Mary or Martha's Position?

Hey y'all! I pray that your new year is going well!

May I ask you all a few questions? Are you in Mary or Martha's position? Are you allowing the things of this world to distract you? Are you quietly sitting at Jesus feet soaking up all He has to tell you? I was reading chapter 10 of the Book of Luke. The story of Jesus visiting the sisters starts at verse 38 but the last two caught more of my attention. "And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."" (Luke 10:41-42)

The words had me thinking about which sister's position I connected with and why? We all have issue after issue on a regular basis, right? Well okay, maybe I am the only one. But I do know that when storms rages my attention can move away from Jesus. I have to make an intentional effort, just like Mary did, to sit at the feet of Jesus. Just as He did in the boat with the Disciples, He will calm the wind and the rain.

 One Love,

Valerie

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References:
Luke 10:41-42
 'And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 
But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”'
https://my.bible.com/bible/114/LUK.10.41-42

Thankful for the Word (Jesus)!

Happy Thanksgiving day to you all! I pray that you are right where you need to be and are enjoying this awesome holiday! This is a special post as you can guess, since I normally post on Mondays. But I felt compelled to post about being thankful for the Word. We celebrate this season of thanks for all but a few days, even though we say "season". Honestly, we should be thankful every single day we are alive. I read somewhere that "One of the greatest expressions of thankfulness is knowing and experiencing the power of the Word of God in our lives". Think about that for a moment.

You see the above list of some things we can be thankful for everyday such as, our health, home, family, friends, food, jobs, etc. But none of these things are of much value when it comes to the Word of God. Have you had a moment to think about the power of the Word of God? This could be a long post on this subject. But for the sake of time I'll be brief. You see, we should be thankful for the promises God made us through His Word. We should be thankful that God will never break His promise. We should be thankful that here in the USA we do not have to hide our faith in God and Jesus. We can freely read the Bible, praise and worship God and not feel threaten at all. We should be thankful that our lives are transformed through the Word. We should be thankful for the truth-standing of the Word of God that says everything we need is in God through Christ Jesus.

The Word of God has the power to transform our minds and align it with the heart of God. I encourage you to get into His word and find out for yourself, if you haven't already. 

Finally, be thankful, there is power in the Word of God (Jesus)! I thank God for Jesus!

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING!

One Love,

Valerie

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Consistent in the Wrong Thing

Happy Monday to you all!!

Someone drove the word "consistent" in my brain. Though it was not even the subject of the conversation, it resonated with me. I thought to myself, "I am a consistent individual". Then I thought, really? What are you consistent in doing? So, I decided to write them down. As I was writing, I told myself to be honest.

Honesty is the only way you can acknowledge an area of interest and make a change. It doesn't matter what area of life you are inconsistent, be real with yourself. To tell you just how real I was, I made of list of 10 positive/productive and 10 negative/unproductive things I felt I did on a consistent basis. I was truly ashamed of myself. It turns out that I was being consistent in more of the wrong things than things that are pleasing to God. CHANGE was NEEDED!

Now I understand what the scripture means when it says, "You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too." - 1 Corinthians 10:21 NLT

What about you? What are you consistent in doing? Make a list and find out if they are more of the right or wrong things.

I pray that you all have a fantastic new week!!  Peace & Love!

One Love,

Valerie

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