I'm Not What She Said

As I was getting things ready on Friday for my kids this title was very strong in my heart. Then yesterday I was listening to Steven Furtick and he said a similar statement which helped me know that this was definitely what I was to encourage you about today. So I would like to share with you something that was said to me at the age of 18.

I went to our annual ladies meeting at our church and at the end of it I was pulled up on the stage with others and my mother stood in front of me and said " I forgive you for whoring around." I was only with one person at that age. The humiliation that I felt from those words stayed with me for a long time.

At the age of 42 when I learned that my Dad biologically wasn't my dad; the CREATOR began the healing process with me and healed that wound in my soul. Not only from the lies told to me about my dad, but also from those very words she spoke over me. After my book was published I had another person call me a loser, and today because of ALL of the work done inside of me those words mean nothing to my soul. I see me the way the CREATOR sees me. HIS precious daughter. I knew that I needed to share this with you today because HE wanted me too.

So my encouragement for you today is: no matter what someone has said to you or even about you; those words will never determine who you really are, because the CREATOR sees you as HIS precious child filled with strength, goodness, gentleness and most of all love. So hold your head up and live daily in HIS love.

Have a blessed day everyone!

THE CREATOR LOVES YOU!❤️

Keeping It Closed

Just the other day I spoke with a very good friend of mine and during our conversation she made a statement to me that really stopped me and reminded me of what the CREATOR had spoken to my heart about two and a half years ago. That statement was: the door has been closed; don't try to reopen it.

Throughout the first half of my life I spent my time always going back to things and people who I loved very deeply, but there were times where situations would take place, and those things and people would hurt my heart all over again. I wore myself out each time, and each time I would be broken. All of that changed when the CREATOR healed a lot of the wounds that were in my soul. Yes, I still feel that tenderness, but after learning so much over the last almost three years; I keep the doors to my heart closed to that which is not healthy for me. It's okay for you to do the same.

So my encouragement for you today is: pay close attention to the doors that the CREATOR closes; HE knows what's best for you, and when HE closes it leave it closed. The CREATOR looks at your soul as a treasured jewel and HE just wants to keep you safe. It's okay to protect your heart and your peace.

Have a blessed day everyone!

THE CREATOR LOVES YOU!❤️

HIS Sweet Reminders

I wanted to start this encouragement off by saying thank you to each of you who take the time to read these encouragements. When I started writing over a year ago I started writing mostly like everyone else. Then as time went on the CREATOR spoke this statement to my heart: "do it differently."

I began stepping away from how I thought I was supposed to write.

So I will start to write about personal things and even share my family conversations with you. Maybe not every time but it is definitely the beginning. So please bare with me. I would like to make this personal so that you can see that if I have survived my journeys you will survive yours too. So yesterday the CREATOR gave me a sweet reminder, and it was this: that any weight or load that comes from this life journey is not meant to be carried by me, but to be carried by HIM. We all have life issues to deal with, but we don't have to deal with them alone.

So my encouragement for you today is: whatever you have gone through or will go through please know that you will never go through it alone. The CREATOR is in every part of your journey. So take this life journey that you are on and live it out one day at a time. Try not to worry about issues that are out of your control and just leave them in HIS hands. HE will walk beside you through it all. You will be okay!

Have a blessed day everyone!

THE CREATOR LOVES YOU!❤️