February 24 2015

February 24 2015 Greetings My Friend My chest has been feeling congested and I remembered I did not put any essential oils out. They are out now and I am feeling less congested. These things truly help me and I am thankful to have learned about them. My ADHD is playing havoc with me today too. I have started to clean the kitchen several times now only to take something into another room and find myself cleaning something else. So goes my day. One of my devotionals that I read today deals with the tongue being the hardest to tame. Going from a doom and gloom person to a positive person has been a journey. Changing from my inside to outside has helped me to be more positive and less of a gossip. This brings me to “the renewing of your mind” thinking. Lately the more I struggle the more I have learned to find something positive about the struggle. I truly believe that in the struggle I meet my strength and God shows me what I have to look forward to. The more I conquer negative thinking the more positive my thoughts are which in turn comes out of my mouth in wholesome and positive words that build myself and others up. Recently I had bronchitis, something I am dealing with often these days. My self talk went to Scriptures that helped me to look forward to the day the bronchitis would be done with. I used to sink so low when I was sick many times throughout the year. This illness taught me to go with it and soon I will be on the mend again. Right now it would be easy to cave into “cabin fever” since we are getting cold and snow for days on end now. A few short years ago I would insist on a warm climate vacation during the winter months to be able to cope with winter. As we deal with days where it is best to not go anywhere right now I am looking forward to doing some extra deep cleaning. The house will shine a bit more and then I will sit near the fire feeling its warmth. I know if the power goes out we have back up resources to help us through the trials. When the weather breaks I will run errands and enjoy being out and about so for now I enjoy Junior our fur children and a warm fire. I have soup in the crock pot and life is great. It seems that taming the tongue takes place when we have heart adjustments. Bible reading, encouraging others helps me to encourage myself. Prayer teaches me to thank God for all things and slowly I find myself a very grateful woman even in the health issues of my life. Right in the mix of all of this positiveness is having a forgiving heart. We can lament that “it isn’t fair” all we want but until we can let go and let God we are burdened with heavy loads of anger and resentment. God doesn’t say forgive and go back to the hurt. He says forgive so my goal is to forgive and when I struggle to forgive I ask God to help me with this endeavor. He does. Soon I find that the hurt does not own me anymore. My goal is to have a consistent heart that seeks God’s goodness and then to pass along the things I have learned. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet