New Beginnings and Life's Ups and Downs

What a fabulous week it has been!  Not everything is perfect, but you have a choice to expect the best and know that "the best is yet to come!"  First there was an awesome wedding in our family this weekend!  My nephew,Glenn, married Elena.   How blessed we feel to have Elena join our family. She is really a beautiful person and is so good with Glenn's son Keylan.   What was really a blessing, was meeting Elena's parents who are both deaf.  I was challenged to learn sign language because for me, not being able to talk to her beautiful parents was hard.  To watch them dance together and with such rhythm!  My niece looked at me and said," How can they dance so beautifully when they can't hear?"  I told her they could feel the music, due to the increase of the senses gained, from the lack of hearing. 

How often do we play the blame game when we don't get what we want?  Sometimes we don't get what we want because God has a different plan for our lives, that will be a benefit to him and his purpose, through what we have lost.  Life is not always fair, but a life lived with purpose will overcome any obstacle that we have to go through.  We are created to be over comers.  If God had made it all perfect there would be no need to overcome.  Disappointments will try to pull you down.  Don't allow them to do that!  Look for the solution, the comfort, the encouragement, the determination to succeed!  Be determined to not be downhearted, to take responsibility and trust God to fix things, to keep believing, to grow and not growl!  Attitude and faith will carry you through! 

You are never alone when trouble comes your way.  Stay focused and "Think on the GOOD THINGS."  When someone pulls the rug out from under you, God will teach you to fly!  You cannot be messed with when he is your source!  When I get mad or upset and start to hammer myself, I remind myself to "put the hammer away!"  Love who you are and take charge of your thoughts.  Dig in to your gold mine and then you will see great rewards coming your way.  I always love to recommend a list of possitive affirmations, if you are having trouble with positive thoughts.  Life can really drain it out of you sometimes and when you start writing those good things down and reading them,  somehow they move in and the bad stuff moves out!

You are challenged to deal with life's ups and downs!  Struggling in business?  Go just one more step and learn one more thing!  Has someone hurt you?  Start with forgiveness.  You can't change what happened, but you can change the way you react to what happened!  Someone you love leaving you or moving away?  Have faith, God will never leave you or forsake you.  He has a new plan for you and he doesn't want you to loose that blessing!  Don't know which way to go.  Be content where you are and be diligent with what you are doing and God will gently guide your footsteps and show you where he is taking you.  Look for purpose where you are!  It doesn't have to be something big to be really important to God.  The smallest things, can turn into the biggest things!  You've got what it takes and it's yours for the taking!  Grab hold of it and you will achieve!