Today I woke to wonderfully pleasant weather and decided to water the garden and yard. While my sprinkler fanned water over my lovely yard, I sat down outside, cup of coffee and Bible in hand to complete my tonight’s Bible study lessons. All week I had things lost in the past popping up in my mind and right behind it how many of those things have been restored & I have been blessed with even better or More. I went thru sorrow, regret, gratefulness, Joy, and once again the Holy Spirit tapping me saying, ” Seek God with all your heart and get focused on the ministry He has given you! In this all your hearts desires will be given unto you.”  One of those is for this site to plant seeds in the garden of the readers hearts that will bear an abundant harvest of Love, Joy, Restoration, and Renewal within them too.  Second is to finish my 2nd book God told me to write a little over 5 years ago! I have been doing what back in the day they called ” Half Steppin’ “. As I type that confession my heart grieves & jumps with Joy as I hear, ” I love you regardless, just Love me back and stop half steppin’ & get with it!  You Can Do It ! “  At that I have to laugh as one of the things that popped in my head this week was, I have so much to accomplish and time is just zipping by. How am I to do all I feel called to do? Which includes attending a congregation outside of my own ministry. Since the majority of my ministry is all online and via conference calls I don’t have much actual interaction with people. It’s not that ” I ” feel like I am missing anything as far as “church”. We the people are the actual church and where there are 2 or more in any form that is church. Smile And Praise God I have church almost daily with someone. It is my questioning myself am I becoming to reclusive? And I do enjoy attending worship with others.  Part of my other question is where to go to worship. I Love all mankind. All the various cultures, ways of worship, and do not believe God’s house should be divided. I believe that was all mankind’s plan, not God’s. As His word says, A house divided cannot stand. I am solid in my beliefs.. it’s Me and JC.  So it is not like I will be led astray. Lord knows, I checked out all the various seeds within my heart and Yeshua is my Lord. It was Yeshua who reminded me; It was Sufi/Sunni Islam that brought you to Me. And that We are not called to judge,  just to Love and Let His Light shine. The is The Way, The Light of Life. Of course mankind too often believes one faith – their faith is the only faith & they want you to join and get involved in just that congregation. I have problems with that. Jesus interacted with All mankind, all sorts of believers and Non believers giving the same Love to all. And truth is: I enjoy doing what I call “church hopping”  (replacement of bar hopping. LOL )  Attending all faiths places of congregation, enjoying the cultures, and sharing The Word. Like Jesus did. Discussing and sharing how relationships are built. How His seeds of Love are planted. How Peace is cultivated. After all the truth of His love is found in All Faiths, All mankind. Sharing truth that God created All mankind in His image, breathed into us His Spirit, and planted the seeds of Love within the gardens of the hearts of his all children can’t be disputed. God said He did just that. His blood runs the same in All of us. It is only our Choices that create differences – divisions….. that was not God’s plan. Which is the point of my site. To bring to light we need to focus less on someone’s choices and passing judgment on those choices and instead just share the light and seeds of Love and let that Love do it’s perfect work.  The how a person is led to Return to God is Not our place. Our place is just to Love and share this truth. Then like God said in Joel 2 :

God says, ” Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return to me with all your heart…I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm^[b]—
my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
 and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. ²⁷ Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,
    and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.

He is telling us, Return to Him and he will restore all you’ve lost over the years while choosing Not to walk with Him. He is letting us know how His Love is complete and when we walk in the righteousness and attributes of Love planted within us His Order is restored and how His Kingdom will grow and flourish bearing good fruit on Earth as in Heaven if we will just Return to Him and Let Him led us in The Way of Love. In this All Joy, Love, Mercy, and even Stuff is restored to us. For the most part this is what my 2nd book is about the Seeds and Weeds of Life, the consequences, and how even our mess can become a message. How even when we think our garden is desolate and a dry bed it can be restored…if we Choose to water those seeds with the Word and way of Love. I can sure enough testify to that and more. And if you read His Word in any faith you will see how seeking Him and His walk of Love provides. Couple of examples: Job & David.

On that note I will end with a God thing that happened while I was outside this morning.  As I watered my yard, God was watering me. My neighbor had asked if I was going to church around 9 am, I responded I am undecided. I asked God to advise me. And at 10:15 am the Holy Spirit tapped me and said “get up, get ready and go to the Potter’s house you attended a couple of weeks ago”  I said, what? it started at 10 am, I am too late.” Again I heard, ” get up, get ready, and go”. I knew not to argue, so I did and on the drive there I even thought of going to a different church that started at 11:30 since it was now 10:40, so I turned to go there. Yes, I decided to argue a little bit. The Spirit tapped me real hard, “Turn Around & go to Potters house”  So I did, slipping in right at 11 am and the offering. Then to my pleasant surprise I was just in time for one song of praise and the sermon on the above verses in Joel 2. Which was Right ON Time and all about God restoring what you’ve lost and then some! The pastor had only planned to read 2 verses and instead read beyond that in which he intended, revealing words that spoke right to Me: verses 28-29  And afterward, “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.²⁹ Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.”    This brought tears to my eyes. You see it was in visions and dreams God revealed His purpose and my ministry to me. And for last month He has been showing me the pastors sermon verses on how much He has restored in my life, my kids lives, and even my grandkids & that there is more to come. Things at one point I would have said would never happen.  Along with tap, tap, tapping on those verses reminding me of my visions and dreams. So you see I got many answers by Just being Obedient when the Holy Spirit said, Get up and Go! smile   So you see I just had to share this with you too in hopes it just might do some tap, tap, tappin’ on you too! 

Shalom!

Yippie it’s almost the 4th of July! While most everyone is looking forward to a day off from the rush, rush of daily life and let’s not forget the FIREWORKS, let us also remember the point of the day!  I love Fireworks and this year I get to watch the beauty of them over Niagara Falls.. what a Blessing: Fireworks and the sound of the Falls with people from all over the world.

That said, I wanted to share the Primary reason for the day as said in the Declaration of Independence!  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all mankind are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”  Notice it say ALL mankind and endowed by OUR Creator.  No man on Earth (which includes the US President/Gov’t) has the right to take these rights away from anyone. In fact, our government & the beliefs America was founded on state just the opposite of what is happening this 4th of July. Not one of us can claim rights to Shut anyone out. Do we need structure? Yes, by all means. Should the guidelines of a country be followed when someone immigrates to the country? Again Yes. But, how would you go thru the processes of following those guidelines and becoming a citizen if you couldn’t enter the country to start the process? Look back in your family history, how many of your own flesh and blood immigrated? Be honest now.  I am a firm believer immigration when the processes are followed. Get a green card, a job, pay your taxes, and respect and love your neighbor – in this you have every right to be here. How can any one of us say anything else? That IS what this Great country was founded on. Not to mention, even higher than man’s written word in the laws & in the founding of this country is the WORD of God.  Yeshua said the most important commandments are: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself ”  He didn’t say, except in America.

So as we come into celebrating our Independence take a moment and read what that means & why our forefathers immigrated to this country in the first place: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/

And remember the beginning of our Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.  This was also written for ALL God’s creation because government in the country these people fled from had began abusing their positions, taking advantage of “we the people” the ones who work so hard and create the flow of income in the first place. The rich are not the ones supporting our country, it is WE THE PEOPLE that are the masses spending and striving for the American Dream. And it does take ALL mankind loving one another to have a good Life, Liberty, and to pursue Happiness.. Happiness is not the fruit of abuse, taking advantage of others, robbing seniors of their support in old age, ripping children from the arms of their mother, of hatefulness. I LOVE America so much that I don’t even travel outside of it. I still see the HOPE & potential America has to be ALL God created it to BE. Yet, I also see the potential of total destruction if we don’t Choose the right path. Just as throughout history since the beginning of the creation of this Earth, ONLY Man in his greed, selfishness, and hatefulness can in this country and all others, destroy God’s plan and the Beauty and Love He planned.

Life is All About Choices: Like Jesus, Choose Good things – Choose LOVE and Life – Choose compassion and allow the Spirit of God to lead you. Too many things are taking place that will lead us down the road of destruction. Open your eyes and have ears to hear Yeshua. What kind of heart do you have? Are you a true believer of His Word? That said, Out of many verses of Love this one jumps out to me at this time: “ But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” 

Let’s keep AMERICA Beautiful & follow The Way of our Lord, Jesus.

SHALOM!

Have you heard of these?  Both are forms of getting into touch with the earth and the healing energy it produces. Like in gardening when turn the dead leaves and re-plant the seeds from the plants the prior year, the new plants are stronger and produce a better harvest. We too Need the Earth and to plant ourselves in it sometimes. Smile.  We need nature and all it has to offer, not just the food it produces. I do believe part of why we are seeing more illness, discord, and disruption is we are Not grounded we are all hyped up from racing positive energies technology is feeding us, I need more, more, and less of what is natural within us. This creates selfishness, greed, and Me, Me. Getting in touch with the Earth you remember how fun it was to play in the rain, dig in the dirt, bury each other in the sand, calmer, simpler, more restful times in life. I am not saying I don’t appreciate technology, I DO. I work from home, use my cell phone to talk to many of my friends who now live all over the place, and share my ministry all predominately thanks to technology. But, when I don’t get Out and spend time in Nature with the Earth I just don’t care for who I become.

Like Water without the Earth we die. So not only do we need to get in touch with the Earth we need to take time to realize this and Respect it. Love and Care for it so it can care for us.  Now on to some more info about Earthing. smile

Earthing or grounding is putting the body in direct and uninterrupted contact with the earth. This means that skin needs to touch soil, sand, water, or a conductive surface that is in contact with the earth.

From a scientific perspective, the idea is that the earth has a mild negative charge to it. Over time, especially in modern life, our bodies build up a positive charge. Direct contact with the earth can even out (balance) this positive charge and return the body to a neutral state.

Many people don’t have this contact with the earth anymore, and some experts believe  this is a contributor to the (many) rising health problems we face today. As a population, we wear rubber shoes and live indoors. In theory, many of us could go years without directly touching the earth at all, even if we’re outside.  This is good documentary on the subject: The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding (full documentary) – YouTube

Benefits of Earthing, Grounding, and Forest Bathing

According to emerging research, earthing may be beneficial in:

• Reducing inflammation
• Reducing chronic pain
• Improving Sleep (I can vouch strongly for this!)
• Increasing Energy (I noticed this also)
• Lowering stress and promoting calmness by reducing stress hormones.
• Normalizing biological rhythms including circadian rhythm
• Normalizing blood pressure and blood flow
• Relieving muscle tension and headache (I noticed this)
• Improving menstrual and female hormone symptoms
• Speeds healing- used in some places to prevent bed sores
• Reducing jet lag
• Protecting the body from effects of EMFs
• Shortening recovery time from injury or athletic activity
• Reducing  snoring
• Helping  support adrenal health

Forest bathing therapy has been proven to lower depression levels in adults, according to a review of 28 studies. It began in Japan and is called Shinrin-Yoku: Forest Bathing | Shinrin-Yoku | Healing in Nature | Short Documentary – YouTube  However, many cultures have experienced and discovered the benefits of Forest bathing. It has been found to boost the activity of natural killer cells, which help fight off infections and cancer. The aromatic substances produced by plants and trees have been linked with lower inflammation and brain protection benefits.These sites give more information on Forest Bathing, which I Love BTW. Forest Bathing is nature’s free therapy. Here’s how to do it. – YouTube One more in depth documentary: Nature Documentary – Healing Forests of India | English, HD | Chapter shortcuts in description – YouTube and last but, not least is some reading:  Forest Bathing – What, How, Where? A beginner’s guide | Healing Forest  

In the news and often in our day to day lives, we get so caught up in the hussle/bussle and irritations we hear, see, and experience we miss the Blessings in our Mix.

My post is short and sweet today. Take deep breathes, take time to look at the Blessings in the Mix. The laughter of an innocent child, the wisdom of our older generation, the flowers, trees, all of nature, food that nourishes our bodies, homes, cars, friends, your job (many don’t have one, heck many don’t have a lot of things many of us do have) . Your ability to share the blessings you have with those that aren’t as fortunate. That can be a smile, a hug, a listening ear, a plate of food for your neighbor, help the senior with their bags, or offer to help them with their yard and such.

My list could go on and on. God is still in Power! His Blessings are all around us. Focus on these things and watch the change that happens in your day to day living.

Hugs and Shalom!

Rev. Jones

As you celebrate mankind’s earthly Father’s, don’t leave out Our Father, Creator. Smile

Without Him there would be no Us. Without Him the world would not be. (for all kinds of reasons)  Without Him there would be no Love as He is the originator of Love. The true Love of a Father of which He shows us daily…. ” if we allow Him too.” It is our Heavenly Father who Loves us unconditionally and we can rest in the Truth He will be there for us whenever we need him.. even when we think we are not worthy or He doesn’t want to have anything to do with us. That could not be further from the truth. As a Loving Father His desire is that we return to Him that He might Love us up and show us how Love works, how it creates Peace, Joy, and a wholeness within our hearts. How it dispels darkness with it’s Light. How if you don’t have earthly parents you still have parents in the Kingdom of God. So today, spend a little time with ” The Father” and share all the attributes of the Love He shares and breathed in US…his earthly children. To God, my Father, Happy Father’s Day, DAD!  Thank you for showing me LOVE is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

To ALL earthly fathers today, HAPPY FATHER’s DAY!  And may your day be filled with the joys of Love between you and your offspring.

For those who don’t have earthly Fathers in their lives for whatever reason. In these cases we should remember to honor those who have passed on or that represent that role in your life, whoever fulfilled that role. That person may even be your Mother who has carried both roles of Mom and Dad in your life.  In defining a Father it is typically by the role played as a Parent: The role is all designed to enrich his/her own life and the lives of the children. When these roles are understood and pursued with determination, the child and parent are blessed. I know, I know many are saying but, a Mom is not a Dad. This is true in the physical sense of the word and in some aspects in the way a Father loves, as male and female are designed and do love different than one another. However, Many Moms have had to learn to love like a Father that they might raise healthy children in a single home. Just as many Single Dad’s must learn to love and be Mom’s to their children. In my opinion, we should have “Parents Day” and honor our parents together or if only one.. that one whoever that may be. Their are sisters who have raised their siblings, adoptive parents, step Dads, or maybe it was your teacher, coach, or pastor that fulfilled that role, or a neighbor. Be sure to reach out and say Thank You to whomever that was.

Think about it Who played a parental role in your life?  Was it a Mom or a Dad role? Was it one person or more than one?

Okey Dokey, I think I have said enough.  Have a Great Father’s Day!

Shalom!

Is eateth really a word.. I don’t know however, it will serve my purpose in this post. LOL  Proverbs 23:7 says   And mankinds lifestyle is proving as he eateth so is he also.  Obesity is a huge problem. Especially in America. The adult obesity rate is 32.2% for men & 35.5% in women. That is ALOT considering the population in America.  And these are only the statistics for America. Sad really, it shows how negligent we have become in our eating habits and caring for our temples. I know I am overweight not lots but, 15 lbs is 15 lbs and it is not good for my heart or any part of me actually. All sorts of health issues arise from overeating and being over weight not to mention how tired it makes you. My sweet GP said, “Renee’ if you want to live a holistic life (whole life) I highly recommend you change to a Mediterranean diet and exercise “at least” 20 mins a day.  Well, of course I procrastinated. Which at that time that only meant I wouldn’t accept the Now of my life.  And the even crazier part was for years I really took care of my self and did eat predominately this diet and Felt Great! Looked great! Had lots energy..etc. Then I let life’s stressors drag me out of good choices into quick fix choices.

After I left her office, I dabbled and slowly began changing my habits yet still falling off the wagon all to often eating pure junk and eating out much to often. (addition is addiction ya know & the junk in processed foods no matter how fancy they fix it does create food addictions)  Finally, this year I am getting back on track. After speaking to many of my friends in the same position or many having health issues due to their diets and lack of exercise (20 mins people come on) , I felt it was time to share this post.

Here is what Mayo clinic says about this diet: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/mediterranean-diet/art-20047801

How Does the Mediterranean Diet Work?

The Mediterranean diet will help you change your eating habits with little effort and no guesswork.

• Eat natural, unprocessed foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts.
• Make olive oil your primary source of dietary fat
• Reduce the consumption of red meat (Monthly)
• Eat little to moderate amounts of fish and white meat (Weekly)
• Drink a moderate amount of wine (up to one to two glasses per day for men and up to one glass per day for women)

Just one day of your new lifestyle and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it!

Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet

A lot of scientists believe the Mediterranean Diet is the gold standard in healthy eating. New studies appear regularly in leading scientific journals, supporting the healthfulness of the Mediterranean Diet.

These are some examples of studies confirming its health benefits (*):

• Boost your heart health: Diet alone could boost your heart health [1]
• Reach your ideal weight: People following a Mediterranean style diet have more long-term benefits and lose weight safely [2]
• Control your blood sugar: Mediterranean diet could help you prevent high blood sugar [3]
• Improve bone health: People from the Mediterranean countries have lower rates of hip fractures. [4]
• Improve your brain health: Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables play an important role in cognitive capacity [5]

At almost 63 that last one improve brain health really taps me up. Smile

Well, I pray whoever reads this will do a review of themselves asking, ” am I honoring my temple”  ” Do I want a quality life as I age or to be progressively becoming an unhealthy person?”  Your Choice.

Shalom!

Greetings! I know, I know it’s been awhile since my last post.  I was doing some looking at myself and those I interact with. God showed me what we see in others is some component within our selves. Good and Bad. Which is why the Book says in Matthew 7    ” Judge not, that ye be not judged.² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.³ And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Think about it and watch you will find, most of the time, what you are judging is something you have done, at some point, yourself. I believe this is why we recognize it in the 1st place. Of course anything we find unpleasant we don’t like to see in ourselves much less admit. Example: a neighbor is what I call a little “rough around the edges”  not knowing the best way to present her passions or emotional upsets.  Hmmm, have I been there and got a T-shirt. Yes! and I am sure the same thought ran thru people’s minds when I was at that spot on the road in my journey. Or how about the car bumpin’ that bass as they drive down the road?  Can you say ” I never” . I can’t, I have bumped my gospel music and blues at assorted times.. why? Cause I love it and somehow it sounds great to turn it up! Especially when I want to sing along…if nothing else to hide my voice. LOL    Or haven’t you ever stepped out and ran to the store without being all polished and looking your best?

Yep, in today’s world of judgments and quick to post those judgments whether it is FB, Twitter, or whatever…take a moment and ask yourself, ” do I have that beam in my eye?” or ” have I been there myself?”  Careful, do you really want to pass judgment for the world to see and hear?  Ya know someone just might come back saying, ” oh girl, I know you can relate, remember when you were out on the street acting a fool behind that man of yours….”    Yep, God has been revealing to me a lot lately, no not one of us is perfect and Real Love is full of mercy and grace of which every one of us needs at different times in different seasons but, no not one of us can judge another.

On that note: I leave you saying, ” who can cast the 1st stone?”  & this song:   Hugs.

Hi ya’ll.  I am settled Down for my remaining years! I am here to testify while I have been blessed to live in beautiful places and for some time enjoyed relocating, I am sure rejoicing to finally have my own home to settle down in. And it is in a great place too!

There is a lot to be said I realize about owning your own home and as God says now I can say too:  ” in this house we…” (whatever I want to say goes in this house).  Being a renter most of my life and living in most of the time in tiny house style 750 sq ft or less there have always been restrictions imposed by the owners. Now I am the owner and I realized can turn my music up! I can paint whatever colors I like. I live in 1450 sq ft two story now and WOW what a difference- you don’t even hear the music outside, nor am I disturbing the neighbor on my common wall. Because there is no common wall. What a Blessing!  And since I don’t have to wear a headset while enjoying my fav tunes I can dance around all over while I decorate my new home!  It is fantastic!  Silly sounding maybe but, not to me.

Another blessing in my older style home is all it’s character and a Basement! Somewhere to make my mess and not mess up the entire house. I can create, store, and dance around down there too.

Yep, this post is to say THANK YOU LORD! for providing my new home and all the fun things I am discovering.  And the best one of all…I know have a Prayer/Meditation room just for Me & JC…my BFF!

Hugs to all and Shalom!

Like Davie Bowie says, “Let’s Dance” ! Dancing is a Powerful Fun tool to aid your lifestyle in many areas of our life.  Did you know the Word encourages dance and God loves Music and when we Dance ? Here is just one verse that makes that clear:  Psalms 149:3 “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.”  Did you know that Dancing increases brain function? Dancing improves brain function on a variety of levels. Through regular aerobic training that incorporates some type of dance at least once a week anyone can maximize his or her brain function.  Did you ever think dancing tango could increase your creativity? Or that by moving your body freely on a daily basis you could boost your self-esteem in an unprecedented way? Psychologist and dancer Peter Lovatt says in his unconventional presentation on good moves. “If my mood was ever low, then dance would lift my mood.” he says. Also: “Dance gives me a boost that nothing else gives me.”    Can I get an AMEN? I am here to testify to these truths. Whenever I am a little down or stressed I turn on the music and Dance! In no time my mood has shifted. It always amazes me no matter whether it is slow, fast, or just swaying to the music my moods shifts. It’s been proven: “Your body posture changes the way you think about problems. It influences the decisions you make in life even after one minute. ”   On that note I leave you to go Praise and Dance for my Lord to one of my favorite Praise singers Michael Ben David & my fav song: ” Sing to the Lord. ”

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=michael+ben+david&view=detail&mid=31DE888CA1200C1DE7A131DE888CA1200C1DE7A1&FORM=VIRE

Below I have added the website with more info on the Benefits of dancing & David Bowies ” Let’s Dance!”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201310/why-is-dancing-so-good-your-brain

https://www.bing.com/search?q=david+bowie+song+let%27s+dance&form=EDGSPH&mkt=en-us&httpsmsn=1&refig=d03ec90efe7b4b57b6b21af7f252fbd4&PC=DCTE&sp=1&ghc=1&qs=AS&pq=david+bowie+song+let%27s+&sc=3-23&cvid=d03ec90efe7b4b57b6b21af7f252fbd4&cc=US&setlang=en-US

PS: I would be remiss if I didn’t mention this:  Consider where you dance and who you are dancing for as “All dance” is not pleasing in the eyes of God but, most is a Big YES! Never fear His Spirit within you will let you know if you are dancing inappropriately.

Shalom!

Sometimes life brings you to a place of feeling, ” enough already”.  You are overwhelmed with the things of the world. Just too many things are stacked on your plate and your mind/emotions have reached their limit. When this emotion takes the lead in your life…STOP!  Take time to love thyself and regroup. Don’t just say ” enough ” and keep allowing life to pile it on. Even 5 mins. can create a shift within you. Best case scenario, if possible, is to take an hour, spend some quality time with Yeshua in Prayer, Meditation, pulling weeds and planting new seeds in the inner garden of the heart and mind.  When you allow the weeds to be cleared it gives you eyes to see and ears to hear….which results in Peace, Mercy, Forgiveness, and Tranquility in the garden.

Are you saying, ” easy for you to say?” Well, no it is Not always easy for me to say. I have days like this too and times that things happen that I think, ” I can’t handle this.” However, I have learned life only gets harder when you feed the weeds that are choking out clear thinking. When we allow ourselves to stay in the emotions of ” ENOUGH” these weeds grow rapidly and turn into anger, bitterness, gossiping, depression, anxiety, shame, guilt, and can even produce hatred. You think I am exaggerating. Watch when you are feeling this way and see for yourself what fruit it bears. Then when you see the fruit of allowing these negative seeds to grow STOP! Grab hold of it,  Breathe, then PULL it OUT!  Choose to change the emotion of the soul’s soil with Deep breaths and Prayer. Look around you, find the good seed at your fingertips like:

The blessing of having a home, food to eat, clothes to wear, cars to drive, relatively clean air to breath, flowers, trees, and the list goes on.  If you are in America reading this we are not in a literal war, fearful each day for your life, starving and no access to feed your children, no place to go for medical care, restricted from time with God and the freedom to worship, and the list goes on.  Most reading this are not homeless or even one step away from there. Maybe you are in a situation of loosing a loved one or even just experienced an unexpected disaster and if you are my prayers are with you. Yet, if you are reading this, then you are alive and able to go forward and replant your garden. And with God’s loving mercy and comfort you will.  I can testify to that as I have been thru some things in life that were unimaginable. The sheer fact you are still here means you have not completed your purpose in this Life. And your purpose isn’t just about you trust me, your Life – your purpose is designed to effect the lives of those God puts across your path and their lives to effect yours. We are meant to have relationships of all sorts of types and with all types of people. In those relationships you will Not always agree. Yet, like Yeshua (Jesus) we are called not to judge, argue, or let those relations turn to ugly. We are to agree to disagree when we don’t see eye to eye. We are called to Love All others planting the seeds Love and it’s attributes. If someone is argumentative and the conversation can’t be dealt with in a loving way, step away and give it to God. You nor I,  have the right to control or impose your views on another . We do have the right to our views but, like Yeshua (Jesus) in sharing those views it is to be done in Love based in the Truth allowing the fruit of those seeds of Love to bear the fruit of His Love.

So, when you feel ENOUGH…Stop, regroup, and tend to your inner garden that it might bear the Fruit of Love allowing you to walk in His image. To bring forth and Give beauty and Life in this world..not more stress, darkness, and so on. In pulling out these weeds & planting the seeds of Love you will find your Peace, Joy, and Ability to Bear all things that come your way in this journey called Life.  Keep in mind: This is a choice and as the name of my ministry expresses.. ” Life is all about Choices “…and those choices and the fruit they bear Are Yours.

All this said:  Enough! LOL .. Breathe… Turn off the media, no texting, shut off any negative input. Then go have a cup of relaxing tea and start listing and giving thanks for your Blessings. Then seek seeds of His Love to plant in the garden of your heart and mind..whether it be found in music, the written word, or thru giving or receiving encouraging words of/with a neighbor or family. Take a Calgon bath giving casting your cares on God, go walk it off at the park, by the beach/lake/or river all the while talking to God and letting it all go, literally dig in the garden of your home & imagine the weeds you pull as whatever is troubling you and you are tossing them out, go look up and prepare a good healthy meal that requires some chopping/slicing/ dicing so you can release some energy and chat with God while you cook; ending the moment breaking bread with our Savior and thanking Him for the food you are about to eat.

Shalom !