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“How we spoke then doesn’t matter, but it is how we speak now, and who we speak about.”
There was a time in my life when I spoke words that would make tears stream from the eyes of someone who hurt me. There was a time when I spoke in rhyme…it sounded good, but was it really good? There was a time when I would think of things to say if someone said something bad to me. I came to the conclusion that they were just hurt people hurting other people…taking their frustrations out on someone else. When that happens, we are to pray for them. We are to pray for God to give them a clear understanding of who He is in them.
Does it matter what others think about you, me, or her, or him? What matters most is what God says about us, and how He see us.
What matters most is our faith we have in Him.
Things may happen in our lives, but we should find a friend in Him.
Mrs. Shaunelius L. Sterns
Do we ever think about the things we say, or how we say them? Do we take the time to see if what we say will lift someone up, or tare them down? Do we think about what we say may hurt someone? How would we feel if someone said something to us that hurt us? What would we do, would we retaliate towards them? Would we forgive them? Would we hate them? Do we ever consider our Father’s heart when we say things we ought not say? How do we think it makes Him feel? Do we not realize that it just may break His heart? We all should think about what we say before we say it, and how we say it.
I for one can say that sometimes I will say something without thinking depending on how I feel. Sometimes I forget that I cannot just say things that I want to say, I have to think before I speak. I know it is hard being a Christian everyday. Sometimes I get in the flesh without even recognizing it, and that is something I do not want to do. I want to always be in the spirit. I want to always be able to speak how I ought to speak with my words seasoned with salt, not bitterness. I can admit that when I was young, I had a mouth that would not quit. I did not care about what I said, or how I made people feel, simply because I was always picked with and made fun of because of how I looked body wise. See I was very skinny. I could not help it because I was the small size that I was, so people would pick with me. I would cry, but that just made it worse, so I started speaking up for myself and defending myself at all costs. Even though I was small I had a very big voice and words to match, and a bad attitude. I did not care what I said or how I said it. I had grown cold towards people. I think I may have had hate in my heart for those who would mess with me. Now those times are just distant memories, but that is just how I was. It took me a very long time to forgive those people who treated me like that. I learned that some people just do not know how to treat others because they were never taught how to treat people with respect. They were never taught to treat people how they would want to be treated, so they learned how to bully others just to make themselves feel good about themselves. Even grown people act like that everyday…they do not know how to treat people because they were never taught when they were children. They only know how to hurt people. They do not know how to talk to people because they do not have people skills.
We have to be mindful of how we treat people, because the way we treat people is how we will also be treated. Others can dish it out, but they cannot take it when it is thrown back at them, and that is just the truth. People will use a person’s past and throw it up in their face to try to hurt them, but when it is done to them they become offensive about it. I look at it like this, if you cannot take it, don’t dish it because it will come back to you. As I said, “Hurt people, hurt people”. Some people speak with anger and intimidation to hurt others…throw their weight around with threats, but what they fail to realize is that what goes around comes right back around. What makes a person think that they can order someone around when they did not create them? I belong to God, and no one on this earth will order me around in any shape, form, fashion, or manner. No one will disrespect me in that way, or any kind of way at all. I do not have respect for those that do not have respect for me. To get respect you must first give respect…it does not matter who you are, or where you are from, respecting someone goes a long way.
There are those who are very disrespectful no matter how nice you are to them. I call them nasty evil souls. They have black hearts. I hate to be so direct, but it is what it is. They only care about what they want and how they feel, and how they bring someone down to hurt them. They do not care about their own soul. People like that never make it far in life. No one wants to be around that kind of person at all…they can change if they want to, but they don’t. It does not matter how much you pray for them, their hearts are just black as the darkest night. There is no light in them at all. They live and walk in darkness everyday of their lives. What does hurting someone profit? What is really going wrong inside of someone to make a person hurt someone? What’s that person’s mind frame? How do a person live with themselves when they have hurt someone? How do they sleep at night? How can they look at themselves in the mirror and not be disgusted with themselves? If there has ever been a time when I have hurt someone, I cannot sleep good, my heart hurts, I cannot eat, I cry because I know I have hurt someone I love….even if it is an accident done in anger, it bothers me. I have to pray and ask God for forgiveness, and ask that person to forgive me for the wrong I did to them. It takes a real person to ask for forgiveness of the person they have hurt. I know for myself that forgiveness is for me, because I do not want anyone having power over me except the One who created me. I wish that there were not any sin, anger, hate, and things in the world to make people do wrong. I wish everyone was saved and had the mind of Christ. I wish that we all could just get along and not look differently at someone because of the color of their skin.
Again, let us be mindful of what we say, and how we say what we are saying. We never know who we are hurting by the words we use when we speak. We do not have to be talking directly to someone for words to hurt, they could just hear something in the passing that you may be thinking out loud. We never know who is listening to us. One thing is for sure, we do know that God is always listening to everything we say, and our every thought. If we cannot say something good we should not say anything at all. If we cannot lift someone up with the words we say, we should not speak anything. We should always want to lift people up. Everyone needs encouragement….a kind smile. I think that if everyone would lift someone up everyday there would be less sadness in the world. We have to start somewhere. Sometimes that is all a person needs to get them through the day.
When we lift someone up with the words we say, it goes a long way. It makes a person feel good…it brightens their day and their spirit. When we do our best to show people the love of God, it says a lot about who we are in Christ. I feel that it makes God’s heart happy. We all have days when we are feeling sad for whatever reason, but when someone tells us that everything is going to be alright that makes us smile. We believe it because we know that God has us in the palm of His hands. We know that He has our back. Choose words wisely, always speak kindly.
THE CROSS
The cross I saw when I closed my eyes where Jesus died for you and me.
The shame of sin tore His skin for you and me. The cross stands empty for the world to see, but we can still go there you and me. When you close your eyes, what do you see? Do you see your sins…when I say “you”, I mean the world.
The cross I saw when I closed my eyes where Jesus died for you and me. At the foot of the cross there is still room, it is open and free for all to come to to receive redemption and forgiveness for all eternity. To be made new, to let go of the old, to be washed whiter than snow from the blood that drips there…we should care…our sins were there. He didn’t complain…didn’t say one word…forgave us for everything, so that’s why I sing to my King covered in majesty, our crowns to Him we will bring, laying them down at His feet which walked the dusty street…to make things new again in the end we win. Praise the Lord! We WIN!!!
No matter how long it has been when things happened to you, it is still a memory in your mind. It still has a place in your subconscious that triggers feelings and emotions that you thought had vanished. No one wants to hold on to things, but sometimes things are hard to let go of. We may often hear a song that will trigger a memory that brought us hurt and pain. We may see a television show that pertains to something that we may have went through. It does not matter how long we hold on to things, and it does not matter if we let it go, because that memory is still there.
When that happens to us, it is like cutting open something that has been healed, it still hurts. Our mind is like a computer, we store things that we want to remember and we get rid of things that we do not want to remember anymore. Our heart is like a magnet, it captures things be it good or bad. We often take everything to our heart. Our feelings comes from our heart, and the pain from the hurt travels to our soul.
Some people just do not understand how their words hurt others when they are said in anger whether they mean it or not. People do not forget when others hurt them, or make them feel like they are less than nothing. People do not ever forget hurtful things, they just find a way to cope with what they are feeling. It is always there. It makes a person want to hate, but they know that it is not the right thing to do. Sometimes hearts turn to stone never to feel anything again. Never letting anyone in, or get close to them. They always have a protective wall around them, they never let their guard down, they are always on the defensive. When a person has been hurt they will do everything they can to keep from being hurt again.
It is not that they do not want to be around anyone, it is just that they do not trust people. They watch to see what will be said and how it is said. They watch the attitudes of people and how they treat others. No one wants to be hurt, but somewhere along the lines of life there will be hurt and pain. There will always be something or someone who will hurt us. When those memories arise from the past, yes they still hurt, they still make us cry, they still make us feel a certain type of way because it takes us back to the time when we were hurt. Maybe there is someone that needs to be for given. Maybe there is someone that needs to apologize to you for whatever reason. Sometimes people just do not know how to apologize at all. Maybe they feel if they apologize for something it will make them weak; it takes a real person to apologize for what they have done wrong.
When we are alone with our thoughts, it is only natural for us to think about things in the present just as things of the past. We think about the times when we were children and all of the fun we had. We think about our loved ones who has gone on before us. We think about something funny that made us laugh. We think about when we had our children and how beautiful it was. We think about what we want to buy when we go shopping. We think about the vehicle, and house we want to buy, but through all of that there will be something that will cause us to cry because we cannot get what we want right then. What do we do, we take it to our heart. We let it fester instead of just forgetting about it. When we cry about things, some say we are sensitive. Our feelings are our own and no one has the right to say that we are sensitive about anything we are feeling. No one has the right to judge how someone feels. If we did not have feelings how would we express ourselves. How would anyone have an opinion about anything? How would the world be if no one had feelings? How would we feel about what is going on today if no one had feelings?
We all have things in our heart that has hurt us and still brings tears. We are human beings. We will always take things differently, see things differently, be different about things, have our own opinions about things, live our lives how we want to live it…who has a right to judge anyone except the One who created us? Who has the right to say anything about who we are? Who has a right to hurt us? No one! Not a living soul! Who has the right to say who we are not, or suppose to be? No One! We are who we are, and who we are is who we were created to be. It does not matter the setbacks that we have, we are still who we are created to be. Everyday is new, and we have another chance to be better and to do better. We cannot let what people say, or how they make us feel stop us from doing what we were created to do. Yes, words hurt, but God’s Words heal broken hearts, broken souls, and hurt feelings. Be yourself because I am going to be the best me I can be for the One who created me.
FALLING
Mishaps, falling in traps set by the enemy, why so many, why any?
Why do we wait today to say, No More Falling!
Falling to get up again, to began again, to win again, to be in again the good graces of Him who can bring falling to an end again. To pick us up again, to smile again, to praise again, to thank Him again, we win in the end again.
No more sickness again, no more dying again, only love again in our hearts again, shout again, scream again, dance again, because in the end again we win again.
Falling again on our knees again, lifting our hands again, looking towards love again. Being who we are again in Him again, peace in Him again, in love with Him again, not alone again, holding us close again, to His heart again.
Running in victory again, to spend eternity with Him again, once was lost, but found again. Walking with Him again! Ready to do everything for Him again, never letting go again, holding on again. NO More Falling, Falling, Falling! Only Winning, Winning, Winning!
Defeated is the enemy under our feet again crushing his head under our feet again just as Jesus did again, at the cross, in the wilderness. In the sea of our soul again, we WIN! His blood paid the price He shed for us again, adopted in again, no longer enemies of God again!
This is just the part of me that I keep inside, no one knows I can speak in rhyme, rhythm, and in time high or low my voice can go. vibrations that shakes light, teeth in the roots of the gums in the mouth of the one speaking, thinking deepening the words said from the brain and heart set apart from the rest, always set apart from the rest. Haters are my motivators, can’t keep me down, lose the frown put on a smile.
Laughter is what I am after, not from you, but from Him, because His joy is my strength, forever not short, but for eternity. See me, myself, and I know why the enemy has tried to take me, I am a threat to all who cares not to know the truth. Speaking what I do, only truth no lies. Saying Hello to the Kingdom, saying goodbye to hell, because with Jesus is where I am going to dwell. Well for now no more falling, falling, falling. Only Jesus Calling me to Himself to do the work He has set for me. See you in eternity!
GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS OF EVERYTHING
Oftentimes we forget about where we came from when we get up on our feet. We forget about all of the things that we had to go through to get to where we are in our life. We forget how to help others. We forget how to really love others. Sometimes we just need to sit back and think about things, We need to think about getting back to the basics of everything. For no reason at all, I looked up one of my broadcasts and listened to it. I really gave some good information. I never thought that I had that in me to do such a wonderful thing. My own words touched my heart. I thought about a lot of things in my own life. I just never knew I had gifts and talents like that. I know I have been under a lot of stress that has caused me not to be able to write, but it is time for me to get back to the basics of everything I know I should be doing. I cannot let that stop me from doing what God has called me to do. I cannot, and will not be defeated. No, my life is not perfect, but I a doing the best I can to be who God has created me to be. I still fall sometimes, but that doesn’t make me any less of a woman of God. I am still a woman of God. I am still a child of God. Sometimes we all fall but we get back up again and start over. We cannot let setbacks stop us, because I know I am not going to let a setback stop me from being who I am in God. When I have a setback, I know that there is a lesson in that setback. I know that there was something for me to learn. Everything we go through in life is a lesson to be learned. Things that we encounter in life is to make us strong, to grow our faith, to bring us closer to Jesus.
I can admit that I fell a little bit, but God is good. He did not let me stay down. He picked me up, dusted me off, set my feet on a plain path and established my goings. I can look back over my life now and see where God has brought me from, even through my shortcomings. I am thankful for all of the things He has brought me through that could have taken my life. Even though I cry sometimes I can still smile through my tears. I can still smile through hurt and pain, and persecution, and judgement from others. I can still smile through my cloudy days. I can still smile with pain in my heart. I can still smile because Jesus is smiling on me. He has set me free! I love me, I like me, and most of all Jesus loves me, and likes me, and that is all that matters to me.
Just because someone makes mistakes, Jesus does not stop loving them. He does not give up on them, and He does not turn away from them. Some people seem to think that when someone makes a mistake, Jesus punishes them. He disciplines us so we will know better as to not make that same mistake again. We should be glad we have a Heavenly Father who loves us enough to correct us when we need to be corrected. His correction is for our own good to help us, not to harm us. We should just know that we are loved with an unconditional love that will last forever. Stay blessed.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.8.35.KJV
God, let the truth of Your unstoppable love sink into my heart and fill me with joy and hope. When I go through hard times, help me to remember that You are with me, You are for me, and You cannot be taken from me. Shape my life with Your love, and remind me that nothing is impossible for You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/luk.6.45.KJV
A good man, or good woman will speak of the good things that comes from their heart, but an evil man, or woman will speak that which is evil from their heart.
When we speak about things, it should be good, no one wants to hear bad things. When a man, or a woman is speaking about something it should be to lift someone up, to give wisdom to those who are lost, and to give wisdom to those who are not lost to increase the wisdom they have so they can share what they know with others. Our main focus in speaking is for edification. When we speak, we should identify ourselves with the Word of God. We should speak the Word to those who has never heard it, and to those who have to better increase their learning. We do not want to speak about things we do not know about, but we do want to speak about things that we do know about, and that is Jesus Christ. We want to talk about all of the wonderful things He did for us while He was here on the earth, before He was crucified. It may be hard for some to do that because it still brings them to tears, I can attest to that, because it still brings me to tears at times when I think about those who does not want to even get to know Him, or what He did for all of us. It is sad when we do not share Him with others. I try so hard to tell people about Jesus Christ and what He did for us. This is the main reason I share what I know about Him when I am writing, or when I am speaking to someone, or speaking about something He did for someone back in the Bible days. No one wants to hear evil things from someone. Speaking evil only hurts the person being spoken to, and it fills them with fear; God does not want that. We need to know that everything we speak about comes from our heart. What we have in our heart is what we are going to speak about, so we have to guard our heart as to what we let inter therein. When we guard our heart, we are in control as to what we let in our heart, so therefore we are in control of what we speak.
When we guard our mind, we are in control of what we think. We have to take bad thoughts captive and cast them back down from whence they came. When we keep our mind on Jesus, we will have pure thoughts. We will know what we are going to speak when we get ready to speak. Our thoughts can tear us down, and our thoughts can build us up. This is why it is so important to think before we speak. When we do not know what to say, we should ask Jesus what should we say, and He will give us the words to say.
How can we speak like Jesus spoke when we do not study the Word of God? How can we have wisdom when we do not study the Word of God? How can we know what Jesus said when we do not study the Word of God? Let us not be lazy in studying the word of God. God’s Word gives us strength. It refreshes our soul and spirit. We can see things more clearly. His Word is living and breathing, it is not just words on a page, it is living and breathing. It is how we get to know more about our Heavenly Father. It is how we get to know more about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Do we ever really realise just how much God loves us? Do we ever realise just how much how He cares for us, and provides for our every need? Do we ever realise just how much it hurt Him to see His Son go through what He went through for us?
I mean do we ever take it into consideration what Jesus went through for us. When we actually sit and think about what He did for us, we will not want to speak bad language, we will not want to treat people bad, we will not want to hold grudges towards others. We will want to forgive those who has hurt us for whatever reason. We will want to love like Jesus loves, we will want to look at people as people and not differently because of the colour of their skin. We will want to accept people for who they are. When we learn to be like that, we will not have to worry if we will speak mean and evil things from our heart. We will speak only good things to lift a person up, to give them wisdom, and to share what God has put on our heart.Everything we speak will be seasoned with salt, salt makes things taste good. Let us all taste and see that God is good, because He is. I thank God for His wonderful, sweet Word that He wrote for us to have and live by. Life is hard at times, but we do have the Word to help us make the right decisions in our lives. Thank you for following me on my journey with Food for the Soul. Stay safe, and God bless everyone.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/luk.6.45.KJV
God, I want to draw near to You, but I don’t always know how to do that. Sometimes I find myself choosing to do what is comfortable over what is good. Please help me. Show me how to guard my heart, and then please help me to make wise choices that honor You. Let whatever I say and do be a reflection of my love for You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Food for the Soul 