What book are you reading right now?
Most people in this twisted world are looking for hope. Hope and kindness.
We watch the news and all we see is destruction and desperation.
I pray I bring kindness and love into the lives of everyone I touch and interact with.
May God use me to bring love and hope to others.
I have been blessed with four intelligent, beautiful and independent daughters.
This was my goal!
This was my desire.
I never wanted them to suffer the heartache and stress I had experienced.
I prayed, I worked hard to make sure they had a good stable life.
We went to church every Sunday as a family. Something I never experienced as a girl growing up. My daddy would not go.
I failed though to show them love and affection. I didn’t know how.
They never wanted for anything. Not an extremely luxurious life, but an extremely blessed life.
I had never known love and affection. My mother did not know love and affection. Only anger and frustration.
My mother worked hard to met our basic needs. She did everything for me and my brother. Everything she did was to provide us with opportunities she never had, but she didn’t know how to show affection.
“Things” without love only produce confusion, resentment and constant fear of rejection if performance doesn’t met expectations.
Let your loving be greater than your providing and giving. Let your love be supportive and encouraging, but also filled with the discernment of the Holy Spirit – not your desires!
One of the best accomplishments you can achieve is accepting the fact that often you are the problem in our life,
We had rather believe everything and everyone else is causing our misery. We cry to anyone who will listen “If my boss had given me the promotion I applied for I wouldn’t be behind on my house payment.”
Watching a football game today we all were pointing fingers at someone for their poor performance and lost. It’s so easy to point fingers.
Democrats and Republicans pointing fingers blaming each other
for the mess America is in.
Husbands and wives blaming each other for the problems and troubles they face. Instead, we should be crying out “fix me Jesus!”
We all should be getting the board out of our own eye instead of focusing on the speck in everyone else’s eye.
When we are sick we go to our primary physician to be checked. We describe to the physician the problem and issues we are having. The physician will make an evaluation and then gives you a diagnosis and treatment recommendation. Sometimes the issue is a virus or illness brought on by elements outside of our control. There are other times our diagnosis is based on failure to follow a healthy diet and lifestyle. In those circumstances the physician will recommend we make changes to improve and eliminate our problem
Holy Spirit be our Primary Physician show us the areas in our lives we need to change.
I am willing to change – I know it begins with me!
Describe a family member.
Today was a hard day for my frail 85 year old momma. Dementia has consumed her strong independent mind and body, weakened and confused her.
Today I lay in the bed beside my little 4’11” momma. I held her in my arms and apologized for not always appreciating or understanding her. I told her how much I loved her.
My momma was a fireball before this horrible disease consumed her life. She could be hard and as a young girl it stirred up strife and resentment within me.
Later when I became a working mother with children and the stresses of life wore hard on me -my understanding and appreciation of my momma changed from resentment to love and empathy.
Now after six years of caring for her I can’t imagine life without her. The circumstances of life are so heart wrenching. The best we can do is learn from our mistakes, treasure special moments and love others.
May you love more each day.
How much would you pay to go to the moon?
How much would pay to go to the moon nada! Zero! Not a dime!
“ Turn me loose set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana!”
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?
I use to believe church attendance determined your love and dedication to God. I no longer believe that at all.
I believe church attendance should be a part of our relationship with God but it definitely should not define our relationship with God.
Our relationship with God should be personal. It should be a daily searching and seeking to know God in our everyday lives.
The 37 miracles Jesus performed were done outside of the temple.
Church connects believers but it’s our responsibility to continually seek to be used by Jesus wherever we are.
We are the church!
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
Living to impress or please others is the greatest mistake anyone can make.
There is a saying “to thine own self be true.” I disagree instead “to the call of God be true.”
Whatever call (gift) God has given you is to be used for His work and glory. What others think of you isn’t important. Fulfillment of your call is all that matters.
When we walk away from our call we become miserable humans. We find ourselves constantly searching for validation in the wrong places by the wrong people.
This is the greatest unhappiness of all – seeking fulfillment and love from those who have no way of filling up the empty hole in our lives. The hole was created when we pushed out the call of God for the favor and validation of man.
For Real, Elaine?! 