Tuesday, September 26, 2023

09.26.23 September_PrayersThoughts_PiecesofMe (AlwaysMeKelly)

 

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Tuesday September 26, 2023

 

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 Hebrews 10:30-31 MSG

426-31 If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me.

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Hebrews 10:30-31 NIV

30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b] 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
  2. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14

  

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

Time just keeps on flying by.   So very thankful because none of us are promised another second to walk this earth.  Yet each time He allows me back up I am given more opportunity to find the light and reflect it brighter somewhere in my path to allow growth; and when I cannot find it.  Find ways to be a light even if it is the smallest flicker from the unseen anywhere around.  Not just me; You who are reading these words tapping out from a mind maze that you would truly be lost in if you ever road the highway of all that flows through this head on any given day.

 

No matter what it is though that any of us have spinning; I pray the grounding force for all of any single thing given opportunity for.  You are grounded in knowing who you are in the creation of Jesus Christ and center your very being in love, light and a deep grace that allows the unexplainable peace in the chaos of this world we have been gifted.

If only

Would of

Should of

Could of

But never did 😊

Or that jumping right into the fire and looking back and most likely saying a few things maybe even with tears because sometimes we make things so much harder by not stopping to listen and acting smarter.

 

Maybe we did; maybe it was someone else’s choice.    Hurt, Guilt, Pain or pleasure by association touches everything and everyone in reach of any choice being made.   And yes, choices matter.

I love the way in life interpretation can take us so many places.   Kind of like opening a good book and being so engulfed in the story, it is almost like you are there in the story.

As does each reader as they are journeying through the bible.   We really get nothing meaningful from what we get into unless we dive deep and wide and ask the questions and look at it from every angle or every verse transcription from the Message to NIV and so on. 

I am one of those people that if I have read a good book and they make a movie on it.   I  watch sometimes multiple times just to compare and enjoy the story.   Of course, I try never to do that with Stephen Kings work; I made that mistake once with Misery.

I happened to see the move way back when then got the book and OMG I had to put the book down so many times the fright was so intense it took me a long time to finish that one.  The books always have more depth!

 

The Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth yeah, when I first read it end-to-end, I thought what the difference of all the darkness and violence way was back then from now.    After diving deeper and breaking it down over time and no I have not gotten every single verse and scripture.    That will take a continued purpose forward to just keep diving in and learning.   But more importantly, asking questions.     

Finding those who have taken the blessings of teaching and been through college and continue to grow and live and serve to help where I am lacking.   Its not about religion, its not about a priest hood.   Its about true Bible based Jesus’ transformation into equality, and the depths of spiritual growth and continued hope and love while trying to live this thing called life and all that we do on it, for it, to it, with it.

Before we can reflect on the good, the bad, the ugly it all starts from the choices we dive into or hang with that others are choosing, and we just don’t walk away.

Needless today just like the exhaustion I find myself feeling today from staying up super late reading a book, then doing the mom thing and just being me.

What frees your soul and allows you to feel the depths of truth and love in your spirit.    Me Jesus and all He stood, fell, suffered, died and rose again for.  Just as I live for those moments when I am allowed to fall in love with the soul of some God has Given pathway in my journey.    

Yeah there have been moments when I was so blinded by a soul that I did not see the person and when they came into view I was broken to realize they were just as broken as anyone else in the world.

Thankfully I am blessed to have been given the lessons and messages of the world and even the self- control to not ever hate.  Sure, sometimes it takes the glue to heal all the broken pieces, but I was left to put them back together and nothing will ever stop the empty places in this soul when for whatever reason they went as fast as they came.

But here I am still standing even if the dust brushed off after getting back up was a heavy layer to understand what it was all for.

To live we must die; die to self and that is a very hard thing to do and to purpose for daily.

Especially with just because we walk the walk and dive in and hold on to all that Jesus is and try to do our best.  We are and can be still steam rolled, put in harm’s way, and especially be taken advantage of.

And when we do get ourselves in those places; learn how to not let it twist you up so much that you hate who you were that allow you to care so much that its part of who you are.

We all get those moments where we feel too much or do not feel it at all.  What we do with every second of every day with the opportunities we are given.  It all matters.

Unlike the Rolling Stones song time really is not on our side.  For one thing we never know when we will be no more here and now.  So instead of chasing, taking, being used, or using.   Why are we not diving deep to align our souls with the eternal good and love that is electrifying through space and time we will never be able to fathom.   But God the Father, Jesus the living God son of David and the Holy Spirit is always right on time.

Even here on days like today where the weariness at times because of life or just staying up too late has you feeling sometimes nothing at all. 

Which is okay; because I absolutely don’t’ want to go through life on feelings.   Sure, they can be high and low or good or bad.    But I want absolutes.   As we do not ever let the in-between while we are given opportunities to freeze or paralyze us into nothingness.

In all the ups and downs out our control despite our best efforts.  Do not let the world dictate your next moves into a corner you cannot get out of.   None of us can do this life alone but we are all given the grace, strength, and purpose to get back up for what gives and not takes away.

Find yourself and find who you are in Christ and who with him in the depths of your soul.

What is the why behind all you do?   It matters, yesterday, today and any tomorrow’s you are given.    

Anyway, happy blessed Tuesday and first day of Fall.    Thank you for another day, Father God.   Please never stop shining your light for me to find you wherever I go.   Show me how to hold on and when and what to never reach for but also when to let go even when it hurts, and I can’t on my own.

Thank you for 736 Months, 3203 weeks, 22424 days, 32,289,903 minutes, 1,937,394,212 seconds, or 538,165 hours here and now.   For all the lessons and all the messages.   Yours will be done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought Movers, Touching to the Soul coming from YouTube.com / Facebook, Local Worship, or other public venues.

 

   New Life Christian Church Spring Hill 9-23 Seven Words

 

   TobyMac / Sarah Reeves Life On It

  Old Dominion - Some Horses (Official Music Video

  Aaron Cole - Right On Time (feat TobyMac) (Lyrics)

  

Thursday, September 21, 2023

09.22.23 September_PrayersThoughts_PiecesofMe (AlwaysMeKelly)

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Thursday, September 22, 2023

 

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 2 Corinthians 13:14 MSG

The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

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2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV

14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

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

Time just keeps on flying by.   So very thankful because none of us are promised another second to walk this earth.  Yet each time He allows me back up I am given more opportunity to find the light and reflect it brighter somewhere in my path to allow growth; and when I cannot find it.  Find ways to be a light even if it is the smallest flicker from the unseen anywhere around.  Not just me; You who are reading these words tapping out from a mind maze that you would truly be lost in if you ever road the highway of all that flows through this head on any given day.

 

No matter what it is though that any of us have spinning; I pray the grounding force for all of any single thing given opportunity for.  You are grounded in knowing who you are in the creation of Jesus Christ and center your very being in love, light and a deep grace that allows the unexplainable peace in the chaos of this world we have been gifted.

If only

Would of

Should of

Could of

But never did 😊

Or that jumping right into the fire and looking back and most likely saying a few things maybe even with tears because sometimes we make things so much harder by not stopping to listen and acting smarter.

 

Maybe we did; maybe it was someone else’s choice.    Hurt, Guilt, Pain or pleasure by association touches everything and everyone in reach of any choice being made.   And yes, choices matter.

 

You may think that it matters for the here and now but truly any and every choice we make ripples through the centuries.   And impacts everything within arm’s reach like a tsunami wave.   Sometimes the impacts are awesome, others devastating.

I am not a theologian and although college educated not an expert.   Blessed to have not burnt up all my brain cells in my youth or path to growing forward. 

Graced and Blessed to be up another day, given strength and courage through many of the tears that have fallen from this soul.   Tears of joy, tears of heartbreak from loss, from others, from just being ready to quit and having enough.

I mean really, we look around this world and there seems to be nothing sacred any longer but power, money and whatever each individual thinks they deserve.

Aging is a blessing that many won’t ever get.   My brother two years older than I gone just like that.   Or our children that we raise up the best we can but along the way they make the choices they think they can handle until they can’t.

Sometimes it’s a long journey, sometimes they make it back; sometimes it’s one and done and gone before ever really getting started.

Local news, worldly news its all the same.  Same reports of things we as a human race have allowed to happen because it’s not me so I don’t care mentality.

 

We want what we want until we have it then it gets stuck in storage or tossed out for the next whim.

What about the future, what about our legacy, what about the gratitude and acknowledgement of what we have right here right now.

Just like any storm or that wave of destruction coming any single blink of an eye.      Instead, we become complacent or just too damn tired without being surrounded up with things that help us grow in spirit for the good of our own being or all man kind we associate to or with.

 

I could of easily started writing years ago about romance and love.   I am no different.   Happy home, white picket fence, awesome great looking husband from the inside out.   Loving each other, leaning on each other, mad passion in everything we did together.   And yeah, if I were to write about it now; God filled and God feared.     But life is not that easy as we are younger many never have the chance to know God through Jesus Christ until later in life if at all.   Then those that do still fight the fight of being consumed by worldly choices.

My harlequin romance would not even come close to describing the love Jesus fills our souls with that we crave to feel the very same outside in that overflows inside out.

Over the years I can tell you I have given much advice from my own experiences and the one thing I can tell you that will never change.   Love people for who they are; not what they do or have.   And fight forward together.  Sure, sometimes you need to fight with each other; but ultimately you are never going to replace a better version than what you committed to in the first place.   We are not meant to be alone; but we are also not meant to keep giving ourselves away trying to find that one perfect everything.

If you come to terms and have been blessed with someone in your life.  Take it slow and if you truly commit to each other don’t let the world change that or any temporary anything.

Relationships of any kind take work not just intimate, but every single relationship you get into matters how you will leave it or continue it.

 

Nope, not an expert in anything.  Just blessed to have lived life and thankfully learned a little something-something along the way.

Do you know of God, or do you really know him through His son Jesus Christ?  It is not about religion; it is about the relationship and purposing forward every moment you are allowed with all that is good and helps growth into something meaningful and lasting.    

What are we doing personally to exceed uncertainty, embrace possibilities or earn independence while staying grounded in really knowing how and why we were created and what we truly mean to humanity but more importantly Jesus Christ the son of man, son of the one true God.

Do we stop and really get the facts, without getting stuck and learn when to hold on or when to let go?

Every single challenge every single person that come into our lives is meant as a lesson, growth, or even a message if we let it.

I won’t ever say I have it all together; but fortunately, I have known early on everything happens for a reason; we are just not meant to spin and get all tied up or wreck our lives trying to figure it out or chase what is temporal.

It doesn’t mean I haven’t, or I don’t.   I just try my best do my best in everything I am allowed.   And if it’s not considered worthy of anyone; it never will be.   We all have our own journey, our own values, our own mind maze that twists us up at times.

Those heart strings we are allowed, blessed with.  Man, they knot us up all the time.  Be it our children, friends, family, general news of all the sadness in this world.

Ethnicity, cultural, racism none of it matters in the end, when we all bleed red the same.

Don’t sell yourself short ever; don’t get caught up in people pleasing or trying to fix anyone or everyone that comes in your journey.     Only they and God can fix whatever is needed.   We can only love each other for who we are and where we are.

Most importantly I think don’t let anyone or anything rent negative space in your head or heart.    Even if it hurts like hell because it’s someone close to you; or even someone you have dedicated your very being to be part of.    We are not meant to be powerhouses and bulldoze anyone or everyone.  But we also are not meant to have it done to us.   And we are not talking being happy verses at peace and a deep joy during every day given.

 

Anyway, in any grand scheme of things when I really have some good topics to tap out I am not by my computer.   And on the days, I just need to free up some space in this maze anything is possible that will come out.    All of it will always lead back to know or knowing Jesus Christ.   From the weird dreams that some days become reality to just being consumed by all that comes through these eyes and ears.   It is what it is until it is not.  So, I pray for me, my family, my friends and all who are out here just trying to be their best self through the strength and courage with God.    And for protection and the ability to get back up when the world derails and destroys all that we know.  May we have that one more day and one more opportunity to grow forward in peace and harmony and if not the strength to fight with the power of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

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   The Jesus Way: Phil Wickham lyrics

  Mandisa - Bleed The Same ft. TobyMac, Kirk Franklin

  "Fighting For Me" by Riley Clemmons

  Owl City - You're Not Alone feat. Britt Nicole (Lyrics)

  The Goodness (Toby Mac & Blessing Offor) - Lyric Video

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

09.12.23 September_PrayersThoughts_PiecesofMe (AlwaysMeKelly)

 

 

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

 

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   TobyMac - Everything

  Top Worship Songs of ALL TIME! - Instrumental Worship Guitar

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Philippians 4:4 NIV @Biblegateway.com

Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

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4-5 Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!

 

  

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

No doubt there is absolutely some days just better than others.    Keep pealing back those layers every day and remember not to let any of it too close that like an onion it burns your eyes, and your tears flow so badly that you cannot see the light up ahead.

No matter what the tragedy or disappointment if you want to give it away lay it at the foot of the cross and plead the blood of Jesus over everything you are every single second you have to walk this grand universe.

From watching the pain of loss or experiencing it on your own to watching those you wish you could see bold, bright and living in deep joy and filled with so much health and wellness that it pours out over everyone they walk past.

Yet, the reality is a married couple goes out together on a casual motorcycle ride to just get a break while their kids are with family and friends and a drunk driver changes everything that ever was.   A mother dies and father is in critical condition with 3 children at home never understanding why mom and dad never came back.

Or that friend, that brother, that sister, that kid son, daughter; young or old consumed by the worlds addictions is so broken they cannot get enough of what is freely given so they start robbing their own life and future but choices that cost deeply to them and all they know.

They layer of fixing a vehicle only to have ten more things show up that must be repaired.

Or simple appointment mix ups.   So, forget about what you thought was major.   What you thought was so wrong when you put all your trust into another human being only to find out they were not who your always thought they were, and they pulled some distrust over you.

 

All the while they forgot who they should have remained.  But instead got caught up trying to be something else at the cost of what God intended them to be.

Forgiveness means everything even for those who will never give it. 

  Forgive yourself for being so consumed that you rob your moments of peace and life that was meant to be.

Forgive others even if they never change or forgive you for any part you have played in the situation.   Live in gratitude even for the purposes you will never understand why you.

Nothing else matters but the simple understanding of who Jesus Christ is and who you are to and with Him!

So, as you get up and realize they messed up on an appointment that they gave you a card for but never put in their systems.  As you look in your wallet and see what there was is gone, as you hear that diagnosis that you have been fighting so hard for.    When your loss of a piece of who your existence has been taken away.

With any given moment, song, sound, sight that brings you to tears and bleeding out on the floor.   So is the hand of God reaching down for you to get back up.  

Brush yourself off, look up and fight forward another day that he has given.

God does and will work it out.   I can only tell you from life experience even in the worse situations I have lived through He is still there.

He does not pick the skinny one or the one with money or the good or the bad.    He heals the broken and leads us through the storms if we let him; no matter what it is or who we are.   But we have to believe, and we have to live with our sights on the unseen.

And that is the hardest thing ever for me or humanity.   Especially while bullies and evil are rampaging through this world destroying and robbing so much innocence.

We have to believe in something good and place our sights on all that can be, all that has been and all that is.  Through the eyes of Jesus.

We all believe in something be it the celebrity who gave up his soul and life to be acknowledged by a world that will never allow them 5 minutes of soul solace or the idols that they chase are what is to be.

 

Where in our spec of this universe leaders who are supposed to help us grow line up their pockets; or we pay our athletes more than we pay the governing bodies that protect or care for us.   Where we would rather walk past the homeless in our own backyard than step up and do something about it.    

Or that homeless person found dead on a sidewalk near a hospital.

Isn’t it ironic like the song.  Someone wins the lotto and a week later they are no longer with us.  Or in places like Florida the sun can be shining brightly all while a downpour is happening.   Raining on one side of a building but not the other.

Life can be weird, hard oh really hard, but also joyous and the biggest blessing ever if we learn to keep fighting forward and doing our best while always knowing to whom we were created and believe in all that is unseen in Jesus.

Trust me when I say, I never ever predicted I would ever write about something that I cannot see, taste, touch but love so deeply.

Time is short and no matter what you believe.  Be it you will come back in your next life as a frog or maybe you are here in this one as such and next you will be the prince or princess.

 

Anyway, I need to get better at jotting down some really good topics and thoughts when they occur.    Cause I had some the other day.   Today I am blessed, I am up and have a few minutes and although I would love to have some mind-blowing soul moving wisdom to share and make anyone who reads really jump up and meet Jesus where they are.   All I have is me and another day given.

 

Never stop looking up and never ever give up without a fight.

Prayers you have a relationship that shines boldly for all that is good, all that gives and all that fills everyone you connect in love, with love, for love.

For all that we are, all that we can be may we never stop seeing Christ Jesus in everything~

  

 


Sunday 5-11-2025_PrayersThoughts_PiecesofMe (AlwaysMeKelly)

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