BACK-BACK-BACK

"I want you to promise the Lord that, from tonight, you will not think back, look back, or act back!" ~Smith Wigglesworth

THINK BACK -- the Word teaches us to THINK RIGHTLY, STRAIGHT-FORWARDLY, UNCOMPROMISINGLY and BALANCED.

Do not go backward in what you have been taught. Learn from everything.

In the words of Dori from Finding Nemo --JUST KEEP SWIMMING!!!

LOOK BACK -- Our past is just that -- PAST. What we do TODAY is the point. BE in Christ NOW!!

Not who you were ten years ago, or as you were, when you were a kid.

Be who you want to be NOW. All those things brought us up and made us who we are TODAY.

BUT THEY ARE NOT WHO WE ARE!! BE HERE NOW!!

ACT BACK -- Watch those reactions...where are they coming from?

Do they have there roots in old mental tape recordings in the past?

Do you hear in " past echo's " when people speak, assuming what they mean.

Don't react, ASK QUESTIONS and BE INTENTIONAL instead.

F and L'er

Starla

Stuff and Smile

Proverbs 27:7 When you've stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you're starved, you could eat a horse.
 The word STUFF means to stop or cram, choke back. In an emotional sense this is when we don't tell how we feel. We don't rebuke when we should. We don't communicate our hearts and minds. We are STUFFED. It says here when you stuff yourself you also refuse dessert. We often think of dessert as a sweet at the end of our meal but the original meaning comes from the root words Dis-serve and means TO CLEAR THE TABLE.  If you are STUFFING your emotions then you also are refusing dessert (clearing the table) you are not allowing yourself to CLEAR THE TABLE otherwise known as clearing the air .. to communicate and understand. When we don't clear the table bitterness and grudges can form because we are just stuff it and smiling or moving on. We are NOT DEALING WITH IT!!! We are thwarting ourselves.
We also STUFF the good and that leads into the next part of this verse.
 It says when you're starved, you could eat a horse. What happens when you are starved. I know when I am starved I will eat junk and I will want whatever is quick and easy. Immediate results. We have a responsibility to uplift and encourage people whom the Lord has put in our path. If we aren't doing our part then those around us are starving including ourselves. We will take flattery, ego-pumps, and other emotional junk food. We will eat a horse....even if it is the fabled Trojan horse. The Trojan horse was suppose to be a gift but within it were spies and infiltrators. That is what we will eat if we are starving.
 So don't stuff and smile ....clear the table (have a clear conscience and emotional cup) & feed your neighbor (uplift and encourage) so that we all are not STUFFED and STARVING -Fake and settling for a Trojan horse!!
 F and L'er
Starla

The Revealing of the Concealing

Twinkle, twinkle little lie,
How much longer should I deny
what I am feeling inside?
Lie, lie how I push you deep inside.
Taking pride in that chide.
Oh, how I hide.
Hide, hide what I feel inside.
When will I decide to be who I am inside?
Deep, deep inside a song wants to rise.
Song, song inside no longer can you hide.
Light, light give me sight cause along with you

       I will fight this fight.

Letting The Truth Unfold

The truth always unfolds into a deeper understanding.

Just to make sure that we know that we know what we know.  Everything we trust and think we believe while being tested will prove what is so.  When we are solid and sure, fear and doubt have no place in us.

Sometimes we think we got it all together and figured out.  Then unexpected surprises come.

Where is our trust level when that happens? 

Be honest and devoted to the truth. That will tell you how prepared you are to accept it or deny it.   

Today I will walk through this journey called life with strong ankle bones, armed with the truth to prove itself no matter what trial I may walk through.

One step at a time and one day at a time.  We are all human and fall short.  But that does not mean that we are not conquers of the Truth that will set us free indeed.  Amen!  We are ok and on our way! 

God Bless and have a Blessed week my friends!

Keep Watch

I heard a Quote a while ago and It has stuck with me : We teach what we need most!

POWERFUL I think... How often do we rant and rail about things. Preach and teach things. Nag and Complain about things....and these things we do, need, or can't see that we are. Check SELF is Important because what we teach, preach, or speak we are accountable for and are responsible for....



The reason we are preaching or teaching something often has its roots in AWARENESS. We can see it!!! It is in our view. It is bugging our senses. It is on the radar. IT may be a mirror, a clue, a clip of what we do. We must keep watch.



I came to the realization that when I rant and rail, nag or complain, or give advise or suggestion I am preaching and/or teaching ...WHY??

Because I am an example and so are you. To my children and anyone who watches what I do ...friend or foe.



If you find yourself trying to PROVE something to someone....KEEP WATCH on what you are saying...it very well may be that if you take a look at yourself you will find that what you are teaching is what you need most!



F and L'er

Starla