Hello all of you wonderful friends!! I don't know where you live but here in middle TN it is storming. Rain. Wind. Just plain ugliness outside. I usually enjoy looking out of my office window at my plants but today is not an enjoyable day. In fact, I went out and brought in a couple of my favorites so that they would not be wind damaged. I am a plant lover and collect tropical looking plants. My family thinks that I am obsessed.
And how about you? What do you love? I ask you that question because what we love tells alot about one's personality and who you are. Lot's of us don't know who we are--are you one of us? Believe it or not, God wants you to know exactly who you are but the evil one doesn't want you to know because if you knew then you would be a great asset for Christ to help build His kingdom. Now, please don't let "building His kingdom" scare you off. Being in that position of knowing who you are and doing YOU well is a great life-- you would be so appreciative to God for His guidance and healing and helping you to grow into you and you would do it with passion. Don't you want to feel a passion for life?
What keeps us from discovering us? Things like confusion, chaos, feeling overwhelmed, prideful blindness, busyness, self-centeredness, clouded minds (like depression, anxiety, etc). I used to feel all of these things. Life is very hard living in these conditions. Which of these conditions are you operating out of? These conditions are symptoms. All of the nasty symptoms I listed are an indication of disorder in your life. It is funny that one of the definitions of disorder is: breach of the peace. I feel for certain that all of us agree that there is a lack of peace (which is a confidence element) when we are exhibiting any or most of the bad symptoms. Now that we have reasoned with ourselves that we are experiencing symptoms, we shall take a step toward discovery of the disorder(s).
Digging deeper requires courage (Psallm 31:24), self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7), willingness to release the disorders of your life (Philippians 4: 6-7), Quiet time with God (Jeremiah 29:12), paper and pen. Now, just start writing to God. Please start out with a word of praise to Him and thank Him for something. Now write whatever comes to your mind. Do this in modern, everyday English as if you were talking to your most trusted friend and confidant. The wonderful and amazing fact is: He is your most trusted friend and confidant! If you feel uncomfortable writing down anything and everything promise yourself to throw it away. No one else has to see it. Only you and God. Writing down your thoughts and prayers to God helps you to focus and also bring order to your thoughts. Your thoughts are highlighted. Your thoughts give you clues as to what is going on in your mind. Our minds can be a place of craziness. I refer to our minds as a room. We go into these rooms and isolate ourselves with our thoughts, fantasies, escapisms, etc. We wallow around in our minds during our pity parties, reliving our vicitmizations, babying our relational injuries, guilt, etc, etc. It can be a dark place if we allow it to be.
A great thing about God is that He deals with us like an onion. He peels one small thin layer off at a time. I bring that up because we can find ourselves with layers and layers of bad stuff that we need to deal with. Ask God to open up your eyes to things that your need to correct and deal with in your life. Remember, just one thin layer at a time. Once you have identified the area of concern then look up Bible verses that speak to it. Memorize the verse(s) and soak it in. Journaling the verse everyday x 21 days rewires your brain and subconscious. You will feel the effects after 4 days of this pactice but keep it up for 21 days for the rewiring effect. It is truly amazing how this prescription works. God is sooooo Good!! He is the great healer!! But you have to use this procedure like a medicine and do it faithfully. Please do it. It is amazing!! And make sure to keep going back to God for the next layer that needs to be removed.
Imagine yourself operating without confusion, chaos, feeeling overwhelmed, prideful blindness, busyness, self-centeredness, and clouded (depressed) mind. Your mind is clear. You are hearing God much easier. Better focusing allows you to perform your job better--might even get a promotion or a raise. Relationships are more satisfying, even the one you have with yourself. When you reach this level of healing you will blossom. God will reveal your gifts and talents and strengths. You'll discover things you never knew about yourself. You will feel complete because you will discover who you are and what you are supposed to be doing. I want to leave you with a word of encouragement. It is found in Romans 12:2 (NLT); Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect His will really is.
My friend, start right now discovering the real you. Wynndy
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Welcome to all ladies. Yes You Are Beautiful!!!
Yes, I am a new blogger and it was quite a job to start it up as I am very technically challenged. However, my new found love of writing and God's strength gave me the perseverance that I needed to procede with each step. I have wanted to do this very thing for a while but the fear of all things technical caused me to procrastinate. Did you hear me just blame my fear for not doing somethng I love to do?
Do you allow your fears to stagnate your life?
That's what this site is all about. To encourage you to live a better life. The best life! It is possible, I know because I have overcome some obstacles that allowed my thinking process to be open and creative. Wow!! I truly have blossomed and I want all of you to do the same thing.
I am sitting at my desk looking out the window. I am saddened that the sun has not shown today. I know my God has His reasons but I love sunshine and I am anxiously awaiting for the danger of frost to pass so that I can plant my flower seeds. Speaking of the dangers of the frost--today is the last day of March and yet I sit here sipping a cup of hot tea and the temperature is 45 degrees outside. Normally it is warmer this time of year and I would be enjoying the weather immensely, but it is not warm. Patiently I wait.
Want to know the explanation for the title of this blog? About 2 years ago I found myself without a job due to a transportation problem. My husband and I were down to one vehicle and with his crazy schedule I was not able to actively look for a job. So I turned to God and asked Him what He wanted me to do with my time. It was then that I discovered my gift of writing. It was a new discovery at that. This gift was not full grown at the time I started using it for God but as time progressed my writing evolved and has become a great fulfillment for me. I had this craving to help ladies feel better about themselves so I came up with the phrase "All Women are Beautiful! The truth verse that accompanies the phrase is: Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) " For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago." I then crafted a card using the phrase and Bible verse and started handing them out to ladies randomly. No one has ever rejected one. I think a few ladies may have felt that they were not beautiful and did not fit what the card claimed. I only give them away. I do no lecture anyone who receives them but I would have loved to have encouraged those who felt they were not beautiful.
Why do I claim that all women are beautiful? The verse implies that we are masterpieces. God designed us in a magnificient way. I am an LPN by trade but I honestly love encourageing and nursing ladies in the spiritual realm as well as the physical being. My nursing background helps me to navigate my words and also the things I teach about and the Bible studies that I research for. So for all the nurses out there, you can agree with me that these bodies of ours are an artwork inside and out. Lots of times our circumstances, life chaos, distorted thinking systems, etc shape our physical appearances in a negative way. We don't shine--but God wants us to shine. Paul urges us in Philippians 2:15 (NLT) "so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them." How does one shine? Verse 16 tells us--"Hold tightly to the word of life, so that when Christ returns, I will be proud that I did not lose the race and that my work was not useless." Paul, the author, is telling us to read the Bible, memorize it, use it for the areas of our lives that needs correction. God's good word heals, forgives and promotes growth.
So to end my first blog note, I want to encourage each of you to spend time in prayer and Bible reading (even if only 15 minutes a day for both) each day and grow your relationship with Jesus.
Cleaning up our lives inside and out changes our appearances. I'll be talking to you about how you can change and heal the bad things in your life. Just stay with me and follow me on the journey of a wonderful, beautiful life.
Jesus loves you all. Grow my friend, grow. Wynndy
Do you allow your fears to stagnate your life?
That's what this site is all about. To encourage you to live a better life. The best life! It is possible, I know because I have overcome some obstacles that allowed my thinking process to be open and creative. Wow!! I truly have blossomed and I want all of you to do the same thing.
I am sitting at my desk looking out the window. I am saddened that the sun has not shown today. I know my God has His reasons but I love sunshine and I am anxiously awaiting for the danger of frost to pass so that I can plant my flower seeds. Speaking of the dangers of the frost--today is the last day of March and yet I sit here sipping a cup of hot tea and the temperature is 45 degrees outside. Normally it is warmer this time of year and I would be enjoying the weather immensely, but it is not warm. Patiently I wait.
Want to know the explanation for the title of this blog? About 2 years ago I found myself without a job due to a transportation problem. My husband and I were down to one vehicle and with his crazy schedule I was not able to actively look for a job. So I turned to God and asked Him what He wanted me to do with my time. It was then that I discovered my gift of writing. It was a new discovery at that. This gift was not full grown at the time I started using it for God but as time progressed my writing evolved and has become a great fulfillment for me. I had this craving to help ladies feel better about themselves so I came up with the phrase "All Women are Beautiful! The truth verse that accompanies the phrase is: Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) " For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago." I then crafted a card using the phrase and Bible verse and started handing them out to ladies randomly. No one has ever rejected one. I think a few ladies may have felt that they were not beautiful and did not fit what the card claimed. I only give them away. I do no lecture anyone who receives them but I would have loved to have encouraged those who felt they were not beautiful.
Why do I claim that all women are beautiful? The verse implies that we are masterpieces. God designed us in a magnificient way. I am an LPN by trade but I honestly love encourageing and nursing ladies in the spiritual realm as well as the physical being. My nursing background helps me to navigate my words and also the things I teach about and the Bible studies that I research for. So for all the nurses out there, you can agree with me that these bodies of ours are an artwork inside and out. Lots of times our circumstances, life chaos, distorted thinking systems, etc shape our physical appearances in a negative way. We don't shine--but God wants us to shine. Paul urges us in Philippians 2:15 (NLT) "so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them." How does one shine? Verse 16 tells us--"Hold tightly to the word of life, so that when Christ returns, I will be proud that I did not lose the race and that my work was not useless." Paul, the author, is telling us to read the Bible, memorize it, use it for the areas of our lives that needs correction. God's good word heals, forgives and promotes growth.
So to end my first blog note, I want to encourage each of you to spend time in prayer and Bible reading (even if only 15 minutes a day for both) each day and grow your relationship with Jesus.
Cleaning up our lives inside and out changes our appearances. I'll be talking to you about how you can change and heal the bad things in your life. Just stay with me and follow me on the journey of a wonderful, beautiful life.
Jesus loves you all. Grow my friend, grow. Wynndy
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