first part of a Scripture
and I can’t get past it
only few words
yet endless meaning
And you
He made
Alive
Alive
Alive to live not exist
Alive to experience not isolate
Alive to every moment not asleep
Alive to every thought not weak
Alive to discover not ignore
Alive
so live
to experience
every moment
take thoughts captive
and discover who
you’re living to be
it seems every thing in life
has a switch
it’s up to you to turn it
on or off
With all the stuff going on each day, it’s easy to forget to thank God, so yesterday, I had alarms to remind me.
You see, a few days ago, I heard a teaching about thanking God for one minute, seven times a day. Sounds easy, right?!
Well, the first two days, I totally forgot throughout the day, so Saturday night, I set seven alarms, and yesterday, before I knew it, a habit was formed.
In total, I must’ve thanked God for one minute over 12 times throughout the day, and my mind stayed set on good things! It was so amazing!! I’ll still set alarms each day, until it becomes a way of life.
Well, after Friday night’s flop in shopping, Saturday morning was waiting for us to hit the stores, so I woke up early to spend extra time with God, in order to make it through the day.
Okay, here’s some honesty for you. Continue reading
Every once in awhile, I get in shutdown mode, and lately, that’s where I’ve been. You wanna know what’s funny: usually, advice gets me there. Anyway, last week was…how should I word it…tough? Yeah, tough, but Friday evening ended up the night for Scott and I to start Christmas shopping, but it didn’t go well. Continue reading
You know how
You meet someone
Unattractive
Yet the more you get
To know them
The handsomer they become
What if you do things backwards
What if you marry someone
Attractive
Yet the more you get
To know them
The less handsome
They become?
What I thought I knew
Wasn’t
And what I’m finding out
Shouldn’t be
some things in life
aren’t making sense
and that irritates me
because some of them seem bad
yet I know Who God is
and I know His thoughts for me
yet I’m not seeing them
so is this the hallway?
so many doors on either side
but I’m to wait for the one in front of me
so I trust
and live
and ponder
this path
hoping
to walk through
and understand it all
there’s a hope that I’ve been looking for
that’s been all the time in me
not in any one
or any thing around me
but in me
no matter what I choose
I’ll always have hope
there’re many things in life
had I known
I would’ve done differently
but if I’d done them differently
would I still have what I know?
there’s no use thinking ‘what if’
because all that’s happened
has come to be
but there’s use in thinking of today
because that will form your future
if you want change
you have to change
and part of that
is making decisions
Some read by candlelight; I read by Christmas light.
Yesyerday, I listened to Curry Blake teach about meditation and practiced it in my life last night. It something I used to do but pulled away from, since being in Texas, and that’s reading my bible at night.
Over the past couple months, I’ve been reading Narnia books at bedtime…almost trying to escape. Well, this teaching talked about being in the word morning AND night, so I started back up last night.
And wouldn’t you know it: I didn’t have a bad dream! (I’ve had quite a few bad dreams.)
There were other pointers, too, like thanking God for one minute seven times a day and being mindful of who you listen to because words are recorded in your brain.
This morning, I’ve been reading by Christmas light and feel stronger already. He’s building me up for something…maybe Katie leaving…maybe my husband not changing, but regardless, I’m stronger!
through tough times
some friends wanna be
everything to you
and many send out words
of advice
before you realize it
arrows are piercing you
from every side
this morning was different
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