl who is presently a virgin will get
pregnant. She’ll bear a son and name him Immanuel (God-With-Us). By the time
the child is twelve years old, able to make moral decisions, the threat of war
will be over. Relax, those two kings that have you so worried will be out of
the picture. But also be warned: God will bring on you and
your people and your government a judgment worse than anything since the time
the kingdom split, when Ephraim left Judah. The king of Assyria is coming!”
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/tWeXVnRm6R8
“Light Of The World” @We The Kingdom
https://youtu.be/uQIjlf8eyh8 “Christmas Morning” @The McClure’s
https://youtu.be/oLURTvUQoTM
“So Will I (100 Billion X)” @Hillsong United
Inspirational Thoughts
Remember everything in this world is temporary and on
loan.
When you feel none is all you have; all you have is
everything.
Hold tight to the sails of faith, the tree of hope;
being the light, seeking the master creator who is control of all things and
wants to be your best friend.
If you cannot
find His light, BE ONE!@AlwaysMeKelly@PiecesOfMeOverTime
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
I cannot stop giving
enough thanks Jesus for allowing me up another day. I can jump up and run into any day I am
allowed up never acknowledging I am blessed; running head on into the
uncertainties, joys, sorrows, and any darkness that engulfs any part of my
day.
I can mask and fill my days and nights with
temporal pleasures or people and things.
Only to know if I wake another day;
all that I did not deal with; all that I did not choose to seek the
light through all the madness will still be there.
It is my choice to
Let it go, Let it hurt and Let it heal.
It is my choice to hold all the negativity and take it out on everything
or anyone that connects. Or I can just
find something good in every situation I am given to walk through.
You Father God are
in control of my final destination; yet you allow me to choose how I wish to
react or be in any moments of the here and now.
I am a child of your
blessing, worthy of love, respect, and eternal blessings with Jesus. I choose to acknowledge my blessings and
know there is nothing in this universe that can make me worthy enough for the
mercy and grace shown every day I am allowed up.
Beyond thankful even in the storms.
Beyond thankful even
in the brokenness
Beyond thankful even
when that one more thing layers up and it gets so heavy, I cannot breathe.
Beyond thankful when
things are awesome, and the stars feel like they aligned and my heart leaps for
joy for whatever is transpiring before me.
Thankful for
yesterday, today, and tomorrow; even if, even when!
https://youtu.be/-SHsU_Q5Txs “Thankful” @Kelly Clarkson
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Date: December 10, Thursday
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/BXcV228RAMc “Fly Away” @Grits
https://youtu.be/uQIjlf8eyh8
“Christmas Morning” @The McClure’s
Inspirational Thoughts
Until God Opens the next door praise Him in the Hallway
@WeAre1
Some days are better, some days are worse. Look for the blessing instead of the
curse. Be positive, stay strong and get
enough rest. You can’t do it all, but
you can do your best. @-Doe Zantamata
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Thank you for this
new day Lord https://youtu.be/x4hSNnSDLRo
“Every Day Is A New Day” @Conditions |
Minimalism Productions
The truth, the way is for sure you do not give
anything in pieces! https://youtu.be/Sg4O5dqzN68 “Pieces” @Amanda Cook |Moments A Mighty Sound
We all get to
choose, yet sometimes we just need that light, that nudge, that seed, that love
that flows freely from your Grace Jesus!
Once we are aware,
there is no sitting on the fence thinking we can keep playing in the sandbox
and call our self’s righteous and faithful sons or daughters of the most high
king Jesus Christ.
Yes, there will not
be a day that we do not fall short for the mercy and grace you allow us.
That does not mean
we are free and clear, that does not mean we are perfect. Oh how we all fall short in so many ways. Temptation will always haunt even the best
and most beautiful souls. Yet we find
ourselves back to the foot of the cross for redemption only with and by you
Jesus.
Yes, we can confess,
talk, shout, right about our sins. We
can confide in others and they will let the world know. But it is only You Jesus that washes us clean.
Redemption and holding that moral heart compass
pointed to all you are, all you ever will be.
Even Lord, when it is so hard, we cannot move. Only then will You Jesus fill us up with the
courage, and strength to keep growing forward.
There will never be
a moment Father God that falling in love with you and your son Jesus Christ will
ever change from being the best decision I have ever made in this life. It is beyond anything I can describe when I
speak of finding a love for me
When I think of Jesus and the abundance of
all He fills me with I am blessed beyond anything I could ever deserve. Allowing a brand-new meaning brand new
life when we meet you every day given. https://youtu.be/gXm0L_CObRk “Brand New Life” @Colton Dixon
There is nothing
written anywhere that we are promised to be problem free, hardship free, in
fact it is clear we will suffer and see others suffer who have never done
anything wrong or harmful to anyone.
Thinking of all those babies that suffer and
are taken so soon. Thinking of all
those you allow to exist that have not yet met you, struggling and just hoping,
just praying for something better.
Protection, Healing,
guidance Lord, wake all of us up that know you, that walk with you, that call
you Lord of Lord, King of kings!
There is not a
single soul in this universe that does not fall short of the mercy and grace of
you God. Even children are born with
that freedom of spirit and sin.
Yet you bless all
who believe and walk with you... Thank you!
God in my here and
now, lead me and all my brothers and sisters trying to make a difference as you
would allow.
Lifting all I am up
as you know my heart Jesus. Your will be
done in Pasco and Hernando counties.
Your will be done around this globe we call earth and home in a broken
world.
Praying you have all
of your children aligned right where you want us now.
Praying all who seek you will now hear you
even in the silence.
We are never alone Jesus; you are as you were,
and you forever will be Son of God, with us!
https://youtu.be/YTAkzeM1ZrY “Even In The Silence” @Novum Collective
May the harvest that
has been spiritually in flight for centuries show its reward.
May the world learn
what love really is?
Even I truly letting
go and reflecting who you are Jesus. Sure,
life will not be perfect, but it will be blessed with so many blessings and
lessons growing forward the day we accept you in. It will be blessed every day we are allowed
back up.
Lord hear the
prayers and silent cry from all your children lifting up to you.
May we and all we purpose for; be that for the
world around us to know what it would feel like to touch you and a little piece
of heaven Father.
May the hands and
feet of your direction, your world, your kingdom, and all you want for our
lives here on earth shine bold, shine bright through your children.
This world, this here
and now is desperate for your healing Lord; I am desperate for a touch of your
heaven. https://youtu.be/_fY3l9AKPa0 “Touch Of Heaven” @David Funk Make us one Lord in love and reflecting all the beauty
that is pulled from the ashes of those souls who seek that personal relationship
with you Jesus.
Forgive me for wanting
to feel the love and beauty from the flesh outside in as you fill me with from the
depths of my soul out.
Lord your will as I
and all I have; all I am belongs to you.
Nothing can change that no matter how many times I miss the directions. Everything on this journey belongs to you. Our lives, our homes, our treasures we
store up, our family, our friends, our connections. Everything is yours Jesus. We and all of this world is temporary.
May we seek and find
you while we are allowed here and now You and all that you give for the steps
we have left. May we all, may all I am
blessed to connect find and appreciate the new life we are given each moment we
are allowed up.
There may never be
justice in our time for all that haunts, hurts, and even breaks us when we want
out of this world so badly for all that has been. May every soul I am blessed know their worth
no matter what, no matter why or no matter where and when. https://youtu.be/PZ1AjbQgJdA “New Life” @Grits ft. Annie Williams
No one knows when
today the final destination will be, may all we strive for be to shine bright
and even if we cannot see our path, we shine boldly for others to find theirs.
May all I am, all I
do, all that is yet to come be guided and blessed or redirected by you Lord.
We cannot take it
with us, we can sit in our isolation and
have pity for what is any current situation.
Or we can get up and give our best with what we are given for the good of
mankind.
Yes, I am a
dreamer. Though not everyone will be
our friend. Not everyone will be for us
in anyway; in fact, many will be trolls and doing their best to take all they
can from us for their own gain or just to see suffering.
What ever is will
be, what ever was is gone. Let it go,
let it hurt, let it heal! Plant the
seeds for any future and possibility that can be for all that is good and
eternal not 5 seconds, 5 minutes or even 15 minutes that gives you temporary
happiness.
Hold on to the truth
and that of those who want to shine with you in the light as well as dark
times. Stay clear of all who only
believe, want, and need you when it is convenient for them or their needs.
God will never give
you or bless you to be with someone spouse.
And yes, if you get caught up know its not forever you are just a steppingstone
until they tire of you too and find the next one that is better. For anyone single, Do Not Compromise!
Know you are a child
of the creator of the stars and moon. Keep
being your best self for you and keep planting and growing forward for the
promises of God the legacy for any behind us that may come.
Scars come with
living for sure; say thank you and keep moving forward no matter what hurts, what
was damaged, what is forever changed.
I Jesus am thankful
for the scars that led me to you. Though
there are many things I would never wish on my enemy; I will always be thankful for all you have
allowed me to grow through. Thankful
for all the messes, lessons, all the moments that were so close taking my
breath away for so many reasons. Forever
thankful for the love and blessings you allow in this heart. Lead me or everyone you bless me to connect
to you and all you are through out eternity not just this day. https://youtu.be/qMunQ5JXgKk “Scars” @I Am They
Hear my heart Lord
For New Life
For all I am or will
be.
Reveal what is next
Lord; as Your will, be done. May your
children rise up for and with you now Lord in unity to shine, lighting the path
for the lost, giving the energy for every seed to sprout with you.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Abundance in Him
John 15:5,8 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
5 “I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches.[a] As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from
within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless.
John 15:5,8 (NIV) New
International Version
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you
remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5,8 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
5 “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If a
person remains in me and I remain in him, then he produces much fruit. But
without me he can do nothing.
John 15:5,8 (MSG) The
Message
5-8 “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re
joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest
is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who
separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if
you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be
sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my
Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
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Date: December 8, Tuesday
Sunday
worship on the lawn with New Life Christian Church
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/u5hf86_hIBk
“Let Go” @Dwayne Woods
https://youtu.be/cHoGEDQQ67o
“Way Maker” @Paul McClure
https://youtu.be/QHLd7HQfZfA
“So This Is Christmas” @John Lennon
https://youtu.be/ifCWN5pJGIE
“Mary Did You Know?” @Pentatonix
https://youtu.be/Qf6OoAZbAQg
“Born Is the King (It’s Christmas)” @Hillsong Worship
Inspirational Thoughts
Be Grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God
@TobyMac#SPEAKLIFE
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Today is a blessing,
as I rise up one more day. Day number
343 of 365 for any given year.
However, it is not just any year is it?
The year 2020 has made some tremendous impacts.
Good, bad, happy,
and joyful and so broken. All those
moments, all those lessons and all those messages within the messes we ended up
in or found our way out of.
All the promises and
dreams that are still just hanging on the uncertainty cliff.
Such is a year that
reminds us again over and over again.
Only God is, was and forever will be.
Unchanging and sovereign, faithful and true.
No where did he ever
say then or now would there not be heartaches or troubles.
He is not the one
that puts us in danger or calls for us to be broken. In fact, God calls us with the daily
reflection through His Son Jesus Christ to seek and be the light and live life
to the fullest even through all the broken edges that cut us along the way.
He calls for us to
cling to Jesus to lead us through His will of wanting joy, wanting better. All the while he gives us strength, purpose,
and courage to get back up and keep moving forward.
He calls for us to
love others as he loves us, as we love ourselves. He calls for us to hate the sin but not the
sinner.
Truth is the light
and sin is the darkness that will consume us. The wolves, the players, the actors, and
actresses of this world are so incredibly good.
Doing what they do
for their own personal gains and achievements.
Marking one more notch in the long list of accolades the world praises
them for in the fantasy they are more, they are better with all they collect.
Be it the rush of
fools that build the pedestals or the rush of the drugs they line their veins
with when all other things still cannot fill that void; so, they try the empty
promise of temporary masking and numb what sometimes takes them forever.
Those it does not
take leaves driven to get what they need no matter what the cost of others or of
themselves.
Children hurt,
suffering, broken before even given a chance if not at all handed into the demons
and tossed in dumps no longer to be.
This world there are
no longer any surprises.
Instant everything
as we push those buttons on the microwaves for instant gratification and
trading in the machinery and the people we are supposed to love until forever
is eternity for newer, better, greater ability models.
Forgetting God helps
those who believe and walks with Jesus Christ and wait and calls upon the Lord.
Although he may
allow those who do nothing but ride on the coattails or robs and thieves their
ways to what they think is the top. He
too will judge and allow the justice.
For all who have
been harmed take heart even if we never see the justice for anything that has
been done wrong to us; Judgement day comes for every soul when they cross
over. Sometimes justice is swift and
in front of us; others will be even if it is not our time.
But is that ever
enough. Or do we as humanity feed into
the same darkness that made us hurt, broken, and angry. Do we allow it to consume us and we too
become filled with so much anger and hate we seek our own plans of repayment?
Do we let go and let
God? Or are we right in the thick of
things feverishly working harder that the game player did to take from us; that
when we really look in the mirror, we see who we do not know.
The world and life is
so bittersweet and that one giant sticky bun.
We all get a taste
and if we are not lucky, we are trapped chasing and wanting and doing whatever just
to get one more flicker to a flame, taste of the sweetness or rush no matter
what or how.
I never signed up for
this; all that has transpired has not all been the dreams and goals or purposed
choices.
Yet here we are here
I am.
God I will never
stop needing you. Burying myself in all you are I never stop
learning.
Wanting more I am
sure I always will. That sweetness that
will forever be embedded and flowing through these veins.
I never want to lose
your blessings Lord. You will never let
go of your children that come to you.
Yet the lessons will
at time be harder and more painful than any agenda’s to be written or
activities to get there.
The
truth hurts, yet in love, with love You alone Lord heal and shine.
The
only way we ever find our way with meaning Lord is coming back to and through
you. Though somethings we do will
leave scars we take with us. Though there
will be things we dream that never come to life. You Father God alone give us more than we
could ever dream. More that is priceless
than that which could ever be bought.
If
only we find you will, your ways to love ourselves and all we connect as you
love us.
Thank
you for this day Jesus as we get closer to wrapping up 2020. May we find you and the peace of heaven on
earth within our spirits. May all
who come to know you, all who have been walking with you be guided, protected
and aware of the abundant everything in all things you are. Fill us with the healing peace and reveal
the truth. Heal this land Jesus and everything,
everyone in it.
May
all the world find you and your light through this holiday no matter what, no
matter if, no matter when. Shine bright
in the hearts of your people Lord.
Shine good will and love even if just a glimmer.
May
all you are shine boldly now and always.
Keep us full of life Lord, in your mercy and grace.
Psalms
119:1-10 (TPT) The Words of God[a]
The Way to Happiness
119 You’re only truly happy when you walk in total integrity,[b]
walking in the light of God’s
word.
2 What joy overwhelms everyone who keeps the ways of God,
those who seek him as their
heart’s passion!
3 They’ll never do what’s wrong
but will always choose the paths
of the Lord.
4 God has prescribed the right way to live:
obeying his laws with all our hearts.
5 How I long for my life to bring you glory
as I follow each and every one of
your holy precepts!
6 Then I’ll never be ashamed,
for I take strength from all your
commandments.
7 I will give my thanks to you from a heart of love and
truth.
And every time I learn more of
your righteous judgments,
8 I will be faithful to all that your word reveals—
so don’t ever give up on me!
True Joy
9 How can a young man stay pure?
Only by living in the word of God
and walking in its truth.
10 I have longed for you with the passion of my heart;
don’t let me stray from your
directions!
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Jesus is the only way
John 14:6 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
6 Jesus explained, “I
am the Way, I am the Truth,[a] and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father[b] except through union with me.[c] To know me is to know my Father too.
John 14:6 (NIV) New
International Version
6 Jesus answered, “I
am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
John 14:6 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
6 Jesus answered, “I am the
way. And I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.
John 14:6 (MSG) The
Message
6-7 Jesus said, “I am the Road, also the Truth, also
the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me. If you really knew me, you
would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him. You’ve even seen
him!”
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Date: December 7, Monday
Sunday
worship on the lawn with New Life Christian Church
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/qipJcM5k_mI
“My Presence Is A Promise” @Matt Brock
https://youtu.be/UhTHgaCjTJs
“Say I Won’t” @MercyMe
https://youtu.be/gLH2mNb2K6A
“Love Like This/No One Like You” @SPontaneous/
Break Every Chain @The Belonging Co.
Inspirational Thoughts
God Gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you? @Dr.
William Arthur Ward
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Feeling warm reminiscing
memories reading a post from one of the young men posting how much they love a
church they are going to and serving at, posting how if you are looking for a bible-based
church to get plugged in and grow in Jesus with go there.
Smiling deep inside
knowing that is my old spiritual home that rebaptized me and allowed me to grow
leaps and bounds. Where I fell in love
with Jesus and where I too lost my ability to be so selfish and grew in spirit,
in love with all the souls I still call to this day my brothers and sisters in
Christ.
Thinking how often I
prayed over the buildings on the campus, how much sweat equity I dedicated to
help build a shelter for those seeking God in that part of the neighborhood, All the times I prayed and served, cried,
served from baking to cleaning up to pushing buttons to just being part of the
only agenda was growing as a disciple and planting seeds making disciples.
I move when God
tells me to move. I can assure to never
say never; because I never thought I would leave that location but here I am
years later still growing and learning and doing my best to serve community.
Far from perfect
One thing is for
sure any true disciple of Jesus Christ knows the only perfect being is Jesus,
God himself! But that does not stop
me despite my human inequities to do my best in faithfully serving and finding
ways to grow in Him.
I know many seeking
a foundation to grow and learn who Jesus really is spends years hoping from
church to church, building to building.
Sometimes landing the perfect fit for them and the season they are
in. Others always finding something
that just isn’t right.
What I can say is
this. When we start showing up for God
and stop chasing what fits us. We will
find the right Bible Based home to grow forward in.
Where we can learn, grow,
and not get tied up in legalistic man-made objectives or agendas.
Yes, there are many
times we have to do legalistic things.
It is just part of the process living in the world we have been
given. But there is a huge difference in finding that
good bible-based church and growing forward or just listening to what man says we
can and should be doing.
The relationship
with Jesus Christ is 24/7 in and outside of any building called a church. The true hands and feet of Jesus is to help
all grow forward. Not just those that
fit a mold.
Biblical teaching
and great teachers will always allow you to question and help you understand
what, when and where.
Yes, it takes money
to put shelter around those who want to come learn; however, it does not
require each and every soul to plant the seeds of love, mercy, and walk in the
world ready to share the same grace through the imperfections that God alone
allows each and every one of us.
There will always be
something that rubs us the wrong way. I
myself have been on my own the majority of my life as far back as that 10-year-old
kid that I can remember.
So, people telling
me what to do well; I will give you the shirt off my back to help if necessary
but the first time you demand something from me the walls that are already up put
that invisible force field up and I shut down shutting you out.
Just as I have been
growing forward and falling in love with Jesus Christ. I have been allowed to grow forward and
slowly learn the error of the ways that were not selected but just became part
of me.
Learning to not take
everything personal; Learning to not jump up to fight when someone says
something that sounds like they are telling me. More importantly learning as I grow forward to understand the
real reason why or why not I am doing, or being, or have done anything. Even if and when it turned out to not be the
end results, I thought it may.
We can call it
growing up, growing forward, or just whatever, we wish to call it. Myself I call it a blessing to have the days
and moments and all those beautiful souls along the way to help me learn and
grow. Beyond blessed that God says I
am not done with you yet; get up Kelly.
Its time to start another day full of opportunities waiting ahead.
You see no matter
where we come from, where we go or where we have been. Our God is a big God. Bigger than any building, bigger than
anything in this world. After all He
did breathe humanity into existence.
No matter what we have grown through, and yes
if you have made it to here and now. You
have been blessed with life even if; even when! And you have grown to make choices that
will predict the next steps you will take.
Sure, they may or
may not be with a spiritual foundation or even perhaps even reflect a cold hard
heart for all that has been done that you never asked for.
You do not have to be
made to feel or live ashamed for what has been done or what you have done in
the past.
We all mess up. Yes, there truly are some very vial actions
that some will do or have done. Robbing
innocents, taking lives. Some with
foundations that can justify why they do what they do; others with no explanation
but they just feel the need to do it.
We all need to be careful
in the fallen world that we have been allowed to come be a part of.
However, thought we
all must pay the price for the injustices we ourselves have been part of. Redemption is between each individual, God,
and the souls they hurt.
Redemption is a confession
to those that matter. All the while
changing our selves and what feeds the demons. Sometimes that is a total transformation
right up front and working hard every day we get up to maintain faith, hope and
walk-in obedience with Jesus.
Sometimes the
transformations take place later where you no longer even recognize how you
could have been or done any of what is in the past. Never forgetting where you have been; but
always knowing better days in Christ are always up ahead.
Jesus Christ breaks
every chain that bounds us and stifles our growth or the desire to move
forward.
And yes, just as we will
always be imperfect and make mistakes.
He will always give the strength and courage to keep getting back up and
growing forward.
I pray we never get
it twisted and think by making anything an idol. Nothing but the blood of Jesus Christ and
allowing Him to live within you and growing daily with him through all of
everything.
It is hard. As
mentioned in the past there have been many that have convinced others to
follow them and that they were, they could be, they had the in with God himself
only later to have robbed those involved of the true life as God blessed us
for.
There is no person,
no thing and no place that will ever take the place of Jesus himself.
God has been called
many things through out time, not always good, but always the Supreme Being,
the Deity, God the Father, the Messiah, the Almighty and yes Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit three in one. God the Father, Jesus Christ Son of God.
When we are seeking
to grow and learn about God, with God and who Jesus is, or why we cannot get to
God without knowing and being in relationship with Jesus first. Those are the things we should be seeking
when looking at churches to tap into for spiritual growth and direction.
Not the music, not
the building, not promises from any person.
Somewhere that leads you back through the journey in and of the biblical
linage and truths that were written over thousands of years ago; that still
hold true.
You can read anything
anyone writes. You can join any invitation;
you can listen to any music you like.
But unless you are
in relationship with Jesus and then tapping into no agenda but that to grow forward
and know who you are by the divine creation of God himself and do your best to
shine a light for others to see the path of hope and promise.
Well, my thoughts
are you cannot complain when you are in constant turmoil or disarray. Because you have not built that bridge and
invited Jesus to come really live within and fill you up with the peace that
only He can give.
I guess my question would
be why do we go where we go, or do the things we do?
If it is for collecting
accolades or kudos to make us feel good.
Sure, they are nice but really, they get you nowhere in the end.
I have see so many
beautiful souls and everything they have ever collected and what happens when
the vessels they are given stops living and all that is left is the stuff left
for auction or tossed to the trash.
I have seen many put
themselves in the wrong places, just for
a quick hustle or buck or even fix.
Just for moments, hours, or days later they are right back there trying to
fill the voids for the reasons they feel important.
I have seen many
including a good portion of the life I myself have; chase love and have things
done to me thinking if this is what it takes.
Only to be discarded when others are finished.
The reasons why
every human being does what they do is between, them and God and the souls they
step all over or bring blessings or harm to.
We can judge all day
long. We can make our recommendations of
something good or of something to run as far away as we can.
But we all get to
choose. Just know the world was made so we could have
a live within it. God never intended
any of us to suffer; but it is beautifully written throughout thousands of
years there will always be hardships at and by the hands and feet of
others. That there will be troubles. But we should always cling to Jesus to meet
and walk with God. That He will give us
the strength, healing, and power to grow forward and be all that we can be.
I can dig in and
post scripture after scripture, song after song. Recommend churches and people even places or
things that can give you a serenity that fills your spirit. But unless you purpose for yourself for all
that is good all that is eternal.
For me I am blessed
to have not become a hater, although there is much that have left scars on this
being, I could have.
Find yourself a good
bible-based church with no agenda friends and that which feeds your spirit in
growth and allows you to cling to Jesus and meet who He and the Father really
are and what you are in and with them.
There will be many
along your journey that warm you inside out just as there will be many that
will overwhelm you with anxiety, doubts and harm that should have never been.
Choose wisely what
it is you cling to, purpose for that will fill your end days with eternal peace
and abundant love, mercy, and grace along the way.
Do not let others
pay for the sins of what you create, or others have already done to you. We get to choose until we are no longer
here.
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
The Promise
John 10:14-15 (TPT) The
Passion Translation
25 “Martha,” Jesus said, “You don’t have to wait until then. I am[a] the Resurrection,[b] and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he
dies, will live forever.
John 10:14-15 (NIV) New
International Version
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die;
John 10:14-15 (ICB) International
Children’s Bible
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will have life
even if he dies
John 11:25 (MSG) The
Message
25-26 “You don’t have to wait for the End. I am, right now,
Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me, even though he or she dies,
will live. And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at
all. Do you believe this?”
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Date: December 6, Sunday
Sunday
worship on the lawn with New Life Christian Church
Soul Vibes and Starters (YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/un85wgWcCHk “Mirrors” @Justin Timberlake
https://youtu.be/iOTcr9wKC-o “Dare You To Move” @Swtichfoot
https://youtu.be/LL2pD59_MrQ “Fading West” @Switchfoot
https://youtu.be/49xzU4TkX1U “Just Want You” @The Belonging Co. Ft. Sarah Reeves
Inspirational Thoughts
Sometimes you just have to let things go. Breathe, relax, and just trust God. Worrying won’t fix it but trusting God will.
Amen @YouAreVerySpecial
Life is about holding on and letting go @Keith
Urban
Daily
Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
There is no doubt
that in the world we live that we will never please everyone if not anyone on
any given day. That all we do to please,
fix, help or just be for anyone.
At some point we will know the truth that it
is just not enough. Doing what we do to
be something or someone that means something to others to validate or life or we
mean anything. Happens all day long
every day for someone, for anyone.
If only the scars were few and we could learn
what we need all that God allowed us to be; we find our true selves and we do
just that.
If only we stop
making it personal, that we stop trying to fix anything. That we find who we are really supposed to be
and are through the eyes of our God and Creator.
How often we will do
many things to make ourselves happy or try and bring happiness to others. I am
not exempt, it is well known I thrive by helping and stepping up for people,
places, events or causes.
It also a fact in
many cases we are left feeling worse than any of what or those, we are trying
to lift up, help or see heal.
When we finally do
learn if ever about the facts how happiness is as temporary as everything that
comes from this earth. We
might find ourselves and find out how Joy is what we embed deep in our hearts and
allow to flourish in our souls.
When we finally get
it that we can have joy that grows peace
during any raging storms that come and batter us on any given day.
We first have to
find the everlasting God and invite Jesus into our lives every day, Sure we can get it mixed up, look it all the
history of cults where we have seen people
following or chasing God, yet they end up drinking the Kool-Aid, or in some Texas
town living as radicals and believing in the radical leadership that everyone
is out to get us and the deeper to hold on for what they are feeding the
family.
Whatever the leader,
leaders, or sect becomes turning into the Waco messes, or Jim Jones or even the
hate groups where individuals think they have the power and the right to do such
horrible crimes as violating anyone that does not fit the mold they created, taking
children to have children, or having 20 wives or so they call it.
No different that
the demonic ISIS cults or vicious military who just hate and destroy because
that which is in front of them does not fit their mold they want to control.
My perspectives perhaps
today from watching too much news in the past, too many movies, leaving that
emptiness and heartfelt loss of what happened to the good old days.
Sure, the wars were always
there, the news will always highlight everything negative and even these days are
not true journalist and just pass around rumors they make instead of featuring
all that is good or half the time true.
Then getting caught
up in those feel-good movies where I find myself binge watching just to dream
with my eyes open. Or what about how
much I love watching the era of Kings and Queens and shows on Camelot or the
way things were done then.
Either way governments,
leaders, leaderships need so much prayer then and now.
When any of them
goes corrupt which is everywhere no matter what part of the world, we are in. Those in power, control just take what they
want, never caring how gets hurt or who they want to use up or just toss out if
not completely have them removed from this world, discarding everything in between. More and more instantly in front of us.
So many suffering
No telling what this
mind has going on while keeping the facts of each day out of the story, while
sharing pieces of me or just letting it flow not knowing what might transpire.
Galatians 5:22 (YLT) 22 And the fruit of
the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness,
faith,
James 1:2-4 MSG) Faith
Under Pressure 2-4 Consider
it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.
You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows
its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its
work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
Crazy to think we
are supposed to think anything joyful when are our hearts are being broken; our
health is deteriorating, the love of our lives become nothing but memories or
the very children we are allowed to spawn are taken from us.
However, all things
on this planet are temporal. Even the
pain will pass even though the dull sting will haunt us during our walk on this
journey.
For sure we cannot
control what belongs to God; we can only choose to find joy in everything while
learning the lessons and growing forward to help others along the way.
Eventually God
allows us all to be called back and new, different versions of humans are
released.
So, any day we get
to look into those mirrors and really see what we just cannot touch, cannot understand. Let it go, Let it hurt, Let it heal and reach
higher than you ever thought you could.
Do what you must to be you for you not anything for anyone else.
Yes, that is hard. Because we sometimes will do anything just to
be whatever it takes for that feeling that feeds our spirit and fills us with that
temporary happiness even though we think, or we want it to last forever. Or even believe it will last forever if we
keep doing what we are doing.
Unfortunately, nothing
in the here and now lasts forever; if even for 5 minutes once some get what
they want or they cannot get anymore of what they came for.
Reality sucks
sometimes and the truth hurts but better to know the choices we make do not
always give us that ever after. Some
of us can manage well knowing we can deal and take what we are given making the
best of what we have while we have it.
While others are lost in the pit of sorrow that eventually brainwashes
them into giving up all hope.
Truth is the hurts,
the habits, the hang-ups are gonna be.
We need to own them and work through them. Not bury or mask them. Change who we are not everything around
us; although we become what we hang with so sometimes who we hold tight and
allow to what matters most of all well they too could be contributing to
robbing us from our own authenticity as well.
We are never alone,
even if we are lonely; God is right here with us always, all along.
Nothing we can say
or do will ever change that.
Sometimes we do the
things we later wish we didn’t do; but those we entangle ourselves with know
how to spoon feed the feelings we are missing, words we want to hear or even
feelings we want to feel. Thinking it
will be what gets us through. Then hoping
it is but then it is gone. Or worse yet
those we were tied up with now control us some way or somehow.
This mind maze: Lord
even I do not know where this is coming from today.
Love wide open and words just flowing. It is no big secret I want my forever.
Yet, I am not out
looking.
In fact, it has just been the past 2.5 years
maybe I have even held any type of conversations with anyone outside of work or
serving in some capacity for outreach and/or the church.
In 2018/2019
foolishly nothing more than letting my big heart getting in the way blinding me. And believing with tons of reason and
documentation not to not believe.
When I did, I set myself
up and ended up contributing to a bogus outreach on behalf of some pretty
incredible spiritual leaders in Gods army.
Funny thing is when I reported it, nothing ever came of it. I was brushed off and that is when I figured
out it was an inside thing.
I was heart broke and I don’t know if it was
because it was the first time of ever being played out by true wolves in sheep’s
clothing playing in the kingdom. Or
the fact how much I admired all of those whose names were being used and I had
to realize even as careful as I was. I
too put worldly people, places, and things on a pedestal to become idols even
if I was not going through the normal obvious steps.
In the end they knew
I knew especially when they blew it off.
Sadly, right after all that was when death took over and this 2020
pandemic shut down the world as we know it.
I realized then all
the things I was doing to make myself feel better, and be a better person was
by filling up someone else’s cup. Someone
else that really could care less unless you were part of their circle and /or
kept filling the cup for them.
I have never been a
fame chaser. Great admiration for so
many with some beautiful talents.
Reminded hard during
the other night when I could not sleep again.
And being made aware even after almost a year of silence and moving on
with life making the best of what I have.
In this 2020 year for the history books, I found myself somewhere in
April, May spending more time online because we just cannot go anywhere.
Learned about TikTok
and found myself with more and more of anything that would preoccupy my mind
and feed my spirit. Unable to small
groups, churches shut down, jumping up and running out, or being at the church
with the worship teams was all so very distant.
Along the way I met a new on-line friend. Now it is no big secret I have this blog
page and post a lot. So, I know it is
not a surprise when people mess with me, or even that I offend someone at any
time because I talk about my Jesus allot.
Sharing pieces of me along the way.
This person reached
out to me from TICTOK and I found they were following me on my other platforms. Still
in communication over the past couple months there have been some challenges
and blocks then chatting again. You
see it is hard to believe someone is who they say they are when they never show
up. Especially when they have two or
three others reaching out trying to get in touch and they too are that same
person.
I think you know what
I am saying here. Why is it so many people
just cannot be real? I do not need an
answer. I don’t it is just a statement.
You can have a
million reasons why especially when you are hustling for money or riding on the
coat tails of those others. The fact
remains no matter who you say you are on any social media platform or in real
life. You should always be authentic
and true to who God made you.
My problem, no one
is ever a stranger. My problem you
pretty much have to come pinch me to make me realize anything is real when it
comes to people and the reasoning of why they do what they do, or why they are
doing it.
Fact is many will
just take what they can get away with taking and then move on.
Its all about givers
and takers in this world. That huge
spiritual lesson of 18 and 19. Its not
my fault I care, but I should have known better.
I have run with the
best and worse players in this world long before I met Jesus and started
carrying me.
Men will pretend to
be women and women pretend to be men.
People get off on setting up multiple scenarios and getting away with as
much as they can. In fact, it is a huge
business to steal other identities or see how much you can hustle from
others.
Hackers oh I so wish
you would take all that knowledge and skill and do good for the world and not
just your own temporary pockets.
Many like my situation
in 18 and 19 was not only feeding the demons of what finally consumes beautiful
souls but also whatever racket they got into.
Thinking on my
recent weird online connections and its not really weird it just is what it is because
when people do not own who God created them to be. Well, they will pretend to be someone else.
It seems they can
pick a name that has fame attached to it; and its supposed to matter to the
world and make a difference for them.
Yeah, in a way I
guess it does. Because let’s face it;
there will always be someone with more
money, more talent, a skill no one else can compare to. But in the end, it is just their blessings
that God allows until He takes it back as well.
Eventually and we do
not know when everything of what we have, what we say we are by and who we are
all is on loan.
Eventually tomorrow
stops coming and eventually in the blink of an eye its all gone. Be it our friends, our children, our blood of
any lineage or all the material items in the world.
I pray all those out
here that cannot stop pretending; you truly find and know who you were created
to be and own who the authentic you really is.
Not the versions you think
should be, or even the versions that will get you the most in life.
If it comes easy it
will go just as quick and taking more with it than you in the first place.
I am baffled and although vastly different on how
I would have responded than maybe 20
years ago.
I know then it was
just a test with hopes I was going to pass and understand later why it was
given.
Now I just hope all
I am connected can find the truth, the way, and the joy only and through Jesus
Christ and we stop trying to make it, steal it or mask it.
I get it that there
are many reasons why we cannot feel joy without feeling that temporary
happiness only things of the world or people of the world gives us.
Why we cannot find
joy in the pain has many reasons, but the truth is until we find ourselves in a
personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
We will never have any lasting knowledge of love or joy.
Sure, there will be
those moments that can lustfully fulfill who we think we are. But what about that solid forever that goes
into eternity with us. And yes, it is
very easy to believe in those who pretend to be your solid forever. In fact, there are those that start out
strong and things are going along, and you find later forever changed for both
of you.
Fact is we hear what
we want to hear, see what we want to see.
Feel what we want to feel.
Me then as a little
girl, as a young mother, as a grown lady.
My own, dream, my sweet soul king, that agape love from the outside in
will never be matched or available to that Agape love of Jesus Christ that he
gives and fills from the inside out when we walk with him daily.
I will never stop
dreaming even when I am not looking; however, I am not blind, and I can see. I do what I do because that is who I am. Just as who you are. If I have treated you with respect, kindness
and even cared enough knowing you are not who you pretend to be. Just let it go! There is no need to believe unless the true
authentic you really shows up.
I am forever on the
train until God stops it. No matter how
long it takes to ride the harmony wave he allows or until it just harmonizes into
that sweet spot; well so be it!
I am not ashamed to
know my faults, or how blessed each day I have been allowed back up. And give
thanks. I may have nothing, yet I have
everything because I know what is temporary all belongs to the one that allows
me to use it, experience it, live.
So, each day I am allowed up I will try to find
that deep joy that comes from knowing to whom I belong. The one that created the moon and stars,
the same that knows every hair on my head.
Loving people is easy when we
have no expectations.
All the broken
pieces in the world you live are just new opportunities to create that new vision
shifting and putting your best self through the eyes of Jesus. I pray this season now before tomorrow never
comes you start that new puzzle with you as the masterpiece being your best authentic
God Breathed self.
I am eternally
grateful for all the moments, people, places, messes, and lessons I have been
allowed. For all the temporary almost
or moments in time that will never disappear.
I pray for all my connections. Those whom I know and love dearly and closely
and those who I am just connected.
I pray for your deep-rooted
beautiful joy to burst through all the darkness so boldly that you cannot withstand
it. That your strength and courage and
purpose for all that is good finding your moral compass daily.
But if you cannot;
its okay too. I just pray God has mercy
on your souls.
Heal this land
Jesus.
Come soon and heal
us.
For me, thank you
for the spiritual lessons and reminding me.
People are just people. Me or
anyone else. Though not everyone will
choose to do what is right. They all
have meaning in your creation.
May I open my eyes wide
to you, may I get back up and shine for those you put me in front of. I won’t do down surrendering to anything or
anyone but you Jesus. I won’t do down until
you allow so.
Thank you for all
the yesterdays, today or any tomorrows.
https://youtu.be/_w76X3f_7oQ “Psalm 91” @Jonathan Ogden
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities
Father God Knows Us
John 10:14-15 (TPT) The Passion Translation
14 “I alone am the
Good Shepherd, and I know those whose hearts are mine, for they recognize me
and know me, 15 just as my Father
knows my heart and I know my Father’s heart. I am ready to give my life for the
sheep.
John 10:14-15 (NIV) New International Version
14 “I am the good
shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the
Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:14-15 (ICB) International Children’s Bible
14 “I am the good
shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me, 15 just as the
Father knows me, and I know the Father. I give my life for the sheep.
John 10:14-15 (MSG) The Message
14-18 “I am the Good
Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the
Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself,
sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in
addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They’ll
also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why
the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to
take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I
have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I
received this authority personally from my Father.”
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