Breakfast For Your Soul

Thursday, November 13, 2008

 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.

(Psalms 139:13-16)

“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”

That should take care of low self-esteem once and for all.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made … God doesn’t make junk, so when junk happens…. it’s not His fault.

Remember what God said in Genesis.  He called everything He made good.  We may have a few stains and wrinkles here and there.  A couple of dings, maybe a few holes… but our God has made provision for all of that.  When we sin, we have an advocate with the Father— Jesus.  When we feel tired and rundown, we are told that He will renew our strength.  When we feel weighted down by life… He told us to cast all of our cares upon Him, because He cares for us.  When we feel our physical body is caring too much weight… the bible says that our bodies are the temple of God, therefore, we ought to take care of it because it is precious.  It is after all the only one we get down here.  Fearfully and wonderfully made.  When we see fear in the bible, it can mean “terror”, or it can mean “respect”.  When I read that we are “fearfully” made, I take that to mean that great respect and care was used in the process.  We are the only created entity that has been honored to be made in the image and after likeness of God Himself …

Made To Fly -Ephesians 2:10 79 of 101   God has a purpose and a plan for each of us, and in Christ, He has already given us all that we need to fulfill that plan. May 11, 2008

Good Morning Beloved,

Let it go… Sometimes we struggle with issues outside of ourselves that we need to let go of.  Other times, we struggle with ourselves.  That may sound strange, but there are times when when need to, as my friend Arlene says, “put ourselves out of the camp”.  Times of soul searching when we actually look at the person in the mirror and say, “what is your problem…. really”.  Whatever is going on with us, we have already been given the power and authority to deal with it.  Having the power and using it however are two different things.  Speak to yourself as if you were talking to an old friend that you love.  Let yourself know that you love you, but that some changes are going to be made around this camp.  You have too much going for you to allow anything (even you), to get in between you and your destiny.  Ignoring a situation will not make it go away.  It must be met head-on and dealt with.  Sounds easy?  Probably not.  Worth it?  Most definitely.  Procrastination is an old nemesis of mine.  It has haunted me for years.  I know that this is a problem.  Especially if it is something I really do not want to do.  I hate telling people no, especially when it comes to working in the theater.  I absolutely love the theater.  I joined a new cast some time ago, and I knew when I did that this was not going to work.  Nice people, but I was not supposed to be in that production.  I could not bring myself to back out.  I procrastinated for a few rehearsals, until I reached a point, that if I waited any longer, it would not be fair to them.  I was understudy, and made sure they would be OK, before gracefully bowing out.  That was hard for me. I’m making progress (pray for me), but the important thing is that, now I recognize it for what it is; and therefore am better equipped to handle it.  Believe me, it has taken years for me to get this far.  I have suffered unnecessary costs financially, spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally, because I put off something, that should have been taken care of … but I didn’t “feel” like it at the time.  That is just one of my ‘weights’, or ‘cares’ that I have rolled onto the Lord.  Another beautiful part of God’s character is that He is super patient with us. He is with us for the long haul, and we will be all that He has designed for us to be… eventually.

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U Blessed,

Have A Fabulous Day

Regina