Do you like what you see???

     Happy weekend, what a beautiful morning this is, 65 degrees, nothing but blue skies as far as the eye can see, a titch of a breeze, birds singing and the sun will soon top the mountain and fill my heart with warmth! God is amazing, I love waking up early, sitting in the quiet with only the choir of birds providing the entertainment and sharing my time with my Father in Heaven! There are blessings around every corner!
     This morning in prayer, as I sat with my head back, my eyes closed and focused on nothing but Our Father in Heaven and our savior Jesus Christ, I asked the question, "what do you think of me?" I don't know if any of you fall in to the rut of always worrying about what others think of you, do you have to be spot on perfect in appearance before you leave the house? do you worry about how you say things for fear that others will think you not as intelligent as they are? do you try and impress everyone with what you have? do you have to have things that are better than your neighbor? do you have to dress your kids in name brand clothes?...do you?... do you?... do you?.....there are many many questions to fit this topic! I lived much of my life worrying about what others thought of me, I used to turn down special outings with friends because I had nothing to wear, I have nixed speaking engagements because I was afraid people would laugh at my lack of education, that I might speak incorrectly! I have altered things because I worried what people would think of me! When the only one I should worry about, is the one who knows me inside and out, who knows the number of hairs on my head, who has seen me in my absolute worse, who made me! The one who is beside me both day and night, who has seen my hair when I first crawl out of bed in the morning, who has seen me fat, thin, and fat again! When I finally realized the only one that matters in the way of what he thinks is God and Christ I began to live, for as long as I am beautiful on the inside, my outside is beautiful. I can spend hundreds of dollars on my hair for cuts, color, perms, styles, product...I can pay high prices for name brand clothes, I can spend a fortune on shoes that are trendy(that usually hurt my feet) I can buy expensive goods for my home, can buy higher priced cuts of meat at the market, bla, bla, bla..but until I am pretty on the inside, these things are only bandages on deep wounds. When my heart finally became full of his loving spirit was when I became beautiful...haughty???NO, I am humble, but I know that I am beautiful on the inside, I love me, I love my relationship with God, I love people, I am a friend, I am a confidant, I am a child of God and I love how I look on the inside. Today I pray that when you look in the mirror that you look passed all of the outward and look inside of you! Do you like what you see? If not....it is an easy fix, ask God to come into your heart, invite him to sit at the head of your life and to guide you, ask him if what he thinks of you? Does it really matter what people here on earth think  if God is not pleased with what he sees? He made each of us beautiful, not by the size of our noses, the shape of our eyes, the color of our hair the build of our bodies, but by the content in our hearts! Is your heart beautiful? 
     May God bless you this day with the ability to see inside, to see what he sees and to be able to make changes if it is not appealing! Beauty comes from within, if it is not beautiful inside how can it be on the outside! He is love, that is the message...short and sweet....let the love in your heart be seen by all, don't deny what you know is right! Share his love today and watch the beautiful you begin to appear!
     God bless each of you with laughter this day, God bless each of you with warmth of heart and with no pain either physical or emotional, God bless you with a heart overflowing with love, and God bless you with the knowledge that you are beautiful, that he is much pleased with the way you look! Love in Christ, be safe this weekend and know that you are so very important to many, not from your outward appearance but from the heart! 

Prayer for a Good Day

Dear Lord,as I arise
And bend my knee to pray
I ask please place your guiding hand
Upon this busy day

All my yesterdays are said and done
Tomorrow may never be
But I give you full reign over this day
To make the best of me

May each little word I speak
Be filtered through your love
May all my thoughts be connected
To the heavenly courts above

And use my feet to take me
To where you want me to be
Guard my eyes that they would only
See what you want me to see

Give me a heart that longs to show
Others the way back home
And with these two hands help me
Fashion glory for your throne

From the great expanse of eternity
One day is all I can borrow
So help me Lord to take care of today
And we’ll talk again tomorrow!

In Jesus' precious name amen and amen again!