365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

I realized just now that I have been binge watching football (soccer) for the past 8.5 hours with almost 2 hours to go...sigh. Thank God there are only 3 matches tomorrow and not 4...smiles. I did however use the TIME to do almost all my cleaning. I rarely just sit and stare at the television even when I am watching a program so this was a great opportunity to use my TIME wisely. I even managed to do some reading...between matches. I cooked dinner, not once, but twice...the first time was a bit early for me and I thought I would be hungry later but wasn't. I feel great that I took the TIME to accomplish a few tasks that ordinarily bleed into the new week. Even though I still have a few small things left to do, I will be starting out the new week afresh. That's a very good feeling...smiles.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

Today is Friday the 13th, a day that many people can not even leave the house for fear that something bad will happen. I have never been SUPERSTITIOUS when the 13th lands on a Friday. I really didn't pay it any attention, to put the two together, until I saw it on the news. I do recall many years ago when I would purchase a certain Horoscope magazine that I do not even recall the name of now. Although I did not believe in such things, this one was very intriguing. I continued to purchase it for several months after that and after a while I would read it before I even got out of bed. That's how the devil is sometimes...he is subtle but cunning. He will take something you wouldn't normally get caught up in and make it look enticing and seduce you into thinking its okay when its not. God began dealing with me to put it down and stop buying them and believe me I tried. Somehow it seemed that I had become addicted to this 11 x 9 inch magazine that only had a few pages for each of the zodiac signs. One day I went to purchase the magazine for the next month and it wasn't there, in fact it wasn't anywhere. At first I will admit I was frantic! That month God delivered me from not being able to get out of bed and live the life He intended for me live. I was young but even then I sensed it probably wasn't a good idea to get so wrapped up it things of that nature. So maybe, like me you could care less when the 13th falls on a Friday...just beware that there could be many other things that we could be SUPERSTITIOUS about that do not give glory to God.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

Not only is June my favorite month...but this June is my favorite "Leap Year." Every 4 years I am really excited when it is once again time for football (SOCCER) and the world comes together again for the Fifa World Cup!!! I love the FWC as much if not more than the Olympics. I am looking forward to the day when SOCCER is played so much in this country that we have a chance to win the WC. Will that happen in my lifetime? Who knows, but I can sure hope and dream. Having played SOCCER in senior high school, I fell in love with this sport. Back then we only played for exercise, much the same as we did softball. Now children are experiencing the joy of SOCCER teams at a very young age. Thanks to the Atlanta Falcons getting a brand new stadium, Atlanta will have its very own pro SOCCER team by 2018. I am hoping one day we will be able to host the WC! What a joy that would be! In the meantime, I almost feel like going to a sports bar just to be around other SOCCER fans and Fan-addicts smiles. This is the time I really appreciate Univision, because American programmers shove SOCCER to  cable TV and don't care if everyone doesn't have it.Perhaps in 4 years I will get it just for the WC and then ditch it lol. I don't watch much TV but with cable you tend to zone. Personally I would rather not stare at the TV all day. If you are watching the WC and keeping track of the Groups, enjoy...I know I will. 

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

I don't know about your life, but sometimes mine seems to have a BOOMERANG effect. Every time I get rid of the things that don't belong there, they act like a BOOMERANG and back many of those things come. What the Bible calls going around the same mountain again and again. Which means that although my life appears to be experiencing a BOOMERANG effect, it is me going around the same mountains and letting those same issues and people effect me to the point that I am looping. Since I wrote the draft to this post which was yesterday...I found out more about the BOOMERANG effect that I am now experiencing. In the book I am reading by Joyce Meyer, "Battlefield of the Mind," this is called "Mind-Binding Spirits." I am just beginning that chapter so I do not know much about it yet...but I will...smiles.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

Faith and DILIGENCE go hand in hand. Hebrews 11:6 says...he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (KJV) In order to comprehend this scripture I had to find out what DILIGENCE really means. I often know the meaning of a word but sometimes you need to look it up so you really understand the meaning. DILIGENCE means careful and persistent work or effort. Some of the synonyms of DILIGENCE are hard work, application, concentration, effort, care, perseverance, tenacity, dedication, commitment, and tirelessness. Let's face the facts, DILIGENCE is not at all easy, however, there is a reward for our DILIGENCE. I can do this!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

Years ago I had a book called "Black Pearls," one of three books that were very important to me that disappeared. I knew where this one met its demise but the other two one day simply vanished. Throughout the years many things have vanished some of which was packed up with children when they moved to places of their own when they became adults. Like my mother did, many things are only revealed once you're grown. "Black Pearls" for whatever reason was very special to me although I had never actually read it like way too many of the new books I now own. I kept having a flashback of my book sitting on my dresser and thinking I had purchased the book again a few short years ago. I dismissed it however since the book was nowhere to be found...until yesterday when it miraculously appeared. When I repurchased the book, I have no clue but there it was in a not so visible place on the bookshelf. I was so overjoyed that I carried the book with me yesterday without even opening it. Then last night I read the introduction and the first page before realizing it said January 1 at the bottom. Yes I knew there were 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations, I just never considered they might be in chronological order....smiles. January 1 was what I need though...it was about FAITH. I have a lot of FAITH to believe but it seems to waver on the have FAITH enough to keep on believing aspect. I am working on that and plenty of situations lately that require the ultimate test of my FAITH. This is what I read...I can identify with it and so may many of you as well...

I've had so many downs that I knew the law of averages would be in my favor one day.

~Doug Williams

Wow did that hit home for me. That is precisely how I was feeling last night. Hebrews 11:1 says FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (KJV) Within me are the seeds that God has given me...one of which is FAITH. I will water (study) my seeds of FAITH so they will grow and be hearty in every situation.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

All day I have had a full range of emotions...mostly NEGATIVE. Instead of focusing on the NEGATIVE, I choose to focus on the positive. When we focus on the NEGATIVE aspects of our lives we draw in more NEGATIVE events, emotions...trouble. When we choose to focus on the positive and declare Gods promises...then positive things are drawn into our lives by faith. I may shed a tear or two but joy comes in the morning when I let go of NEGATIVE thoughts and emotions. 

Did you know there was NEGATIVE/positive art?

Embracing the NEGATIVE