Knowing CPR, this possible life-saving technique, is as important as knowing how to tie your shoes. We were taught to keep our shoes ties so we would not trip, fall and hurt ourselves (prevention). Well, knowing CPR is to be thought of in the same light.
CPR can and does save lives. Knowing how to do it properly saves lives. CPR has not been thought of as something that was urgently needed until it's too late. Often, family members die because they needed to have CPR performed but no one around knew how to do it.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Fearing Fear
Have you ever been afraid of fear? Has it ever taken over your thoughts to the point that that's all you think about? Power is given to fear when we constantly think about it. Sometimes, something can happen in our life that causes us to fear because we do not see the end of a circumstance.
Fear can lead to so many things. I was recently confronted with something that caused me a great deal of fear. In accepting this fear, I became depressed because I allowed the spirit of fear to speak to me. This fear was so overwhelming that I did not have a desire, at times, to even pray or seek the Lord in the matter. I realized the extent to which the fear had captured me and felt helpless all because the spirit of fear told me that I was helpless. Even though I know scriptures that would defeat this, I had allowed fear to occupy my being. This was a dangerous place in which to be and it wanted me to stay there. I knew that I was stressing, worrying, losing my victory and maintaining my sense of fear.
Even in the midst of accepting this state of fear, I could always hear the Holy Spirit saying something to me to remind me that I am more than a conqueror but I wasn't believing it because I was looking at the circumstance. I wondered if I would ever overcome thiis fear. I cried out to the Lord, told Him my back was up against the wall and that I needed Him. At first, I felt nothing. But, I knew down deep inside that God had not created me to be defeated by anything.
No weapon formed against me shall prosper is a scripture that I kept hearing in my ear and mind. I realized that I had to get to the point where I believed that Word again. I had to focus on God, not the circumstance. Although this is so elementary to most of us, there are times when, if allowed, fear can get us to forget what we have always known about the Lord and discount His ability to bring us through situations. I even remembered all the situations that He has brought me through recently that were far more serious and harmful than this current one but fear kept messing with my mind.
Thanks be to God for victory. Viictory came to me through hearing the Word preached. Victory came to me through encouraging words of a friend, a faithful, true friend. God is able. God knows my situations. God DOES LOVE ME. God remembers me at all times and is with me in the valley as well as on the mountaintop.
I am determined to reset my mind. I will dwell on the postive things that will happen to me. I will attract those positive thoughts and not allow the negative to get a foothold on my mind. I will look to the Lord for my deliverance. I thank Him now for victory; victory in the Lord God Almighty.
Fear can lead to so many things. I was recently confronted with something that caused me a great deal of fear. In accepting this fear, I became depressed because I allowed the spirit of fear to speak to me. This fear was so overwhelming that I did not have a desire, at times, to even pray or seek the Lord in the matter. I realized the extent to which the fear had captured me and felt helpless all because the spirit of fear told me that I was helpless. Even though I know scriptures that would defeat this, I had allowed fear to occupy my being. This was a dangerous place in which to be and it wanted me to stay there. I knew that I was stressing, worrying, losing my victory and maintaining my sense of fear.
Even in the midst of accepting this state of fear, I could always hear the Holy Spirit saying something to me to remind me that I am more than a conqueror but I wasn't believing it because I was looking at the circumstance. I wondered if I would ever overcome thiis fear. I cried out to the Lord, told Him my back was up against the wall and that I needed Him. At first, I felt nothing. But, I knew down deep inside that God had not created me to be defeated by anything.
No weapon formed against me shall prosper is a scripture that I kept hearing in my ear and mind. I realized that I had to get to the point where I believed that Word again. I had to focus on God, not the circumstance. Although this is so elementary to most of us, there are times when, if allowed, fear can get us to forget what we have always known about the Lord and discount His ability to bring us through situations. I even remembered all the situations that He has brought me through recently that were far more serious and harmful than this current one but fear kept messing with my mind.
Thanks be to God for victory. Viictory came to me through hearing the Word preached. Victory came to me through encouraging words of a friend, a faithful, true friend. God is able. God knows my situations. God DOES LOVE ME. God remembers me at all times and is with me in the valley as well as on the mountaintop.
I am determined to reset my mind. I will dwell on the postive things that will happen to me. I will attract those positive thoughts and not allow the negative to get a foothold on my mind. I will look to the Lord for my deliverance. I thank Him now for victory; victory in the Lord God Almighty.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Some Things Are Changing
Lately, I have noticed changes. I have noticed that parts of me are taking on a different shape. Thank You, Lord. I have noticed that it takes longer to get from one spot to another. Thank You, Lord. I have noticed that it takes some things longer to heal than before. Thank You, Lord. I have noticed that thinking has changed more to the future than ever before. Thank You, Lord.
In all this, I have to admit that sometimes fear comes over me. At other times, sadness comes over me. And, then, JOY comes over me. I am still trying to figure out all that the JOY includes. Now, to me, JOY is loving the Lord and worshipping Him. JOY is knowing Who I serve. JOY is knowing that I am His and that will never change. But, there is more to it than that and I don't know what that is. I do know this - that the Lord, through His Holy Spirit, will let me know.
It's hard to believe that I have made it to be 63 years old. Whew!!! I'm grateful. I enjoy and embarce it. I am not ashamed of it and appreciate each day that I have of it. Don't get me wrong, I have days when I wonder why my JOY is not where it ought to be but I know this is a trick of the enemy. In all my struggles, I am aware of the presence of God. Sometimes, it seems to me that He is far away, another trick fo the enemy. But, He always steps in to remind me that He is here. I have wondered if this happens to others my age who notice things changing in their lives.
I know that anything I have, anything I have done, anything that will come to me in my life is not because of something I have done on my own. I know from where my help comes. So, I take the changes I am noticing with great appreciation and ask God to continue to show me other changes. I ask the Holy Spirit to continue to be with me throughout all my days.
The biggest change I am asking of God is our relationship. I am praying for it to grow beyond anywhere I would have ever believed. I am looking to God for this change. I am anticipating a relationship unlike any I have ever known.
Lord, You know my heart. You know why the tears fall just at the thought of You. You know how I cherish our time together. You know my struggles, changes, ups and downs. You know just Who I need. I know Who I need and that is You. Loving You, Lord, is easy. Thank You for loving me because I cannot imagine that is easy to to but then again, You're God.
In all this, I have to admit that sometimes fear comes over me. At other times, sadness comes over me. And, then, JOY comes over me. I am still trying to figure out all that the JOY includes. Now, to me, JOY is loving the Lord and worshipping Him. JOY is knowing Who I serve. JOY is knowing that I am His and that will never change. But, there is more to it than that and I don't know what that is. I do know this - that the Lord, through His Holy Spirit, will let me know.
It's hard to believe that I have made it to be 63 years old. Whew!!! I'm grateful. I enjoy and embarce it. I am not ashamed of it and appreciate each day that I have of it. Don't get me wrong, I have days when I wonder why my JOY is not where it ought to be but I know this is a trick of the enemy. In all my struggles, I am aware of the presence of God. Sometimes, it seems to me that He is far away, another trick fo the enemy. But, He always steps in to remind me that He is here. I have wondered if this happens to others my age who notice things changing in their lives.
I know that anything I have, anything I have done, anything that will come to me in my life is not because of something I have done on my own. I know from where my help comes. So, I take the changes I am noticing with great appreciation and ask God to continue to show me other changes. I ask the Holy Spirit to continue to be with me throughout all my days.
The biggest change I am asking of God is our relationship. I am praying for it to grow beyond anywhere I would have ever believed. I am looking to God for this change. I am anticipating a relationship unlike any I have ever known.
Lord, You know my heart. You know why the tears fall just at the thought of You. You know how I cherish our time together. You know my struggles, changes, ups and downs. You know just Who I need. I know Who I need and that is You. Loving You, Lord, is easy. Thank You for loving me because I cannot imagine that is easy to to but then again, You're God.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Let's Be Real
As I get more settled into my new apartment, I have time to sit and think and ponder. One of the things I am pondering is why we change our view about certain subjects depending on who it is affecting. For instance, if it's wrong for "Susie" to do something (and we, as humans talk about Susie like she has the plague), then when "Carol" does the same thing we don't seem to have anything negative to say. Yet, the two women did the same thing!!
It appears to me that people are not real. Some people are seeking something from others and that affects how they respond to certain events. If someone is trying to gain something, be more recognized or possibly appear to be a closer friend, there will not be any negative words said aloud to anyone. This is PURE PHONEYNESS (sp). I'm trying to figure out why people can't be for real.
Yet, I don't want to dwell on unreal people. I really am trying hard (it's not always easy) to focus on positive things and be around positive people (again, not always possible). But, I keep trying. As I get older (thank You, Lord), I do realize more and more that it's not what people say or do that matters, it's what the Lord says and does. I am spending my time doing my best to get and stay focused on the Lord. The things that used to excite me, don't anymore. Peace, love, joy, stability, harmony, connection (with the Lord), happiness, contentment, appreciation are some of the states of emotions that I am now looking forward to, appreciating and loving. God be praised for this.
I used to look at the happiness of others and say I with I had that. Now, they can look at the happiness I have and say the same. In other words, I'm not looking at others and wanting what they have. I have it with the Lord and I'm enjoying it. I appreciate the Lord working on me, helping me grow, leading me and blessing me. Looking at others, just like the blog started out, caused me to get confused, messed up and jacked up. I finally got tired of being that way. I'm a work-in-progress but I'm His work.
It appears to me that people are not real. Some people are seeking something from others and that affects how they respond to certain events. If someone is trying to gain something, be more recognized or possibly appear to be a closer friend, there will not be any negative words said aloud to anyone. This is PURE PHONEYNESS (sp). I'm trying to figure out why people can't be for real.
Yet, I don't want to dwell on unreal people. I really am trying hard (it's not always easy) to focus on positive things and be around positive people (again, not always possible). But, I keep trying. As I get older (thank You, Lord), I do realize more and more that it's not what people say or do that matters, it's what the Lord says and does. I am spending my time doing my best to get and stay focused on the Lord. The things that used to excite me, don't anymore. Peace, love, joy, stability, harmony, connection (with the Lord), happiness, contentment, appreciation are some of the states of emotions that I am now looking forward to, appreciating and loving. God be praised for this.
I used to look at the happiness of others and say I with I had that. Now, they can look at the happiness I have and say the same. In other words, I'm not looking at others and wanting what they have. I have it with the Lord and I'm enjoying it. I appreciate the Lord working on me, helping me grow, leading me and blessing me. Looking at others, just like the blog started out, caused me to get confused, messed up and jacked up. I finally got tired of being that way. I'm a work-in-progress but I'm His work.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Counting It All Joy
To be able to look at life and count it all joy is a huge blessing. Although there are days that might not be as great as others, we have been able to make it through.
Lately, I have had some health challenges that have, quite frankly, scared me to my bones. I have found that I dropped my faith and started relying on and looking at people, rather than God. I completely forgot the Holy Spirit, Who keeps me, comforts me and guides me. My throughts were completely on me and how I was going to make it not only through the challenge but life. I found I was worrying about how I was going to deal with things. I completely left God out of the issue.
In my devotion time, I have been challenged with the question of, "What are you doing with the Holy Spirit?" This has come up before and must still be an issue if it is coming up again. This question causes one to pause and take a serious look at our relationship with the Lord and how and what we think of the Holy Spirit.
I am learning how to turn everything completely over to the Holy Spirit. This is a process and is not done automatically, especially since I've been trying to run things all these years. Yet, when I stop to think about someone else being responsible for my life, my brain just seems to stop moving and stay on that point. I believe it is because it's such a serious thing to do. If I turn my life completely over to the Holy Spirit, this means that I am not going to try to run anything. This means that I trust Him completely. This means that I pray, turn it completely over and wait on Him. Now, that's definitely a new concept for me. Is it one I can do? Most definitely. This turning over involved complete obedience (another thing we're working on). All this is tied into my relationship with the Lord. Every aspect of my life must be yielded to Him. This even includes thoughts, actions, desires, words, etc.
As my health challenges arose, I found myself often sitting in a quiet room (be it in the hospital or home) and just waiting to hear from the Lord. I would turn my thoughts and cares over to him and wait for His response. I found I had a peace that I still cannot describe. It was a peace that enabled me to just sit on the bed, in a chair, look out the window and not worry. I observed what was happening around me but did not worry about anything. This peace is beyond all understanding, just as the Word says it would be. I definitely counted that as joy. There is something about not worrying about anything that is indescribeable. I found that once that settles in, really settles in, it continues. It makes the next challenge easier to get through because of the peace that is known, believed and felt. I'm loving this heightened releationship with the Lord.
This is just another way of counting joy in my life. To wake up and be able to do what I do is always reason for joy. To have sense enough to recognize it, is reason for joy. I have friends who have died lately or have had major surgery or other events occur in their life. I look at them and pray they have counted it all joy. I have certainly counted it joy for them.
Do you count it all joy, even in the bad times? Praising the Lord while in the valley will often bring you up out of the valley. Praising Him while going through and sitting back, turning it all over to Him and waiting on Him is reason to count it all joy. His promises are always kept. I love Him so much. And, I love you, too!
Just counting what He has done in our lives is reason to count it all joy. Praise God from whom all blessing flow.
Lately, I have had some health challenges that have, quite frankly, scared me to my bones. I have found that I dropped my faith and started relying on and looking at people, rather than God. I completely forgot the Holy Spirit, Who keeps me, comforts me and guides me. My throughts were completely on me and how I was going to make it not only through the challenge but life. I found I was worrying about how I was going to deal with things. I completely left God out of the issue.
In my devotion time, I have been challenged with the question of, "What are you doing with the Holy Spirit?" This has come up before and must still be an issue if it is coming up again. This question causes one to pause and take a serious look at our relationship with the Lord and how and what we think of the Holy Spirit.
I am learning how to turn everything completely over to the Holy Spirit. This is a process and is not done automatically, especially since I've been trying to run things all these years. Yet, when I stop to think about someone else being responsible for my life, my brain just seems to stop moving and stay on that point. I believe it is because it's such a serious thing to do. If I turn my life completely over to the Holy Spirit, this means that I am not going to try to run anything. This means that I trust Him completely. This means that I pray, turn it completely over and wait on Him. Now, that's definitely a new concept for me. Is it one I can do? Most definitely. This turning over involved complete obedience (another thing we're working on). All this is tied into my relationship with the Lord. Every aspect of my life must be yielded to Him. This even includes thoughts, actions, desires, words, etc.
As my health challenges arose, I found myself often sitting in a quiet room (be it in the hospital or home) and just waiting to hear from the Lord. I would turn my thoughts and cares over to him and wait for His response. I found I had a peace that I still cannot describe. It was a peace that enabled me to just sit on the bed, in a chair, look out the window and not worry. I observed what was happening around me but did not worry about anything. This peace is beyond all understanding, just as the Word says it would be. I definitely counted that as joy. There is something about not worrying about anything that is indescribeable. I found that once that settles in, really settles in, it continues. It makes the next challenge easier to get through because of the peace that is known, believed and felt. I'm loving this heightened releationship with the Lord.
This is just another way of counting joy in my life. To wake up and be able to do what I do is always reason for joy. To have sense enough to recognize it, is reason for joy. I have friends who have died lately or have had major surgery or other events occur in their life. I look at them and pray they have counted it all joy. I have certainly counted it joy for them.
Do you count it all joy, even in the bad times? Praising the Lord while in the valley will often bring you up out of the valley. Praising Him while going through and sitting back, turning it all over to Him and waiting on Him is reason to count it all joy. His promises are always kept. I love Him so much. And, I love you, too!
Just counting what He has done in our lives is reason to count it all joy. Praise God from whom all blessing flow.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wait, Don't Give Up!!
Today I thought about possibly giving up. I thought about how some things in my life are not going the way I wish they were. I thought that maybe, just maybe, I am not really hearing the Lord's voice. I thought about the fact that I am His child, one of His sheep, and His sheep DO know His voice. So, why was I feeling like I am not hearing Him?
I did feel the need to question God, so I asked Him why others seems to prosper who are doing the same thing I am doing but I am not. I had to ask Him why, since I am willing to work hard and do, are things not as far along as I think they should be?
I had to dig down inside to the "honest" area of my soul and spirit. I had to come clean with myself (because I'm certainly NOT fooling God). I had to honestly say that I need to get myself together. Am I allowing the "things in life" that I want to overshadow the Lord and His place in my life? I could not just answer, "No" so quickly. When I looked back over the past few days, I could see where I moved Him to second place, at a minimum.
How could I allow this to happen? I was studying my Bible, praying, being faithful to Him......but then I let life get in the way and started working very on the life issues and events, forgetting about God. Forgive me, Lord. Here I am doing it again. When am I going to stop this? Why have I fallen back into this state?
Just when I was ready to give up and throw in the towel, I read a devotional that talked about giving up. It came from I Kings 19 and was dealing with Eliajah and how he wanted to give up. The devotion blessed me so much but it was a statement at the bottom of the page that caught my attention. The statement read, "When you're working for Jesus, it's always too soon to quit." In my life, the thing I am working on so hard was given to me by the Lord and I dedicated it and gave it back to Him and always acknowledge that it's His and not mine. Yet, I was going to give up on it. This is His and I cannot give up. He will see it through. He will bless everything to progress in His timing. He will take care of it; He's able.
Thank You, Lord, for taking care of my thinking that was getting out of hand again. Thank You for pointing me to something that would bless me. Thank You for not giving up on me. Thank You for always being with me, always being at work around me and always asking and waiting for me to join You where You're at work around me. Open my spiritual mind, heart and soul to Your will. Remove life's clutter so I can hear You clearly.
Whatever it is, whatever it is, don't give up! Keep on working for the Lord and it will come to pass.
I did feel the need to question God, so I asked Him why others seems to prosper who are doing the same thing I am doing but I am not. I had to ask Him why, since I am willing to work hard and do, are things not as far along as I think they should be?
I had to dig down inside to the "honest" area of my soul and spirit. I had to come clean with myself (because I'm certainly NOT fooling God). I had to honestly say that I need to get myself together. Am I allowing the "things in life" that I want to overshadow the Lord and His place in my life? I could not just answer, "No" so quickly. When I looked back over the past few days, I could see where I moved Him to second place, at a minimum.
How could I allow this to happen? I was studying my Bible, praying, being faithful to Him......but then I let life get in the way and started working very on the life issues and events, forgetting about God. Forgive me, Lord. Here I am doing it again. When am I going to stop this? Why have I fallen back into this state?
Just when I was ready to give up and throw in the towel, I read a devotional that talked about giving up. It came from I Kings 19 and was dealing with Eliajah and how he wanted to give up. The devotion blessed me so much but it was a statement at the bottom of the page that caught my attention. The statement read, "When you're working for Jesus, it's always too soon to quit." In my life, the thing I am working on so hard was given to me by the Lord and I dedicated it and gave it back to Him and always acknowledge that it's His and not mine. Yet, I was going to give up on it. This is His and I cannot give up. He will see it through. He will bless everything to progress in His timing. He will take care of it; He's able.
Thank You, Lord, for taking care of my thinking that was getting out of hand again. Thank You for pointing me to something that would bless me. Thank You for not giving up on me. Thank You for always being with me, always being at work around me and always asking and waiting for me to join You where You're at work around me. Open my spiritual mind, heart and soul to Your will. Remove life's clutter so I can hear You clearly.
Whatever it is, whatever it is, don't give up! Keep on working for the Lord and it will come to pass.
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