Month: January 2022

I also use to love watching Get Smart. He was so famous for saying, “I missed it by that much.” Life is made of ‘almosts’. Almost is fine when you are giving your best, you put it all out there and you still didn’t hit the target. Almost is not fine when you gave up!

God fills in for our weaknesses. He gives us the strength we need. We just need to keep going. Or as Dory would say, “Just keep swimming.” You never know how close you are to that breakthrough. The reward at the end is always worth it!

I am going to end today with one of my favorite songs by For King and Country. I sing and dance to this when I feel like quitting.

Fight on, fighter
Don’t let anyone steal your fire
Fight on, fighter
The Spirit is alive inside ya, yeah

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Have you ever used the phrase, “I just want to get through the day”? Maybe it came out more like, “I just want to survive this day”. Those are times when you might want to introduce your day to your God! According to Him, we are more than conquerors. It isn’t enough for us to just make it through. God has made us for so much more!

You are not just enough. You are more than enough! I once heard someone say, “If God had a wallet, your picture would be in it!” He loves you and is so very proud of you. He wants to set you up to more than survive this life. He wants to bless you with the wisdom and strength to be more than a conqueror.

So, the next time you are faced with one of ‘those days’, straighten that crown. Remind the day just whose child you are. That crown says you are so loved and much more than merely a conqueror!

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Let’s get to the root of the problem. We are sitting in a world that has fallen. From the moment that Adam and Eve took that first step into sin, the world plunged into darkness. Hate, anger, strife, jealousy, pride, and lies swirl around us all day long. We can get wrapped up in them with others very quickly. Fighting with the other person just makes them all worse. Why? Because we are fighting with the wrong person!

Anger is an emotion and honest emotion. Anger by itself is not dangerous, or even wrong. It is what we do with that anger that causes the problem. When we let it rule our lives and make stupid decisions based on it, that is when it becomes a problem. We often take it out on others, or maybe even the thing or person that made us angry. We fight on foreign soil.

When anger rears its ugly head, we need to take it to the proper battlefield. We need to take it to the proper authority. We need to take it to God. Don’t let Satan and his little minions rejoice in victory. Be more than a conqueror! Keep the battle on your turf. Now, go polish that armor and prepare for battle.

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All you have to do is ask! Yes, men, that means pull over and ask for directions, or at least ask Google for Pete’s sake! LOL! I promise this isn’t a man-bashing blog. Just using the old stereotype to prove my point. Sometimes the hardest thing we do is ask for help. Our pride gets in our way, even when it is with God.

Have you ever thought something you wanted to ask was too big or too small? Maybe you just didn’t want to bother God. You figured He was too busy with much more important things. Guess what? None of that is true. God wants to hear about EVERYTHING in your life. You just have to swallow your pride and humble yourself before Him. In other words, just ask! He is ready with an answer. He wants to give you peace, courage, and strength to get you through whatever you are facing.

So what do you say? Is it time to pull over and ask God for directions? Better yet, before you even start your day, why not check-in and get the roadmap for your day. He is waiting to hear from you.

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I have something coming up tomorrow and I have two choices. I can sit around and worry about it or I can hope for the best and let it go. Worry is such an easy way out. It doesn’t take much. Just let your mind start to wander and soon you will be lying dead somewhere. OK, that may be a little extreme, but you get the point. It takes real effort to think about what might go right.

God, doesn’t want us to stress out. He actually tells us what to think about when we start to feel those dark thoughts sneaking into our minds. Think on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable. excellent or praiseworthy. If we concentrate on the good, bad will still happen all around us, BUT it is easier to deal with when it does.

In the end, I have no control over tomorrow’s events. Getting all upset about it today will not change its outcome. So, instead of letting it ruin today, I am going to do my best to concentrate on the good I have right now. Who knows tomorrow may come out better than I ever could imagine!

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Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, not arrogance. We don’t get to just stop by when we need something and expect to always get it the way we when it, and when we want it. God is not some genie in a magic lamp. He is not here to grant you wishes. He is also not heartless and loves you very much.

God wants to be a part of our life every single day, all day. He wants you to approach Him, even with your mess-ups. Oops, yep, I did do that are words He expects to hear out of your mouth. Out life is striving to be like Jesus, not expected to get it perfect all of the time. God is waiting with open arms to receive you and give you mercy. He is so willing to dust you off, dry your tears, and sent you right back out into the world again.

Our God is a very big God. He can handle anything you throw at Him. There is not a mess too big for Him to jump in and help you clean it up. You just have to be ready to approach the thrown with confidence knowing He is a mighty God and loves you very much.

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Do what you can do and then let go and let God! I know in some ways this may sound completely different than what you hear during most sermons. We are to hand everything over to God and let Him handle it all. Well, that is correct also. So, now you are like, really Tabetha? How and the heck are we supposed to do both?!?! Well, I am here to tell you how.

In today’s verse, it is like a soldier getting ready for battle. I want to put a different spin on it. You can also look at it like a baker making a cake. You get all your ingredients ready. You mix them all together and put them in the pan. What comes next, besides licking the bowl? Yes, you put it in the oven and wait. You have to let the oven do its thing.

We have responsibilities in life. God has given us things to do. When we have done everything within our possibilities, is when God takes over within the impossibilities. So, get your ingredients ready and mix your world up. God has the oven preheated!

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I need this verse today. BEWARE: This is a real-life moment scream and yell blog today. I have spent months fighting with my insurance over covering a seizure medication that actually works for me, without severe side effects, to no avail. I also have respiratory issues and am now dealing with some kind of bronchitis. I have a daily inhaler that Walgreens always struggles to get in for me. This week has been worse than usual. I haven’t had it for 5 days now. A different pharmacy in town has it but can’t give it to me because yep you guessed it, they don’t take my insurance. If I don’t laugh right now I am going to cry.

Besides that, I have been on the phone today with the hospital over a screw up on my bill and a delivery company that has had my package for over a month now and can’t seem to get it to me even though I live less than an hour away. Yep, Lord, I need some strength, right now. Thank goodness, I can take a deep breath and know He will supply it. This too shall pass. I will get through this and everyone will live to see another day. . . LOL!!!!

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What is love? Well, I think that is an easy answer. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). Answering that question is easy, however, doing the actual loving isn’t always so easy.

There are a million songs about love, but “Love is A Battlefield” by Pat Benatar is probably one of the most truthful songs or at least the title. Love is not some feeling that magically appears over a crowded room when your eyes meet. It may be planted that way, but like all plants, you have to cultivate it. You have to be intentional with it. You have to be ready to say, “I love you, so I am going to fight to be patient, kind, not envious, boastful, or proud. I will not dishonor you, or be self-seeding. I will work to not become angry or keep wrongs against you. I will fight to protect, trust, and hope in you. I will fight my selfish ways to preserve all relationships including the one with myself. I know love is a battlefield!

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It is OK to be you! Contrary to every commercial out there, you do not have to dress like, drive, own, or eat what everyone else is wearing, driving, owning, or eating! The older, I get the more I understand this concept. In a world full of pigeons, be a peacock!

We were never meant to just fit in with the crowd. We don’t bend our faith, beliefs, or morals to make the world happy. we are not to conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds. We are different and that is OK!

On that same note, I want to point out that different doesn’t mean we snub our noses at others. Just because you have discovered your inner peacock doesn’t mean you don’t hang around the pigeons. Agreeing to disagree and still being friends doesn’t change your stance or who you are in your faith. As a matter of fact, it strengthens it. Because it is then you are able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. That will is to love one another!

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