Hello Beloved,
Today my heart is very heavy. I just need a friend today. So many things going through my mind today.. I think , have I become so selfish I don't help anyone? How can I help them I ask myself.. I don't rightly know the answer to that. One of the things I have on my heart right now is,, What are you doing to HELP the Jews and Christians in the world today? Are you just sitting in the comfort of your own place and doing nothing? What are you willing to do to help those who are suffering because of their faith? Will you help? Are you willing to suffer with them? Do you not know that it may be you soon who is to suffer for what you believe? Do you REALLY want to serve the Lord Jesus Christ today? It is getting pretty scary out there now , if you profess your love of Christ Jesus. Are you REALLY willing to DIE for your faith? So, do you even understand what is going on in this world ? What about things you should know that are happening all around you, are you paying attention to them? You love the Word of God but do you really? Are you willing to do what it says? To LOVE your neighbor? Who is my neighbor? Is it just next door to my house ? Or is it whomever is near me? Who is my enemy? Am I to REALLY love them? What am I suppose to do? Is prayer enough? How do I help someone who is on the other side of the world? IS prayer enough? I do not know the answer to any of these questions, not really.. I do know that I profess out loud right now.. I BELIEVE IN CHRIST JESUS, I LOVE HIM. I WANT TO SERVE HIM,, I want to do the right things.. BUT is that enough? How can I help? If you read this and you have any answers please share them with me.. I am very confused right now.. I think way to much.. Have you got answers your willing to share? Will you be my friend today? I am asking for help with these weighty questions.. I know Jesus is coming and it is soon... I just want to be ready to hear Him say "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
Thanks to all who read this and have answers.. I appreciate your help.
Vickie , a confused sister in Christ.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Repentence, Judgement, The Book of Life
Hello Beloved,
I have just finished reading a book by Dr. David Jeremiah, called AGENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE. The last chapter of the book is called " THE JUDGE" . As I was reading it something inside of me stirred up and I felt the need to repent all over again... .
When you repent how do you do it? Do you say something like this; Father forgive me of all my sins , and then say Amen or do you stop and look inside and make a list and ask forgiveness of each offense? Well, I wasn't really sure how I was suppose to do it so I decided after reading this chapter to start all over again and repent.
Matthew 5:16 " let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
We should not use this verse to say something like .... Hey look at what I did! I gave so and so money, or I stopped and gave the man at the corner asking for food, food. When you start to brag on yourself , then you have just received your reward..
It's the little things we forget to ask forgiveness for.. example... You just ran a red light, you went over the speed limit, ran a stop sign... thinks like that ... You broke the law when you did it.. What about cussing that driver out who pulled in front of you, calling people names, throwing trash out of the window of your car.. Has someone ask you for something and you lied about having it? What about plotting against someone? Ever done that? What about using the computer to watch porn, or read a magazine with porn? Have you let your mind go and have a dirty fantasy? What about hardening heart against someone or something? Have you ever done anything like this?
I have. So after reading this chapter in this book ... I had some serious things to own up too. Have you ask for forgiveness for the things you think are insignificant to you but are not to God?
You may not know the impact of what you do or say around someone until it is to late to take it back... So, we need to be extra careful how we act or how we speak when we are around people.. Remember, even if your alone, Jesus Christ knows. We really do not have any secrets , you can lie to self but you can not lie to God.
There is a book called " The Book of Life." and YES! it is real! Is your name written in there or has it been blotted out? You don't know? Well, then it is time to REPENT of your sins .. Big ones, little ones, and insignificant ones.... and MEAN IT. I want to hear " Well done, thou good and faithful servant'. Not; " I never knew you". I want to be in the light not the darkness.
YOUR LIFE MATTERS. How you live your life matters. In the end your life choices will determine where you spend eternity; with Christ Jesus or without Him.. YOU are the one making the choice.
Anyone not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire.
So the choice is yours to make , don't wait long because Jesus is coming soon!!
Remember to smile : it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
God Bless you. in the love of Christ Jesus , your sister in Christ, vickie
I have just finished reading a book by Dr. David Jeremiah, called AGENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE. The last chapter of the book is called " THE JUDGE" . As I was reading it something inside of me stirred up and I felt the need to repent all over again... .
When you repent how do you do it? Do you say something like this; Father forgive me of all my sins , and then say Amen or do you stop and look inside and make a list and ask forgiveness of each offense? Well, I wasn't really sure how I was suppose to do it so I decided after reading this chapter to start all over again and repent.
Matthew 5:16 " let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
We should not use this verse to say something like .... Hey look at what I did! I gave so and so money, or I stopped and gave the man at the corner asking for food, food. When you start to brag on yourself , then you have just received your reward..
It's the little things we forget to ask forgiveness for.. example... You just ran a red light, you went over the speed limit, ran a stop sign... thinks like that ... You broke the law when you did it.. What about cussing that driver out who pulled in front of you, calling people names, throwing trash out of the window of your car.. Has someone ask you for something and you lied about having it? What about plotting against someone? Ever done that? What about using the computer to watch porn, or read a magazine with porn? Have you let your mind go and have a dirty fantasy? What about hardening heart against someone or something? Have you ever done anything like this?
I have. So after reading this chapter in this book ... I had some serious things to own up too. Have you ask for forgiveness for the things you think are insignificant to you but are not to God?
You may not know the impact of what you do or say around someone until it is to late to take it back... So, we need to be extra careful how we act or how we speak when we are around people.. Remember, even if your alone, Jesus Christ knows. We really do not have any secrets , you can lie to self but you can not lie to God.
There is a book called " The Book of Life." and YES! it is real! Is your name written in there or has it been blotted out? You don't know? Well, then it is time to REPENT of your sins .. Big ones, little ones, and insignificant ones.... and MEAN IT. I want to hear " Well done, thou good and faithful servant'. Not; " I never knew you". I want to be in the light not the darkness.
YOUR LIFE MATTERS. How you live your life matters. In the end your life choices will determine where you spend eternity; with Christ Jesus or without Him.. YOU are the one making the choice.
Anyone not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire.
So the choice is yours to make , don't wait long because Jesus is coming soon!!
Remember to smile : it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
God Bless you. in the love of Christ Jesus , your sister in Christ, vickie
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Today's Decision Determines Tomorrows Destiny
Good Morning Beloved,
This is true for every single person who is born:
"TODAY'S DECISION DETERMINES TOMORROW'S DESTINY"
Quoted from James Merritt.
Luke 16: 19-31
You did not get to chose your family tree, nor what you look like, not the color of your skin, eyes, hair, BUT you do get to chose where you will spend eternity. You choose even when you don't choose. So, if you think by not choosing you can just slide by then you have made your choice.. A no choice is a choice. .
You either chose to live for the world created by God, or you chose to live for God who created the world. Your choice.
Do you want to be carried or buried when you die? Your choice.
There is a big difference.. look at v. 23. The beggar ( Lazarus, meaning God my help or In God I trust) was carried away by angels. The rich man was buried. Beggar had nothing while alive EXCEPT the love for God... Rich man had everything, EXCEPT the love of God.. So carried or buried? Your choice.
You need to listen to God.
The rich man wants Father Abraham to send Lazarus back to warn his five brothers about the torment of the place he is in.. Abraham tells him , they won't listen to Moses and the prophets ; they won't listen to someone raised from the dead... Now, does that sound familiar? Jesus was raised from the dead ; and is EVERYONE paying attention ? No. So if you are reading this message and you don't chose, then you have chosen.
Faith comes by HEARING the Word of God.
" But not everyone who hears the Good News has welcomed it, for Isaiah the prophet said " Lord, who has believed me when I told them? " Yet faith comes from LISTENING ( my emphasis) to this Good News, the Good News about Christ."
Romans 10:16-17 From the Children's Living Bible
Jesus died for our sins.. He loved us that much. So , today you need to chose who OR what you love the most.. Remember!!
'' TODAY'S DECISION DETERMINES TOMORROW'S DESTINY " James Merritt
I prayed that you will make the decision to follow Christ Jesus .. If you need someone to pray with you or just to talk to you.. Here I am.. contact me here on this post and I will answer you ... I promise.
Remember: Smile , you are the most beautiful when you do...
your sister in Christ, vickie
This is true for every single person who is born:
"TODAY'S DECISION DETERMINES TOMORROW'S DESTINY"
Quoted from James Merritt.
Luke 16: 19-31
You did not get to chose your family tree, nor what you look like, not the color of your skin, eyes, hair, BUT you do get to chose where you will spend eternity. You choose even when you don't choose. So, if you think by not choosing you can just slide by then you have made your choice.. A no choice is a choice. .
You either chose to live for the world created by God, or you chose to live for God who created the world. Your choice.
Do you want to be carried or buried when you die? Your choice.
There is a big difference.. look at v. 23. The beggar ( Lazarus, meaning God my help or In God I trust) was carried away by angels. The rich man was buried. Beggar had nothing while alive EXCEPT the love for God... Rich man had everything, EXCEPT the love of God.. So carried or buried? Your choice.
You need to listen to God.
The rich man wants Father Abraham to send Lazarus back to warn his five brothers about the torment of the place he is in.. Abraham tells him , they won't listen to Moses and the prophets ; they won't listen to someone raised from the dead... Now, does that sound familiar? Jesus was raised from the dead ; and is EVERYONE paying attention ? No. So if you are reading this message and you don't chose, then you have chosen.
Faith comes by HEARING the Word of God.
" But not everyone who hears the Good News has welcomed it, for Isaiah the prophet said " Lord, who has believed me when I told them? " Yet faith comes from LISTENING ( my emphasis) to this Good News, the Good News about Christ."
Romans 10:16-17 From the Children's Living Bible
Jesus died for our sins.. He loved us that much. So , today you need to chose who OR what you love the most.. Remember!!
'' TODAY'S DECISION DETERMINES TOMORROW'S DESTINY " James Merritt
I prayed that you will make the decision to follow Christ Jesus .. If you need someone to pray with you or just to talk to you.. Here I am.. contact me here on this post and I will answer you ... I promise.
Remember: Smile , you are the most beautiful when you do...
your sister in Christ, vickie
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Lament : Get Ready
Good Morning Beloved,
Hi, it has been awhile since I last wrote to you.. I have been reading out loud to my house from the Children Living Bible since January.. I am not very far into it yet ... I have just this morning finished Lamentations... That is what is on my mind today.. In the book of Jeremiah it speaks about what will happen to Jerusalem if they don't change what they are doing.. It talks about all the wrath of God and what will happen to them, if no change. It speaks about how the people believed and listened to the false prophets and the lies they spoke. It then goes on to tell us what did happen because they refused to change.. Lamentations tells us how they lamented..
LAMENT: to express or feel deep sorrow; to regret deeply
So, after the fact... they felt regret and sorrow. While I was reading this I thought about my own country and how we have done the same as Jerusalem did in the time of Jeremiah.. We have believed and listened to all the false prophets of our day and have not changed the way we do things.. We are following in the footsteps of old. We should listen to the past and learn from it. Why don't we? We should be repenting of our sins and not just keep on believing that it won't happen to us. Worship of idols is what Jeremiah talks about.... What is the idol we worship today? OURSELVES. We think we can do anything we want and that we won't have to pay any price for it... Well, we are WRONG.
If God punished Jerusalem the city he loved.. What makes us think we won't be punished too? Please, as you go about your day today pray for our country and the people in it... Please know that I am praying for you and my country.
God Bless you and I pray that all will repent of their own sins and accept Christ Jesus as your Savior today.. He is coming soon.. Please get ready.. My heart is very heavy for souls... It is real, Jesus Christ is coming soon..
With the love of Christ Jesus , your sister in Christ , vickie
Hi, it has been awhile since I last wrote to you.. I have been reading out loud to my house from the Children Living Bible since January.. I am not very far into it yet ... I have just this morning finished Lamentations... That is what is on my mind today.. In the book of Jeremiah it speaks about what will happen to Jerusalem if they don't change what they are doing.. It talks about all the wrath of God and what will happen to them, if no change. It speaks about how the people believed and listened to the false prophets and the lies they spoke. It then goes on to tell us what did happen because they refused to change.. Lamentations tells us how they lamented..
LAMENT: to express or feel deep sorrow; to regret deeply
So, after the fact... they felt regret and sorrow. While I was reading this I thought about my own country and how we have done the same as Jerusalem did in the time of Jeremiah.. We have believed and listened to all the false prophets of our day and have not changed the way we do things.. We are following in the footsteps of old. We should listen to the past and learn from it. Why don't we? We should be repenting of our sins and not just keep on believing that it won't happen to us. Worship of idols is what Jeremiah talks about.... What is the idol we worship today? OURSELVES. We think we can do anything we want and that we won't have to pay any price for it... Well, we are WRONG.
If God punished Jerusalem the city he loved.. What makes us think we won't be punished too? Please, as you go about your day today pray for our country and the people in it... Please know that I am praying for you and my country.
God Bless you and I pray that all will repent of their own sins and accept Christ Jesus as your Savior today.. He is coming soon.. Please get ready.. My heart is very heavy for souls... It is real, Jesus Christ is coming soon..
With the love of Christ Jesus , your sister in Christ , vickie
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Spirit and Flesh
Hello Beloved,
I just saw someone who was telling me about her husband and all the things he is going through. Things like boils, cracked toes and cracked foot. He has already lost eyesight and a leg . She said she had talked to her granddaughter and told her " look at Grandpa , you don't want this to happen to you." What is it that has happened? Diabetes.
With just finding out about my struggles with Diabetes, this was all hitting home.
What to do to take control of my struggles? Watch your weight, your food intake, exercise. These are things that will help to control this disease.
It is like that in your spiritual life too. You need to watch the weight, food intake and exercise. How? Watch what your spirit man puts into himself.. Do you watch smut on T.V., computer or maybe your phone? What about the things you read? Are you reading things like Harry Potter or other mystical and make believe books? Or do you put good things into your mind, like reading scriptures everyday? God's Word is a wonderful way to start the day off. When you put all the wrong things inside of your spirit it is like the diabetes , you become sick.. Life starts to weigh you down. Wrong thinking, wrong acting, wrong everything! Just like when you put all the wrong things into your body and you become sick with disease. You need to exercise your spiritual man just like the physical man... you need to learn how to walk in the Spirit just like walking in the flesh. You are the one in control.... So, today do yourself a favor and start taking care of both the flesh and the spirit.
Remember to smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
God Bless your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
I just saw someone who was telling me about her husband and all the things he is going through. Things like boils, cracked toes and cracked foot. He has already lost eyesight and a leg . She said she had talked to her granddaughter and told her " look at Grandpa , you don't want this to happen to you." What is it that has happened? Diabetes.
With just finding out about my struggles with Diabetes, this was all hitting home.
What to do to take control of my struggles? Watch your weight, your food intake, exercise. These are things that will help to control this disease.
It is like that in your spiritual life too. You need to watch the weight, food intake and exercise. How? Watch what your spirit man puts into himself.. Do you watch smut on T.V., computer or maybe your phone? What about the things you read? Are you reading things like Harry Potter or other mystical and make believe books? Or do you put good things into your mind, like reading scriptures everyday? God's Word is a wonderful way to start the day off. When you put all the wrong things inside of your spirit it is like the diabetes , you become sick.. Life starts to weigh you down. Wrong thinking, wrong acting, wrong everything! Just like when you put all the wrong things into your body and you become sick with disease. You need to exercise your spiritual man just like the physical man... you need to learn how to walk in the Spirit just like walking in the flesh. You are the one in control.... So, today do yourself a favor and start taking care of both the flesh and the spirit.
Remember to smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
God Bless your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
Monday, April 27, 2015
Glimpse Into Change: Part 4
Hello Beloved
TEMPERANCE: Self- Control. I am so learning what this means.. I have learned that I have to have self-control because of the Diabetes.. I will not let it beat me.. I am in this for the race for the prize: LIFE ETERNAL. I want to win this race not as the fastest or the best, I just want to win for the prize of EVERLASTING LIFE spent with my Jesus.
I have lived almost 62 years and I should have known better. some of us learn faster than others, some of us (ME) are just slower at figuring it all out.. We are all in the same race. It is called life, and I pray that we all finish it with the prize before us .. ERTERNAL LIFE .
In Ecclesiastes 9:11
" The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong"
1 Corinthians 9: 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receive the prize, so RUN that ye may obtain.
Hebrews 12:1
" let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
In Lamentations 3:22-23 ( paraphrased)
" His mercy is renewed every morning."
Lamentations 3:25
" The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him."
So for me the race is on and strong going.. I plan on finishing this race.. The race called Life. Not just because of the Diabetes but mostly because I really want to have ETERNAL LIFE with Jesus.
Now, about FAVOR . Now who would have ever thought that losing your hearing could be favor? I do. I am not able to hear a lot of what is going on around me and I am able to keep my attention on God. To me the hearing loss is being able to be shut in with God all the time. I love it!!!!
The Diabetes is scary ( it is a life sentence without parole) but it is not near as scary as being in hell without my Jesus. I am learning that God is in control of everything.. Just like what I have told you today. God was the author not me. He just used me as a tool to write this.. New Tongue, that what it is. God speaking but using me as the instrument of speech. In closing I would like to say a prayer with you.
Dear Lord Jesus
For all who will hear this or read this I pray that you would speak to their heart and open them up to working on the relationship that they want with you. I pray that they will ask you in and pour you a cup of tea and have a nice long chat with you. I pray Father that you would bless each one today. I thank you for always being with me even when I didn't believe it, and for helping me to change. I love you Lord Jesus and I pray your will be done. In Jesus name Amen.
Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ has made a huge difference in my life.. I would not change it now for anything. Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share with everyone you meet. God Bless. your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
TEMPERANCE: Self- Control. I am so learning what this means.. I have learned that I have to have self-control because of the Diabetes.. I will not let it beat me.. I am in this for the race for the prize: LIFE ETERNAL. I want to win this race not as the fastest or the best, I just want to win for the prize of EVERLASTING LIFE spent with my Jesus.
I have lived almost 62 years and I should have known better. some of us learn faster than others, some of us (ME) are just slower at figuring it all out.. We are all in the same race. It is called life, and I pray that we all finish it with the prize before us .. ERTERNAL LIFE .
In Ecclesiastes 9:11
" The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong"
1 Corinthians 9: 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receive the prize, so RUN that ye may obtain.
Hebrews 12:1
" let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
In Lamentations 3:22-23 ( paraphrased)
" His mercy is renewed every morning."
Lamentations 3:25
" The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him."
So for me the race is on and strong going.. I plan on finishing this race.. The race called Life. Not just because of the Diabetes but mostly because I really want to have ETERNAL LIFE with Jesus.
Now, about FAVOR . Now who would have ever thought that losing your hearing could be favor? I do. I am not able to hear a lot of what is going on around me and I am able to keep my attention on God. To me the hearing loss is being able to be shut in with God all the time. I love it!!!!
The Diabetes is scary ( it is a life sentence without parole) but it is not near as scary as being in hell without my Jesus. I am learning that God is in control of everything.. Just like what I have told you today. God was the author not me. He just used me as a tool to write this.. New Tongue, that what it is. God speaking but using me as the instrument of speech. In closing I would like to say a prayer with you.
Dear Lord Jesus
For all who will hear this or read this I pray that you would speak to their heart and open them up to working on the relationship that they want with you. I pray that they will ask you in and pour you a cup of tea and have a nice long chat with you. I pray Father that you would bless each one today. I thank you for always being with me even when I didn't believe it, and for helping me to change. I love you Lord Jesus and I pray your will be done. In Jesus name Amen.
Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ has made a huge difference in my life.. I would not change it now for anything. Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share with everyone you meet. God Bless. your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
A Glimpse Into Change: Part 3
Hello Beloved,
Galatians 5:22-23
It is the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: LOVE , JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE
In relationship to eating and my life.
LOVE: We all know about that one, I love my husband, children, family, church family ect... ME. I LOVED FOOD! I loved it 230 pounds worth!!
Joy: Not a lot. Not even in the food I was eating. I ate to eat.
PEACE: What is peace? I was not even peaceful in my choice of eating whatever I wanted. I just did not have any joy or peace. I really needed to find them , but they just seemed elusive ( hard to grasp)
LONG SUFFERING: ( Patience) I did not have much. I wanted everything to be instant ...like food, quick and fast.
GENTLENESS: ME? No not always. There is more than just kindness here.
GOODNESS: Me? Kindness, virtue, generosity... Again not always
FAITH: oh, yeah. I had lots of faith for YOU! but not for myself.. I could trust for YOU ! not for me.. I was just not good enough..again.
MEEKNESS: Not inclined towards anger or resentment: patient and mild. again not me.
TEMPERANCE: ( Self-control) I really lacked big time in this one. I had NO self-control.. Not in my eating habits or in my temperament. I ate what I wanted and did the same with my mouth, spoke what I wanted. Both were wrong.
But like everything in life , there is a up and a down, right and wrong, good and evil.. So with me the other side of Galatians 5:22-23 is this.
I am in a learning phase of life. I am making progress but I still make mistakes too.
LOVE: This one has not changed much.
JOY: I am learning to rejoice and be glad in the place I am right now. Today no matter what.
PEACE: I am learning that my peace is the security I get from knowing that Jesus Christ loves me even when I am not so loveable. It is a time of quite and listening to God. ( hearing loss)
LONG SUFFERING: This one is probably the hardest one for me of all the Fruits of the Spirit.
Long suffering : bearing injuries, troubles, patiently for a long time, endurance of trials; I do that but, FORTITUDE: ( this is with the long suffering) is , firm courage, patient, endurance of trouble or pain, forbearance ( self-control) . I am learning to have fortitude, having firm courage to stand for what I believe in and the forbearance or self -control. It is a hard battle, but one in which I will fight to the end of my race.( life)
Gentleness: of good birth, refined , polite, generous, kind, tame, Just a few words to describe gentleness. I am of good birth, not only from my mama and daddy but mostly because of my REBIRTH into Jesus Christ. I will certainly try to more of the others, generous, kind, tame, Please just bear with me as I learn all this new behavior.
GOODNESS: I am getting this one even as I write this all down. FAVOR. More in a minute.
FAITH: Hope, trustworthiness, fidelity ( devotion to duty)
My faith has grown by leaps and bounds in the past several months. Not only for you but for me too. I live in hope now trying to be faithful in my devotion to duty as a wife, mother and child of God. By learning and spreading and listening and doing and learning how to grow in faith.
MEEKNESS: Mildness, humility ( humility: the state or quality of being humble; acts of self-abasement) WOW! Humility means humble, humble means not proud, modest, knowing one's shortcomings. Yeah!! I got this one for sure. I KNOW ALL OF MY SHORTCOMINGS.
Galatians 5:22-23
It is the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: LOVE , JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE
In relationship to eating and my life.
LOVE: We all know about that one, I love my husband, children, family, church family ect... ME. I LOVED FOOD! I loved it 230 pounds worth!!
Joy: Not a lot. Not even in the food I was eating. I ate to eat.
PEACE: What is peace? I was not even peaceful in my choice of eating whatever I wanted. I just did not have any joy or peace. I really needed to find them , but they just seemed elusive ( hard to grasp)
LONG SUFFERING: ( Patience) I did not have much. I wanted everything to be instant ...like food, quick and fast.
GENTLENESS: ME? No not always. There is more than just kindness here.
GOODNESS: Me? Kindness, virtue, generosity... Again not always
FAITH: oh, yeah. I had lots of faith for YOU! but not for myself.. I could trust for YOU ! not for me.. I was just not good enough..again.
MEEKNESS: Not inclined towards anger or resentment: patient and mild. again not me.
TEMPERANCE: ( Self-control) I really lacked big time in this one. I had NO self-control.. Not in my eating habits or in my temperament. I ate what I wanted and did the same with my mouth, spoke what I wanted. Both were wrong.
But like everything in life , there is a up and a down, right and wrong, good and evil.. So with me the other side of Galatians 5:22-23 is this.
I am in a learning phase of life. I am making progress but I still make mistakes too.
LOVE: This one has not changed much.
JOY: I am learning to rejoice and be glad in the place I am right now. Today no matter what.
PEACE: I am learning that my peace is the security I get from knowing that Jesus Christ loves me even when I am not so loveable. It is a time of quite and listening to God. ( hearing loss)
LONG SUFFERING: This one is probably the hardest one for me of all the Fruits of the Spirit.
Long suffering : bearing injuries, troubles, patiently for a long time, endurance of trials; I do that but, FORTITUDE: ( this is with the long suffering) is , firm courage, patient, endurance of trouble or pain, forbearance ( self-control) . I am learning to have fortitude, having firm courage to stand for what I believe in and the forbearance or self -control. It is a hard battle, but one in which I will fight to the end of my race.( life)
Gentleness: of good birth, refined , polite, generous, kind, tame, Just a few words to describe gentleness. I am of good birth, not only from my mama and daddy but mostly because of my REBIRTH into Jesus Christ. I will certainly try to more of the others, generous, kind, tame, Please just bear with me as I learn all this new behavior.
GOODNESS: I am getting this one even as I write this all down. FAVOR. More in a minute.
FAITH: Hope, trustworthiness, fidelity ( devotion to duty)
My faith has grown by leaps and bounds in the past several months. Not only for you but for me too. I live in hope now trying to be faithful in my devotion to duty as a wife, mother and child of God. By learning and spreading and listening and doing and learning how to grow in faith.
MEEKNESS: Mildness, humility ( humility: the state or quality of being humble; acts of self-abasement) WOW! Humility means humble, humble means not proud, modest, knowing one's shortcomings. Yeah!! I got this one for sure. I KNOW ALL OF MY SHORTCOMINGS.
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