July thoughts 2.

I was in class today, and it was theory.
I always love theory, I always read and always try to take notes.

Now one of my weakness is having time on my hands, and as my course is 3 days a week.

When I moved down, out of home, I was ready, to go, ready to find my way in the world.

Ready to wear my whites again, and look forward to it, and I'm enjoying my place and my time down here.

When I packed up my room, I was thinking about mum and dad, and how will they take it?
I saw my brothers for 24 hrs we were a family, then I had to make my way to Invercargil, for course again.

All the emotions, came back, when I said goodbye to Matt, for the time.
Letting go, and trusting your kids, trusting yourself, to do things, is huge.

Because you can do things, my friends, you're more than capable of carrying on with things.

Find ways, in your day to enjoy what you've got, even if it's a warm room, or a cup of tea, or the late sunshine coming into the lounge making that leather sofa oh so inviting.

There comes a time in life, when you need to get out of the mould of others, what others think about you, and you might just might be suprised in what you can do.

Don't think for a moment, that you're not bright enough, not artistic enough, or whatever, the ''I couldn't do that.''

Because you can.
And you make it though tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. because you know that because Christ lives you can face tomorrow.

July thoughts

Hi there.
HoASw is your day going?
I hope that it's been a good one.
I've been racing around town, trying to get my things sorted, for the move down south.
Which I'm really excited about.
On my list of things, were to go to the panel beaters, and get my car fixed from a nose to tail crash that happened down in Invercargil. It's not a bad dent, or bad mark, and perhaps it's best to let it slide, and show mercy.

It is only a car, and if you asked me, 2 years ago, and the same thing happened, what would be my answer?
I'd be hypercritical, and nasty, about it.
Now I can let it slide.
 After all I did do some damage to my car, and it's less money to pay compared to the  driver that went back into me.

Some things in life are hard to swallow, and hard to go through, and sometimes we go through things that aren't always easy or our way of doing things.

Sometimes we make our own human mistakes, our own ways in life, and we beat ourselves up about it.

One thing that God is teaching me, are challengers, we are faced with them everyday, our emotions, how we see ourselves, how we see others, how we are kind to others, and how we accept it.
How we  extend grace to people.

That might need it more than we do, or we might need a huge dose of it.
As you can see, a lot of things are going through my head.

Keep it all juggling in the air,  can be tiring, you're always trying to please others, yourself, and provide for others, and yourself. It can be a recipe for burnout.

We snap, we argue, we hide away, and we just sweep things under the carpet, until the things that are there, are a big hump and when we walk over the carpet, we trip up.

One thing about going to going to a good workout is that you're focused on one particular routine, and all the things that bug you and annoy you, have melted away.

You learn not to carry on anyone else's problems, and you leave them at the gate, at work, and at home.

I was always wanting to fix people, fix certain situations,  and I discovered very quickly that you can't always do that.

Now I'm into a new phase of life, and it's exciting, and looking towards new things.

So my thoughts are, to you are whatever you're doing, just hold on tight and enjoy the ride.

God's got your back.

handling over the mantel

Hi there people,

How are you?
I hope that you're good and well, and enjoying the last little bit of winter.

Today I want to talk to you about handling over the Mantel, and what does that look like?

As I look around, and hear things on the news, there's been a lot of murder suicides, and awful things, happen to people, not only in the world but in our cities, in our communities.

We were talking about, it as a family, and how we can change it.

Have we accepted this as our norm now?


Have we got so engrossed with our phones, and devices, we're not picking up the signals of others?
Are we even watching out for them?

Have we glorified, ourselves to the point that we all have insta-gram, and all that to take photos,  and post them around to friends, all the while feeling like there's something missing?
Or that face book post, that you've just posted, and you are constantly checking how many people, like, comment, and all that?

Have we lost ourselves, so much we don't want to pass on good values to our friends and family?

One thing that King David, did was to make a good exit plan, when he was ready to die, he had it all planed out, he even did a census, to find out how many fighting people he had so that Soloman when he became king, he knew the exact ammount.

He had left one person out, and that was Adonijah, an enemy, he conned Bathsheba to have power, and set himself up as king.

David, makes Soloman king, and then swears an oath to God, now swearing an oath, isn't one thing to be taken lightly. David knew what he was doing, and because of his righteous heart, the Lord granted success to David before he died.

And that graciousness was passed on to, Solomon, so when he became king, he was the wised king there was.

He even came head to head with Adonijah,  he told him to go to his own home.

My friend, what do you need from the Lord today?

Is it peace of mind that the lord will come through for you?
 That he will fulfill his promises to you?

My friend, take heart, he always does.