Helping you become the person God wants you to be
Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord ,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.” Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again. Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the Lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” Elijah replied, “I have zealously served the Lord God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.” “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He replied again, “I have zealously served the Lord God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.” Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram. Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
1 Kings 19:3-16
1. Run ourselves into the ground.
2. Shut people out
3. We focus on the Negitve.
4. Forget God
God’s Remedy
1. Rest your body.
2. Release your frustrations
3. Refocus on God
4. Resume serving
1. Gossip- Gossip is actually a form of telling people that you are bord with your life. I have to be honest not to long ago I participated in Gossip by listening to it. That is something that needs to be remembered
It does not matter if you’re sitting with someone listening to them talk you are participating in Gossip.
2 Being treated like I’m still a little kid. I’m working on changing how people see me as much as I can. In my experience, part of the reason that I’ve been seen as a girl is because of my own lack of attention to the way I dress and carry myself, so I have made it a point to be more intentional and mindful about how I wear my clothes and accessories. I also think that it is important when want to stop being treated as a girl, to stop using the word girl so much. I think it’s completely acceptable to use the word lady or woman as in
Hey Ladies how are you?
I think that for me personally, having the need for so much assistance from others is the reason why I am still often seen as a girl, and I understand where my loved ones are coming from, but it still bothers me sometimes.
Last but not least my third pet peeve is when someone finds a reason to make fun of someone else. I honestly feel bad for the person doing the teasing, because they may be in a situation where they are being teased themselves.
Something someone told me that One of the things that automatically come to mind is when my friend John called me a Badass, but recently I was told that I was amazing and brave. These are 2 complements that I’ve always had a hard time accepting because i more often then not say to myself
I could have done better
Anyone who sees me as Brave and amazing is someone pretty special.
As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.” But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:38-42
1 We question God’s character
But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”
Luke 10:40
Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
2. We are worried and upset
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
3. We fall into the comparison trap.
He is where he Always is, doing what he always does.
Commit your burdens to the Lord
Ask for his help
Search Scripture
Trust him
3. He’s inciting us to invest in The one thing that is better
But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:41-42
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:7 NLT
So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.
Ephesians 2:19
I , the Lord , have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations.
Isaiah 42:6
2. He is giving me Guidelines for healthy relationships
And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
3. He is challenging me to make him the center of my home
Today I had the awesome opportunity to learn about the brain from Mayim Bialik. She played Blossom on the TV show Blossom in the 90s and most recently she played Amy on The Big Bang Theory. It’s safe to say that I have looked up to her for most of my life.I have always been a person who was interested in knowing why something was happening in my body. I have had cerebral Palsy from birth and when I was old enough, told the people around me that wanted to know as much as I could about my condition.I felt and still feel that it is important for anyone to know about any conditions they may have, because, God forbid if you are in an accident or simply in a situation in which you need to be your own advocate in a medical setting that you can do so with confidence.Two years ago when I was admitted to the hospital with a migraine I found out though a cat scan that I have a Dandy-Walker malformation, which in the simplest terms affects the cerebellum and is b condition that caused my cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus. The Brain is an amazing piece of craftsmanship
Something that I Never thought of doing was tucking in my shirt I recently learned that it makes an outfit look neater and women with my chunky body type can and should consider doing it too because if you have the problem of revealing your panties when yo sit this will solve that clothing issue
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