Who Does God Bless?

I was talking to God the past few days about those that are not saved (haven't accepted Him as Savior yet) and those that are in His family --- some unsaved seem to have the same blessings as those that are saved, how can that be?

One of the things He told me is 'when you have a passion you will spend your time on that (sewing, gardening, volunteering, music, cooking, exercise, etc)

Since you put a lot of time and work into that one thing, you will have a harvest whether you are saved or unsaved - atheist or Christian. When you work at something you are giving it your best attention and labor.

So now I think I'll study and talk to God about what it means to be blessed as a Christian.

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Matthew 5

Your Life Seems Perfect

Someone said to me the other day, 'on Facebook your life seems to be perfect.' That kind of threw me so my first thought was - 'how can they think that/' and the Lord said, 'because your life is perfect in Me.' Oh!! As I continued talking to the Lord, I began to wonder why it bothered the person that my life was 'perfect', why couldn't they be happy for me?  I'll never forget someone saying to my husband and me - 'I've never met anyone like you.' They were commenting on how we didn't let things pull us down, we remained positive and joy-filled.

So my thoughts continued.......
In this world, in my flesh, I do not have the 'perfect' life. Gosh darn it, God gave us all free will !! So because some make wrong choices, I will not have the 'perfect' family, 'perfect' friendship, 'perfect' marriage....are you shocked??!! Do you realize we do not have 'control' over other people?  Therefore our lives will never be 'perfect' in the worlds eyes or in our fleshly eyes. And those that say they do are lying....in this world and in our flesh there is no 'perfect' anything.

Now let me tell you why, in Christ, I do have the 'perfect' life.
I believe God's Word, I have faith - I trust God!
No matter what isn't right in my life right now I trust God with it. I know what His Word says and I will speak it, pray it and believe it.
If we continue to whine, get angry, try to control other people, control everything.....that's NOT faith. Think about it.

Every now and then I like to post on my facebook page that I do go through test and trials (Bible says we will) because I don't want people to feel I have it all together, I don't want them to get discouraged.  But the reason I don't post - waaaa this happened and waaaa I have this pain or whatever is going on, is because I do not want to speak it (or type it), I want to speak (type) thanksgiving because in that, all the things that aren't going right are getting put where they belong - at the foot of the cross for Jesus to take care of. My focus is on what God has done and what He is doing. I have faith God is true to His Word.

The joy of the Lord is my strength. I can tell you that knowing this has made a huge difference in my life. No matter who attacks me or my family, no matter what happens at my job, home, finances, etc - I rejoice in the Lord and in His goodness and I walk by faith - in that I have joy unspeakable, deep inside, and it brings a peace and a Helper that keeps me from doing or saying things I should not do or say. The Holy Spirit helps me speak His Words to others and to myself. All the while, when the flesh wants to freak out, I have this amazing peace and joy inside me.

So, yes I guess I do have the 'perfect' life, because that life is in Jesus Christ. And I trust Him in all things. I will continue to praise Him and not let man or woman steal my joy, my hope, my faith!!

So what you see on my facebook page is someone who knows what faith and hope can do and chooses to be positive and lean on the Lord instead of leaning on facebook to complain and use my words to bring discouragement or fear which is a lack of faith.

Let Everything That Has Breath

My husband and I were sitting by the campfire along the side of the lake at Starve Hollow State Recreation Area.
We had enjoyed our day immensely and were pleasantly worn out.

In the stillness we began to hear different sounds.
After listening for awhile I commented.........................

'Do you know everything we hear right now was created by God and names by Adam?'

A time of worship and thanksgiving followed in our hearts as we continued to listen to God's sounds.

Psalm 150:
      Praise the Lord.
      Praise God in His sanctuary;
      praise Him in His mighty heavens.
      Praise Him for His acts of power.
      praise Him for His surpassing greatness.
      Praise Him with the wounding of the trumpet,
      praise Him with the harp and lyre,
      praise Him with timbrel and dancing,
      praise Him with the strings and pipe,
      praise Him with the clash of cymbals,
      praise Him with resounding cymbals
      Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
      Praise the Lord.

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