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Date: Monday – September 6, 2021
“We can’t change
what we have experienced, but we can choose how the experiences change us.”
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Daily Verse / Meditation Moments
John
14:23 (TPT) The Passion Translation
23 Jesus replied, “Loving me empowers you to obey my word.[a] And my Father will love you so deeply that we will come to you and make
you our dwelling place.
23-24 “Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless
world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will
love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not
keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of
the Father who sent me.
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Devotion
@Jesus Calling 365 Devotions with Real-Life Stories @Sarah Young
“My deepest desire for you is that you learn
to depend on Me in every situation.” “The
friendship I offer you is practical and down-to-earth,
yet it is saturated with heavenly Glory.”
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and his might
power.
Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “ Let us make man in our image,
in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and birds of the
air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over the creatures that
move along the ground.” So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and
female he created them.
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Daily Journal/Thoughts/
Prayers (Thinking out
loud)
Interesting tidbit… For anyone
wanting to know what Labor day was all about.
Labor Day is a federal holiday in
the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September in any given year
(i.e. a single day from September 1 through September 7) to honor and recognize
the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the
development and achievements of the United States. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day
Weekend. Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor
movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate
labor. "Labor Day" was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the
Knights of Labor, which organized the first parade in New York City. In 1887,
Oregon was the first state of the United States to make it an official public
holiday. By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty
states in the United States officially celebrated Labor Day. Canada's Labour
Day is also celebrated on the first Monday of September. More than 80 countries
celebrate International Workers' Day on May 1, the ancient European holiday of
May Day. May Day was chosen by the Second International of socialist and
communist parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair which occurred in Chicago
on May 4, 1886. @
Labor Day - Wikipedia
Times have changed and with all the unrest,
unemployment and unseen death and pandemic impacts I wonder what will transpire
in our generations to come?
Not really but it is a passing thought.
Although I feel the heaviness of so much going on
in the world, I cannot fathom what it will look like 100 years from now when
people look back or if it would be a real live mad max and Thunderdome moments
or humanity hiding from artificial intelligence that takes over the world at
the hand of Dr. Evil. As the Austin
Powers movie pops in this head. Although
the outskirts of this mind maze know in todays 21st century that
which is evil is not played out in the wide open. More like the clickbait theories and catfish,
imposter unknowns playing the sheep so well that even in real life its too late
when they take a bite, and you lose those pieces of yourself that slowly die
off.
No cure like magical blood from the hybrid Klaus
or magical hypnosis to help you forget.
You just dig in deeper and find
things to help you climb up and out without losing who you really are.
The entire time knowing who you belong to even if
and when sometimes your choices seemed to be God granted you wonder how and why
even if, even when.
Oh yes this is what a day off allows this mind to
cycle around. Not wanting to get up at
least until noon awake at 5 and the fur babies demanding I am up and out by
7. Cooked breakfast trying this air fryer
and bacon which turned out delightful.
Then to run over by the river one more time to feed another’s fur baby with a couple more up close and
personal days of Gods beauty to visit. Back over to Home Depot to get a couple pots
and potting soil to move some greenery into the house and then do absolutely
nothing spectacular or probably even good for me today. It’s a weekend and those brownies I picked
up last night in craving chocolate well; I had better sweat allot outside to
earn the calories I will take on. You
know the creamy Ooey Gooey chocolaty chocolate.
Yes, these past two years since the lockdown set in,
I have stayed busy and doing stuff and even amazing myself at times. But my 3-5 times a week to a gym and stay
fit went right out the door. It sucks;
I need a personal trainer but refuse to pay what they want. Nope don’t hang out with all those friends
as I did back in the day. No routine since
my treadmill motor burnt up and well it is what it is.
I stay busy for sure. But absolutely need to watch those brownies
and all the other goodies that a week come into my hand to mouth.
Does not help I am an emotional bored eater and
when I do that its comfort food or sweets.
No shame in my imperfect game for sure. Although I do get ticked at myself being I
worked really hard to stay fit and healthy and then let my heart get in the way
and just lost interest using the Pandemic as an excuse.
We all go through something and let it get the
best of us. God willing, I will snap
out of it and get back on track really getting back in shape again and keep the
momentum going and not just accept it for what it is.
Either way it is what it is and as long as the
good Lord gives me another day, I have things to look to get into; causes to
step up for and commitments to stay dedicated for. Staying away from junk food is not yet one
of them 😊
Clear and transparent as mud as I laugh out loud. Thinking about how people will have conversations
about you when you are tapped in and they predict among themselves of what you
will do because they know you so well in the five minutes or five years they
have barely taken the time to scratch the surface and know the depths of your
soul.
Very true and no big secret I wear my heart on my
sleeve and could not lie my way out of a wet paper back if I had to. Thus, I just turn it all off and move
on. Speaking the truth and expecting the
truth especially when it is about anything to do with who I am or into.
In the end the only one that matters that will be
everlasting is what God speaks to life in, with and for me.
Though I will always love hard and sometimes dig
in so tight trying not to let go realizing the depths of unrest and beauty are
just that deep within.
If and when it is meant to be nothing will stop
what is meant to be true.
There is purpose for the pain. There has to be. But I declared before even knowing Jesus I
would not spend my days chasing the why’s even if I have a hard time with some
of the changes.
This century has been fast and furious and
impactful to everyone. Many masking
all that has turned life upside down others being angry taking it out on everything
that comes in their way; others laying down to die and others continuing to lie
to themselves and pouring whatever it is to numb it by giving themselves away to
never be found again.
God does not love any of us any less no matter how
we handle what we are walking through.
He just wants us all to know everyone is walking through something. Look around, unfortunately it has come to
this century to watch beloved souls die at the blink of an eye; floods and
storms wash away everything we put our entire existence into.
Loving people for who they are deep inside takes
moments to really get to know them. But
even more so to not worry to know them and just love them as Jesus loves us, he
created them as well.
Living in comfort or buried with the collectors
chasing Jesus gave his life so we would have more than that of what the world
and mother nature will pick through at the garbage dump when you are no longer
here.
I don’t know about anyone that ever reads or
listens to anything I have to say…I do know I cannot do this on my own and
Jesus has to be carrying me because I went under a long time ago. There is no shame in any game I may get caught
up in. He is, He will be what allows me
the life to get back up even when I have to crawl.
No matter if I jump up and run doing all kinds of
great things through out my day or barely moving. I need the love and air of Jesus and so need
more and more those who too want to shine and not be absorbed or consumed by
this darkness starting to overshadow this planet we are given to call earth and
home.
This world is not my final destination and home is
where the heart is. May your hearts,
my heart be beating brightly and in harmony for all that brings love, honor and
peace and allowing us to do our best living out with the fruits of the spirit.
All of our mistakes that that are not the end of my story or yours…
None of us really know what tomorrow will be or if it will!
That is a fact. We do not know if
our dear one’s laying on deaths door will not be brought back to life by Jesus
as he did with Lazarus or those who have everything in the world and at the top
of that pedestal finally have enough of the world and find their way to the
foot of the cross and find who they really are and live happily ever after in
his creation.
And all of us will continue to make, correct, live through, or come to end
for the mistakes we make every day.
The waves of life and spiritual battles are heavy and real. Be kind, even if it means to just be quiet. None of us ar getting out of here alive and
all that stuff we pour every ounce of us into is gone just like that.
Is it hard to find a light in such darkness?
Yes, without any doubts. But when we cannot find the light, we need
to purpose to be a light even fi just a flicker.
That may look different from
every single soul on this earth. Which
is why kindness matters. The world is
full of hate and cruelty and evil making its point. Death, torture, destruction. How nice would it be that floods, fires and
storms only destroy what is evil?
Unfortunately, the world does not spin that way.
So take up your cross, meet Jesus right where you are every moment you
are given. Pick up your moral compass
and know who you belong to and what your value really is. You are loved beyond any price for Jesus to
have died so you could have life.
We all just don’t know what we don’t know. But there is no denying God is real, Jesus
is real and time is running short.
Be your best self. Don’t settle
and don’t pretend and change to be someone else just to have your name out
there in lights. Be the freaking
light wherever you go!!!
Yesterday, today and any tomorrows you are given.
God, you know all things, prayer needs for infections, for suffering and
harm at the wake of storms or hands of humanity, pandemics, and viral anomalies. Brutality or evil, or tragic accidents. Know our hearts fill our souls with all
that you are. Jesus fill me up with all that you are and
hear our prayers.
Release the healing and may your miracles wash this land and all who
believe and walk with you. Covered by
the blood washed clean and written in the book of eternal life. We are your children; lead us in Jesus’
name.
