Hole

  Let's imagine when we are born we all start at zero or a flat line.   As we grow, learn different things & our parents pour into us life giving lessons that will make us into the adults we are today.  That would be an upper-ward climb on the hill of life & who we are or zero starts becoming positive growing numbers.   

  Sometimes we don't get what we need at different stages in life & that would make a deposit in the negative or make a hole in us.   Life comes with different problems for us to face & that can make more of a hole in us or help us climb the hill of life.  

  If you are taught to give & not receive or to put others first & not to tend to yourself, that could add to the negative or the hole.  If you have relationships that you are life giving & not receiving life back, that feeds the negative/hole.  How can we stop feeding the negative, stop digging the hole?

    Some of us don't realize we are standing in the negative or a hole, because that is where you have been all your life.  Some may see their in the hole but don't know how to get out.  It can feel like waves crashing on us repeatedly  & you can not get  firm footing to stand to move.

  If you are in a hole & want out, contact me,  I can help point you out of the hole.  

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Offense

  This post will not have a beautiful picture of nature.   This post is addressing the pattern that has happened since Religion has began.   
  You read your Bible, go to church, have your Bible Study groups & volunteer your time at a soup kitchen, food pantry or thrift shop.  You may even have the desire to go out into the community or other places in the world to spread the knowledge of who God is.    Okay, stop right there.   All that stuff is wonderful, not knocking any of those actions there.   None of it is wrong.   But if you go out into the community or the world to spread God's word or get others to turn from their wicked ways & come to the good side, then look at them & be offend of what they do, say or believe, just stop.  Go back home & read up on how Jesus interacted with people.  Jesus did not look down on the people.  He came for them to know His Father & His Fathers love.   He did not reject them because they did not live a perfect life.

  If you are going out spreading  the Word but are looking down on the people you are "helping".  Just stop!!   No one is receiving  God's love from you.  You actions are to make you feel good & you to build up yourself, that's not God's Word.   That's you using God's Word for your own purpose.

  Instead study how Jesus walked out His days going town to town.  He came to show God's love & who His Father is.  Not to build followers.   Jesus did not go town to town looking for needy people to "help" so He would feel good about what He is doing or to feel good about Himself.   It was never about Him.   It was all about His Father & His Fathers love for each person in each town.  

  If you go out to build yourself up, your building your kingdom not God's Kingdom.    If you are doing this & want to stop & need some help stopping the pattern, contact me.

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Handshakes

  Yes, Handshakes.   I may be a female & some males might be thinking "What does she know about hand shakes?!"   I may not know everything about them, but what I do known is apart of the core of them.    I'm married, have sons, have brothers, a dad & uncles.     Plus my own two eyes to taken in & watch others around me.  

  This is what I have gathered over the years.  Females are not required to shake hands.  But males are.   A handshake speaks louder than words & it will be the first impression about who you are.  Lots of pressure with a simple handshake.  

  My husband has taught my sons about handshakes.   My youngest son makes it a point to shake peoples hand when he meets them & when he leaves.  My family was at wedding & they met new folks.  People have remarked on the firm handshake my youngest gives.   The same remark was given again.  But one guy asked my son, "How was his hand shake?"   My young son stopped, looked at him & leaned towards me & asked me, "What do I do, it was not good?"   I told him to give the truth.  So he did.   The guy also told my son, he can handle the truth.  This got me thinking, why are there firm handshakes & not so good ones.   

  Reasons for a firm handshake: confidence.  A person has confidence in themselves.    They were taught to give firm handshake.   Reasons for a not so good hand shake: lack of confidence in self,  lack of info on a firm handshake. Are  the dads not in the picture to teach & pass down information to their sons?   Men are the ones to truly teach on handshakes.  I'm not saying I know all on the subject.  I also know that handshakes have a fine line of a firm one & the squeeze & hurt the person.  The one that goes over the fine line of firm speaks about the person giving more than the one receiving. 

  I rejoice in the fact I don't have to take part in handshakes.  I like having the options, to take part or not.  In different cultures things are done different,  I get that.  Not passing judgement on anyone about their cultures or handshakes.   I just want you to think about your self confidence level & what message you are putting out in front of you.  Is it one describing who you are?  

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Journey vs Path

  Journey vs Path....  what is the difference between them?  They do sound like they would be the same thing.  Everyone has been on/going on/ is on a journey.   We all have been on/going on/ is on a path. 

   The difference between both is that one is wide open & the other is more structured.   How do you tell the difference  on which one you are on?  

  Journey is to see if you have the heart to do more than the bare minimum.   Journey is something you are on to see if you will make choices to go further.  A journey is a passage from place to another. 

   A path is marked out already,  a way that is formed by repeated footsteps.    A path has been traveled before by someone or by you, a track constructed for a use.  You still make choices, but you can see a pathway after your choice.    

   We all go down both during our lives.  Where are you now, journey or path?  If you need help with either one, contact me.

 

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Flower vs Weed

  Flower vs Weed.... what are the difference that makes it one or the other?   Who decides what is what?  What is the purpose of a flower or a weed?   In the Bible it talks about flowers more than weeds. 

  A flower is seen as value, beauty,  enjoyment & is wanted.  A weed you see as useless, bothersome, a pain to get rid of  & not much value.    Do we view people the same way as a flower or a weed?  

  A flower & a weed has simpler life cycle: seed, growth, bloom & wither away to start all over.  Both have their own seasons.  Both have their own reason for growth. 

  In the Bible the flower is used more than a weed.  The flower is described as life, beauty, decorations in different structures on the Tabernacle.   A weed is described as just a plant, it is just there.   Do you want to be a flower or a weed?  

  A flower is the state of a bloom or flourishing, to develop & has value.   A weed is a plant that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants.    How are you being a flower in the world?  Or are you a weed?  

  If you find yourself more like a weed & want to be more like a flower in the world, contact me.


 
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