Mom here with some tidbits on life.
Remember...No Matter what you do, where you go or who you become I will ALWAYS love you! I might get angry with something you have done but I still love you. Consequences come with your actions and you should accept them with your head held high and also learn from them. Women are a complicated gender which I imagine no person will EVER figure out. If a woman comes into your life that you have a "fancy" for, treat her with love, honesty, respect and like she is the only thing that matters to you in this world. Don't hurt her just in spite. You are equals in life and NO woman is too good for you and you are no better than any. There will be many not suitable for you and visa versa but that's it you are still equals. God has chosen the perfect woman for you so chose wisely who you marry, imagine you you missed the one God had picked for you and you married the wrong woman, imagine how hard that marriage will be, how difficult it would be because you are fighting God's will for your life?!
Never stop dreaming, Don't ever grow up, don't give up hope and always keep smiling even at the worst of times. Take time to remember the good times and always embrace the bad. Smile at everyone crossing your path because smiles are contagious and everyone needs a lift sometimes. Try not to use the word "hate" it is such a strong word and usually used too loosely and not usually meant to be said.
ALWAYS walk around with your head held high, even if it's faked, no one else will know the difference. Have pride in everything you do and the outcome will always show it.
Remember the ones who love you, remember the ones who you love and do not surround yourself with ones who dwell on the negative they'll only bring you down. ALWAYS remember who you are and where you come from. Don't change for anyone but yourself and even if you do change, remember your roots and they will never change so you will always be able to return.
Laugh at the stupid things, don't cry over the petty, don't build up anger it is not good for the soul. Try not to yell in front of children they are too innocent to be exposed to that kind of pain and they will learn enough cruelty from this world in enough time, they just need to be kids.
Don't let your friends influence you make your own choices in life. whether good or bad they are your own choices and they make you who you are, you are only human and allowed to make mistakes and you will suffer the consequences. Take risks! That is what life is all about, you risk getting out of bed each day so why not push yourself to your own limits safely. Why live vicariously through other people's lives and stories, create your own for others to wish for.
Money isn't everything unless you make it that way and material things take over. Value life not valuables. Store your riches in Heaven not on earth.
If you don't play the lottery don't say"I wish I could win the lottery" Rules are you can't win if you don't play, life is like that is all I am saying, don't actually play the lottery! Life is too short live each day to the fullest. Don't expect other's to do for you when you don't do for others, also don't expect other to do for you what you can do yourself! If you go around saying life sucks, this sucks, I suck then Life WILL suck,It WILL suck, you WILL suck. BUT if you go around saying life's great, this is great, I am great, than Life IS great, It IS great, YOU ARE great!! I will Love you forever and ever no matter what till the ends of the Earth and back!!!
Love
Mom.
A Soldier....you bet I am!!!!
Geeze got home made Borscht for tomorrow, letting it simmer now and then felt the panic to pray did that for a bit, went on Facebook and realized it was for a reason.
This summer had been a bit rough for me and my husband. We have had our struggles with family, friends, finances, following God's lead, our faith....allot of F words I know! But as of recently I have been comforted in most things on that list.
Family...mostly has been on the up slope I think there are hurts that are healing and forgiveness where it needs to be, although some are still not on the good in some situations and others are completely written off in my books that I still love and pray for but do not really care to see. I know they are lost and need my prayer and I forgive them their trespasses BUT I do not need to have them in my life to "feel complete". I have also had some major events take place in the lives of some of our family members that have been very good and light, but some very dark and scary and we are dealing with each thing as it surfaces.
Our Friends, well they have come into the light, I thought for a bit that I was not really uhm...??valued?? as a friend to some and it has come to my realization that it was Satan having a party with my insecurities. I also realize that due to my own insecurities kicked into high gear I was not being a good friend to some as well, I did not reach out to some who were suffering in their own battles and I feel horrible for not seeing passed my own garbage and not seeing those who were hurting. I do want to be better at seeing that when I need to...God please help me with that!!
Our Finances, well that is tough, because things are okay right now, but they are so tight and sometimes I don't feel like I am contributing anything and it seems harder on my husband some weeks more than others to keep us going. We always make it through the cracks with a tight squeeze but there are usually scrapes and bruises from the trip so to speak.
Following God's lead...or our Faith....well this summer we have missed allot of church and have felt disconnected from everything. We took a step back and as hard as it was once we started preparing for the new kick off of serving in youth (a passion Jer and I both have) this upcoming year, things just did not feel right to us. Both of us were struggling to even tell each other what we were thinking because we LOVE the kids we served and we both had mixed feelings about doing it again yet couldn't actually quit. I had realized the first PUSH night we went to that for sure this was not where God wanted us to be and as hard as it was we had to walk away with a clean break, yet I still stay in the Facebook group...??... I just have not actually had the conversation with the new youth pastor that I know I need to. I am waiting on God's timing for that and I KNOW it is coming.
My Faith though is getting all fired up again, I feel it deep within me, a few weeks ago I said out loud that I felt kind of numb to joy or happiness, NOT depressed just lacking somethings that used to bring that extra bliss to my world, and this summer of disconnection was not helping. I attended a meeting for the Women's Ministry I am serving in this year and before I went I prayed that God would change something in me, and make things new again. Well he did, after leaving that meeting I was all pumped up for no particular reason felt really excited for all that this year will bring me and the women we touch. Then I read about counting all He has blessed me with and I got all sappy and felt that sincere JOY again, then the more I pray to open my heart and change how I seen things the easier it is getting again to hear God's calling me; to do things in HIS time and according to His will.
For example tonight after making this soup...and the panic I had to just sit on my couch and start praying, I had no idea what for but just prayed and prayed and cried and thought "are you kidding me God??!!! Seriously? I am crying??!! WHAT for!!?" I went to the bathroom to calm myself and wash my face. and sat down at the computer....WOW....it was needed!!!BIG TIME! an it may not be much to some but MAN God is so powerful and I feel like somebody put some kind of redbull in my pepsi and I feel HIS almighty power through my simple words and tears and I pray it makes a difference!When you think you are a minor blip on Christ's radar and then you have a mind blowing experience that affirms that you are a part of something greater, you are a part of His army, I tell you this; there is nothing like that power running through you!!!
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I feel
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like a SOLDIER!!!!
I liked how a few bloggers have included verses and I think it is a GREAT idea! Consider it copied! I especially thought a few might suit this entry! thanks and good night my reader!
Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Psalm 61:1-4
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:10-12
and finally...
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10
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