Saturday, May 24, 2014

Finding Me

 Approach each new day with desire to find Me. Before you get out of bed, I have already been working to prepare the path that will get you through this day. There are hidden treasures strategically placed along the way. Some of the treasures are trials, designed to shake you free from earth- shackles. Others are blessings that reveal My presence: sun-shine, birds, flowers, friendships,answered prayer. I am still richly present in it, Search for deep treasure as you go through this day. You will find me along the way.

                                             (Colossians 2:2-3; Isaiah 33:6)
                                                       "Never give up hope" 


 Thoughts are very powerful. We can make things worse if we keep believing the worst. When things get bad, it may feel as though nothing will get better. Especially if things happen in three's. It usually does for me. One thing can't just go wrong. It ends up being three things in a row sometimes more. We need a vision in our life and we need to focus on that vision.

 Believing in your vision is a way to attract what you want in life. Having a clear vision of what you desire in life, evokes a sense of excitement. It's natural to have fear of the unknown. We can't see in the future but we can control our mind set. Don't hold yourself back because your afraid or you've been hurt. Acknowledge your fear, accept it, and walk through it with confidence.  Letting go is like a mental, emotional, and spiritual delete button. It doesn't change what happened, but it removes the event's power to continue hurting you. Until you make peace with your painful memories, the pain will bleed into your future.

 When a crisis happens, it can be so terrible that you believe it will never get better or end. Life's issues can be very hard to deal with especially if you don't have friends to help you through it. It can seem so very dark and lonely. I can't count how many times I thought my life was over. I even wanted to end my life. I've had several things happen at once and just couldn't see that light at the end of the tunnel. I was confused why God would allow all this to happen and it just seems like blow after blow. I had no money and I lost my kids. I had to leave my husband because our arguments were getting worse. He would throw things at me and if I didn't duck, he would have hit me in the face several times. But after being a Wife and Mother for seventeen years and than you wake up the next day to no longer being that, that was very scary and hurtful. I was very lost. I had a reason to wake up every day having my kids. Now, it kills me to not be with them.

 I know things will get better but you sometimes don't see how they can. My life is no stranger to problems.
You can't just look at your issues. They can be solved somehow and if you don't see it now, you will soon. Things will start going in the direction you want them to. Just have faith and keep the hope. Dark days will come, you just have to keep faith to get through it. Talking constantly about what you don't have or what has happened can become a habit. Think positive and have faith. Speak about the good in your life. Be grateful for another day. Do things that make you feel alive and focus on those things.