Finding Peace & Jesus

For me, a part of being a Christian means having empathy for other people's situations all of the time, not just when it is convenient. Often times we the people find ourselves in some pretty precarious positions because of our decisions in life. Some of those positions are no fun at all.  I know because I have been there and won the award! Some of the tough trials in my life have come because of poor decision making. I thought I was doing the right thing only to discover I was way off the mark. I was then forced to go through my own personal storm to learn. I am so blessed that these trials have never hardened my heart. 
Thank you, Jesus, for always showing me mercy and helping me through my storms. 

God wants us to Love people through their bad days as well as their good. He calls on us to be nice even when doing so is a stretch. Be helpful, even when you want to walk away, and be forgiving even when the other person may or may not be sorry and never shows you any empathy. He wants us to care about each other, not just when it affects us, he wants us to care about each other because He asks us to. 

Instead, we ignore Him and tell ourselves we are too busy or that someone's personal stuff is really none of our business or their past is too messy. Making excuses is the easiest thing in the whole wide world to do and we all do it over and over and over each and every day.

I pray for wisdom and the words to speak to people, the eyes to see and the ears to hear and still I miss more than I want to. I miss the person waiting to cross the street or waiting for a chance to get out of a busy parking lot. We all have missed opportunities from God...some small and others very large.

2 Chronicles 16:9 (ESV) ⁹ For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth...

If you are faith-minded, you believe that the steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. (Psalm 37:23). 
However, not every good man listens and obeys those orders. It doesn't make them bad, it makes us human. Sometimes we are frustrated or in a hurry or our strong will to do what we want gets in the way of our listening and obeying God. I pray Gos keeps forgiving and that the repercussions for disobedience are not too harsh.  

I had a great job opportunity a while back but I already had a job, so I basically blew the opportunity off. The Holy Spirit kept whispering, "Take it,  take it." But silly me, I didn't want to let the people down that I was working for at the time, so I stayed. It wasn't long before I realized I had made a mistake, but by that time, the door was closed, the position was filled. You see, God knew there was a storm in front of me and He was trying to get me out of its path but I didn't listen to Him. Instead, I ignored his nudges and completely forgot that His way is always best! I have had to apologized to God for my know it all attitude more than once, and I believe He has forgiven me, as He does for some reason or another each and every day. What a great friend Our Amazing God is! 
He forgives, because that is who He is, always a gentleman.  


“I can do nothing on my own... As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me."

When we ask God daily, "What do you have for me today?" He listens and provides for us. He may call on us to do things we "don't wanna do" like take a different job, speak to someone about something that we don't understand, or even move to a different city. He encourages us to be and do things for other people and some days He is very specific about the who, what, and where. There have been many times when I have cried out  "Oh please Lord, give that task  to someone else." But He rarely changes his mind. In the end, you may as well just make it easy on yourself and do what He is asking. It typically turns out pretty amazing anyway. For this reason, and so much more, when I wake up in the morning, He is the very first to hear me say Good Morning  and offer my praise and thanks.   

                       I praise you Father God for all of my blessings,

               each breath and step that I take.

                 And I ask you Lord…what have you for me today?