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Hello!

I am still here... still thinking, still praying... still believing. I recently found a phrase I wish I had heard before! It quotes '' The challenges in life are supposed to make us better, not bitter~'' I really really liked that!
Sometimes, wait, Most times things don't go my way, I get angry and disappointed and unhappy and straight up bitter--and to God!
I think, ''it's not fair!!'' --and wonder why I deserve it, or why won't God change it!!??
I realize now that I have to accept that there are things I cannot control. And there are some things I may never understand.
BUT, the Bible says too, that we are not supposed to lean unto our own understanding, but to TRUST the LORD with ALL our heart.
That is hard to do when it hurts!!!
But I found that there is freedom in *accepting* God's will and the path He takes me on, no matter how many twists and turns there may be.
*Acceptance* of things has always been a stumbling block or stronghold for me.
I have been going through situations that force me to *accept* what is. and it is helping me grow. It is helping me learn to ''Let go and Let God.''
Which is a good thing!!

SO... as long as God's in control, everything will work out for the best.

I haven't spent anytime here at all lately and I do miss my writing time and devotions, and I've been extremely busy. But I am going to commit to making a comeback!!
Love you all and keep my in your prayers and you all are in mine!

Love is God is Love is Good all the time...

Some say Love is an action verb... Some say love is a feeling...Some say love is an emotion, or an idea.... Some say love is pain and hurt.
Some think they love when they say I love you... Some think love can not be seen.... Some think love can never be found... Some think love is inside of everything.
Some feel love when they smile... you can see it in their eyes... some feel love when they get a hug or a kiss.... it makes them warm and happy inside.... some feel love when they see the sunlight..... or a rainbow...... some feel love when they hear a special song.
Some think love is better to recieve than to give, some think otherwise.... and give.
I think love is a choice we make....
is it easy? Not always... sometimes its delightful..... love is more than just love to me... love is respect, and love is power, and love is boldness, and love is truth.
Love is a choice in the face of anything less than itself.

Love never fears.... Love never fails.... love never fades away, it cannot be quenched.... it doesn't die...
Love lives and is alive.... love is a choice for life.
You cannot unlove somebody....you might stop loving at one point or another, but love is love is love and it exists....
The Bible says God is love..... so love then, is infinite... love is powerful, passionate, thoughtful, intelligent. Love is real and true and undeniable, and pure. Love is holy and precious and self-sacrificing and sometimes incomprehensible.
But that is what God is sometimes..... and love is always Good, as God is always good!
Amen??

Mysteries of Love

What is Love?
How do you know if someone really loves you... or if you really and truly love someone?
What about all this.... instead of blaming the other person, see the fault or problem (and ultimately solution) in yourself...
How do you trust God when you don't know exactly what He will do?
It comes down to trusting His judgement.
Even when what happens doesn't always make sense to mortal minds.
But sometimes, if you think about it hard enough, it can make sense.
For example, I have a friend who spent a very long time incarcerated, and this person's parents obviously had bad feelings about it, when I talked to them about the incarceration.
But i mentioned, that maybe, just maybe, being imprisoned spared that person from other worse things.. Who knows, maybe it saved their life.
I learn more about myself everything I go through.
I realized that - i get really caught up in things-ideals, or "dreams" I guess. I have found myself believe things that weren't necessarily "real" in the situation.
Meaning, I have been in relationships that I thought were more than what they really were.
I have learned, too, that I can even have conversations with people, thinking that they fully understand me and are in he same mental perception as me, but then learned they were not.
Or maybe it was me that wasn't understanding them, or perceiving the same as they were.
these things make life hard for me, sometimes.
Because if I had it my way, I would always get what I really want, I would always be truly happy, contented and satisfied.
I think my biggest issue, is wanting "things" --not being happy or satisfied just to have my life, and freedom, and Salvation in Hand.
People will let you down, material things will grow old and become nothing...
I keep asking God to let me be how I used to be... before I was hurt by man. I was innocent, and I loved people without fear and with out judging them and without hatred.
I want to be that person again...
I don't want to be hurt or scared or angry or mean anymore.
I just want : LOVE.

I guess its easier to hate, than to bear the pain of loving someone when they hurt you.
That is why God teaches us to forgive.
People are so egotistical and humans are so naturally emotional, it us sometimes hard to know how to do what's right.
As simple as it's sounds, do what Jesus says, and in the end, everything will work out All Right.
It's a promise.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are the called according to His purpose.
ROMANS 8:28