Category: Community

Relationships are so needed but yet sometimes so hard. They can be lots of work. We have to stay in communication with people so we don’t have misunderstandings.

Some relationships are so easy and it’s a give and take that just flows. Others are friction and a battle every step of the way.

We have to keep our eyes on our part of working things out. We have to be open to things that we have done wrong, but yet we can’t take all the blame. We don’t have to sell out and lose our identity.

There are so many different kinds of personalities. One can be strong and not even notice if they hurt your feelings. Another can be so sensitive that they take on every hard thing that is going on.

We don’t have to be full of pride and not admit that we might have a flaw in our character. We all can use some work and tweaking on ourselves. We don’t need to believe any kind of a lie that we have it all together, or any kind of a lie that we are a total mess that can’t get it together.

Life is a process, we are all a work in progress. We need to be open to apologize if we have to. We also need to be open to forgive. That’s what is going on in the world today…lots of narcissistic people that only think of themselves and don’t have empathy for what someone else might be going through.

How sad when we can’t even have a little compassion for someone even though they may be different than we are. That’s what my passion has been, birthing a culture that is meant for Recovery and Restoration.  It is starting to happen too.

We get to start a Celebrate Recovery meeting soon in a small town that needs it so desperately. That’s is so my heart. It’s not just for addicts like some may think, it’s for anyone with hurts, habits, or hangups. That pretty much includes us all. Isn’t it great to be able to admit that you might have a hurt, habit, or hangup and you are still an ok person?

I have been wanting this to take off forever and I am starting to see it happen all around us. Needless to say, I’m very excited about this and my book is a lot about how it has helped in my life. My book is moving along in the editing process so one of these days very soon I will be launching. Yay!!

If you see a Celebrate Recovery being offered anyplace around you, you might want to pop in and just check it out. The thing with lots of people is that they think, “Oh, I don’t need something like that. That is for people with lots of problems.” Well, that is simply not true, we all struggle, we all need support from others, and we all have something to offer.

Just some thoughts to ponder today about relationships!!

Pursue healthy relationships!❤️

It’s worth the effort!❤️

Confronting can be called carefronting❤️

People are great!❤️

See you soon!❤️

Hi… been a while…just came to a realization!! I was on vacay last week trying to get my book to a new place which did happen…Also, got to go up and visit with some friends that we got to spend a lot of time with in Texas last fall.

We also got to visit another church in Champaign/Urbana area…. awesome… the young man came up and spoke a prophecy over us right off the bat when the service was over…

He told us how we were grandparents to all these kids just like Heidi is in Mozambique…. woo hoo… it brought a revelation to me that America is a huge, huge mission field!! These kids we minister to are valuable and important and their lives matter!!

I got to hug on a 14 year old last night that has been through more that we can even imagine for a 14 year old… I am very honored for the ability and opportunity to do such a thing. She told me her whole story and didn’t want to leave my side all evening… America needs help!!! America needs love ❤️

Anyway, I knew there were lots of troubled people but I just got a HUGE reality check about it!! While America is sitting in our shiny buildings there are needy people crying and children having to be adults!!

Glad to be a part of anything that might make a difference!! And hope to be making more difference!!

Soooo, got the book to the editor this week…woo hoo!! But I have decided to make the title back to the original…”Shift Happens”…. a woman has a right to change her mind, right?😊

Yep… it’s kind of a eye catcher and I think it’s a good title!!

Hope you are all having a good life and being who you are created to be!! Keep fighting for it if you haven’t found it yet!! It will show up!!

Miss you all!! Sorry I haven’t been here for a bit!! Not because I don’t want to be, just staying  very focused!! I am going to have a launch team eventually and I will have a Facebook page and coach people how to be on there… I would love you all to be there!! I’ll keep you informed!!

Love to you all today!! Keep on pursuing your dreams and destiny!!! God gave you those dreams!! It’s His plan on the Earth!!

Keep on keeping on!!

He created you for purpose!!

Don’t let man minimize you or steal it!!

I’m praying for you!!

See you soon!!!❤️👍🏼😍

 

Yes, we have to stay teachable!! Many blessings can come from remaining teachable. We never get to the place where we can stop learning from others!! Even people that drive us up a wall can teach us things, if not just learning boundaries.

Our life situations, good or bad, can teach us so, so much! I have a story from something that happened just this last week. It is so exciting!! Not sure if I can share but I think if I don’t mention a name it’s ok 🙂

We were taking a lady through prayers of restoration and she kept struggling with alcohol…when we do this, we are working 5 weeks with someone. We got to the middle of the sessions and saw that she needed to add some more into her life because she was isolated.

We got bold and told her she needed to add some AA meetings into her life. You have to understand when she came she was completely apposed to AA…. well she listened to us, she met the most wonderful Christian man there that has become her good friend and understands exactly where she is coming from and a whole new world of friends has opened up for her!!

The last session she said, “What if I hadn’t listened and hadn’t done that?” She had no guarantee that it would all turn out that well! She simply trusted us and listened to what we said and her whole life totally has “shifted” and turned 180… her exact words!!

Man, I love that!! It is so, so exciting!! Her mama had been praying many years for her!! Never give up praying for folks!! One day you may see a 180 shift in their life…

If someone suggests you do something don’t just throw it in the trash… listen… it may change your life!!

Hope your life is going well!! Keep shining and looking for your purpose!! Don’t push, just let it fall right into place…learn from everything around you… nothing is wasted!!

Blessings to you❤️

Remember to listen and learn❤️

Don’t give up on prayers❤️

Don’t give up on change❤️

Don’t stop dreaming❤️

Don’t stop hoping❤️

See you soon❤️

I really am so excited!! It’s amazing how God is using real life things for what I am supposed to write about on the pages!! It was one of my last posts that I put my goal is a recovery church. When I wrote that I thought oh does that sound crazy??

Truth is though, it is happening before my very eyes. Where the grassroots people that have been in the gutter and in a process of restoration are starting to be used because they are humble and cleaned up on the inside!!

That is what I am all about, being cleaned up on the inside.. we never arrive to the cleaned up state… we remain humble, teachable, and honest about what is going on with us!! No one above the other person!! Different giftings, but none above the other giftings.

What a humbling thing for some of these high and lifted up people to be sat down and actually ministered to by someone that just walked out of the most horrible of sins?? That sounds like something Jesus would do to me!!

He is the most loving savior but hates haughtiness!! There is no place for it when we are dealing with hurting rejected people already!! I am so thankful that He is letting this vision and dream come alive so I can have more confidence to write about it!!

This is very exciting to me!! I have always felt such love and acceptance in recovery meetings and at church, sorry not so much!! I have actually stepped into some major traps because of competing, and pride in operation, much less other things that people have to hang onto so no one will think they are a mess!!

Sorry to tell you but we can ALL be a mess sometimes and one mess isn’t any different than another’s mess!! Isn’t that just great to know it’s ok to be a mess?? And none of us are exempt from it!!

Yayee!! That knocks a lot of pride off of you right there!! We are all powerless over sin!! Woo hoo!! Now that is a true statement right there!!

Now I have to get back to putting these things in a book!!! Been so excited and so busy living it, it’s hard for me to sit down and write it!! But I do have to!!

God has answers❤️

It’s not about us❤️

It’s about LOVE❤️

It’s about honesty❤️

It’s about GRACE❤️

It’s about HUMILITY❤️

See you soon❤️

Well, it has surely been a while. Just want to talk about letting others be themselves. This is something that isn’t always easy to do.

Seeing that others have a different personality is very important. We were not all put on this earth to be the same. It’s really interesting when you do these personality tests and see how one person responds to something one way and another responds exactly the opposite!

The test is being patient, letting things roll off, and not taking things personally from others. Easier said that done. I think if we can always keep an eye on the log in our own eye, it’s easier to not see the stick in someone else’s.

The hardest trial seems to be loving other’s unconditionally!! Sometimes if we can do just that, it can bless them and give them the strength to go on!!

Its good to even learn how to welcome and celebrate other’s differences!! They could be strong in an area we are weak in!! Sometimes we can hold us up, other times we can hold them up!!

The group of kids we help out with on Wednesday nights are really a good example of this. We just keep loving on them and they are changing!! We are changing also!! You can’t be politically correct with these kids!!

Actually it messes up any plan that you have and any idea to do things a certain way!! You just have to wing it and go with it!! The sooner we can learn to do that the better it flows!!

Sometimes we just can’t have all the ducks in a row!!! Some ducks dance, some ducks sing, some ducks are quiet, some ducks are loud and every one of them is ok, just the way they are, doing just what they are doing!!

We just have to pray and let things go!! Enjoy life, take things lightly, go with the flow of things!! Let people live!! Get yourself cleaned up on the inside!!

Forgive❤

Sow good seeds!❤

Let your light shine❤

Be unique❤

Let others be unique❤

See you soon❤

I”m writing, writing, writing my book❤