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"I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all."
~Leo Rosten

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

~ Gandhi

Yes, I agree with Gandhi! If you want to see more love, more understanding, peace, joy, or anything that helps with humanity…display that in your own life. If others see you act with more heart, it might inspire them to change too.

Measured Words

Mark 4:24:

“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.”

This is what I’m talking about, people!!! I have talked about the importance of a healthy thought life and speaking habits in past posts. The proof is in the pudding…or scripture, I should say.

It says be careful. Be careful what you hear. Why? It is my belief that what you hear, what you say is a form of meditation. You need to be hearing the word of God, you need to be hearing encouraging, uplifting messages, and God’s promises. Negativity and complaining can become an easy trap to fall into…so be careful!

It’s like the phrase…you get what you give. What you hear, or even what you say will be measured. Do you want to measure negativity? Do you want to measure positivity? Whatever you measure is what you will get, and the scripture says…and even more!!!

Let your faith be measured…

Let your hope be measured…

Let your trust be measured…

How do you measure faith, hope, and trust??? By bringing life to the words you choose to use in your circumstances.

Pray with Cheer

Are you praying for something?

Are you waiting for God to come through for you?

Do you look around and wonder why others get what you’re praying for so easily?

 Remember, that God hears your prayers. Thank HIM for working in your life. And when you see others and you start to feel like, why not me or when is it going to my turn…

Tell yourself this: 

If God did it for them…HE can do it for me!

Don’t give up on prayer. Don’t give up on your dreams. Don’t give up on your breakthrough.

Don’t give up…Cheer up!

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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."~Helen Keller

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Focus on the highlights of your day

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Live in the beauty

Superwoman

If you’re anything like me, you know what I mean when I say, I have a superwoman complex.

I have always tried. I like everything to go well. I want things to run smoothly. I like the feeling that all is right in my journey. On one hand, it’s good to try your best, in all that you do. It is good to strive to be a person of excellence. But, can doing your best actually hinder you?

In my journey, the answer is yes. Yes, putting my best foot forward has hurt me. Validation and love does not come from perfection. Love and validation comes from being God’s son or daughter.

Trying your best can mean you’re trying to control, which in turn means, you are not trusting the Lord to work things out for you.

Learning to let go and enjoy the day sometimes means that you have to give up the need to please; the need to please everyone around you or to please your own needs to feel comfortable.

It is my strong belief that the Lord has told me that I was standing in my own way. This broke my heart. I don’t mean to stand in my own way; my only intent is to have everything go well. But, as I have realized, my need to put my best foot forward has actually caused me to stand in my own way, and blocked God from working. If I stop and relax, trust and believe, and truly lean on the Lord, then I can take the pressure off my shoulders to be superwoman.

If I am truly honest with myself, I can see how my good intentions have in reality blocked blessing from flowing into my life. I need to relax. Do you need to relax? Do we need to surrender more? Do we need to fold our cape up and store it away? Yes. Each day, I will try to surrender a little more, until I have unchained myself from the need to conquer perfection. I remind myself, and I remind you, that everything is alright. The bonus part is…

I‘m a woman of God and that already makes me pretty super!