Truth or Consequenses~Makes Sense To Me

Aug21

Have you ever wondered how you could possibly delight the Lord? How you, all by yourself, could bring Him pleasure. David, a man after God’s own heart knew and shares the answer…

…the LORD’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love. Psalms 147:11

Wow…Fear the Lord and put your hope in His unfailing love…Sounds easy right? Obviously not…

Today we often remove the focus from fear as it has such a negative connotation and instead we focus on the God’s love. But as with everything there should be a healthy balance. We should not forget that while God loves us He also expects us to be attentive to His commands. In addition, we should remember there will be consequences for those who fail to follow His instructions.

Think about it, because we as parents want to protect our children from harm we often have to utilize discipline to enforce the concepts we are trying to instill in our kids. God is no different!!! Through His word He conveys His expectations and when we are not yielding to those expectations we leave Him with no alternative but to use discipline.

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.” Hebrews 12:6

Now, I don’t know about you but before I disciplined my children I always reminded them of the rules and gave them a warning…If ______(the behavior) doesn’t stop you can expect_______(the discipline).

God establishes the expectation and the discipline…

Truth or Consequenses~Makes Sense To Me

Love Lee ♥

Ask for Help Before You Melt

Aug20

In life we teach our children life skills with hopes they grow up as law-abiding, moral, responsible and self-sufficient adults. However, what we often fail to teach them or what we may have failed to learn ourselves is…sometimes we need help! In this perfectionist model the need for assistance is often translated as failure.

Because we learn this as we grow-up often it becomes a blow to our egos when we realize we can’t do it alone or even we are not the right person to do it at all…As an ICU nurse I learned it takes teamwork and it is ok to ask for help. Without help we can become fragile and vulnerable.

Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together~Unknown

I love this saying!!!

Snowflakes, while fragile they are also unique and it is the intricate shapes that make them unique. As the single snowflake begins to melt all the snow looses its uniqueness it also looses its magnitude. It is no longer remains beautiful fluffy white snow but instead becomes water or ice.

To summarize…

We are fragile beings
We are unique beings
When we stick together with other fragile and unique beings we can accomplish so much more
When we keep our uniqueness we are easily identified
When our uniqueness dissolves we become just like everyone else and are not as effective to the team

Most importantly…

Ask for Help Before You Melt…

Love Lee ♥

We Stick Together Like Glue

Aug18

Love and Faithfulness are the glue that binds any relationship together and to have one without the other renders us as incomplete. This holds true whether it be Marriage, Family, and or Friends.

Love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection
Faithfulness is the act of being steady in allegiance or affection; loyal

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3

While some of my friends would call the “around your neck” a noose and “the tablet of your heart” a tatoo…LOL

I choose to think of the “around your neck” as a precious necklace and “the tablet of your heart” as an engraved heart-shaped locket because

I LIKE BLING!!!

All, joking aside, I really love to envision my arms wrapped tightly around my Daddy God’s neck with my head resting on His chest allowing me to hear His heart beating for me…

Loving my heavenly Father and being Faithful in my relationship with Him is so incredibly easy because I know He Loves and is Faithful to me!!!

We Stick Together Like Glue…

Love Lee ♥

Amazed

Aug17

God is so incredibly awesome and I will sing this song to Him all my days!!!

He has orchestrated my life so beautifully and I know…

He Has A Plan

Amazed

You dance over me
While I am unaware
You sing all around
But I never hear the sound

Lord I’m amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed by You
How You love me

How wide
How deep
How great
Is Your love for me

How wide, O how wide Lord
How deep, O how deep Lord
How great, O how great
Is Your love for me

Lord I’m amazed, amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed, amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed, amazed by You
How You love me

Thank You Lord for Loving Me…

Love Lee ♥

Shhh…Listen

Aug17

Growing up as a little girl, I always tried to be respectful and obedient to the voice of my parents; especially when they were expressing their expectations. Primarily because my parents would tolerate nothing less.

It was an expectation!

This morning during my quiet time, I was reminded it is no different with God.

“but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.” Proverbs 1:33

Wow…If we are feeling vulnerable, uncomfortable, or in fear…Perhaps we are not listening to His voice!

To ignore my parents voice usually lead to negative consequences but to obey yielded safety, harmony and there was no fear. It is no different with God…Perhaps we need to start listening!!!

Shhh…Listen

Can You Hear Him?

Love Lee ♥

Enough Said…

Aug15

I Love This Saying!!!

Preach the Gospel, and if necessary use words. ~ Unknown

I have never been one to shove God down anyone’s throat. To do so would imply the Holy Spirit does not exist. I would rather allow the Holy Spirit to draw people to Christ.

If He chooses me to be His instrument may I…

To listen to His voice
To see Him in all His Glory
To taste His Goodness
To feel His Presence
To smell His sweet aroma

My Daily Prayer: “Here I am Lord, use me”

Enough Said

Love Lee ♥

I Won!!!

Aug3

I remember as a little girl playing a game with my classmates and friends called “Duck…Duck…Goose”. We would all sit in a circle and one person would go around the tapping each person on the head and labeling us as a duck or a goose. There was only one goose and everyone wanted to be the goose…

She would walk around the circle ” Duck…Duck…Duck…Duck…GOOSE”. Yeah…It was me!!! I am the GOOSE…I would jump up and chase her around the circle trying to catch her before she was able to get back to the slot where I had been sitting.

You know, looking back, I didn’t want to get up and run around the circle…I just wanted to CHOSEN.

Life is much like a game of Duck…Duck…Goose. Jesus walks around our lives and He chooses us wanting us to chase after Him…

The coolest part of it all is He didn’t choose me because I am

Perfect
Popular
Beautiful
Thin
Tall
Rich
Famous

He chose me because He loves me!!! He says…

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. John 15:16

Wow!!! He chose me, trusted me with an assignment and THEN…He promised to give me the desires of my heart!!!

Now that is better than any game of Duck…Duck…Goose I have ever played and already

I WON!!!

Love Lee ♥

Choose Now

Aug2

What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself.

Choose now whom you will serve, and that choice is going to affect the next generation, and the next generation, and the next.

Choice never affects just one person alone. It goes on and on and the effect goes out into geography and history.

You are part of history and your choices become part of history.

-Edith Schaeffer

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15

I love this scripture! In-fact so much so, it is the displayed at my front door so all who enter know…

As for me and my house…We Will Serve the Lord!

Love Lee ♥

Explore…Dream…Discover

Aug1

Nothing in life is certain. Things change, people change, and circumstances change…So, when thinking about making a change how do you know if you are making a wise decision?

YOU DON’T!

BUT…

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain

Today, I choose to explore my options, dream BIG, and discover what lies ahead. In doing so I am confident God’s got my back because God’s word says…

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9

Soooo Get Started!

Explore…Dream…Discover!

Love Lee ♥

Don’t Look Back

Jul28

Do you find yourself looking back at your past?

“… forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT)

Look to the future my friend…He has Great Plans For You!!!