365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...BYE BYE AUGUST!

It is hard to believe that today is the very last day of August...wow...it went so fast! Maybe because I have been so busy with my 2 deadlines I have barely come up for air since the 2nd week of August. God did some really amazing things for me this month. Most of all He showed me how to encourage myself and push myself to go way past my COMFORT zone. If I had not stepped out of my COMFORT zone I never would have known what I am capable of. I have faith but God pushed me to have even more faith. It is easy to have faith when all is going well...it is so much more of a effort to walk in faith when challenges come. God showed me things I needed to see and taught me things I needed to learn. I look forward to September and what will be revealed to me then. I have always said I never, ever want to stop learning something new. Little did I know...you never do...smiles.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...AUGUST IS ALMOST GONE!

Yesterday I felt like I was under attack. Doing the right thing will always COST you something. Sometimes it will COST you friends, or a job, or higher position, or even family. Yesterday the enemy was trying his best to COST me my peace of mind. I have said before, he studies us enough to know how to try and shake our foundation. I say try because my house is built on solid rock! (Matthew 7:24) Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. (NLT) Heat nor bugs nor outside reptiles are going to change one thing...no matter what the COST! God has been too good to me to ever consider turning back now. The more I learn, the more I am held accountable for. Praise God!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME ...AUGUST IS ALMOST GONE!

HOME never looked so good! A busy week makes me appreciate HOME even more. HOME sweet HOME. I don't even mind that there is a forecast for rain every afternoon for the next 5-6 days. HOME never looked so good. God answered one of my unspoken prayers today...it was a tiny passing prayer and I praise God He heard me and showed me favor. With my Lord and Savior's help I accomplished so much this week. I did what I thought was impossible a week ago. With God...all things are possible! 

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...AUGUST IS ALMOST GONE!

God has been so good to me lately that I asked Him how would I ever explain it to anyone. I have tried before during different times in my life only to have people look at me a bit strange. Many Christians, including myself, before my One Word Journey and countless Bible studies, do not realize the POWER we have in our WORDS! I am learning praise God! Also it is conformation of something God told me a while ago. Seeing it come to pass is supernatural. I praise God for His grace and mercy and blessings. 

I won't be posting a graphic tonight or possibly the next few days. It stresses the laptop and only God is keeping it going.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...AUGUST IS WINDING DOWN!

If you have noticed, lately I have been adding graphics after each post. I have always used the graphics to ENCOURAGE myself and thought they might ENCOURAGE and inspire the faithful readers of my blog posts. I hope you are taking this journey with me by taking your own one word journey as well. I have posted a lot about faith over these past few months and even when you feel like you have faith...something will come along to test that faith. That is why I always have to, and need to ENCOURAGE myself. Everything we go through, every test and trial no matter how big, no matter how small, no matter how insignificant it seems...it is always to teach us something. Therefore I am always looking for the lesson. Sometimes I see it, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I see it, but don't yet understand it. I know that I will, if not today, or tomorrow, I will one day. God bless you all.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...AUGUST IS WINDING DOWN!

I was so blessed last night to be able to spend some much needed personal time with God. Of course today there were hurtles to overcome but that's okay. I did...I realize satan really does study us and knows us well. He also uses the same tactics over and over again. It is great to know he is already defeated. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Today I started reading about going DEEPER in God...last night...I experienced going DEEPER in God! I am learning and growing by faith...one step...one word at a time. This is the 8th month already...now I feel I have so little time to go DEEPER and DEEPER. I remember during the first couple months, 300+ days felt like an eternity. December may be far in the distance but now I can  see it...like a giant billboard with Jesus standing right there in front of it with open arms telling me...I Can Do It!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...AUGUST IS WINDING DOWN!

So many computer issues today...its limping to the finish line...smiles. God is good...I have faith that one day I will be able to replace it. USPS failure again today...sigh. The nice thing though...it was a beautiful day outside. I can't say that I am a fan of paprika...I think of it as stuffed egg decor...yes I do, but I have made a new discovery...smoked paprika! My new best friend. When you don't have an appetite the only way to go is with some kind of different taste. This worked very very well. When I was at university I did a project on FOOD efficiency, FOOD inefficiencies, FOOD deserts and all that. I learned a lot. Although the government and even local governments try and regulate what people can and can not eat I feel whats's the point when 1/3 the people buy and eat unhealthy FOOD because it is all they can afford, and the other 1/3 buy and eat unhealthy FOOD because they can, and the last 1/3 gets to make a choice either or. I refuse to eat unhealthy FOOD although I feel as if I am almost being forced to do so to survive. Wages and income doesn't go up, but every thing else goes up while at the same time all the packages, even the cans are shrinking and the prices on FOOD is escalating. I have to depend on God, if He feeds the birds and everything else I know that He will feed me. There are times I feel like I will be prepared when there is a FOOD deficit in America and there will be. Just look at the shelves and see that things like lettuce took a hit with the drought in some places and floods in others. I will happily eat manna if it ever came to that...smiles. Spices are great but you can not eat spices alone and they are expensive. Salt is cheap so people use a lot of salt. I don't use it because there is was too much sodium in our FOOD already. By December 31 it will be over one year since I decided to really focus on healthy eating and whoever said its just as easy to buy healthy FOOD as it is to buy unhealthy FOOD...lied...or they were terribly misguided. I am grateful for any FOOD that I have. If you only knew...smiles.  Stay blessed and eat well.