Thought Provoking.

In life, there are times where you feel yourself being stretched and trying to find victory after jumping over hurdles. In these times, you have to either follow the lead or sit back and loose what's being given to you or shall I say, being taught to you. As humans, we have to constantly grow, change and develop. There is nothing in this world that can make these times any easier without having to go through the storm. We have to choose how we handle what's being given to us. Good and bad.

As I continue to become what God desires of me, I am discovering what already belongs to me as a child of God. Over the last couple of years, I have had to face some pretty rough storms in my life. Things that I thought would of never happened, I had to face them. Things that I wasn't willing to change, I had to allow them to change. With dealing with these experiences, I was always asking for something from God. I wanted strength. I wanted wisdom. I wanted patience. I wanted victory. Don't get me wrong, I still desire to see these areas develop, but I have learned that God has already given them to us. Yesterday I was listening to a Joyce Meyer podcast and she made mention that "The seed of God is in the womb of your spirit. There is a seed IN you of EVERYTHING that God is and that God has." We have to learn we can't ask for something that we already have. We need to learn to allow it to grow and learn how to use it in the right way. It already belongs to us! We already have it and have every thing that we need to equip us to face the battles in life. But we also have to remember that God has the perfect timing in bringing our desires to the surface along with the victories.

In Mark 11:24 says "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it WILL be yours." The world says that we have to "see it to believe it" and God says for us to "believe it to see it." God knows every desire of our hearts. Including the smallest ones. Believe that they belong to you, because they do! God says so!! It's important to God for us to be walking in victory. We cannot let what is attacking us or making us stretch define who God is or what God says about us. We cannot limit God to what He can do at the same time. God wants us to fellowship with Him, not our sins or whats going on at the present time. We still are going to face trials in our life. We still need to learn to grow and develop the seeds of God that are in us. But we need to let God water them. We need to allow the roots to take their stance in the dirt of our lives, because we are more than conquerors.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

We have this neighbor across the street from us. His name is Chester. I don't mind sharing his name, because it's not like he's gonna read this anytime soon. Anyways, he's one of "those" neighbors you have to try to avoid sometimes. Don't get me wrong, he's super nice and all, but the man will talk your ear off! Chester is an older gentleman, with a lot to say, and not so nice timing in sharing it all with you.

Yesterday, Jon and I were trying to enjoy the nice weather and our quiet time when Eli was laying down. So, we figured it was a good time to get out and plant some flowers. Well, not so good idea. Chester was out. Honestly Chester is always out!!!! (He sits and waits for our mail lady EVERY day for like an hour before hand. He'll pace back and forth until she comes around.) In trying to get somethings done outside, Chester managed to share with us about the most random things. It started off with talking about our big tree in our front yard, to his, to the neighbors back in the day, to air conditioning, to his old drinking days, then to his dogs and how they are like children and how he feeds them chicken nuggets (which makes sense to why they are so fat), to the neighbors we have now and how they can't fix a thing, to everything else in the world. All in a matter of 15 minutes my friends! UGH!!! And not only does he talk a lot, he talks LOUD. He also likes talking from across the street so you can barely make out a word he says when cars go by. You think that he would stop talking when there's traffic, but oh no, he'll carry on. But yesterday he brought the conversation to our yard. Another big UGH. This woke Elijah (because he talks soooo loud)

All in all, I do have to be honest. He's a very nice man, and I wish that there were more people like him around, well, minus the constant talking that is. You see, the city I am originally from, you never had nice neighbors like that. Not any really close at least. So, I have to try to be grateful that he isn't someone I wouldn't want to live across from.

Thursday

I've been wanting to blog for quite sometime now. Thanks to my friend Dena, she pointed me in the right spot to start! But bare with me while I get the hang of it all. Being a mother of a 6 month old, does not always permit me the freedom I once owned. So, here's to getting inside my head!