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

Its all in the Perspective

PERSPECTIVE

It is a way of regarding situations or facts. It is also the appearance from a certain angle or view. I would say it is safe to say that perspective is HOW we see through our LENSES in life. (Our Viewpoint)

In relationships the perspective can be particularly muddy. Each of us has our own set of  " Glasses" that have been colored by our experiences, learning, and family life. This difference in --seeing-- makes it difficult to relate at times especially if we insist on our own viewpoint as being RIGHT!

I was reading (in one of the many books that I am in right now) and it brought up this scenario of 5 people on the top of a mountain top. Each holding a camera and taking pictures. Can any one of them say for a certainty that they are capturing the view truthfully. Imagine what would happen...

One longing to be free from the pain of her past has always thought of flying away and so she captures the sky in great detail, the sun on the horizon, the clouds, and eagle flying by. To her it is breath taking and amazing....and yet it is only her perspective of TRUTH.

To another it has been a climb to rise to the top of the business world and the climb up the mountain felt like a representation of his life and so he captures the mountains and how they jut into the sky in towering magnificence....and yet it is only his perspective of TRUTH.

To another life is a battle where the person running this race of life is battered and bruised and so they capture the mountain goats as they beat their horns together for dominance...and yet it is only their perspective of TRUTH.

and so on...

See we all use our experiences to bring FOCUS to what we see. We become alert to certain things that relate to our situations and that are reminders of our experiences. So certain tones of voice alert our ears to be afraid when no one is intending harm. So they way some one reacts to us may queue us in that we are about to be rejected and before we know it we are the rejecter.

The KEY is to remember that not everyone THINKS like me ...and ask questions instead of assuming!!

I very well could be possible that we would remove a TON of misunderstandings, mishaps, and hurt if we did.

After all -- ITS ALL IN THE PERSPECTIVE!!

Have a wonderful night

F and L'er

Starla