Creativity Comes From The Creator

Matthew 25:29 "To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance."

When I need a creative idea for my work I usually find it after a prayer! I determined a long time ago that God is the source of creativity. Looking at creation alone shows us His handiwork.

What an endless resource we have with our Heavenly Father. If you need a good "outside of the box" idea, pray and see what God helps you come up with today!

 This picture was taken inside of a large walk thru Christmas tree in 

Delray Beach, Florida in December 2012. I wrote the inspirational quote on April 30, 2013.

Under Construction!

Many times people have said to me that I must be writing my blogs about them because of things we have discussed. It's so funny to me when I hear that because in all honesty these devotionals are about my own struggles, my own sins, my own doubts and fears. Family and friends have said that I have a way of writing that encourages them when truthfully I am also writing to remind myself to stay encouraged.

You might assume because I have been going to church all of my life and involved in ministry over the years that I have all the answers but it really isn't that way at all. I am still struggling, growing and learning myself right along with everyone else. Under construction is the best way to describe me in my walk with the Lord.

I am grateful for family and friends that are in my life that accept me with all my struggles, faults and many mistakes that I continue to make daily. We are all on this journey together, thank God!

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.  Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.  2 Corinthians 12:9-10

This picture was taken in my dining room, September 2013 

and the smaller picture was taken of my  nephews 
with my grandbaby Easter 2013.

Relationships

Watching my children develop relationships with others has certainly taught me so much about the influence of others. In each situation where they have not been careful in choosing who they surround themselves has been detrimental for them personally and to our family. As parents, it is distressing to watch our loved ones being torn apart spiritually and emotionally by others. I find it even more difficult when they allow it to continue.

It is my desire as a mother that my children learn to discern who threatens their relationship with God and their relationship with their family. I remember one of my children saying about one of their friends, " I don't like who I am when I am around them." This person had so much influence in their behavior that they did not have the strength to be true to their own beliefs.

We choose to have people in our own lives that will tear us down emotionally and spiritually just like the people of Israel in Judges 2:3: Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you. They had become complacent and no longer obeying God who had given them so much blessing. He warned them that hanging with the wrong crowd would have negative consequences.

Dear Lord, watch over all my children and grandchildren in their relationships. May they choose those who will encourage them in their life!

I took this picture on my way to work.