“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27
Are you going through a season of disruptions? According to the Merriam Webster, disruption is “the act or process of disrupting something: a break or interruption in the normal course or continuation of some activity, process, etc.” You may be experiencing a disruption in your sleep, a disruption at your work, or a disruption in your family.
When we experience these disruptions, we tend to hold on to them. By that I mean we just continue allowing whatever it is to disrupt our lives. Our focus switches to the problem instead of to the solution.
We should not allow these disruptions to change our focus. Faith is keeping your eyes on God when everything around you is falling apart.
Jeremiah 29:13 states, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart.”
Don’t let the disruptors in your lives change your focus. Continue to pray for more focus on God and the rest will be taken care of!
“We are not a product of our circumstances. We are a product of our decisions.” John Hagee
I listened to a sermon series by John Hagee. He made this statement above and it really made me think about a lot of things in my life.
We tend to blame how we are on things like how we were raised, things that happened to us as a child, trials that we went through, etc. For example, I remember myself saying things like “I am that way because this… happened to me.”
I do think that going through problems in our life builds character and makes us stronger. However, I do believe that the decisions we make affect our lives.
My husband loves to give our kids the choice speech. Although I do not think our kids like the speech as much as he enjoys giving it.
Looking back, I can remember many of my decisions good or bad affected my life. Sometimes the decisions affected my life for many years, others just for a few days. I wish I could tell you I learned from all of my bad decisions. I cannot!
Proverbs 21:5 states: “The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.”
Be aware of hasty decisions in your life that lead you down the wrong pathway.
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Kam
Happy Tuesday! I hope that you are having a great week so far. Thank you for stopping by to check out my blog this week.
One of my favorite sayings growing up as a young girl was, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I can remember saying this to the kids who called me names at the playground.
It wasn’t until I grew older that I realized that these words were not true. Friends, words hurt.
Here are a few Scriptures that relate to our words.
Psalm 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Our words have the power to hurt or hear, to build up or destroy.
· Speak good thinks about your future.
· Say good things about other people.
· Use your words to build others up.
Have a great week! Continue to speak good things about yourself and others!
