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“This is the best time of year to start with a new attitude. This is the season of joy, the time to express gratitude.”

~Joel Osteen

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Hope all of my beautiful readers are having a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Where ever you are, know that you are loved.

This truly is the most wonderful time of the year!

 Celebrate this time of year and the people you are with.

May you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Go in peace.

~Elle

 

 

Scripture Sunday: Luke 2:10-14

 

Forward Friday

 

Please go through your day with a little extra Christmas spirit! Forward kindness and a little additional cheer…and watch the magic of Christmas unfold!

A Bit More…

 

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”

~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

 

Christmas

 

You can’t deny that Christmas is special; A certain magic is released in the air this time of year. I encourage you to be bold in your prayers this season. Go to God and let Him know everything that is on your heart and allow Him to work out something special for you. God always wants to be good to us, and this is the perfect time of year to soak in HIS goodness and expect and declare HIS goodness in your life! You never know when a Christmas miracle could happen!

Get with God

 

Never feel bad or embarrassed about whatever situation you’re facing; sometimes people just won’t understand or relate. We’re all facing something at some point. Get with God and allow Him to work in your life so that you come out stronger when your situation is over. Don’t worry about what other people think and allow God to mold you into the person you’re meant to be!

Monday’s Mantra

 

 

I believe that God has a way to help me through my situation.

 

God is my answer for everything!

 

 

Scripture Sunday: Sing Joyful Noise

 

Psalms 5:11-12

 

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

Take Time

Take time today and enjoy where you are at, who you are with, and what you are doing. Time can go by so quickly, and before you know it, the day, the week, the month is over; was there any joy?

Even the have-to-do honey-do-list, can be done with joy…it’s all in the way you approach your time. Find ways to make your chores fun. Let stress and worry go so you can relax. Enjoy the moment and don’t worry about how everything is going to work out. You can find the joy if you slow down and take time.

 

Forward Friday

Forward kindness as you move through your Friday!

You have so much love and light, and people around you need to see it!

Shine bright today and help someone who needs you!

Happy Friday!

Tis the Season!

 

Tis the season to be jolly!

Are you jolly? We are definitely in the thick of the holiday season. This is the time of year where so many people and communities have gatherings, parties, gift sharing, parades, homemade cookie swaps, caroling, secret Santa’s, hot chocolate, and family traditions that has been started or passed down from generation to generation. There is so much to do and participate in this time of year! Are you participating?

Be jolly and have some fun participating in the joy of the season. It’s up to you to make the most of what the season has to offer, and as reviewed the season has a lot to offer!

No matter what you may be going through in your life, look for the bright side of things. Don’t let life bring you down and let circumstance still your joy…put a smile on Santa’s face by embracing everything you do have! Let your joy and holiday cheer be as bright as freshly hung Christmas lights. Throw on your favorite Christmas sweater and spread some cheer; be an inspiration to someone else who may have the humbugs. We still have plenty of time left of the season to turn any frown upside-down, so…Fa LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!

Monday’s Mantra

 

I declare that today is going to be a great day!

 

 

Scripture Sunday

Hebrews 12: 1-2

"Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

² Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God."

Forward Friday

 

Happy Friday, Readers!

Hope everyone has a great day to kick off an even greater weekend! Remember, today is Friday, and on Friday’s we like to use today as a day to forward some kindness in the world!

Move through your day with the intention to forward extra kindness!

You’re Beyond Genius!

 

 

 

Tears

Go Through

Monday’s Mantra

 

I will enjoy my life!

 

 

Scripture Sunday: Thank You, God

 

Psalm 28:7

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.”

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Many reasons to be thankful…not just for today, but all year long!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

~Elle

If You Want To Be…

 

 

 

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Monday’s Mantra

 

 

I believe that God is turning things around in my favor.

 

Scripture Sunday: God is Good

 

Psalm 100:5

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

Forward Friday

Forward kindness everywhere you can today…

It can all start with just one simply act of kindness that creates a domino effect of help, gentleness, and instilling hope!

Happy Friday, Readers!

                               

20/20

 

The presence of God and HIS love for you are ever present.

He is with you and looks at you with such great...
love, adoration, and hope.

Don’t let the distractions of the world pull you away from that 20/20 vision He has towards you.

Monday’s Mantra

 

I believe that God is directing my steps.

God is going before me and opening up the right doors for me.

 

Scripture Sunday: Got Fruit?

 

Galatians 5:22-23

 

 

 

 

Forward Friday

Forward kindness on this Friday!

Make sure that you help someone today, regardless the size of the help. We all need help from time to time…so keep your eyes open and spot someone who may need your help!

Happy Friday!

~Elle

Rest of God = Don’t worry

 

Life can cause us to be so anxious.

We can easily worry about when something is going to happen.

We fret over how long we have to wait.

We can worry about how everything is going to come together.

Frustration can pile up over closed doors when we’re waiting for the right one to open.

Confusion can set in our minds when we had plans to go right and life made us go left.

With all the anxiousness, worry, fretting, figuring out, frustration, and confusion, there is an answer.

The answer to our situations is to rest in God.

What does rest mean?

Rest means that we believe in God so strongly that HE is in control, that we don’t allow our minds to have draining emotions.

Believe that God is working in your life, because HE is.

Believe that God will do the best for you in your circumstance, because HE loves you and wants the best for you.

Rest in God knowing that HE can make a way when there seems no way, and that you will follow HIS prompting when HE shows you what to do.

Hebrews 4:3

 ^{3 “}For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest…”

Really

I really understand that the phrase, “Don’t Give Up,” is common and used to ease the mind to those who are seeking some form of a breakthrough.

Really common phrases, because of their commonness can lose its impactful-ness. But really and truly, I say to you, Don’t Give Up!

If there is any area in your life that you want to see change, you want to see growth, you want to have healing and peace over, then don’t give up on seeking the answer.

Now, God is our answer to everything, and HE has a plan to help you, but you can’t give up.

If you really want change, then don’t give up. If you really want healing, then continue to seek God and seek the way HE wants to take you through your situation; you WILL go through your situation and come out better on the other side…really!

Monday’s Mantra

 

I trust God’s timing!

Scripture Sunday: Joy

 

 

 

Forward Friday

 

You know what day it is!

It’s forward Friday!!!

Go out there and do something great for someone!

Happy Forwarding,

Elle

Love Again

"Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again."

~Taylor Swift

 

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"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong.

The amount of work is the same."

~Carlos Castaneda

 

 

Wouldn’t you Agree?

 

Our last Scripture Sunday post was quite a long read…

wouldn’t you agree?

But, the reason I chose that scripture, is because of the wonderful points that are written with such poetic flow; if you really read that scripture carefully, I think you would agree.

The scripture that was posted is Psalm 139…

It is such a great awakening moment of realizing how much God is with you, knows you, and is here to guide you and lift you up.

I think that you would agree with me when I say that knowing God formed each one of us and HIS wonderful thoughts towards us out-weigh the grains of sand, is something we should focus on; especially on our cloudy days.

Really comb through Psalm 139. Open yourself up to how much God loves you and understands you. If we all focused on the goodness of God, HIS presence in our day, and HIS divine order to our steps, we would all be living a little more freely and peacefully…wouldn’t you agree?

Monday’s Mantra

God is opening the right doors for me...

and

closing all of the wrong ones!


 

Scripture Sunday: Psalm 139

 

 

Psalm 139:

 

“Director of Music. Of David. A Psalm.”

 

 

 

1 “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.

5 You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Forward Friday

Quote of the Day

 

"Nothing in life is to be feared,

it is only to be understood."

~ Marie Curie

 

 

Preach, Audrey!

Monday’s Mantra

 

God has a good plan for my life!

 

 

Scripture Sunday: Dear John

John 10:10

“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance to the full, till it overflows.”

 

Here Comes the Sun

 

We all need a champion in our life who is willing to fight for us; A person who is there to help lift you up when you’re feeling down. You need a person who is willing to listen to your heartaches. We all need someone in our lives that will be there to tell you how great you are and remind you of how much you have to offer. It’s important to have a support team. If you don’t have a champion of hope in your life, turn to God. Let God be your champion. Read the bible and learn what good things God has to say about you. It’s even more important to recognize that you can be that person to someone in your life! Be kind to the people around you…you might just be the only ray of sunshine they see that day.

 

 

 

Forward Friday

Today’s Joy

 

Try to enjoy your life today and let go of the worries of tomorrow. Don’t try to figure out what’s going to happen next or stew over how everything is going to come together.

Just enjoy.

Enjoy today!

 

The Keys To…

 

Want the keys to success?

Okay, good…then keep reading!

Change can happen if you want it, however, don’t seek change in others…seek it in yourself!

Whatever change it is that you wish to have, you can have it by doing two things. Yes, I will give you the keys to change!

The first key is prayer.

Go to God in prayer and ask HIM to help you change in the area in which you struggle with. This key is most important because God wants to be involved with everything in your life. Everything! God wants to help you, and HE has the ability to heal and restore you in wondrous ways. If you try to change yourself all on your own, in your own strength, in your own ability, it will surely drain and exhaust you. Self-mastering will leave you frustrated, so invite God in to help you.

The second key to seeing change in your life is study.

Yes, study. Once you invite God into your situation, start to study. For example, if you want to see change in a relationship and you know that it will require some forgiveness, first, go to God and ask that your heart opens up for forgiveness; then start to do some research (study time) on forgiveness. You might want to find a good book that deals with forgiveness, you might want to look up scripture about forgiveness and mediate on those scriptures. Maybe you could talk to a trusted member of your church or bible study group about the importance of forgiveness.

Whatever holds you back, whatever you struggle with, whatever area you want to be better at and come up higher in, follow these instructions; take these keys and unlock yourself!

Monday’s Mantra

 

God is always here to help me!

My Request

Dear Readers,

I have a request for you, my reader...

 

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~Elle

Quote of the Day

 

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg."

~C. S. Lewis