Excuses

I would address the issues that hurt me, but if I were to do so you would say I was just being petty, or ignore my feelings, or thoughts because they are nothing like yours'.
All too often this is the words of those who hold things in and go about their lives as all is well. Then one day it erupts into a heart full of hurt and anger and disbelief and along comes bitterness.
Isn't it recorded in history? The Holy Bible, to confront your enemies. When someone wrongs you, go to them in love.It is written by the ones who knew Jesus personally.
We can excuse ourselves right out of a relationship that was meant to grow us closer to our Lord.
What excuse do you have for not addressing an issue or for not hearing the words from those you have wronged?
Leave the excuses out in the cold and go face to face to those who need to hear from you and open your heart to hear how you have made them feel when you acted unconsciously towards their feelings.

Forgiving like Jesus

Every day should bring us a new beginning. New fresh feelings as though yesterday's errors didn't have control. For all the times we throw things in the garbage how many times do we return to gather them back?
Forgiving has always been a problem for me. It was my blanket of protection from future hurt. So long as I held you at arms distance you couldn't hurt me anymore. Wrong my friend. Way wrong. I only hurt myself when I do not forgive.
I work on forgiving and loving like Jesus did. Notice I did say "WORKING"
I pray for you all that forgiveness is something you become very familiar with.

Miss Understood

Often I feel I am miss understood on simply statements. Like the conversation I had recently with a new friend. It is difficult to cross over the threshold of being a mommie and being the mother of an adult. They need you just the same but in a totally different means. My daughters still call daily and we live only twelve miles apart but they don't need me to tell them what decisions to make and how. Advice yes but they are so strong and well informed with what they learned along the way they don't need be to mommy them now just being their mother is great.
Miss understood when I say it is a hard way to separate the child and the adult guidance. I suppose only the other mothers who have previously gone through this is the ones who don't miss understand me.

Ask and Be Ready

I ask in a prayer if I could love like the love Jesus spoke of when he walked this earth. Then it started I was given more opportunities to show love. I was ask to take a meal to a shut in. A lady who had no means of getting out on oxygen and hospis.
It's important for you to know that this lady is my sister and she had taken her life down a path that was destructive and at her on hands she would deny family time. Now she needs a meal, a smile, and I would be the one to carry it out. It went much better than I had thought it might go.
This is when I realized just what it meant when Jesus said to his followers to help the poor. My heart began to think of how many ways I could help her. Because she is my sister? No, because she was in need.
I found myself thinking of excuses for others who made mistakes and bad choices. I began seeing how to love those unlovable people.
Love is a funny thing and if you ask, be ready.

Gifts

Gifts come in so many forms. It is a gift to just sit and chat with the love of your life in the quietness of your home. I would not have received this gift had I not taken time away from writing the story. or cleaning or all the other things we as homemakers do.
Many times I have ask someone to spend time with me and they are too busy. They have no thought of the gift they might have received when allowed the time to enjoy the moment.
A lesson worth holding onto I think when ever possible, when you are invited to spend time with someone it could be a time you will never forget.

Turning a Wrong Into a “Write”!

Turning a Wrong Into a “Write”!

Let Go and Grab Hold

So many times I have held on tight to those things in life that just felt comfortable. They weren't necessarily good for me. They were just familiar with the life actions of the normal.
Although I have learned that when I would let go of a situation, no matter if it was a job, a relationship, or worse control. I would find myself in a better place. A place to grow and be better than I had been before.
The real lesson was when I realised that letting go is the only way I would have the empty hand to "grab hold"
Lesson Learn Be okay with letting go. Then open your hands your heart and your attitude to grab hold.