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Caught Off Gaurd

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Have you ever been driving and right before you are about to change lanes you had to immediately swing back over to your lane to save you from a head on collision because of the car that was in your blindside that you never saw coming? A blindside normally accures when something comes up along the side of you and you are unaware. Thank God that I had a quick reflex that kept me out of an accident. There are something’s in life that will catch us totally off guard because we never seen it coming and we end up hitting it head on. Sometimes the signs are there, but we either ignore them,  look over them  or we are looking in a totally different direction and we don’t even notice it and preced anyway because we think the path is clear. The good thing is, though something’s may catch us by surprise it doesn’t God because he already knows. No matter how many times in the life that we may make the wrong decisions that may lead us down the wrong path, it’s never to late for us to get back on course.  It may delay us to our destination, but we are never denied access. It is up to us to learn from our mistakes so that we want repeat them again and no matter how bad the damage and as painful as it might be, we are never damaged beyond repair. Take what you have learned from it  into the next season in life. Pay attention to the signs and make sure that your view is clear before proceeding to the other side.

Change Is Necessary And IT Begins With Me

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I was reflecting back to when I was working in Home Care as an Administrator about 5 years ago and thanking God for where he has brought me from. Although I know that I have a lot more growing to do what a difference a couple of years can make.  You never realize how far you’ve come until you look back. That was a time in my life  I hated change so much that it would literally make me cringe. I had what you would probably call “a tunnel vision” There was only one way which was mine and I was comfortable with where I was. If it didn’t make sense to me or if I didn’t feel it in my spirit I wasn’t ok with changing and didn’t really care who knew it. Even though I was good at what I did because I was so blinded by the truth of what was really going on inside of me I was not only hurting others around me, but I was slowly over all killing me. “A Mess”  Though not everyone saw me in that light and even when I tell others of my experiences they doubt my stories because of who they know me to be now. I started not to like the person that I was becoming and began to do some soul searching. As the Lord dealt with me I realized that up until that point I had gone through so many changes and transitions in my life I began to resist any type of change. Overtime I began to build up walls of anger that became resentment, that turned into bitterness and unforgiveness. Most of the things that I had experienced in my life weren’t all goo

d. Matter of fact they were very painful. In most cases I wasn’t given an option nor much of a way out.  The greatest thing that happened to me though was the moment when I learned the power of forgiveness. As the Lord began to change the process of my thoughts than my perspective began to change.  It changed my life forever.  Then as I began to see the fruits of it, that even when things happen that are beyond my control or they don’t turn out the way that I had planned because my perspective has changed I am able to get through it. I know that whatever God allows to happen in my life is all working together for a greater purpose and for his glory.  God sometimes allows things to happen in our lives because he knows what it will take to get us to make the necessary changes that he needs for us to make and sometimes it’s just to save our lives. Everything that has happened in my life no matter how painful it has been, it pushed me to become better and because I made and continue to make the necessary changes within my life I am able to move forward.  Change is inevitable.  Change your mindset and your posture will follow.

Under Construction

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Every morning I drive my girls to school which is about a 2 hour commute each day.  One morning on the way to taking them to school one of my girls said, “Moma how long are they going to be building on this highway. It seems like it is taking forever and now the road is all curvy and I don’t like that” I laughed because that just came out of no where and her expressions were so serious.  I responded to her by saying, I’m not sure how long it might take.  Sometimes it may take awhile depending on what they are trying to accomplish. This is a major highway and they can’t close it completely down so they have to do it in stages.  She then went on to say, I’m just ready for them to get it over with. All I could do was agree with her. They were currently making 4 lanes on both sides of the highway to help elevate heavy traffic.  They added a bridge on one side, but in order for them to work on the other side they had to change the direction in which we would normally go. This is what my daughter was experiencing and was having to adjust herself from what she was use to.  The constructors put up all kind of warning signs, flashing lights and clear directions prior to coming to it. This is so that you will know that you are approaching an area where there is construction and you are about to experience a change in the road pattern that you will need to drive with caution.  I remember when we first had to experience this, I like my daughter  didn’t like it either. After awhile I adjusted to the change even though I still may not have been completely comfortable or ok with it. I didn’t like what I was experiencing, but I realized it was necessary.  It is amazing the constructions that I have seen whether a highway, intersection, a house or a building and although while during the beginning stages you wouldn’t understand the reason or could only imagine what it would look like at the end.  Once the construction was over and it was clear to access, what you saw was more than what you expected. Even still you would have to enter with caution because it was a new area or surrounding that you would have to adapt to the change. God has away of doing just that.  He will redirect your life and sometimes it is without warning or notice.  It makes absolutely no sense at the time especially when you are fine where you were.  You could be at the point of what you call arrival and then here comes the signs, the signals, the lights that will let you know that your direction is changing.  I don’t know about you, but sometimes when that happens to me I’m kicking, screaming and having my tantrum like God haven’t I been through enough already. I can see God looking at me with his arms folded saying, “Okay are you done now”  Sometimes the reason for the construction in our life is because there are still some places in us that need to be healed, things we still need to learn before entering our next season or there could simply be things in us that God is trying to bring out.  No matter what it maybe are we willing to go through the process to become better. We never know how long it may last or take, but it is necessary.  He knows the plan for our life and all we have do is trust him and follow his lead.  When we turn the construction of our life over to God, he always builds something beautiful.    Phillipians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that he who has began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” The best of you is yet to come.

Lord Make Me Over

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Rebuild Me by J Moss

Make Me Over By Tonex
I think that the Transformers is probably one of my best Action movies. I am fascinated with their whole transformation from a vehicle or air craft into these unbelievable creations. You would have never thought all of that was built inside of one. It all came out when they were ignited by a greater force than themselves. I think about the process that it had to take to even create something so great and for every thing to function properly. I am sure there were a lot of mistakes made and retakes. They had a vision of the final process and though it took a lot of energy, time, investment and sacrifices they did what was necessary to complete the task and reach their goal. Nothing is given without sacrifice. In order for God to save the world He had to sacrifice His only Son. If you aren’t willing to make the sacrifice for “IT” 9 times out of 10 it want come to pass. I will have to admit I am not one who has the best vocabulary, may not use the best pronunciation or even the best diction, but I am at this point in life that I am willing to do whatever it takes to better myself for where God is taking me to. I sometimes more than not find myself getting tripped up on words that are similar in appearance but their meanings are different, like won’t and want. I know what I want to say at the time, but then when I’m getting it out it may come out the wrong way. Now I’m trying to go through the process of transformation. Transforming and undoing years of wrong learning, teaching and bad habits that I’ve picked up along the way. Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve been doing wrong until The Lord sends you someone along your path to not only tell you, but also showing you and helping you through the process. A lot of people want to tell you your wrong doings, but never show you or help you through the process. In this process we have to be willing to accept corrective criticism and be open to change. Not everyone is out to hurt you or hope that you will fail. I hadn’t always been in that place to accept or receive that. It would actually make me cringe. The problem wasn’t so much other people as I thought, but it was what I thought and how I viewed myself. I walked around with a wall up, guarded and on the defense feeling the need to protect myself because of things I experienced all the way down to my childhood. I thought that it was helping me, but it was only hurting me and left me broken and damaged goods. When I finally made the choice to forgive the process of my thinking began to change which changed my life. Though this process hasn’t been easy and it is a day by day sometimes minute by minute step I can not only see but feel the change in my life. Sometimes you have to get sick and tired of being sick and tired not so much of other people I was sick of ME. The transformation ALWAYS begins with the individual. The day I began to sacrifice myself up to God was the day my life changed forever. #CLEANTHISHOUSE

What Your Feeding On Could Eventually Feed On You

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Almost 3 1/2 yrs ago I found out I was Gluten intolerant so I had to go Gluten Free. What is that actually, what does that intel, what does that mean for me? I have never heard of such a thing. I felt it was the worst timing ever to try to change and adapt yet to another thing.
After doing my research I found out that if I didn’t get it under control that it could eventually turn into Celiacs Disease which could lead into cancer. I also found out a lot of the symptoms that I had been dealing with for well over 7 yrs may have been a result of that. At that time Gluten intolerance was uncommon and not very common when I found out about it. I am a person who doesn’t like to take a lot of medicine, so the best thing I could do was change my diet. No more wheat, whey or barley which was in just about everything. The 1st year was sooo hard for me. It was almost like going through rehab and going through the periods of withdrawals. I couldn’t do fried foods, most sweets or pastas. I lost a lot of weight which I didn’t need to lose. I had to look at all ingredients when I shopped and when going out to eat I had to ask. The things that I started to notice were having very little to no headaches, abdominal pain, constipation, depression, fatigue, etc. My thinking was clear, I felt my energy coming back, I was feeling better than I had felt in years, I was getting my life back. After being on it for a while I could tell if I ate something I wasn’t suppose to because those symptoms would come back. Sometimes it would affect me right away or it would be several days after consumption. I think about how we eat off of or consume the things that aren’t good for us. Unhealthy and ungodly life styles, relationships, the things we allow others to dump on us, what we even speak out of our own mouths. We know what it will or what it would eventually cause down the line, but yet we still do it. The things that produce outwardly in our lives are the things that already existed and was growing on the inside. Whatever you feed the most is what will grow. If you don’t want to see it manifested in the future then watch what we intake today. Be careful the things you inhale good or bad will come back out eventually and will double sometimes triple it’s size of consumption.#CLEANTHISHOUSE