Joy Talking

Ok I have to admit to you that when that title popped into my mind I instantly started singing The Bee Gee's "Jive Talkin'"!!!!  hahahaha  I actually sang it for a minute before allowing my thought to settle on this blog!

Ok I'm back on task now!  18:21 says, The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Life or death; Blessing or curse.  Anytime our lives start to go south just stop and pay attention to the words that are coming out of our mouths.  It is very important to get a hold of our mouths because we will wear what we say!  Our words are the acts of our beliefs!  We will speak what we believe. 

I have chosen to be filled with joy so I speak of joy and all it's benefits!  I lived too many years speaking curses over myself and my family.  I refuse to go back there again!  I claim the JOY that is freely offered by my Daddy God, for me AND my family!!!  I am blessed, I am healed, I have all my needs met....these are the fruits that I desire to eat of! 

I am not perfect (your shocked, I know!), and the enemy still gets to me at times, but I quickly remember where he took me and I do not care to walk that ever again!!!  I know what I have with Daddy God and I will protect it with all that I have.  I want to be a walking billboard of God's goodness =)

So speak The Word that is freedom and joy!  It is a matter of life and death!

Freedom in Letting Go

There is freedom in letting go of things that either we can't control or things that simply do not matter.  I have learned (mostly the hard way) that it is very selfish to hold a grudge.  It is damaging to hold on to hurts.  I have been treated badly in my lifetime and people have hurt me in ways that I did not deserve but for me to hold on to that only gives the enemy a foothold in my life!  I spent too many years holding on to all the hurt.  I missed out on so much joy because my attention was focused on that hurt.  Then I went through a time when I decided to let it go but I settled on the fact that I had lost that time.  I would just move on and accept things lost and just hope for better things to come.  Then The Holy Spirit spoke to my spirit and assured me that not only would all those things be restored to me but Daddy God goes above an beyond when it comes to restoring His children!!!  As I released the hurt feelings, guilt, self blame and even the hard feelings I had towards other people, something amazing began to happen in my heart!  It grew deeper and deeper to where I was able to hold more and more of the LOVE that God had for me.  The LOVE He wanted to give to me and the LOVE He wanted to show THROUGH me =)  I became a LOVE CONTAINER!  The more of self I released, the more of Him I became.  I could, for the first time, see others as Jesus saw them.  I was beginning to love others in a way I have never experienced before. 

There have been many things I have had to "let go" of and allow The Lord to take over.  I believe that with the Love of Jesus, there is no relationship that is beyond His ability to completely restore!!!  When those relationships are restored the very face of Daddy God is shown =) 

There are still times when the devil will bring something (or someone) to my mind and I can feel those old hurts trying to surface.  At that very moment I have a choice to make.  I can either allow myself to respond to those feelings in a damaging way by dwelling on them.  I mean there have been times when an old hurt will surface and I will start talking about it with myself!  I can talk myself into being hurt all over again!  The other (an wiser) choice is to SPEAK to the one who is bringing it up!  I say, sorry devil but I have already dealt with that and I do not have to deal with it anymore!  It is done, I have released it and God has taken over that area of my life.  I then can replace any negative feelings with the TRUTH in God's Word!  There is that "renewing the mind" again!  hahaha  The more of God's TRUTH I have planted inside of me the quicker it springs up in my spirit when Satan comes against me! 

As I prepare for my book release I am still releasing parts of my past.  I want to be clear that as I release the hurts of my past I also remember what God has done for me.  I do not tell my story to remember or relive my past.  I share it to give testimony as to what God has done!  I share it to encourage others!  I am living proof that there is nothing The Lord can't do.  He can take the absolute worst things and use it to bring Glory to Him.  He can turn bitterness to JOY and hurt to HEALING.  It is through Daddy God that we receive FREEDOM!

On a book related note; I received notice that I will be receiving the first copy of my book in 10-15 days!  Talk about a journey!  It has been a waiting time and a growing time.  I am so ready for the next phase of this amazing journey!  As soon as I receive my copy of the book it will be available for purchase!  I will share the details on where and how you can get it in the VERY NEAR future!  I am doing most of the promoting on my own so spread the word within your circle =)  Thanks again for all your support through prayers and words of encouragement!  I claim blessings flow through you today!  May we all get SOAKED in the blessing and the LOVE of Daddy God today =) 

SPEAK

Our mouths are containers of much power and they can carry life-giving force or death! 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it (for death or life).   Proverbs 18:21

Our words not only go out (to affect others), but the bible says that we will eat the fruit of our words, which means we digest our own words!  I have literally spoken myself sick before!  You know, those days when you wake up and you don't feel well.  You start by speaking what you feel.  "I don't feel good", "my back is killing me", my head hurts", "I am so tired".  This list goes on and on!  I learned a while back that there is a difference in FACT and TRUTH.  There are many natural facts in life, but the TRUTH (what God says) always supersedes the facts.  For example, the 'fact" may be that I feel pain in my body, but the "Truth" is, I am healed in the Name of Jesus!  I can start to SPEAK that Truth over myself until the Truth over-rides the fact! 

After I had Hunter I started having migraines.  They always came on really quick and always rendered me helpless.  It would start with my vision going blurry and feeling nauseous, and I would have to take medicine, get in a dark room and close my eyes.  The good thing is they almost always passed pretty fast as long as I treated them immediately.  This went on for months and I finally went to the doctor.  I had to keep a journal of everything I ate, what kind of laundry detergent I used and cleaners I used for a time so that we could figure out what was triggering the headaches.  It was BLEACH!  Every time I would even smell a hint of bleach my vision would start to blur and I would get nauseous, and the migraine would kick in!  So I just avoided bleach as much as possible.  Over the years however there have been times that it was impossible to avoid.  I could walk into someones home or a store and if they had used bleach, bam, migraine!  Last week, Max needed to bleach our kid's bathtubs so he was just going to do it while I was out of the house.  I came home several hours after he used the bleach and as soon as I walked in the back door the smell hit me!  I freaked!  I started trying to figure out where I was going to go to get away from the smell because I did NOT want a headache!  I went into our bedroom and noticed I could not smell it in there.  So I just stayed in my room with the door closed while Max opened windows and aired out the house.  The next morning when I woke up I could "feel" a migraine coming on!  Every time I would blink my eyes, I would see a flash of light and as I got into the shower I was dreading what I knew was coming and I was already preparing myself to be down for the day!  When all of a sudden I thought, wait a minute!  I do not have to accept this!  I have always said, "I'm allergic to bleach" but standing there in the shower, out loud, I SPOKE BACK!  I said, out loud, "I AM NOT ALLERGIC TO BLEACH!"  I said "NO!" 

I spoke it and I believed it and there is nothing "kooky" about it!  It is TRUTH!  Sickness and disease comes from the enemy, NOT God and I do NOT have to take it!  I started singing (I was just singing out of my heart)!  I got out of the shower (withOUT a migraine) and cranked up some praise music!  I started dancing around the house (something I am doing more and more!).  Now I am not going to go out and sniff a bottle of bleach but I will continue to speak healing over myself. 

I can go to The Word and replace every lie of the devil with THE TRUTH of God!  I am learning to keep negative words out of my mouth and speak positive words instead.  Even if I don't feel good, I say, "I am well, and I am blessed".  I am strong, and smart, and I CAN do all things through Christ!  He has called me to do some things that far exceed my natural ability but I don't have to rely on my own ability!  I have Christ living in and through me =)   I am a powerful woman of God! 

The good news for today is that God is no respecter of person, so that means all these things are available to YOU too!  If you are thinking I am a strange lady you are right!  By the worlds standards I am "out there"!  But let me tell ya, there is Joy and peace out here!!!  So, come on out! 


BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING!