The Simple Things in Life!

This morning after my 8:00am wake-up call from Myra, I turned on the TV to catch a word from Joel. The title of the message was Enjoying the Journey. Joel's message in a nut shell was to enjoy the simple things in life. Life isn't that long. No man knows the day nor the hour when we are to behold HIM. James 4:14 says, "We are but a mere mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." Enjoy the SIMPLE things in life.

I am a person who is sometimes consumed by assignments, student problems, and work. I am also a person who is extremely family oriented. I love my family with all my heart. Right now all of the cousins are kinda scattered about. It is now a reaffirmed mission of mine to get back together, do things together, and get together to talk about NOTHING!!! We used to have conference calls where we just talk and reconnect.....now we are busy with work and boyfriends. We will reconnect and enjoy the simple things in life again.

Goals and dreams are normal in life but we don't need to be consumed by them. Why?? Once you achieve that big event, all the hoopla is gone...all the celebration is gone....now what? Your family is still going to be there......don't throw them under the bus. Don't become so stressed out where you push them under the bus. Family and friends will always be there. Someone has to support you when you are accomplishing your dreams...who's taking care of your child, who's keeping the pets, who's encouraging your spirit. Someone who loves you!

Don't take for granted what God has given you. SLOW down. You don't need a lot of money to have fun....(we all want $$). There are memories to create, people to love on, and roses to smell. Enjoy life.......sometimes it's not the fact that life is too short, it's the fact that we wait too long to enjoy it. What's the point of being stressed out? Hair falling out, weight loss, no appetite, just plain old miserable! I will not...I refuse to......I claim that I will not let stress consume me. I will enjoy my life, my family, and my friends. That doesn't mean that I won't still go after my goals and dreams but I won't let them take over my life to the point where I have no fun. What about u??

I heard a word!!

I was down! I was feeling like crap! I was gonna give up! God is amazing! God is good!! God has matured me and allowed me to realize that he's talking to me. I heard him loud and clear!! It makes me feel good to know that he's speaking to me and I can understand!! I just thank him for confirmation!

I was slipping in my prayers. Slipping in my time with God! I appreciate the fact that he has allowed me to come back to the fold and grant me another chance. He didn't give up on me and he is still providing for me! I encourage everyone to come on back and give him another chance. I love him for loving me and being just AWESOME!!!!

Have a good day in the Lord!! I'm not perfect but thank GOD I am slowly changing!!

God's Favor....It's always there!

God has placed seeds of increase on the inside of us before we were even conceived. We were meant to grow and not inhibit what God has in store for us. His FAVOR! His favor is upon us but we have to tap into it. We have to ask God to show us his favor upon our lives.
I am not perfect. I will admit that to anyone. I am not perfect! There was a period in my life where it seemed like everything was going my way. I was happy, finances were straight, was healthy, and just plain old HAPPY! Every morning I woke up and I thanked God for his blessings. Eventually, things started to change. Maybe I started to relax or I just stopped thanking him for my life and everything in it. I sit back now and I try to pin point the problem. I see that I wasn't happy with my life and not happy with myself. On the outside I was so bubbly and happy but on the inside I wondered why God loved me in spite of me.
Now it's to the point where I am in the process of being happy again. I am enjoying my life, and I am receiving the Favor of God upon my life. So, I have a past. I've made mistakes. I am alive, blessed, surrounded by family and friends. I am so glad God loves in spite of ourselves. I didn't have the sense enough to stop beating myself up. Through faith and my up bringing, I have clinged back onto God and I am not letting go.
What are you going to do? Tap into the favor of God and get your life back. I'm getting back to EDEN so I can live on top of the WORLD!!! I love life and I love GOD. I am not perfect but I am happy!!! God's favor is AMAZING!!!!!

Activating fear and not faith

I am a worrier. I have fears. I am a scardey cat. As of today, I will work on this habit. I have faith but at times I let my fear get the worse of me. It stops TODAY!!! This is the day where I will be guided by faith and not my fear. I learned today from Mr. Osteen that fear is contagious. Here we are worrying about Swine Flu and other germs. Our focus....my focus will be on the negativity that can seep into my mind from my environment.

Peoople will complain, talk about people, and fear the worse when it comes to life's situations. If you continue to hang around these people, you will find yourself doing the same thing. At one point in my life I was living expecting God's favor and just being happy. Hearing this message today, I realize down the line somewhere I lost my faith. I pray but I have stopped expecting. This changes TODAY!!!! I am no longer poor, no longer sad, no longer lonely. I will live a fulfilled life with great health, realtionship, and pleanty of healthy babies. The Lord said he will provide and that's what I'm believing.

Job 3:25 says, The thing that I feared came up on me. So if you fear it constantly, it will come to pass and something will happen. So let's live in faith and continue to believe in the great things that God has in store for us. He is Jehovah Jirah.......he will provide for us. With him being my provider, savior, and Prince of Peace.... I have nothing to fear.

Fear is contagious.....stay prayed up and get your vaccinations. Faith is also contagious....expect God to work in your life. Be thankful, grateful, and live in expectations! He did it for others, why will he not do it for you? He is a God that will never fail you.

Prayer: Father God in the name of Jesus. Lord I just want to thank you for this message on today. Thank you for your favor upon my life. Thank you for being a providing God and a loving God. I thank you for all you've given me. Thank you for helping me reflect back on my life and realizing that I lost it somewhere but now I have the opportunity to try again for you are a God of a 2nd chance. Lord, thank you for what you have in store for me and thanks you that my mind will be right in order to receive these blessings. I thank you for family, my house, cars, children, and loving husband, and everything else you have in store. It is in your gracious and holy name I praise you and wait in expectation. Amen

Hey, the Lord gives 2nd, 8th, and 144th chances. I am the last person who is "right". He loves me in spite of my faults and I am happy about that!! Let's thank God for another day!!

God loves inspite of faults.

While listening to the daily message from Joel, I started reflecting on my past mistakes and failures. I'm not perfect and I try not to pretend to be. I am human. I have made mistakes that I am ashamed of. I am so glad that God forgives in spite of. Just because we have made a mistake or failed, God won't give up on us. He'll still bless us. He's not just the God of "Perfect" people but the God of "Imperfect" people too.

God understands that we make mistakes. He knew the mistakes before we even made them and he also has provided detours for our lives. He just wants us to confess to him and ask for forgiveness. Jeremiah 33:3 states "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great unsearchable things things you do not know." He knows everything about us. He has a plan for us.

I have beaten myself us and also gotten to the a point in my life where I feel like I have messed up to the point where there is no forgiveness. I'm so happy and grateful that the God I serve is a God that forgives no matter what. Everyday I thank God for forgiving me and giving me another chance to get things right. I have shaken off my mistakes and I look forward to God for keeping me, blessing me, and forgiving me.

So what is it that is weighing you down? Shake it off and allow God to forgive you. He did it and continues to do it for me. I'm sure he'll do it for you. Allow God in your life.

Your Destiny Supersedes Your Mistakes.

October 10, 2009

God is truly an amazing being in my life! I thank him for having me in the place that I am. I am far from perfect but I am very appreciative of where he has me. I may not be a millionaire, a mom, a wife, or a glamorous superstar, but I am a daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin, friend and one of my most favorite accomplishments, a TEACHER.

I just wanted to share the word that I got from Joel Osteen today. The title of the message was You are blessed and not cursed. The main idea, DON'T LET YOUR HEREDITY AFFECT YOUR DESTINY. God loves us all and he has provided us with seeds of faith, favor, love, goals, and many many more things. It is up to YOU to tap into to these seeds. So what your family isn't perfect, you have no father, no one loves you,your mom died when you were young, or whatever other excuses you have. You came thru your mom but you came FROM the Almighty Heavenly Father. He has great things in store for you but you have to do your part.

We all go thru hard times and feelings of defeat, sadness, loneliness, depression, and just feeling that life SUCKS. Don't get stuck in this rut. The enemy fights you not for where you are but because he knows exactly what is coming your way. He doesn't want you to be blessed. So what should you do? Waddle in your sorrow or praise him in advance for what's in store. U decide that.

Numbers 22:12 says, "What I have blessed, they cannot curse." No need to explain, I think this is self-explanatory. Stay in faith thru the good times and bad times. It will get hard, stay in faith. It is easier said than done but.......you have to keep on keeping on! He has a plan for you but you have to carry it out. He has prepped you, are you ready?? Nothing the enemy says can take God's blessings from you........fight for it, Fight for it, FIGHT for it. He won't leave you or forsake you.

This is a message for me. I am easily intimidated and fearful at times. Today I am empowered and reminded that there are great things in store for me. I'm not going to let parents, enemies, or my past affect my future God is strengthening me, preparing me, and using me. It may take a little longer to become a perfect Christian but, I am changing.

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