Just to catch you guys up on things around the Cross household, I started working this week and we are all adjusting to that change. (especially Ziva :{ ) I have settled into where I am right now and what needs to be done. My uncle had a double by-pass (we thought he needed a triple) and is doing fine! Woohoo!
So, please forgive me if I don't get the blog out every day. I also know that I am to be writing the blog and sharing my heart. When I finally stepped out and did it, I felt such freedom and excitement. I don't know everything that God has, but I know this is part of it and being obedient feels good!
My heart for each of us to be whole, confident and walking in the freedom and authority we have in Jesus.
I am reading 3 books right now and one of them is "Lioness Arising", by Lisa Bevere, and I have enjoyed reading her through the years. When I re-joined Facebook, I "liked" her and I get her posts. I wrote down a couple of quotes that I want to share with you.
"Allow the critique of others to refine you ~ not define you."
"If you are not careful ~ listening to what other people say about you may cause you to forget who you actually are."
"You can allow what others say about you to influence your life or allow God's Word to transform your life."
There is a theme here that I think we need to remind ourselves of periodically.
WE ARE NOT OUR PAST!
OUR PAST DOES NOT DEFINE US!
Jesus came to change our past with forgiveness and redemption and give us a future with grace and mercy.
The only one that can control the amount of power a person or situation has over us ~ is us. I have been thinking that if I could go back and re-do somethings knowing what I know now, I would: forgive quicker, love some people harder and let go of some people quicker. :-)
"See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you." Psalm 42:9
The things in our past have happened and we need to deal with them, but we are not to live there. God has something new for us! What has He put in your heart? What has He annouced to you? Maybe in a whisper or maybe in a shout. If you haven't heard anything new, have you done the last thing He said?
Be awesome today!
Love and Hugs ~
jodi xoxo
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