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What Are You Thinking About?

10/21/2022

 
​What are you thinking about? 
When our focus is on things of this world more than God’s Word, it chokes out the word and what we are thinking about becomes much larger. What we are thinking on becomes our focal point, it becomes our concern, and our worry! The source of anxiety is based on those things. When we function in that capacity we find our hope is derived from those things rather than God! However when we focus on God ‘s Word He reveals truths to us and by the power of the Holy Spirit He enables us to walk in these truths! A telltale sign that you are walking with the world as your barometer is that your concerns about worldly things are greater than your concerns about things of God! Also in certain situations the voice of the world is what gets your attention more than the voice of the Holy Spirit.
My son ended up sick on a trip out of town. We found ourselves in urgent care and I had to make some decisions. I went home and the Lord lead me to James 1:5, “If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him. But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind. For such a person ought not to think or expect that he will receive anything [at all] from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable and restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].”
The other verse that comes to mind is Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” I wish I could tell you it was simple, there’s a lot of information on both sides of the coin. This is where faith comes in, this is where you lay it down, trust God and listen to the Holy Spirit. Now meditate on the Word of God and block out the noises of the world! Get off the Internet and phone! Look to God, and let Him direct you and make what’s going on clear in your mind and heart.
He loves you and cares about your personal situation!
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Never Again!

10/18/2022

 
​Never again! I want my family to see JOY in me! May I never complain again! Complaining 
Is a symptom of a deeper issue. It is a sign of discontentment. OUCH! Asking some soul searching questions can serve as a good barometer! Where are we putting our trust? Who is our source? What are we living for? If we can say its Jesus, then how can discontentment be in our heart. Crowd it out with the Word of God! Allow the Holy Spirit to transform you from the inside out! 
How realistic is that!? It doesn’t matter how unrealistic it feels, it’s not that we will ever truly arrive! We keep pressing and in that process of going forward lean on the Holy Spirit! I pray my choices will be be better and better. I pray those around me will see Christ shining through me. I cannot do this without Him doing it through me! May people not see me, may they not remember anything that I so cleverly say. May they remember what I said that pointed them to Jesus Christ! May I never again yield to the flesh, may I never again doubt God working through me, may I never again rely solely on myself, may I never again walk without Him! I will keep praying, pressing and picking myself back up when I fall.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God]

Thankfully we are not in this alone! All glory to God!



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Low Energy Day

10/16/2022

 

Yesterday I had so much energy, today not so much!  I think I used it all yesterday. I am living a wonderful dichotomy of menopause and toddler life. It has been an journey with the Lord as He shows me what really matters. Sometimes it’s sitting and having a cup of tea while your toddler makes you a snack of twigs leaves and whatever else he has in his wagon. The hallway upstairs is not done being painted, the books still have to be illustrated, the toilet needs scrubbing, I have two baskets of clothing that need to be folded, I have three large bowls of tomatoes that just got harvested that need to have some thing done with them. At least dinner is started! I have been in Mom for almost 30 years and the daily tasks don’t change! After 30 years I am so thankful that God works through me and sanctifies me. I see improvement, I see hope and even some relief. I finally understand that it’s not dependent on me! There are days where I feel more accomplished and there are other days I wonder why they existed. But in the picture of eternity God knows why each day was needed. If I can walk away from each day knowing this the day was a success! When I walk away from this life knowing that my eyes were on Him and that I showed my children the way to go, showing them how to look to Jesus, I can count my life a success!
Have a blessed day! 

Revisiting!

10/15/2022

 
I needed this message today! I am headed into some tough stuff but knowing I have the spirit of God in me, takes the fear and unknown away. I walk boldly into the scary and unknown! May these words bring you encouragement as well! 
Okay Lord I am walking, stay with me!
I needed answers, I need direction, wisdom, truly I want a recipe to follow so I can get the desired result.
I want God's recipe and then I will do what He says and then...BAM! I will have what I want!
YEAH RIGHT! It does not work that way, I know, but my flesh keeps hoping!
I was running and praying and got quiet and in my heart, I felt the Lord lead me and He asked something small and simple...My response was Yes Lord of course!  A few moments later...WHAM!!! I fell flat on my face that was quick! How did that happen so quickly! 
Yet from this He drew me closer and reminded me obedience is important, yet He draws us close as we humble ourselves with a heart wanting to the right thing! He pours out mercy and grace and love! 
Every moment is new, He is not waiting for our perfection, just waiting for our hearts!

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