GRAMMY TIME

A little outdoor time with Grammy

Ellie is using her scooter she wants a razor like her cousin the one with hello kitty on it.

Noah is still working on his peddling skills and he loves his rubber boots

He loves to smile and has a great fondness of his Grammy 

They love popcorn and a movie

Ellie loves to help in the kitchen. She is making fresh squeezed orange juice.

She also helps with the clean up. They both love to visit Grammy so it is nice we live only 3 blocks away. Soon they will be old enough to walk over on  their own.

Great to have such precious kind loving grandchildren.

MOVING

SAD BUT TRUE!!

ONE INTHE BODY OF FAITH

Hebrews 3:13

Encourage one another daily

1Corinthians 12:25

Care for one another

John 13:34

Love one another

James 5:16

Pray for one another

1Thessalonians4:18

Encourage one another with your words

Romans 15:14

Admonish one another

1Thessalonians 5:11

Edify one another

Mark 9:50

Be at PEACE with one another

Clay will harden if we stop molding it and let it sit alone. If we stop being kind and encouraging one another exalting each other to rightness we let our hearts harden. We must keep our hearts mailable and our minds teachable. If left alone our hearts will harden. If we are left alone without the company of believers we open ourselves up to sin. Satan will use our circumstances to decieve and mislead us .He tries and give us a false estimation of ourselves. We must trust our promises from God who loves us always.

Don't let your be harden

Don't let satan decieve you 

Choose today to walk like Jesus walked. 

Let's choose not to be like the self righteous Pharisee.

Blessings to as you seek to follow Jesus.

SPIRIT OF REJECTION

We all feel unloved or rejected by someone in our life. We must learn how to overcome rejection in the right way. Otherwise the feeling of rejection can change how we make decisions. It changes how we treat people around us.

Unhealthy ways we deal with rejection:

1. We avoid the risk of rejection ( we don't try anymore)

God will never use us unless we risk being hurt. We need to be wise about choosing the people we are close to but we must take the risk. Sometimes we may need to be open and honest about our opinion when it comes to the truth of our faith and this will bring rejection of others but we must be true to God not people. We must not react to rejection we must express ourselves through love and kindness.

2. We deal with rejection with anger and aggression 

3. We feel hopelessness and despair

Our hearts are broken.These people get sick more and die from diseases more because they have nothing to live for. Satan is responsible for planting the spirit of rejection not God

4. We become over sensitive to rejection and become dependent on approval of others.

We can become people pleasers to an unhealthy degree. We must stand up for what we believe and where God wants us to be even when others don't agree . This is part of real life not everyone is going to agree with you. Some May chose to reject you.

Overcoming rejection:

1. Base your life on Gods perfect love and study Gods word to learn what it says about you.

Don't be controlled by people but by Gods perfect will for you. God will never leave you or forsake you. God doesn't bring you the feeling of rejection satan does. If we base our life on human love we will be scarred and disappointed. Only God can fill that void with His perfect love. God is committed to you. Words don't define commitment, trouble does. Bad times define commitment from others not good times. People will fail you during bad times. God will be with you at both times good or bad. He is dependable. Hebrews 13 helps us understand  some of this. 

2. Persue relationships with fellow believers who have a healthy walk with God. 

Christians are suppose to be different. Pursuing a Christ like life. Christians friends should be there for you when you are struggling, not run away or condemn you. Christians have a different value system. You should be able to count on these friends not to reject you. They might challenge you if your moving in a wrong way but they should be loving ,kind and faithful.

3. We should expect rejection and not take it so personally

Luke 6:22-23

We must stand up for what we believe is right through Jesus Christ even when it means rejection is possible. God is always faithful.

4. Forgive those who reject you and give them Gods love and acceptance in return

Luke 6:27-31

When Gods love is flowing on the inside you can rise above your circumstances. You can smilie when they frown you can love when they hate you can bless when they curse you. God has forgiven us from our past, present and future. We are called to do the same. When we overcome the spirit of rejection with our faith and love in Jesus Christ. Because God has forgiven us we have no chice but to forgive others no matter how they have offended us.

May God Bless you on your journey !

PERFORMANCE LOVE

Ephesians 2:1-10

There are two ways we can look at how God loves us

Uncondtional love which is the correct way or Performance love wich is the wrong way.

Performance love tells me these things:

Jesus loves me but there are conditions. His love is based on my performance

I have to earn his love by what I do. Always trying to please Him.

When I please Him I feel loved

When I don't please Him I feel rejected.

We have to understand that God loves us always in our good times as well as our bad times. When we have performance love we only feel Gods love when we are performing well and it leaves no room for failure. When we fail we feel rejected by God and He doesn't love me. This has nothing to do with what God is . It has everything to do with your feelings. God is not asking us to feel guilty. He is asking us to be thankful. Jesus paid the price when He died on the cross for everyone . We don't need to add our guilt to it. When we fail, we need to ask forgiveness and stop doing what ever it was. You can't keep on living your life in guilt.

If God who is all loving does not always love, accept and value me then how can I believe I am valuable  and loveable ? 

With performance love I don't believe I am a loveable valueable person

I don't trust others who say they love me

It is difficult to accept love from others

There is a feeling of rejection if I let them in and of course they do.

We then can start using the worlds standard to prove to others we are worthy. God loves us all the same. There are no conditions.

With performance love we need strokes and feedback from people to prove to ourself we are loveable. We become dependent on constant affirmation from others just to get through the day. The problem is only God can fill this void we are looking for. We get ourself worth from God and He never fails us.

Performance love makes me put impossible demands on people who do love me. We frustrate them. We can't be satisfied with what they give us. We don't let them be honest or confront us. If we did we would have to change and believe we can't do anything to earn Gods love. We become consumed with ourselves but we are blind to it. Our actions become more about who loves me and who I think does not. We try to please people by doing what we think is good to those we think deserve it. This gives us the feeling of " I earned it". There is nothing we can do to earn Gods love. He gives to all unconditionally by his mercy and grace. We need to stop worring how to avoid rejection and learn how to build loving, lasting relationships.

The only way to recover from addictive behavior is to know who we are in Christ. We must believe we have worth and value because Jesus died for us. We need to be rooted and grounded in Gods love. This is truly all you need. Once you accept this you can move forward knowing God has your back. People will always fail you but God never does. He loves you and He knows what is best for you. You can stop the people pleading merry go round. Hit the stop button and get off. Start trusting God today for the rest of your journey .

May God Bless and keep you as you seek to honor Him.

BIRTHDAY

My birthdays just around the corner and I recieved and early gift. Sometimes these little surprises show how much someone really cares.

I love it!!