Let’s just take a minute to get real. With each other and with ourselves…
This is something that’s been on my mind the last couple of weeks and just would not let me be until I wrote this post. It’s regarding the process of evaluating our hearts, minds and thoughts. I think the start of the New Year is what triggered it. I was thinking about the year ahead and the things I want to accomplish. I was evaluating my life, but then the Spirit spoke to me and asked me what I was doing to evaluate my heart.
I think it’s something that is healthy for us to do, to actually stop and take a good hard look into our thought processes and to be more intentional about what we think and how we act. Do you let just any old thought pop in there and run amok? (Amok, amok, amok!!) Unless you are evaluating your thoughts and sorting out the good ones from the bad, that’s what will happen. As a result darkness, chaos and disorder can start to set in. Continue reading →
New Year’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year, and not just because you get to lounge around in your PJ’s, eating snacks and watching The Twilight Zone marathon all day. No, no, there is far more to this day than that! It’s a day where we get to reflect on the years gone by, and think about what we want to accomplish in the future.
Can you do this any day of the year? Of course. But there’s just something about the beginning of a new year that makes all things seem possible. Like all of our dreams are finally going to come true. Continue reading →
Typically I am an easy-going, lighthearted type of soul, but all of the violent acts that have been occurring recently have given me a heavy heart. It is incredibly sad to see so much violence between our fellow mankind.
How has this country gotten so out of hand? How have we as a society become so hateful towards each other? I really feel that these recent events should serve as a wake up call to us all.
There appears to be so little love in this world that one might doubt its existence entirely.
But friends, I am here to tell you that it does exist. It is just the acts of the hateful ones that get all the attention. But when I see the caring souls coming to the aid of those in need, the people that give their time to comfort the hurting, donating their money, supplies, even blood…this is when I see that, in fact, love is still alive and well. Sadly, it sometimes takes tragic events like these to see it.
Make no mistake, we are at war. Perhaps not one that we can see with our eyes just yet, but a war none the less. Love is under attack. Goodness and kindness are under attack. The evil ones of this world want us to believe all hope is lost, but it isn’t.
For those of us with caring hearts full of love, now is the time to show it. The world needs to see that now more than ever. Whatever kindness, love and light we can put out into the world, do it with all your might. Don’t buy into the fear mentality. For we need to overcome the darkness with light, the light God has given each of us. Through our love towards others, prayers and acts of kindness, He will be magnified and this world will be healed.
So go, pay it forward. Let someone know you care. Give them a kind word. Offer something to someone that could never be repaid. You never know just who may need it. Through our acts together, we can change this world. It is up to us to make the difference. No one else.
Sending love and light to you all. If there is anything you would like me to pray for, please let me know.