Saturday, July 27, 2024

".......Lord, I believe.......



, help my unbelief." Mark 9:24

Good morning my beautiful friends.     I pray that each of you are having a most lovely day so far.            we sure are.      it's a little milder than it has been as of late, but it's warming too quickly today. when I get out to check on my garden, it will be scalding hot and the humidity is ridiculous.          hahaha      but it is what it is and we have deal with it.

speaking of dealing with things, what are you dealing with this morning?              there is any number of things that we all can be and a lot of us are dealing with.        for instance, I have a friend who is dealing with back trouble and the unknown that this brings.               I'm praying for God to make a way and heal this situation.               I have another friend who is dealing with a job loss and I pray for God to open doors that only He can open.             I have another friend who is dealing with pancreatic cancer and we're praying for God to heal this friend.         I have another friend who is dealing with her husband having found that his cancer has spread throughout his body.           we are praying for God to intervene in a big way in this situation.

Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

if you'll go to the bible and do a bit of reading you'll see that this father had asked the disciples to heal his son of the demon that was in him.           they couldn't heal this son.      then he wanted Jesus to heal his son. he told Jesus that he knew He could heal his son.       Jesus told the father that if he could believe, all things are possible. the man knew that if anyone could heal his son, it would be Jesus. sometimes, it's only when we are desperate for something that we can't make happen on our own, do we turn to Jesus.           this father knew where to turn and he did.      verse 24 is what the man cried out to Jesus. "Lord I believe, help my unbelief!"

you know what, that is an awesome instance of a very short prayer.           "Lord, I believe, help my unbelief!"     this is spark of belief, something that Jesus will help us with too and help that spark of belief to grow into a big flame of belief that shares with others how they had a little belief and it grew to enough belief to save the fathers son.

any one of the aforementioned situations is enough to bring us all down to our knees.         but when we're on our knees, we're in a position of humility and that right there is where Jesus will meet us.         I don't know how many times Jesus has met me on my knees and intervened into my messes and situations and worked them out for me.

we have a tendency to think that God won't help me, or that He doesn't care about me, or that this isn't a big enough situation to ask Him for healing.        sometimes we even think that He doesn't care about our loved ones.            but He does. sometimes our prayers aren't answered in the way we want them to be answered.       but they are always answered and God will always do what is right.     at no time has He not ever done the right thing.           we just don't have His mind and we don't see the big picture.    we only see the piece of the picture that we are in, in that moment.          God sees all of His grand design and the way He works out our problems are always to give Him glory. we may get angry with the end result, we may be angry with what's happening, we may even blame God for not "fixing" the situation.           but God is always right in what he does.

Genesis 18:25............Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

go to the above scripture and read this account of Sodom and Gomorrah.        Abraham was questioning whether God would destroy the righteous with the unrighteous in Sodom and Gomorrah.      in the end, what ever God decides to do, is always right.        we will still question Him at times, and you know what, He's ok with us questioning            He is.           He knows out thoughts and ideas about everything.             He's not going to be upset with us when we question things.              especially if we are truly trying to find out more about Him.            I question God sometimes and then I feel bad that I did.           when you have a history of His faithfulness in and over your life, you really don't have to question Him.

some days I find myself saying "Lord help my unbelief!!!"        He always does. if you know Him as Lord and Savior of your life, then you too, can say "Lord, help my unbelief!!!", and He will help you.

I don't know who needs to see this, other than myself, but I pray that everyone who reads this will be able to glean some comfort from this.          it's just something that has been on my heart for a while and I needed to get it down in the form of journaling and this is it.              I pray this will help just one person in whatever you're dealing with. you don't have to go it alone.          you have a friend in Jesus.     you may not get the answers you want, but God will always give the best answers for each situation.       your loved one may leave their earth suit body, but if they know Jesus and if you know Jesus, then you'll see them in heaven some day.       with a new pain free body and all will be made right.           that is something to look forward to.              that is the Christians hope.            our hope is in the Lord and in Him alone.

blessings as we move on into our day today.              just know that God loves you all and so do I.     may you be comforted by the Lord who loves you more than you could possibly know.

hugs and love, patty
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Sharing an exchange that took place on facebook with me and the owner.....

...../admin of a group that I "belonged" to.        notice the word "belonged", yup that's right, he couldn't stand the mirror I held up for him to see himself in.         he has always been an instigator.         I have held my typing fingers for 2 years waiting for such a time as this.          he is always the victim.          all the while, he cuts down his competitors and belittles anyone who says anything about it.         he can always justify his actions.          no matter how bad his behavior is, it's aways someone else's fault.         he's been showing his backside for 2 years.         the city govt shut him down from selling food out of his garage and that's when he went on the rampage for the last 2 years.         he is into bbq and he has done nothing but cut down his major competition all the while, his competition just keeps on doing what they do and that's sell good food.          they have never responded to any of this guys garbage.         why is that?      they know what it takes to have a good business and that's being focused on what they do and they make and sell great food.         they don't bash their competition.

when this guy first showed up in town, he talked like a Christian.          I even thought that we would check out his bbq someday.         well, people will show you who they really are if you give them the chance.          he showed us who he was and still is.          he has cursed people on line.         he attacks people for no reason and if you go against him in any way, he blocks you.        he is a dictator of his own little group. 

today was the day that I couldn't let his caterwauling go any longer without saying something.          and below is the exchange that took place.           the only word I changed in this whole dialogue was in my very last response and I changed the name of the town.           I also took his name off of all the responses.           I don't want to even give him one speck of recognition.             but what I will say, he sure doesn't like looking at himself in the mirror.          I've never seen a business man wanna be that's filled with as much vile and wickedness as he is.          every week he pokes a stick at others, just with the posts that he shares.          and stepping over people was what riled this quiet bear. 

he has talked about the town like it the awfullest place on the planet.           I honestly don't know how he could have anyone who even wants to eat his food after talking about the town like he has.        I would not ever spend a penny on his food after the way he has talked about a place that I have loved and still do love.         what he doesn't know is that when we go thru that town, a lot of times we'll come home with about $100 worth of bbq to put in the freezer.          it's not his bbq though.           we talk with our money and I wouldn't spend money on his bbq.            just the way he has bashed and bad mouthed his competition, I'd never spend our hard earned money on him.         that's how we talk with our money.

I wasn't going to share this, but putting it on my blog will help me to remember that there are people like this.          they do exist.          and I tried to hold a mirror for him to see himself.         he seen himself so well that he couldn't stand what he seen and he blocked me.      well, if he had not blocked me, I would have left his  "hip" group anyway after reading this post that he made the other day.         I just couldn't take his junk anymore.          I have always tried to treat people the way I want to be treated.           if this guy treats people the way he wants to be treated, he can't stand it when someone gives him a taste of his own treatment.         

God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!!!             it's up to us to share the good news with everyone, even the ones that we think don't deserve it.          I hope and pray that we all can learn something from what I just shared.           I know there have been times when I haven't been as kind to people as I should have been, but I've never been mean spirited just for the fun of it.         it grieves me that people think it's ok to step over others on the way to the top.          they may find themselves on the top of yesterdays garbage heap.          if you're going to treat people bad, the least you can do is own it.

this isn't much of a post to put on my blog, but it's something that I wanted to remember, so that's the only reason it's on here.            I'm not real proud of it, but it is what it is.      

blessings of love, peace and joy be y'all's as we go into the evening.            remember that God loves us enough to give His Son, Jesus Christ as our risen Savior.          may we all know His love and be in right relationship with Him.         hugs, patty

Someone told me that with out compassion for the people we step over, they will only remember the ugly that we have done, not the good we are trying to accomplish. So be humble and give everyone a chance to see the out come.
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Rose Tresures
"compassion for the people we step over", your words, as you typed them. where is compassion when "stepping over people" in the walk of life. if I try to rise to the top, by stepping over people, I don't expect to accomplish much. when we learn to do better, we do better. stepping over people is about as ugly as it gets. there is no humility in stepping over people. when we learn to do better, we do better, and it shows, in our actions and our words.
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Rose Tresures you have to step over the people that try and stop you, you go back for them once you reach your destination and give them a hand up. The momentum of success out weighs those destined for failure
Rose Tresures
the people in my life that have cared about me, are the ones that have pushed, pulled or dragged me along with them while they were striving to achieve better for themselves. those are the people that I remember in my life. those are the people that matter. they didn't step over me and come back for me later. those that stepped over me forgot that. what is success? do we count it by how many we've stepped over. do we count by how many have stepped over us. success is how we handle the issues as they come up. very few people ever go back to help those they have stepped or trampled over. actions speak pretty loud. who am I to decide who is destined for failure? who are you to decide who is destined for failure? I know that the ladies who pushed, pulled and dragged me along helping me better myself are all successes in my eyes. I can't say the same for the ones who stepped over me trying to reach their goals. what we do matters, even if no human eyes see what we do, what we do matters. have a successful life as you step over others to get there.
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Rose Tresures unfortunately in business there isn’t time to wait tor people to come around. My methods won’t have a 100% success but it’s enough for me. We get where we are going fast and we strike while the iron is hot. ðŸ¤·‍♂️ everyone is welcome to enjoy what we are doing. And the ones that don’t want anything to do with it well that’s on them
Rose Tresures
and that iron won't always be hot, then what? who get the blame? who gets bad mouthed? who gets bashed on public forums?
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Rose Tresures I already get bad mouthed bashed and own the public forum. Next
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And do just fine
Rose Tresures
who are you bashing and bad mouthing? why do you do what you do? unless you have gone back and deleted a lot from this group and cleaned this forum up all anyone has to do is go back and see how you've talked about and treated most of your competition and you talk about (this town) like it's the awfullest place to live. if I hated the place as much as you talk like you do, I'd pack my bags and leave. oh wait, you're gonna change the town.  (I edited this to take the town name out. pjg)




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