No storm in life is to big for our Heavenly Father!!!

   

 Happy Tuesday and happy second day of school student, educators, and parents! I spoke with my g-babe yesterday afternoon, well in fact she called me as soon as school was out, to let me know she had a wonderful day and that although she got a little turned around between upstair classes and ground floor classes that she managed to find where she needed to be and was never tardy, "not even once". She was filled with electric energy and ready to go back today, my other three g-babes had much the same experience with the exception of my boys who will be missing recess due to talking when they should have been listening! (oops)  So I thank you for the prayers that you lifted yesterday, and in reading facebook posts the day was very positive for many! I pray that the entire school year will be positive for all and that this year the hunger for learning will outweigh all of the cuts, all of the extra work that has to be done, and all of the bigger classrooms...may our Father in Heaven bless each of you abundantly for the job that you are doing and for giving the gift of learning to his children.
     The clouds this morning are amazing, there is a "crazy confusion" in the sky, the clouds dark, light, thin, dense...it is as if there is uncertainty as to what is supposed to be happening and then in the bottom right hand corner is the clear blue that seems to be saying....get ready boys here I come, like a comic strip hero it appears to be forging its way in, shoving the confusion away. Life to me is much like this, we all have bouts with "storms" we all begin to wonder if the storm will ever pass when "BOOM" "POW" "SMACK" the good guy comes in and sends the storm packing!  I pray today that if you are "in the storm" that you will hand it over to our heavenly father, that you will give your storm to him, rest in the knowledge that he will shelter you from it, and that soon it will be nothing but blue skies smiling on you! I ask that  you pray with me this morning for all, I am standing in my faith asking Father God to give us each a day of freedom from the storm, to pull all of us in to his chest and to hold us tight, that he give us this day to relax, to revel in his peace and calm, and feel his nod of approval that we are doing our part. I pray that you feel his love in all that you do, that you share his love with all that you come into contact with today and that you have reason to smile. Remember he is the lighthouse, he is the super hero, he is the beginning and the end...don't tell him how big your strom is....tell the storm how big your GOD is :) I love you all and pray these blessings in the name of Jesus' beautiful name amen!

As always please go to the comment section and feel free to let us know of any specific prayer requests you have, we stand ready to lift those in need in prayer many times this day! God is love, he is merciful and if we go through our savior Jesus Christ all of our prayers will be answered. 

I apologize!

     Good morning and happy Thursday, I am suffering a tooth ache this morning and hope to be able to get in to see a dentist as soon as possible, toothaches are, in my pain arena, one of the biggest pains one can encounter! Please say a prayer that I might find a dentist quickly!
     In prayer this morning as I sat out in all of his beauty, I realized that since my vacation my heart has been lacking a bit in my blog and I have been rushing through and not quiet getting his message across in a manner that it will do what I hope for it to! I felt urgency to apologize for being so late getting his word on here in the morning and for posting so late at night, I seem to be, by posting my call to prayer so late, missing many who would pray with us! I promise to do better, my internal clock must have gotten way off track some how! God is so very good to me, he allows me thoughts of things to chat about that people are in need of at particular times, he allows me to type words that touch those who are in need! I have abused his blessings by allowing satan to deter me!
      So many times in life I have made plans to do good things for others, only to have something deter me....I am a very responsible person, I am a person that is always on time, a person who does what I say I am going to do! I know that satan does not want us to do good, he does not want us to help others, he does not want us to pray, to read the bible, to go to church, to do anything that is pleasing to our Father in heaven. I struggle daily with this, he is constantly trying to throw roadblocks in my way, he constantly makes me have to take detours in the hopes that I will just give up! It is funny though, the more he tries, the more I am determined to do the good! When I am on bended knees, is when he tries really hard, he tries everything in his power to distract me, to block me from chatting with God....nay, nay, nay I say...How many times on Sunday have you been thrown roadblocks to deter you from church, you seem to have no panty hose, you did not sleep well the night before, you cannot find something to wear, your kids are being naughty, you over sleep...etc. How many times have you picked up your bible to read and the phone rings, someone stops by to visit, your spouse or your children need you, the animals are acting out, you fall asleep, you cannot seem to retain what you just read....etc. How many times have you thought, I am going to surprise someone by doing something out of the blue just for them today, only to have that plan changed before it can come to fruition? All of these things are satan's way of blocking us from doing good. Many times I will begin to fall in to his trap, but thank the Holy Ghost for tapping me on the shoulder and letting me know what is really happening. Today my prayer for you is to not allow satan to deter your plans, don't allow him to distract you from doing the Lord's work! God bless you all with the power of discernment, may each of you realize when satan is trying to throw a monkey wrench in there to keep you from doing good. I pray this prayer with love in my heart. In Jesus' beautiful name, amen!

~~"I AM WORTHY"~~

     Good morning and happy, happy, Friday!  It is hard to believe it is already toward the end of June and still so chilly out in the morning, 44 degrees, the sky is a bit gray but with chance of clearing and delighting my heart with the blue of the blues:) The birds, as like everyday, are singing a happy tune, there is a bit of a breeze and the world is just beginning to wake up:) Oh the beauty he provides us!!!! AMAZING:)
      This morning in prayer, I was filled with such a presence of the holy spirit, it was as if he were sitting beside me, I sat there with goosebumps on my arms and legs, I was inside so no...it was not the 44 degrees:) The deeper into meditation, the stronger the spirit became, at one point I felt tears streaming down my face and my heart was dancing with excitement! I tried to think of exactly what I was praying at the moment that I felt him but was so filled with emotion that I could not remember. It was very difficult to finish my prayer, to even sit still with the power of him around me. I calmed my mind and proceeded with prayer, I began again asking mercies and strength for myself and boom the goosebumps got bigger and my heart fluttered more, at first I thought...maybe he is irritated because I am praying for "me" but then I know that the holy spirit will not stay in unholy situations...so I proceeded... heart pounding, goose bumps, chills, almost giddiness...when I finished my prayer and sat in the quiet, I realized that the message I need to leave today is "SELF" how can we be healthy of mind, how can we pray for others if we do not ask mercies for ourselves. How can we be examples of Christ if we do not pray for us? I thought about it and wondered...am I worthy to seek God for me? Am I worthy to ask him to feed me for strength, to cover me with his healing hands, to calm the fears in my heart, to wash me clean from the sin that I encounter on a daily basis, to forgive my unclean thoughts???? I was so validated by once again feeling the strong presence of the Holy Spirit! I now get it....if I do not take care of "me" I will not be able to continue in my journey of spreading God's message. Thank you Lord for blessing me with another truth, for opening my eyes so that I might see what I am in need of in my life, for allowing me to feel, to hear, to see. God is amazing, I am so thankful that he is in my life. 
     May this day, you really...really....really....ask blessings and mercies for yourself, may you not be like me and think to pray for everyone else but neglect yourself? May you feel the presence of the holy spirit in validation that  your choices are pleasing to our father in heaven. May you feel God's love and share with others! Love in Christ to all:) amen.

Is your "tank" full?

~~~OH HAPPY DAY~~~Good morning and happy Sunday, I am beginning to think that our  chilly mornings are gone, I am sitting out in shorts and short sleeved shirt as  6 a.m. and it is already 56 degrees, the sky is a bit cloudy, we are expecting showers at some point today but 73 and showers not 40 and showers:) 
     As I have said in other blogs, church, religion, prayer,  and God were not really a staple in our household when I was a child, it was not that we did not believe, it just did not hold a place at the dinner table. When I got married I went to church, (hit and miss) kind of when the mood suited me. I really enjoyed Brother Kenneth James at the little baptist church down on Camp Karankawa road. Then changes took place in my world and I did not go to church again until I moved to Utah. My relationship with the holy spirit started much earlier but my knowledge did not really begin until I was in my early 30's. In Utah, from the front patio, where I lived, I had a perfect view of the Bountiful Utah temple. At night it was so peaceful to sit out and view it sitting there on the side of the mountain, emitting a light comparable to a lighthouse in a storm. I would sit, in the quiet of the night, enjoy the song of the crickets and let the "aura" of this unique building wash over me, leaving a sense of peace and calm that I had never felt. I always say that it was this temple that confirmed to me that I was where God needed me to be. It gave me a sense of belonging and comforted me when I was so very homesick for family and Texas. 
     When I became a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, I truly began to understand and accept the Lord Jesus Christ into my life, I really "got it" I understood the meaning of the cross, the sacrifice, the resurrection, the power of repentance...I finally "got it", I enjoyed the fellowship on Sunday, relief society, (women's study group) bible study, sacrament meeting....I loved all of it, I could not get enough of it.....I am not going to say it was the "perfect" experience. I encountered people that lived in glass houses, I encountered many people that had let the blessings given them become the focus of their lives, in turn forgetting who had given them their bounty...(we all know a few like this) I could not get enough of the spirit in the church. I looked at it like this.....I would go to church on Sunday and absorb as much as I could, I would take in every word said and let the spirit wash over my entire being! I would go the entire week, each day losing a little spiritual steam, by the end of the week I was really in need of a "fill up" by the time Sunday got there, I was running on fumes, thank God in heaven it was Sunday so that I could go in and "fill up" Once my tank was replenished I knew that I could make it another week. I left the LDS church after several years which is another blog to be written. I continue to love the teachings, I love the tenants, the beliefs, I "get it" I would never say an ill word against any church, any spiritual meeting place, any religion...I began to seek out other churches to become a part of, I would leave these churches, go home feeling only half way full, open my scriptures, get "on bended knees" and fill my tank the remainder of the way.  Then came a relationship that I totally allowed to strip me of spirituality, not that it was not there inside of me anymore, but that I was made fun of, called a Jesus freak, did not fit in kind of thing, so I pushed it all on the back burner, I continued to pray, I continued to try and live Christ-like, but I failed miserably...how can he be the all in your world when you have stuck him somewhere behind you thinking you know better than he what you need in your world? After 13 years of being separated from my Father in Heaven and my savior Jesus Christ, I realized that all of the crap that had attached itself to me was just that crap, it was not of God, it was bad juju, it seemed satan had the upper hand and was quickly pulling me into the pits of hell, I knew that I had to make a change and I had to make it right then. I pulled out my bible, I got down "on bended knees" and I prayed. I prayed for forgivness, I prayed for salvation, I prayed for him to take me by the hand, pull me out of the dark abyss I was falling in to and "fill my tank" I have not looked back, I have moved forward my hand in his each day, I have turned it all over to him and it feels good, it feels wonderful , I share this feeling everywhere I go. I have a strong testimony of Jesus Christ, I know he died on the cross so that we could have everlasting life, I know that he lives, I  know what is pleasing to him and my Father in heaven and I try each day to be obedient. Many people think they are not receiving God blessings because they are not going to church, because they do not read the bible, because they do not pray as they should....spiritual blessing are earned by our character, by who we are, by the life we choose to lead....yes church is a wonderful way of sharing with other Christians, it is a way of going and "filling your tank" but it is not the only way. God does not deny you if you do not belong to "the one true church" Today, no matter where you are,  think of our Father in heaven, think about the sacrifice, think about the great love, think about what you need to do to be closer to him, take time to "fill your tank" our world is a very difficult one to live in, we need a "full tank" to get us from Sunday to Sunday. May you be blessed with an overpowering sense of the holy spirit today, may you be prompted to testify to another your love for Christ and may you feel his love in all that you do. God bless you!!!! 

~~Hear Him~~

  

  Sitting out this morning, once again bundled in my blankie, 48 degrees with a bit of a breeze, in the shade it is chilly. The birds are singing as it if it sunshine and 70, the trees are happy with the breeze as they sway to and fro, the sky is a mix of dark and white clouds with the sky as blue as I have ever seen it. Another beautiful day that God has given us:)
     Have you ever wanted something so badly and no matter how you attempted and tried to get it, something fell in the way, blocking you from your prize? Have you ever tried to move forward and for some reason the mountain you were trying to climb seemed to grow and become steeper right before your  eyes? This is happening to me, it seems the harder I try the more it becomes evident that this is not supposed to happen at this appointed time, if any of you know me, or read my blogs, you know that I am very very impatient, when I want something I want it right now! I know that God will allow roadblocks to deter you, I know that he will allow many things to stop us in our tracks when it is something that we do not need to be doing, I have read accounts of people who have been forging forward and been stopped in their tracks only to find that if they had gone any further disaster would have befallen them, so many times I have heard people say, thank God I was late, or I would have been involved in an accident, so many on September 11, recount how a certain incident or action kept them from being in the building when it was hit...I hear stories such as this all of the time. With the roadblocks I encountered yesterday and my ideas of pushing through them, maybe even knocking them down to get where I wanted to be, I am sitting here this morning, ALIVE, wondering if I would be had I not finally relented and ceased on my journey. I think so many times that the Holy Ghost tries to push us back but because we are hard headed we do not feel the push and then boom, something bad happens. It does not make my desire to be where I wanted to be any less, but it does make me thank God that I am here this morning, sharing with you!!!!
     I know that God is with us in all things, but I also know that when we refuse to hear him, when we think we have better answers than he has, that our way is the best way...when we have this attitude... he only step back and let us learn a lesson. My prayer is that today, you hear God, you feel the promptings from the Holy Spirit and you lay down your haughtiness and allow him to guide you...if might not be what you want, but it is his will. If you forget something at home, turn around and go back, even it it will make you late...if you feel uncomfortable in a situation you are involved in, take the discomfort as a sign that you are not supposed to be there, okay if it is the Doctor or Dentist the feeling you are having is probably not coming from the promptings of our Heavenly Father but from your own fear! I think we have to use prayer as a way to determine what he is telling us, when we pray and ask him he answers, we just have to hear him! May this day be filled with love and joy for you, may you "see" God in all that you do and may you be the "smile" that someone needs to get them through:) Love in Christ to each of you!!!! 

Left or Right????? YOU CHOOSE!!!

Good morning and happy Wednesday, 45 degrees, cotton ball clouds are lazily drifting across the backdrop of the indescribable blue sky, the sun is just beginning to peak atop the mountain, a mild breeze is brushing against my skin, the birds are chirping in harmony...a perfect morning for me with one exception...I forgot to buy coffee yesterday so my pot sits empty this morning:) I have choices, am I going to go inside, get dressed (out of my sweats, no I am not sitting naked), back the car from the garage, drive to the market and purchase coffee or am I going to go to the fridge, and get my second choice, diet pepsi, and resume in the yard where each morning I sit and enjoy the world awaking? Am I going to put off the things I get most pleasure from to accommodate my need for coffee, am I going to say it is a horrible morning because one thing out of the rest is askew? How many times have I said..."it would have been perfect, BUT"...."IF only..., it would have been perfect" If we lived in a perfect world, why would we have need to desire our final resting place to be in heaven, why would we try and live Christ like if things were so perfect here? As long as we are here on earth, there will be circumstances that will be less than perfect, there will be times when nothing seems to go right, there will be days when the covers over your head will be much more appealing than the alternative of getting up and facing the day! We will run into brick walls, we will be deterred by road blocks, we will come to  mountains that we will have to climb to continue on our way. No one is exempt from these things, no one was given the "perfect" pass, we are here to learn, we are here to make choices, we are here to figure it out, we are here to validate ourselves in God's eyes. He needs to see how we are going to handle adversity, he needs to see how tough we are, he needs to see who we are! So instead of allowing myself to become upset this morning, I took my second choice, I am now sitting, writing this message with my diet pepsi by my side and am still enjoying the wonderful morning that He has made for me! The way I look at it, satan wanted me to become upset, he wanted my love for the morning cup to overpower my prayer time, he wanted to deter me from my morning chat with my Father in Heaven, why???? firstly he does not like me chatting with him as I do, secondly, each day I depend upon God to give me a message that will touch a heart in need, if satan could deter me this morning, he may have stopped me from doing this! How many times do you get up on Sunday morning intent on going to church only to be hit from all directions with reasons not to go???? How many times have you bowed your head to pray and found that your mind was running so fast there was no way you could quiet it long enough to chat with God? How many times have you sat down to read the bible only to find that there are a thousand things that need to be done right then and the bible gets closed and pushed to the side until "later" how often are you prompted to call and check on someone, or to stop by to see someone and other things come up and you put it off? I cannot tell you how many times in the day these things happen to me, but when they do happen, I just laugh because I know that I am heading in the right direction and satan is going to throw anything he can find out there to stop me. So I continue on my way, I literally will stop what I am doing and ask satan to get away from me, to leave me alone, I profess to him, I am not interested in you, I do not want you in my life, I will not allow you to take me away from God so your time around me is in vane! After I do this, I find that my time gets quiet, that I am able to concentrate on my desires and I am able to hear the still quiet voice. Everyday we will be faced with pushes and pulls, we will have to decide how we are going to handle interruptions, we will be tested as to how we react when things are not "perfect" Negative and Positive will be within our reaches and we will have to choose which one we will use. If the negative always had an electrical shock waiting at the end of it and you knew it was going to knock you to the floor, would you continue to grab it? If there were definitive roads signs one pointing to heaven the other to hell, would you have to stop and think?  In the mormon faith, there is a symbol CTR, which stands for" choose the right", if we choose the right, good things will come of it, and naturally if we choose the wrong, well we all know how that ends up! This day I pray that we are all given a strong sense of right and wrong, of positive and negative, of attitude! Today I pray that we will be faced with the same challenges that we always are but that our attitudes are focused on the good and not the bad, that when satan comes calling God will be the one that answers the door, I pray that we are mindful of the fact that unless satan is allowed in by us, he cannot penetrate our "bubble" I pray that you recognize when he is working his hardest on you and that you deny him entrance into your life. God is amazing, he will never guide us down the wrong road, he will never leave us on the wrong side of the tracks, he will never turn his back on us and he will never ever give us anything but love. May this day be the day we are all aware that if we choose the right, when we get to heaven's gate it will swing wide open and we will be welcomed with open arms. Love to you in the name of our savior Jesus Christ:)

What is prayer to me??

My definition of prayer

the most precious gift one has been given

the ability to talk with our Father in heaven, the ability to express our deepest fears, to put into words our thoughts, our secrets, our hopes, our mis deeds, our weaknesses, our stresses, our dramas, etc...

the rite to talk without fear of judgement, the rite to voice ourselves without chastisement, without ridicule, without reproach, without, etc...

the promise that if we ask with true intent in our hearts, with unconditional love in our hearts that it will be answered.

the one constant I have had in my life is prayer, many people come and go in your life but God is always there, he is constant, he will not turn away from you as long as you are following in his footsteps!

In my life, growing up, we were never denied  prayer, it just was not ever initiated or done in our home, church really was not either, sometimes we would go to vacation bible school in the summer and every once in a while our dad would take us and drop us at church on Sunday but to say we were a religious family would be way off mark. I remember always feeling so clean when we would go to vacation bible school and to church and I loved that feeling, I think this is the time that I began to pray, I did not do it out loud, I did not even let my family know that I did it for fear they would make fun of me. I learned that I could talk to God any time I was scared, any time there was hell going on in my household, anytime that I was anxious...so I will say that prayer got me through many hard times in my childhood, it was so nice to know that I had a friend, that I had someone to talk to and that when I did talk to him, I felt an eerie sense of calm, that everything would be okay. 

As my life has gone on and I have aged, I continue to pray, prayer has become such a huge part of my life, for many years I did not pray out loud, I did not say, "I am praying for you" let me pray for you, I did not let people know that everything I do is based on prayer because I did not want to be thought a religious nut. Now don't get a mental image of me walking around toting my bible and forcing myself on people, don't imagine me on bended knees all day long, don't think that I am overboard with my spirituality, I don't push, I don't force and I don't pester. God allows me to feel the needs of others, he allows all of us to, I just think that sometimes we don't rest our minds enough to hear his still quiet voice and to feel his gentle nudges in the direction he wants us to follow. In beginning this blog my main goal was to be able to let people know that prayer is a mighty tool, that the power of prayer is amazing, that when we ask with true intent and with love in our hearts, that when we lift prayers in the name of Jesus Christ that they are answered. As Garth Brooks sings, "some of life's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers" they are "not answered" all prayers are answered, just not in the way we would design them to be in our minds! I cannot tell you how many times I have not had prayers answered "my way" only to realize later that if they had been answered "my way" I would not be the person I am today. He has it written in his book the way the story goes, and boy am I enjoying the book:) 

In retrospect....I PRAY....I allow God to lead me in my ventures, I ask him advice and know that he will guide me in everything I do, I have an abundance of love in my heart for people, if I say I love you, I really mean it, if I say I would like to pray for you or pray with you, I am sincere. If you ask me to pray for you and yours, trust that it will be done. May you be blessed this day with time to sit in quiet wonder, have a good conversation with God and know that he above anyone is listening to your every word, he is not preoccupied with anything other than what is on your heart and what he can do to help you. May you feel his love each and every day and may he comfort you in the knowledge that you "never walk alone" Love in Christ.

"The Anchor Holds"

I love this song, I love the meaning of this song and I pray that it will touch a heart in need as it has touched mine this morning. 

I have journeyed
Through the long, dark night
Out on the open sea
By faith alone
Sight unknown
And yet His eyes were watching me


The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm

I’ve had visions
I’ve had dreams
I’ve even held them in my hand
But I never knew
They would slip right through
Like they were only grains of sand

I have been young
But I am older now
And there has been beauty
That these eyes have seen
But it was in the night
Through the storms of my life
Oh, that’s where God proved
His love to me


The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm.


Today as I sat in prayer, this song kept running through my mind, the words seem to burn into my brain and I knew that my father in heaven needed me to put the words out here for all to see, I know that the anchor does hold, in the times in my l life that I have been washed out to sea, when I have been tossed and turned by the massive waves of evil, as I have been dipped under the water, each time taking longer to come up for air....the anchor has held. I have been in the rages of life, I have lived what I was sure would be my last day, I have thrown my angry hands up toward the heavens and accused him of not being there with me, not protecting me, not making it "easy" but as I look on those moments now...you know they say hind sight is 20/20...I thank him, I stand and honor his decisions...if I had not been where I have been I would not be who I am...I love me, I still have so much work to do to be "right" in his eyes, the big picture however: Each day that I am given another chance, I am going to take it. If you are feeling as if you have been tossed out of the boat in a raging storm, take a deep breath, begin a conversation with our father in heaven and allow him to be your anchor. No matter what you are going through...you will overcome it with faith and with love. Today don't tell God how big your problem is, tell your problem how big your God is:) May this day be filled with awakenings in you, may you see the reason to the rhyme in your life and may you never, ever, blame it on God, may you never, ever, turn your back, may you each and every day know he is there for you, he loves you , and he will carry you when you are to weak to carry yourself. Love in the name of the Savior, Jesus Christ...Amen.

windows to the soul...

This morning, as I sit out, listening to the birds sing their wonderful songs, feeling the slight breeze on my face, eagerly awaiting the sun to appear, I am in awe of...life..the temperature is 51 degrees and the sky is a mingle of blue, grey, and salmon.  I could not ask for more right this minute:) As I have gotten older, I feel that I have gotten wiser, I feel that things that were so important to me years ago have changed and things that were not important to me then, now are at the top of the list. Funny how we change, how our thoughts change, how our morals and values change!!! This morning in prayer I asked God what I needed to do today, I asked him to lay a subject on me that would ease someone, that would give someone a new found sense of hope and a renewed faith. I know he will answer my prayer as he always does! I appreciate so  much the feedback I get from the people that this blog and my facebook messages, I appreciate so much you letting me know that the words God awoke in me are the very words that you were in need of.

In sitting here this morning I felt an overwhelming feeling of "self" come over me. Do our aging bodies really mark who we are, if we are overweight and saggy, does that really constitute what we are? Does grey in our hair really matter to God, do the wrinkles on our face really determine if we are loved or not? I think the answer to this is NO. I think what is important to our father in heaven is how we look inside, what he see in our hearts. I think he looks for love, for compassion, for caring, for kindness, and for grit! I know many people that obsess over their bodies, not for health purposes but for vanity reasons, I know many who have a love for botox to take the smile, pain, happy, sad, lines out of their faces, I know people who stress when a grey hair finds its way from beneath the color, but when I look into their eyes, no matter how good the outside looks, something is missing in the inside. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, I see so much just by looking into eyes, one can see pain, sadness, fake, joy...all of the emotions are there if you look. Many people wear masks to try and hide what they are going through, but you can't hide the eyes. I am going to continue to work on my heart today, to give compassion when I see it is needed, you know just a touch can make a person feel better, a smile can change a really sad situation, an "I'm here" can make a world of difference! I am going to be more kind to all, and I am going to let people know I care. I am going to have "grit" in me, the "grit" it takes to openly say, "God Bless You" I think many times we say this silently to people for fear of being thought a freak...I am going to openly say, let me pray for you, God loves you, God bless you and anything else that he puts on my heart because so many times we are led to people who do not really believe this, if I can be his messenger I will be! Today I ask that you look past the outward and look into the windows, look and see what someone needs and do not be afraid to give it. God needs for us to be his messengers, I will not refuse him. I love each of you with all of my heart, I pray that this day, you will touch a heart in need just by being the beautiful person inside, that I know you are. Love is free, give some away:) God bless each of you abundantly:)