Hello my most wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. It is great to be talking with you all again. I had a simple epiphany the other day about ‘perception’. I was walking my dogs and I noticed that the area in front of my house where the street meets my property line was covered with weeds. It is the responsibility of the management in my community to tend to the weeds in this location. I noticed that there were no weeds on my neighbor’s property lines.
Then I remembered that the management had just cut the overgrown weeds on my property 2 weeks ago. This made me realize that perhaps the reason the weeds grow quickly on my property is because I frequently pray to God to bless all of His Creations that are on my property. My fruit trees, rose bushes, flowers, and plants are all growing extremely well. Obviously the weeds are growing ‘well’ also.
The last time I noticed that I had so many uncared for weeds, and my neighbors did not, I reacted differently. I felt that I was being singled out on purpose and that management purposefully refused to cut my weeds due to prejudice against me. I felt marginalized. I took pictures of several of my neighbor’s property lines that had no weeds and pictures of all of the weeds on my property so that I could prove this. I was upset. I am so thankful to God that He took this simple opportunity to teach me something profound. How about you? Are there some perceptions that you should change or work through?
I started pondering how I could change some of my perceptions and thought processes to be less in ‘defense mode’ and less serious when the issue is not serious. I can also change my perception when situations are more serious. It was a good and simple lesson for me to learn. I further started thinking about possible times that I could have misconstrued other situations because of the ‘filter of my life’s experiences’ that evokes certain emotions, causes certain perceptions to formulate and affects decisions that I make regarding undesirable situations that arise.
It is best for me to let things go, walk in God’s Perfect Love and Forgiveness towards others, continue to strive to be a better person with God’s help, and help anyone, any where and any time that I can. I am a very flawed human being, I fail miserably, I repent, and I know that I need to always depend upon Jesus Christ my LORD and Savior.
COLOSSIANS 3:2 SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS THAT ARE ON EARTH.
PROVERBS 14:12 THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, (WOMAN), BUT IT’S END IS THE WAY TO DEATH.
PROVERBS 23:17 AS A MAN, (WOMAN), THINKS, SO IS HE, (SHE).
Dear LORD God Almighty, we love You, we praise and worship You. Thank You for loving us so much that You gave Your Only Beloved, Begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for all of our many heinous sins on the Cross of Calvary. Thank You that it is almost the time to celebrate Passover and Good Friday and Easter Sunday LORD. Easter is (sadly) one of the holidays in America like Mother’s Day and perhaps Christmas that many may attend Church who won’t any other time of the year. We pray that You please prepare the hearts of Your people to desire to attend Church this Easter. Lead them to have a burning desire to accept You as their LORD and Savior and then continue attending Church, reading Your WORD the Bible, and being led by Your Holy Spirit.
LORD God we pray with broken hearts for those who lost their children and loved ones in the senseless, horrific shooting at the Christian school in Tennessee. Please comfort them Holy Spirit, heal their broken hearts and give them Your Peace that passes understanding Jesus. Please help those who have been devastated in Mississippi by the tornado LORD. Please send Your Christian and other co-laborers to help them rebuild and for those who can’t actually help physically, let them send financial gifts of love to the organizations who always go to the tragedies such as Operation Blessing and Good Samaritan and others.
LORD please save those in Russia, N. Korea, Communist China, Africa, and every other country who are senselessly killing Your people. If they truly knew You Jesus, they would not even want to kill. Help those in Ukraine LORD. Please protect Your little children in every nation and let them be full of joy and mirth and innocence. Please help all in Turkey and Syria who have been devastated by earthquakes LORD. Send Your people to help them rebuild. Thank You for all who have already gone and please help others to send financial help. Please comfort all of Your people Holy Spirit. Protect those families of Christians who have been Martyred. Please help Christians everywhere who are being persecuted to remain strong.
Please call for repentance LORD. Send revival, regeneration, renewal in You to every nation. Please help America. Bring us back to You. One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Wake us up here in America to stand up for our God given rights before it is too late.
Thank You that those of us who have accepted You as LORD and Savior Jesus, have the same Holy Spirit Who raised You from the dead living inside of us. Lead us to be Your Heart, Your Hands, Your Feet, Your distribution centers to help Your hurting people all over the world. Thank You for providing for us Jehovah Jireh, bringing us greatly needed Peace Jehovah Shalom and protecting us Jehovah Nissi the Banner over our lives and the lives of our posterity. In Jesus Precious Name we pray. Amen. All Glory to You!
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
Until we get to talk again, please remember that I love you and am always praying for you. Most importantly, Jesus loves you. God bless you all and all of your generations.