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I think this is beautifully stated.

Enjoy.

"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."
~ St. Francis de Sales

Quote & Thought

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
~ Sir Winston Churchill

Don’t look at failure as failure; failure is mindfully and lovingly moving you away from something that is not serving your best interest anymore.

Failure has too much of a negative tone to it, but we can change that perspective; look at failure as your compass. You may not know where you belong (just yet) but at least the failure lets you know where you don’t belong…and that’s at least one step in the right direction.

A Sprinkle of Believing!

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

~ The Polar Express

http://www.spike.com/video-clips/4wze43/the-polar-express-sometimes-the-most-real-things-you-can-t-see

And She Walked Away

Trust is an incredibly important element in your spiritual life. The Lord has been dealing with me on trust. I trust the Lord, I’ve seen the Lord deliver on promises, and I’ve been on the receiving side of HIS goodness, so why would I need to be schooled on trust? 

I can say that I trust and believe all day long, but does that show trust? No. Why? Because actions speak louder than words. It’s not enough to just say that I trust; I must also behave like I trust. And to be fully  open, I struggle with this. I struggle because my flesh wants to get answers, and it gets anxious, and I start to worry, and I think about the situation over and over and over again. My flesh needs to get a grip. All the things my flesh wants to do, does not show any signs of trust…but my heart really is in a trusting place.
So what do I do?

I need to become still. I need to ask the Lord to help me get through the day; take one day at a time. When I catch my flesh acting out, I must say out loud, “I’m trusting the Lord with this.” God does not need my help; I can truly trust HIM. 

Mary is a great teacher to me, because she shows me how to deal with trust. The first miracle that Jesus ever performed was at a wedding. The wedding needed more wine. Mother Mary went to her son and asked Him to perform and supply the need for more wine. It is my opinion that Jesus had to be a little nervous to perform HIS first miracle. In fact, Jesus even says to His mother… “My hour has not yet come.”

We are talking about trust. We are talking about our behavior and how we show trust. When we go to our heavenly family, we can trust them to give us what is the best for us. We do not need to beg or figure things out. Trust. Trust that the Lord hears you and is working, and then back off so HE can continue to work. Leave your request with HIM and trust. And once again, Mary shows us just how to do this:

When Mary asked HIM to fix the wine problem, HE hesitated; feeling as if HIS time to perform a miracle has not come. Mary simply and powerfully displayed trust by walking to the servants (waiters) and telling them, do whatever Jesus tells you to do…and then she walked away.

Do you see how powerful her actions are? She asked. She said, “Do whatever HE says.” And then she walked away. It was done; she had enough belief and trust to place the answer, whatever the answer was, in HIS hands…and she showed trust by walking away. It doesn’t say she went and begged Jesus for the wine. It doesn’t say that she went and worried about the wine. It doesn’t say that she got nervous or got impatient. She knew how to leave the request in HIS hands, and she probably went and enjoyed the rest of the celebration in peace…and how did she do this? She trusted and she walked away.

Scripture Sunday

“May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who loved us and in his special favor gave us everlasting comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and give you strength in every good thing you do and say.”

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT

Forward Friday

It’s Friday!

Have a great weekend, Readers!

Remember, this is a day to forward a little bit of cheer in someone’s life.

I forward well wishes and love to all of you today!

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"When you get into a tight place and it seems that you can't go on, hold on — for that's just the place and the time that the tide will turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Hold on and don’t run back; you never know what good thing is on the horizon!