Your talents will make a way for you

i kid you not, they will--- There's a kid that does dub stepping that has become viral on U Tube I'm imagining it may have gone this way: likely started off by just dancing with his buddies on the street every day- then someone took out their iPhone, videoed it and said let's post this - you're awesome, see what happens--- next thing you know, over a million people have viewed the video, he's then gotten the attention of celebrities, appeared on many talk shows to perform---

If you do not hide your light under a bushel, other people will see your particular gift.  Think of others and how they got started-- you're NO different!

Proverbs 18:16    A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Follow Me

                                           

     Follow Me and I will make you, Make you what you cannot be. Make you trustful, loving, godly, Make you even like to me. AUK

Why can't you see it MY way, Jack??

     There are times that we are so sure of ourselves, but in actuality, we're likely seeing only half truth - Are we responding with a soft answer that turns away wrath? Or are we reacting to the other person, even before they speak? If we had a tape recorder to listen to ourselves in the conversation, would we have reason to be proud or ashamed?

      I remember years ago my sister taped me and my daughter without my knowing- when I went back to watch it with a smile on my face, expecting to laugh, I literally went away in shame and broken hearted in the way I'd spoken to my own child- ever since then, hard lesson tho it were, I've tried to weigh my words to others since- I've made many a mistake and put my foot in my mouth many times- but oh the joy when I do get it right! Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

But Lord, this hurts so much!

                                       

      When it hurts so much you feel like you can hardly breathe or that you could just die-you've got this pain in your heart that doesn't want to go away- memories that nag at you whether you want them to or not-some people have panic attacks, or deep depression, a word that barely describes what you're feeling- nothing anyone says really helps, not really-- maybe you have an idea that if this or that would happen, that's what would make it all go away--but what about the next time something painful happens? How will you handle it then? Or is it that just maybe our Father in Heaven wants more for us-like being strong and happy DURING difficulties? Hardening us to difficulties is what I would want for my own children; how much more GOD wanting that for US?

     The very middle verse of the Bible is Psalm 118:8 "It is better to take refuge in The Lord than to trust in man." If we weren't actually ABLE to take refuge then He wouldn't have said it- therefore it IS POSSIBLE-- so how is it done? How can we take refuge in someone we cannot see? Because for one thing, He is real!

     There have been so many times when I've cried out to Him and I felt Him, I've heard Him so strongly there was no doubt in my mind it was The Lord- "But from there you will seek The Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul." Deuteronomy 4:29 In this life, as long as we live, there will be trials, tribulations, but also good times, happy times, JOYFUL times---Our hope is to find out for ourselves that He is with me always, I am never alone-- and to be able to say, "Father, I need your hug!" And be aware of His presence-

Those irritating splinters~

     "I can't get anything out of this closet!" or "This is how hoarders get started, by just throwing things into a closet because they don't wanna pick them up." I could just hear it in my head...So I better clean it out before it happens.
   
      While I'm tossing items out into the bedroom to make room for organization, I picked up a wicker Easter basket and in the process of forcing it into the Easter colored storage container (which should by now be up in the attic), a sly splinter just slid right into my index finger. YOWZER! Off I go to find a tiny needle that won't hurt much while trying to scrape away the skin so's I can finagle a bulky tweezer to remove the thing. Gotcha!

      That made me think of those irritating issues in our lives that, if not removed from our innerds, will make our lives miserable, tiny tho they are. Irritations such as cutting comments from a stranger or loved one; worries; health issues; the list goes on...
   
      What has worked for me, to name a few, is someone listening to me, or random scriptures or songs that just seem to release me like a pair of tweezers...But when I don't deal with it, such 'minor' things can really upset me. By upsetting I mean, depression, crying, sulking, thinking less of myself, thinking less of others ---No matter what others may tell us, we're all the same...we all have the same temptations, there is nothing new under the sun, the Bible says. Let us deal with these splinters, before they deal with us too long. I Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Comparing our voice to a bird's

      Every bird in God's creation has a beautiful song and together, or alone, they sound so soothing-or annoying...like a crow, for instance. I love to go outside under the trees and listen to the different sounds - Or even listen to a CD of collected bird songs...they sometimes take me back to when I was a little girl at my grand-mother's house - She had a green thumb and flowers were everywhere - She would break bread crumbs on our visits for us to toss out to the birds and we would run back inside and watch from the picture window in the kitchen as they would peck away at their food- Good ole days..

      We each have a sound, a voice...lessons we've learned in our lifetime...we're all different but together we are a magnificent handiwork of our Creator- We can learn from one another - Do we hack like a crow which can be irritating, by forcing others to abide by our demands, or are we easy to listen to, maybe like a Mocking Bird...

      I would like to use this blog to share with you - I am in hopes that my writings will make a difference in your life- I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of God, asked Him into my heart in 1974 and was searching for Him long before that- I'm half a century old now (gosh that sounds ancient!), I've been through a thing or two...perhaps you can glean from my life...my own testimony is a rather full one.

      But we'll take it slow...No need to rush things...I've got the time to spare, so I will "sing my song", and hopefully it will be easily entreated, as they say... Ecc. 5:2 KJV "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Col.3:16 KJV "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."  This is a good start...has a sweet sound to me...