Madness Of The Mind

 Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.” Deuteronomy 1:28

In the verse above the people of Israel were being discouraged by rumors of giants in the land. Instead of trusting God they were trusting the rumors of man. The words of men began to rule their minds instead of the Word of God. 

It's our choice who we listen to ~ God or Man?

I don't know about you but when I am discouraged by what others say or life's circumstances I feel like crawling in my bed and pulling the covers around my head. No matter what is going on in our lives my husband continues to move forward on whatever plans we have together and I have learned to just follow. When I look back in pictures I have taken of our times together I see what we have been able to do with God's grace. I am truly grateful for those memories instead of giving in to the madness going on in my mind!

This song is a wonderful reminder that we are not alone....

Relationship With God

 Psalm 25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior; and my hope is in you all day long. 

written 2002:
My twelve year old daughter came into my room and sat next to me as I was having my devotions. I asked her if she had her devotions. She said, "No." I said, "What if you and I didn't speak the entire time we were together in the car, at work, or at home?" What kind of relationship would we have? A bad one, she replied. 

God was with us the entire day and we need to take time to be with Him too. I told her that I hated to nag her and she reached over and kissed me. Then she said, "It's good nagging mom and I appreciate it." So we had family devotions together, dad too.

There is no greater gift in life than our relationship with Him and with one another. God has created us to be relational. I think Heaven will be one huge family reunion!

This picture was taken at a restaurant in 

Charleston, South Carolina, March 2013.

One Moment At A Time

And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31:8

This is advice I often give that has helped me during those difficult days where you feel you cannot handle one more thing. Some days we can only handle one day at a time. Some days it may only be one hour at a time. During a stressful life event it may only be handled 15 minutes at a time. 

Don't look too far ahead when times are difficult because it can be too crippling. Instead break life into small pieces that can be handled and asking God to take care of the rest. Stress can exacerbate any physical or emotional problem and make us feel we are defeated before we even begin. Planning in our minds only moments at a time as we are going through any difficulty will ease up the pressure and worry of the future. 

This may not be something we need today but we may know someone who does and we can pass it on....

 This is an old barn in Tennessee when I visited January, 2010.