I know that God wilIl take care of all things- I know this! So why on earth did I let the enemy in while I was dealing with Avon Customer Service? I know why, I truly do: I did not start my morning in prayer....so I was not mentally or spiritually ready to deal with this. Not good! I also missed my class on nutrition and healthy life styles to "deal with" this Avon mess. OK now I "could let this ruin my day" or "I could sit my big ol behind down at Gods feet and ask for salvation" I am choosing the latter - This day will NOT be ruined or taken away by the enemy. I will call Kaiser and reschedule my Nutrition/Healthy Lifestyles Class and I WILL BE IN A RIGHT MINDSET FOR WORK TODAY.
For you see; that second choice is one born of knowing that GOD LOVES ME & I "LIVE IN" HIS LOVE & GRACE EVERYDAY- EVERY STINKIN DAY! HOW COOL IS THAT?!
God Bless you all and have a great week!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
I Wanna Know What Love Is
There is Love then there is "Love" then there is "Biblical Love" Wow who knew LOVE had so many types? There is conditional love: "if you love me you will do...." "unless you love me you wouldn't do..." Then here is Unconditional love: it just is; no condiions, no rules, "it just is". Oh then the Biblical Love:
Agape: n. love; active love (the word active meands to PRODUCE) -- Agape`:God is Love -- The agape heart cannot stop being a heart; it is just PRODUCING itself, a heart. It cannot change; it will ALWAYS be a heart.
Agapao: v. to love the word "to" indicates MOVEMENT towards a person, place, or thing --- Agapao: Man is to love one another
The NOUN Love cannot cange what it is, cannot stop what it is, cannot refuse what it is, cannot withhold what it is
The VERB love at anytime it can: begin to give love, it can stop showing love, it can withhold love, it can reject love.
So thank you Beth Kinder, I borrowed that above; from stronghold to STRONGHOLD.
Most of yesteray: Proverbs 31:30: Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be grealy praised. NLT
kept coming up for me. Some people see the phrase "fears the Lord" as a type of deep love for the Lord or out of a deep love for the Lord.
So what IS Love for me?
Well, it is a great mutual respect of one another be it a friendship or a couple. gratitude, strenghth, feeling accepted wanting to just do good things and be in company of good people - to just "love on" accept others as God himself has accepted us. It is not to say that because we love we will not get hurt, or suffer loss - but it is "what we choose to do with it - that makes the difference."
I am not by any means finished with week 3 of stronghold to STRONGHOLD; but what I have learned so far is this: There is this great LOVE that God has for us; it does NOT take a rocket scientist to figure out how to get it; we just need to choose to stop standing in our own way and go take from the tree of Love or the Fruit of the Spirit of Love that God has given us.
Don't forget to remember this: Until you forgive you cannot love.
~ Have a great rest of your week ~
Agape: n. love; active love (the word active meands to PRODUCE) -- Agape`:God is Love -- The agape heart cannot stop being a heart; it is just PRODUCING itself, a heart. It cannot change; it will ALWAYS be a heart.
Agapao: v. to love the word "to" indicates MOVEMENT towards a person, place, or thing --- Agapao: Man is to love one another
The NOUN Love cannot cange what it is, cannot stop what it is, cannot refuse what it is, cannot withhold what it is
The VERB love at anytime it can: begin to give love, it can stop showing love, it can withhold love, it can reject love.
So thank you Beth Kinder, I borrowed that above; from stronghold to STRONGHOLD.
Most of yesteray: Proverbs 31:30: Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be grealy praised. NLT
kept coming up for me. Some people see the phrase "fears the Lord" as a type of deep love for the Lord or out of a deep love for the Lord.
So what IS Love for me?
Well, it is a great mutual respect of one another be it a friendship or a couple. gratitude, strenghth, feeling accepted wanting to just do good things and be in company of good people - to just "love on" accept others as God himself has accepted us. It is not to say that because we love we will not get hurt, or suffer loss - but it is "what we choose to do with it - that makes the difference."
I am not by any means finished with week 3 of stronghold to STRONGHOLD; but what I have learned so far is this: There is this great LOVE that God has for us; it does NOT take a rocket scientist to figure out how to get it; we just need to choose to stop standing in our own way and go take from the tree of Love or the Fruit of the Spirit of Love that God has given us.
Don't forget to remember this: Until you forgive you cannot love.
~ Have a great rest of your week ~
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
My Path
So I am in week 2 of the Small Group - Bible Study stronghold to STRONGHOLD. I really am disocovering a lot about myself and my walk with God.
In so reading this passage: "Walking with her copanion removed the desire to even go down that old path; which she knew was real victory."
Upon finishing reading that I hear:
"Jeannette take my hand"
me- "what?"
again - "Jeannette take my hand"
Me- "Why?"
-- "You need to take my hand - you say you trust me"
Me "OK (reaching out my hand)"
then silence, so I read those lines again
Then I see myself walking down this dirt path; just me walking and walking, the path becomes muddy and gooey and hard to walk through; I look back and there is nothing there; everything is gone
then I hear it:
--"take my hand - follow me"
This time no hesitation; I "take the hand" and walk and walk. The road is less muddy less gooey easier to traverse.
I then see something float away and I ask "what was that?" Answer: "your doubt"
more walking.....then I see something else float away..."what's that?" Answer: "your shame" walking walking....
I ask "what's your name?" Answer: "your redeemer - follow me"
More silence ~Then this is what I hear:
"If you really love me and if you completely turst in me stay this path with me- let go of your quickness to "strike-out" at others - HEAR them, SEE them; LOOK to ME for hope and help."
That was it! Wow!
So down this path so far: doubt and shame have been taken; and I need to be careful of my responses to people and learn to trust.
Wow! this is powerful stuff and I am happy to be on this New Journey!
In so reading this passage: "Walking with her copanion removed the desire to even go down that old path; which she knew was real victory."
Upon finishing reading that I hear:
"Jeannette take my hand"
me- "what?"
again - "Jeannette take my hand"
Me- "Why?"
-- "You need to take my hand - you say you trust me"
Me "OK (reaching out my hand)"
then silence, so I read those lines again
Then I see myself walking down this dirt path; just me walking and walking, the path becomes muddy and gooey and hard to walk through; I look back and there is nothing there; everything is gone
then I hear it:
--"take my hand - follow me"
This time no hesitation; I "take the hand" and walk and walk. The road is less muddy less gooey easier to traverse.
I then see something float away and I ask "what was that?" Answer: "your doubt"
more walking.....then I see something else float away..."what's that?" Answer: "your shame" walking walking....
I ask "what's your name?" Answer: "your redeemer - follow me"
More silence ~Then this is what I hear:
"If you really love me and if you completely turst in me stay this path with me- let go of your quickness to "strike-out" at others - HEAR them, SEE them; LOOK to ME for hope and help."
That was it! Wow!
So down this path so far: doubt and shame have been taken; and I need to be careful of my responses to people and learn to trust.
Wow! this is powerful stuff and I am happy to be on this New Journey!
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