It is your choice and my choice how we handle this day. Our attitude of praise or being frustrated over things. Even in the hardest times we can choose to see the light. It might be harder to see the light but it's still there. God gave us light for a reason and our choices matter each day.
Philippians 4:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
I can do all things through Christ[a] who strengthens me.
I CHOOSE TO PRAISE ~
I have been sick for over a month with a cough. I woke up feeling frustrated because of lack of a good night's sleep and not being able to go to church. I don't need to take this cough around anyone. I know that wisdom but I had to override that frustration of now. I decided to write my blog on praise because I can always praise and give God thanks for the cough to go away, right!
Psalm 100 New International Version (NIV)
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I CHOOSE TO PRAISE ~
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I love the words forever and generations. God is faithful and I know that. I realize we get sick, things happen and our normal often changes. Yet, we can go back to the word of God and read how faithful God is throughout our lifetime. I can look back on my life when I was a teenager and thought life was done. I had just graduated high school and a couple weeks later, my dad would die inside our home and college would begin. My level of frustration was high and I ended up in the emergency room. I had a dad that just died and a mom who cried overnight to die to be with him. I was confused and needed help. Nobody really to turn to and mad at God. Now that's a story of truth and I had to make a decision. I had to choose to get better and not bitter.
Life moves on and I began to talk to my mom about God. She was mad too and I knew that she used to believe in him. So I asked her if I could drive her to her church and I would go in with her. She said yes and it's was there that I heard a little boy who was going to preach. That little boy turns out to be Terry (My husband now). I didn't know he was the same age as me until later. He said when he first saw me, he knew I was the one. That's didn't happen to me because I was dating someone else, plus I thought he was about 13 not 18. Life moves on and I kept taking my mom to church. One day, I realized I was missing God in my life and there is a time for us to be born, plus a time to die. I had to let go of anger. One year later, I would be dating Terry and my life started to change.
I guess you know there is more to the story but I'm ending it there today. I know what it feels like to be bitter, angry and hurt. I know the Bible says we can be angry but sin not. I've learned a lot and I've changed a lot. I'm not the same person I was at 18, 30, or in my 40's. I began a real life change in my 50's. I knew I need to step up and be the woman God has called me to be. Half my life seems over and how was I going to live the rest of my life. I choose peace, freedom, wisdom, and much praise. Praise I made it through hard stuff, praise to know the value of a new day and a heart that lives in love. That's me today and I'm confident in who I am in God. A changed person because I choose to live in praise. In the down times, I let it go if I can't change it. It's has taken me years to do this, but I purpose it.
I hope this blog helped today and I continue to pray for you, your family plus friends.
~ Sparkie
Philippians 4:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
I can do all things through Christ[a] who strengthens me.
I CHOOSE TO PRAISE ~
I have been sick for over a month with a cough. I woke up feeling frustrated because of lack of a good night's sleep and not being able to go to church. I don't need to take this cough around anyone. I know that wisdom but I had to override that frustration of now. I decided to write my blog on praise because I can always praise and give God thanks for the cough to go away, right!
Psalm 100 New International Version (NIV)
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I CHOOSE TO PRAISE ~
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I love the words forever and generations. God is faithful and I know that. I realize we get sick, things happen and our normal often changes. Yet, we can go back to the word of God and read how faithful God is throughout our lifetime. I can look back on my life when I was a teenager and thought life was done. I had just graduated high school and a couple weeks later, my dad would die inside our home and college would begin. My level of frustration was high and I ended up in the emergency room. I had a dad that just died and a mom who cried overnight to die to be with him. I was confused and needed help. Nobody really to turn to and mad at God. Now that's a story of truth and I had to make a decision. I had to choose to get better and not bitter.
Life moves on and I began to talk to my mom about God. She was mad too and I knew that she used to believe in him. So I asked her if I could drive her to her church and I would go in with her. She said yes and it's was there that I heard a little boy who was going to preach. That little boy turns out to be Terry (My husband now). I didn't know he was the same age as me until later. He said when he first saw me, he knew I was the one. That's didn't happen to me because I was dating someone else, plus I thought he was about 13 not 18. Life moves on and I kept taking my mom to church. One day, I realized I was missing God in my life and there is a time for us to be born, plus a time to die. I had to let go of anger. One year later, I would be dating Terry and my life started to change.
I guess you know there is more to the story but I'm ending it there today. I know what it feels like to be bitter, angry and hurt. I know the Bible says we can be angry but sin not. I've learned a lot and I've changed a lot. I'm not the same person I was at 18, 30, or in my 40's. I began a real life change in my 50's. I knew I need to step up and be the woman God has called me to be. Half my life seems over and how was I going to live the rest of my life. I choose peace, freedom, wisdom, and much praise. Praise I made it through hard stuff, praise to know the value of a new day and a heart that lives in love. That's me today and I'm confident in who I am in God. A changed person because I choose to live in praise. In the down times, I let it go if I can't change it. It's has taken me years to do this, but I purpose it.
I hope this blog helped today and I continue to pray for you, your family plus friends.
~ Sparkie
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