Journal 23

 I'm a blessed mess, a new creation, I feel the Holy Spirit in my soul. 

I know God is with me, I know God draws near, and even in my fears and doubts, I'm a blessed mess praising God where all my fears and doubts are just messages of uncertainty but then God shows up and I am just a blessed mess who has a fighting spirit that is Heaven Bound. 

No matter what, I'm a blessed mess and I love God with all my heart, cause my mess that is blessed turns into a message and my life is a gift from God who turns my messes into blessings daily, and my blessings are that new creation that is Heaven Bound.

God is my Father and one day I'll see Him face to face as I'm waiting for when it is my time and I'll be Heaven Bound with Christ.

I'm just a blessed mess, waiting and searching for the uncertainty of trials that life throws my way.

I am a Beloved Child and God calls me His cause even if I'm a blessed mess, I know one day I'll be Heaven Bound.

God give me the strength as a blessed mess because God you give me the chance to know that as a blessed mess, I don't have to be afraid in anything that I do, because God you're my heart and soul, where I don't have to be afraid.

I know that I am Heaven Bound, but I know that God you're fighting my battles in everything that I face.

God you're my refuge and God you help me know I am never alone and that I am loved in every which way.

Oh, I know when I'm a blessed mess, I can be at rest.

I can have peace because God, I know one day I'll be Heaven Bound in the arms of you because I'll be at my Heavenly Home as a Beloved Child who is a blessed mess. 

No matter my faults, no matter my worries, I know God that my mess will be blessed cause as a blessed mess, I know you are in control of a situation that only You God can control because I will not give up, because You tell me that I'm loved and as a blessed mess, I'm a new creation.

All things, I know God is doing a new thing in our lives and when I'm Heaven Bound in Heaven with You, I know that You my Savior is where I'll spend eternity with You forever because God, You help me know that I am a blessed mess.

I am Your Child because You help me to see that I am loved and that I am every day becoming who You call me.

Thank You Jesus for what you do for us and what you do for me, because I'm forever grateful, thankful and blessed.

I'm humbly blessed as a child of God but sometimes I feel a wreck when my worries take over and the enemy tries to steal my joy, because as I'm sitting here reflecting in my trials and worreis, I know I am a blessed mess in anything.

I know now that I am a new creation, and what once was a blessed mess turned into a new creation of being Saved.

I am saved, I am set free, I am the Child that He wants me to be because God You are my Father and You wrap me in your arms and show me what Love is because I am blessed and humbly thankful and grateful for it all.

I'm a Child who seeks You daily in knowing that I can come to You because You bring Hope to my heart and soul. 

I know that I don't have to be afraid when I come to You.

Forever Loved, Forever Changed, I thank God I am Loved and Forever Humbly Blessed because I am a blessed mess who is a complete new creation, with a pure heart of Gold and God you help me see that the enemy cannot win today or when you're fighting for me every step of the way because God you go and come before me, and show me that I never have to worry in what I'll do for You.

We sometimes fall short, but we get right back up when we fall cause we are a blessed mess trying every single time out and knowing that we don't have to change who we are for others, because You made us who we are.

I thank You Lord for showing me all of this every time.

I thank You for giving me the life I now live in Faith.

So thank You Lord for all You do and never not giving up on me because I'll never, ever stop following You daily.

Lord, You are our Sanctuary and You show us the things in this world are what You created and You help us know that we don't have to worry when all of us will be Heaven Bound in Heaven someday.

Oh, Lord, You are our Sanctuary and You show us the things in this world are what You created and You help us know that we don't have to worry when all of us will be Heaven Bound in Heaven someday because you know that we have faults and our ways that are not perfect because we know Yours are.

Take me to the mountain top where we know the Son does not stop and the Sun always is shining in our midst because Lord we know your ways are perfect, when our ways are not and we'll be Heaven Bound.

Journal 22

                                                                     Running The Race

• 1 Corinthians 9 verse 24-25: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
• The Victory is His
• All We have to do is run and cross the finish line
• Joshua 1 verse 9: Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
• My troubles haven't left me
• Life still happens
• Reality is still here
• Run your race well
• Being a Christian does not stop life
• We self sabotage ourselves
• His Word is a GPS to enable and to cope better
• Adversity really strikes
• You've got this
• Keep your head up
• You've got this
• Keep running your race the best that you can
• Adversity builds character
• You can push yourself to grow
• Don't let up
• Keep pressing ahead
• God doesn't care how many times you quit the race, the only thing He cares about is that you're still running it
• We get caught up in fear
• We get up in are we worthy enough
• Don't trap yourself up in fear
• Worry doesn't add a single day to our life
• Sometimes we put a limit on what God can do
• He can turn things around
• Forgiveness and Restoration are two different things
• The Good, Not So Good
• Make Peace With God
• Give Him Your Bad, Your Ugly, and Give Him Your Good too
• He wants to take your weaknesses and make them stronger
• If God wants it to happen, He will make it happen
• God does call us to be still
• There are sometimes where He calls us to be still for a season
• Go pray for this person
• God will always do His part, He wants us to be an active participant in our Faith
• You can talk the talk all the day long
• You put in the work, God's going to honor that
• The only way to get to the finish line, is to run the race
• It's going to require some hard work, if you want to run the race well
• Never lose the art of hard work
• Helps enable them to get back up to encourage them to finish their race
• We're supposed to do that with each other, in this Christian walk
• We're supposed to be that for our brothers and sisters, it's not all about us
• We get our comfort from God
• Give that comfort and love away to someone who needs it
• Give them what they need in their time of need
• Help them out, give them some wisdom
• I'm gonna help you finish your race, let's run this race together
• It's all about a team sport, it's all about helping each  other out
• Be patient with one another
• You know what the opposite of humility is? Pride
• That's how you restore things, go talk to them
• He gives grace to the what, the humble
• You've got to stay humble, stay focused 
• What's the opposite of pride? Humility
• We're supposed to do all things with pure motive
• You know what God will honor, pure motive
• Sometimes He really cares about our hearts
• Sometimes He'll ask you child, what do you want
• Colossians 4 verse 2: Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
• You practice, you keep striving, you keep improving
• Keep improving
• Stay alert
• Run Your Race Well
• Stay In His Word
• Guard Your Hearts
• Renewal Of The Mind
• Put on the full Armor Of God
• Remember your full armor
• Christ gets the victory
• Keep striving to improve, stay humble, pure motive
• Be compassionate to your teammates, we're all in this together
• Do everything you do in love
• Without love you've got nothing
• His Word is Alive and Well today still, where? In Our Hearts
• God works on us from the inside out
• Without the heart, if you don't have a heartbeat your dead
• Let's all live to die
• Love is patient, Love is kind, Love does not boast
• Want to be a better Christian, He says love your enemies
• Want to be a better Christian, have a heart of Gratitude
• You're Loved, You're Worthy, You're Beloved
• He died for you and me, We are worthy in Him
• Don't get trapped in fear
• He doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called
• You and me, let's run the race together
• Let's run our race well