Crimes of Opportunity

If you or anyone you know is in law enforcement, they will tell you that all crimes are not premeditated. There are many that happen as crimes of opportunity or rage—never planned at all.

Today I went for a walk and noticed a delivery man get out of his car, leaving it running and the driver’s door open while he walked up a long walkway to a porch. I witnessed this same scenario in the 70’s while working in an élite part of downtown Philadelphia. But the outcome was much different.

A man pulled up to a mailbox, got out of the driver’s side (car running), and while he was dropping the mail in, a man jumped in and drove off! The owner just stood there screaming. There were no cell phones back then.

The man today, still had a running car waiting for him when he stepped off the porch, but it made me think of how we can become so secure in what we do and where we live, we let our guard down and set ourselves up for crimes of opportunity.   

Of course this doesn’t let the culprit off the hook by any means. The man who stole the car was a thief at heart.

Being raised in a large city, I all too well understand the difference between certain parts of town. Some are less crime riddled than others, which can give people a false sense of security. Living in the suburbs or gated communities also has the propensity for the same delusions. Truth is…bad things happen all over—even in fortified mansions.

And we can also have the same type of mindset when it comes to our residency in the Kingdom of God. We think we got it like that! Salvation is it! Once we secure that, we don't have to do much else.

Jesus explains what the role of a thief is…“The thief does not come except to steal and to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10a NKJV)

And Peter wanted to firm it up for us, “Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (I Peter 5:8 CJB)

But many of us are like the woman walking around the store with your pocketbook in the kiddy seat of the shopping cart who becomes distracted. Bam! If it’s open they might only snatch your wallet, but you see the man took her entire purse…crime of opportunity.

A thief at heart is crafty. They know how to scheme, plan and execute a plan. But they are also on the alert for crimes of opportunity. Sometimes it’s as simple as trying all the handles on cars to find the one that isn’t locked. Or walking down the street and seeing UPS leave a package on someone’s porch. They roam and are opportunists!

Well, where do you think such a spirit or lifestyle comes from?

Yup—the Father of all lies and deception, himself!

Some of us are in such a mess right now, from crimes of opportunity he has leveled against us. But, the truth of the matter—it’s our own fault. We failed to stay sober and alert! Just like the woman who left her purse in the shopping cart unattended.

Your husband walks through the door a little testy. He’s had a long day, and so have you. You ask him a simple question and he’s a bit snarky in the way he answers, and before you know it—bam! An argument has ensued and you’re now arguing about something that happened last week, last month or even last year! You go to bed angry and half speak to each other the next morning.

How did this happen? Well, could it be you haven’t been spending time in the Word and with God lately? Has life been busy and really distracting and all time consuming? Do you think going to church on Sunday is enough to keep you going? Well, if the answer is, “Yes.”…you have set yourself up for crimes of opportunity. And the thief (our Adversary) will swoop in and steal your joy, kill the peace in your home, destroy any hopes for a good night’s sleep and just devour up the love!

As a Believer, I’m sure you have experienced a spiritual attack of some kind in your walk with Christ. And what I have come to realize, they aren’t always planned as much as they are crimes of opportunity.

Our enemy sees when we are not spending the time required to stay sober, strong and on guard. He sees us drifting away from the One who keeps us. All he has to do is gather those little imps and they sit patiently and wait for an opportunity to assault us!

Crimes of opportunity almost always happen when we are not as careful or diligent as we could be. Spiritual crimes of opportunity also happen when we are weak, tried and frustrated. And how do we get there? By not being careful or diligent in staying sober, strong and on guard.  

And this is why I constantly encourage you to read and study your bibles.

It is impossible to build an ark during a raging storm. In other words, when the flood gates of hell open up on us—we best be prepared to deal with it. But not only for the big things. A good solid relationship with God makes for a better life all around.

Living to please God because we love Him is a great reward in itself.

If the wife would have taken notice her husband (from his reaction), probably had a bad day and  either answered in a soft voice (because the bible instructs that turns away anger), or kept quiet and not taken offense, she would have had a peaceful night in her home and bed.

Because when we are full of the Word and focused on pleasing God, we have a tendency to grab hold of His grace quicker, and do the right thing.

What crime of opportunity has our enemy laid on you lately? Was it anger, a wrong response, tit for tact, a poor attitude, meanness, unkindness? The home is one of his favorite places to hangout at, but he doesn't stop there. A crime of opportunity is just that...an opportunity. He could care less if it as at your place of work, church, in public or with friends.  

Well, whatever it was, review to see how you let it happen. Examine what exactly was going on with you at the time? And then do what the Word says to do and correct it.

Sisters, I can’t say it enough! Read your bibles and spend time with God! Guard yourselves against the crimes of opportunity that are levied against daily. Amen!

Until next week...

Blessings and Hugs,

Ponnie

CLUTTER

Encore blog, January 31, 2014

Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self! ~Eleanor Brownn~

Wow!! When I first read this quote by Eleanor Brownn, it hit me like a ton of bricks! It made me stop and think about the things we as daughters of the King live with on a daily bases that doesn’t support the better us!

I chose this week’s photo because it’s a very good representation of what the inside of some of us looks like or a relationship we are in. It does give you a sense of emotional clutter as well as physical.

Housing and holding on to Old Ideas, is most defiantly living in the past.

Continually allowing Bad Habits to have rule gets us nowhere?

Toxic Relationships can affect everything about us!

Letting go seems to be very hard for people. Have you ever watched one of the hoarder shows? It’s amazing what people cling too. Same thing goes for toxic relationships. Women stay in marriages and relationships where they are physically and mentally abused for years. Many families have toxic relationships that just bring out the worst in everyone. Friendships can be summed up as toxic when one uses the other and never brings anything good or worthwhile to the table.

Bad habits become a way of life and gain rule over us. On many levels we realize they are there, but often don’t have the courage or conviction to make change.

Hanging on to old ideas stagnates and stunts our growth, yet we can still refuse to let go.

Why is that?

Fear!

This is the type of “Fear” Timothy warns us about, the type of fear that hinders and can paralyze us. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Women stay in toxic marriages and relationships out of fear of being alone. Often married women fear how they will make it on their own, especially if they have children. Some women are so desperate to be attached to someone (their self-esteem is so low) they view the abuse as a viable option to being alone.

It can be scary to have to move on and leave family and old friends behind—but many times that is what’s needed. As a parent you might need to put someone out of your house. When Jesus became prominent in my life, I lost ALL my friends, and I do mean ALL. That shows you what type of life I was living. I drank a lot ( way too much), smoked, cussed, partied, gossiped, had sex outside of marriage, was petty, unforgiving, envious of others, vindictive and just hung out with folks that by God’s standard were pure heathens! But then Christ got a hold of me, and I did become a new creature. And bit, by bit, I moved away from most of them and the others moved away from me. You see, I was no longer fun and one of them.

I did try to hold on to some even though I knew they were not good for me. Why? Out of fear of not having any friends—fear of being lonely. And you know what? I was lonely for a period of time. But it was a time of purging on God’s part and they were all replaced by daughters of the King, “aka” mighty women of God!

At the time I had a best friend of over 17 years, and I really didn’t want to lose her, but the more I talked to her and listen to her cuss up a storm the more I realized I had to cut back on our conversations, because I was putting down “fitly” communications. The more she gossiped about others, the more I realized we were drifting apart. And then eventually I saw with clear eyes (because I no longer walked in darkness) that our friendship had been built on all things that were an assault to Christ and I had to let her go.

Now I tell you sisters, God replaced her with a best friend and mentor whose friendship is going on 24 years now. And He replaced all the others too. (See August 16, 2013, blog: Collective Wisdom,)

I had to let go of my old way of thinking and allow my mind to be continuously renewed by the Word of God. Old ideas and old ways of thinking were no longer acceptable in the Kingdom if I wanted to grow and move forward in Christ.

The breaking of old habits is the work in progress that we are, but that can’t be an excuse to stay enveloped in them. We must keep striving to reach a higher mark in life as Believers; we cannot allow the “clutter” to takeover and run our lives.

Sisters, what clutter do you have in your lives that is not supporting the “better you”? What clutter is tearing you down and holding you back? Once you have honestly answered these questions, then it is time to step out in faith to make change and let go.

We don’t have to be afraid of the unknown, because it is all known to God. Don’t be afraid to let old friends and some family members go. There are times it just has to be done. Don’t be afraid to get to a safe haven if you are being abused. It is not God’s will for anyone to be abused. Don’t be afraid to put an old dream to rest and move forward into something new. Remember what the Lord has told us, “Fear Not!”

Oh, and if the picture I used today reflects your home or bedroom in anyway—you really need to start there and get it cleaned up. Why? Because it truly is a reflection of things going on inside. Amen.

Blessings and Hugs

Until next week......Ponnie

Comparisons and Past Things!

Comparisons can be a plus or a negative in the life of a Believer. Bringing up the past is also a double sided coin. There is good to the past just as there are things we would choose to do over if we could. But because our sin nature has the tendency to look at the negative of things more so than the good or positive—we end up in the muck and mire most times.

Married women like to compare their husbands, to the men they see on television shows (especially soap operas), their neighbors, friends, family, coworkers and church members. Oops, don’t let me forget Facebook!

We often compare our husbands and marriages to others in a way that brings about envy, jealousy and covetousness, or pride. Either way, it feeds into our sinful nature.

A few weeks ago, there was a challenge going around on Facebook for married women to post pictures of them and their husbands for seven days. It was supposed to support marriage and love. The thought may have come from a good place, but in reality it really wasn’t such a good idea. And I say this because it came off as phony and an opportunity for people to brag in their pictures. I wrote a post about how I was tired of seeing it and jokingly threatened to block folks who kept doing it. But you know what; a lot of my married friends who did not participate were tired of it too. I didn’t ask them why, but from some of the comments on my post you could tell they were tired of the bombardment of pictures we've already seen.

One person who participated commented that it could be encouraging someone struggling in their marriage. Sorry, I didn’t buy that one, because if you are struggling in your marriage, seeing all these happy pictures of couples on vacations, at galas and so on—was not about to make you feel better. No! It was only going to magnify your problems. It only intensified the feelings of being lonely or a neglected wife.

Anyone who has been married any length of time knows—marriage takes work! And it is not always smiles, hugs and kisses. There are times of tears, misunderstandings, trials, tribulations and heartaches. Working with women in crisis I know all too well that abused women have many fabulous pictures of grand honeymoons, wedding anniversaries, bouquets of flowers, the latest diamond jewelry and family vacations. But if pictures were taken of their beatings, they would reveal black eyes, broken bones, bruises, welts and missing teeth. There are not enough diamonds or flowers to correct that!

There's an old saying, “A picture says a thousand words.” And the truth is—those thousand words can all be lies. Yet, we continue to judge outwardly and envy others. We might also know someone whose marriage is not the best and the flip side to that is—we get puffed up because in comparison, our husband shows up better.

But not only do married women have issues with comparisons…we all do. Single, married, widowed, separated, divorced or engaged. Comparing our lives and bodies to that of others is a common thread amongst us all. And in our own human state we have the tendency to focus on what we don’t have. Or if we do focus on what we have, it becomes prideful. So, what are we to do?

If we must make comparisons, then let it be God focused.

Okay, so maybe your marriage is not all you had hoped or would like it to be. But how is it in comparison with your obedience to God’s Word? What changes have been made as you decide to do things God’s way?

Has a soft and gentle answer to your husband, defused arguments and bad attitudes in your marriage? My bible says, it will! Does, seeing your husband for who he can be, versus who he is at the moment, empower your prayers for him, your marriage and your faith in God? It should!

You see sisters, when we compare our lives to God’s Word and what He is doing and has the capacity to do—it becomes a win-win.

Some of us are unhappy because life just didn’t turn out the way we had hoped. We are in our later years, and find ourselves facing health or financial issues. Some of us are steeped in debit from college loans, shopping, keeping up with the Jones’ or just poor management of our money. Some of us want to be married and have kids. Some of us feel God has not been fair in how He seems to reward others. Because when we look at their lives—they are just a mess!

With what is going on in the world today—we should know without a doubt that we are blessed and highly favored, just like the good book says!

Our mainstream Western news media is not good on world news. Well, truth be told, they’re not good on local news either. But we as Believers must make it a point to dig for world news about our brothers and sisters, and people in general, ourselves.

Take the people of Syria who have been catching it for some time now. Those who have not been able to get out are destitute, especially in Aleppo. The pictures of them just sitting in rubble without, proper shelter, sanitation, and food and water are heartbreaking. Today there was a report the aid that has been sent is to finally get through to those who so desperately need it. (Let's pray it does.)

Now I ask you “Can any of you say you’re experiencing this type of devastation and turmoil in your life?” Have you been driven out of your homeland, with nothing? And when I say, “Nothing,” I mean absolutely nothing, but the clothes on your back. You have no papers to verify who you are—not even that your children belong to you. This is what people are going through. Not knowing where their families are, drowning in overcrowded boats as refugees. One elderly Christian woman wasn’t even allowed to get her false teeth.

If we take time to compare our lives to the lives of those who are in the Middle East, we can only be grateful it is not us, but in a humble heart of gratitude because it could be. In fact, the way things are lining up…it most certainly could be us one day.

The past usually brings problems when viewed from our natural lens. We have this thing about the good old days. Which when viewed through the light of God’s Word, were far from a good old anything.

Yes, there are times we really need to look back. If only to see how far we have come versus looking forward at how far we are from where we think we should be. We need to remember the hard times and how God showed up in them. But most of all—how much stronger we are now.

 The hard times are the best times of growth in patience and faith.

Our past experiences with God give us our greatest point of reference as to how faithful He is to His promises!

Here’s a quick comparison and look back I recently did. Last year this time, I moved in as a roommate with another woman. Things were talked up to be a certain way, but in reality it was nothing like I had hoped and been led to believe. Honestly—I hated it there. But, it was a place I had to be for a season. And I know this to be true because I didn’t manipulate things in any way to move there. In fact it was a door God opened. For a time I was disappointed, felt cheated and deceived. But as I compare this time last year to now—I would not be in the peaceful state of mind I am in today, had I not experienced that 9 month season back then. It was necessary to prepare me for what I was to experience just a month after moving out.

Truthfully—what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger in Christ Jesus!

When we come to understand the truth Paul had learned about contentment. (See Philippians 14:11-13) It changes our perspective on life completely.  

You see sisters; your life is your life! And that includes the good, the bad, and the ugly.  So, stop comparing yourselves and your lives to others. Stop living in the past of the, “good ole days”. Stop wasting time on things you have no power to change and focus on the One who does.

I continue to encourage you to read your bibles daily—if only for 15 minutes a day.

If you really need to have a comparison, then compare your raggedy, messed up, sinful life to the new creature you are now. And focus on Jesus being Lord in your life and obey His commands. It will change your life forever. Amen!

Until next week...

Blessings and Hugs,

Ponnie

Our Individual Uniqueness!

Today is a continuation from last week, adding a little more food for thought about God's love for us. 

Mirror image twins can look so much alike it can be hard to tell them apart. But no matter if they have the same color eyes, skin tone, hair color, height and are the same build—they have different spirits. I think we often forget we are spirit beings, in physical bodies. Our spirits and souls make us more unique than anything else. It’s not our hair type, color or length. It’s not the color of our eyes, or skin tone—it is our spirits.

The real us is all about the inside.

King David really had a grasp on God’s handiwork in us as humans and individuals...“Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know it!” Psalms 139:14 (TLB)

The makeup and complexity of the human body alone, is mind blowing! Just think about DNA ((Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.).

Even Identical (or what I like to refer to as, mirror image) twins do not have identical DNA.

• Identical twins do have the same genotype. After all, they come from the same fertilized err. Recent studies have shown that identical twins have very “similar” not “identical” DNA, but for the most part, according to basic biology it is identical. Identical twins aren’t completely identical because DNA is essentially like instructions to building something, how your body decides to build that is random. (UCSBScienceLine.com)

They also do not have identical fingerprints. So in truth, no one is an exact replica of anyone else—we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made”! (Psalms 139:14, NIV) We all have something about us that no one else has. Wow! Only God could do that!

When God sent the prophet Samuel to anoint King Saul’s successor (David), this is what happened…8So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”

7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” I Samuel 16:7-8 (NKJV)

Because we spend so much time judging outwardly, this is where we get ourselves into trouble. Our eyes tell us God, didn’t do such a good job on our nose—He made it way too big! Or He must have been tried the day He made me, because why else would I be so short, or have such thin hair? But none of this has to do with the real you!

God didn’t choose David to be King, because of his stature; no it was because he knew David’s heart.
 

We live in a world that is so obsessed with looking good and staying as young as possible. It wants nothing to do with the natural process of aging gracefully—God’s process.

Have you ever met someone who was a natural beauty? Over the years, I’ve met a few and one thing for sure—if they have an ugly personality (which some of them do), it will always outshine their physical beauty. But this works both ways. I know women who by the world’s standards are far from beautiful, but they are adorned with beautiful spirits, which makes them beautiful. You want to be around them all the time, because they are joyful, encouraging, funny, warm, considerate, loving and gracious—all the good stuff that comes from the heart!

3Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on jewelry, or beautiful clothes, or hair arrangement. 4Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm of a gentle and quiet spirit that is so precious to God. 5That kind of deep beauty was seen in the saintly women of old, who trusted God and fitted in with their husband’s plans. (I Peter 3:3-5 TLB)

Not only are we created uniquely, we are also given the opportunity to have our own unique relationship with God. Some of the same people we look at and envy are blessed because they have chosen to have a closer relationship with Him—which does come with benefits.

There are those of us who have money, because we can be trusted to give and help others. Some of us are married because it is our destiny to be wives (help meets) and mothers. Some of us are single because God needs us to focus on Him and be about His business. Some of us have nicer homes because we have the gift of hospitality. Some of us have, because we have loved God from the beginning and have an obedient spirit. Like King David—one after God’s own heart.

Some of us don’t have money because we are not trustworthy. Some of us don’t have because of things we set in motion while in our sin— and are reaping the consequences. Some of us are not wives because we really wouldn’t be good at it. Some of us don’t have because Jesus is not Lord in our lives. Some of us lack things because we won’t put in the time and effort to build a relationship with the Father. I hadn’t planned on going this route, but the Holy Spirit directed—so it must need to be said.  

There are many reasons why our lives are the way they are, but it doesn’t negate the truth that—God’s love is unconditional. The beauty of that love, is no matter what we have done in the past or maybe even do in the future—it will not stop God from loving us. It doesn’t take from His forgiveness and promises.

You see sisters—the sky is the limit for us when it comes to our relationship with the Father! Never be envious or jealous of someone else. Don’t look at others and judge outwardly, being duped into thinking God loves you less or has forgotten you. God loves us all uniquely!

God sees something special in all of us. But it is up to us to believe that He does. It’s up to us to accept the lot we have been given, and trusting God through it all. Trust me; no one has an easy, breezy life in this world, no matter what it may look like to you on the outside. 

If you are one who struggles with believing God loves you or that you are special in anyway—read your bible and begin to meditate on what it says about you. James tells us that if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. Now that’s a great beginning. It is in the quiet and loving times with God that we find just how unique and loved we are.

The Lord has taken the time to not only create you, but work your life together for His good—from beginning to the end. It doesn’t get any better than that! It can’t! We are fearfully and wonderfully made. It is not based on our looks, or our works...it's all about the heart! Amen!

Until next week...

Blessings and Hugs,

Ponnie

INDIVIDUALLY

Did you know God loves us individually and not all the same? Well, it has taken me years to understand how this works and what it means.

Looking at this from a natural point of view, one might see this as God showing favoritism. It has the potential to reinforce our belief, “God loves her more than me,” attitude. I must be honest; I’ve struggled for many years with thoughts of how God couldn’t possibly love me as much as He did others.

I would like to share just how bad it was.

In the late 90’s I started watching Joyce Meyer’s on television and reading her books. I was in love with her. She had been delivered from a place of rape and abuse and God was using her mightily (and still does), to help women of abuse come out of the shame and horror that goes along with it. But soon after I started watching, her brother accepted Christ and she brought him into her ministry. He had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. She really lavished him with love and helped him tremendously. But instead of being happy and seeing how God can work in someone’s life, I was so jealous of her love for her brother—I stopped watching her show. I didn’t stop reading her books, but I didn’t want to hear anymore about him and all that was being done for him.

At the time, my life was very difficult financially, emotionally and spiritually. I was still a very broken woman going on 50 with a young child. It felt like God cared so much for this man, who really didn’t have to do much of anything other than be the long lost brother of Joyce Meyer.

Why wasn’t someone willing to help me a little? The fact that there really wasn’t anyone in my life like that hurt deeply.

I joined a church in 1990, and started attending New Members class. We were instructed to pick a scripture that meant something to us and make it our own. I didn’t agree with it then and still don’t now! (Read the Bible and scripture will speak to you.) But trying to be obedient when I didn't have a clue, I choose, “I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with 

lovingkindness.” Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV)

And for years I’ve been trying to get to the point where I believed and truly understood this verse.

Finally almost 20 years later—I do!

Joyce’s brother worked in her ministry a few years until the courts caught up with him and requested he pay $60,000.00, in back child support. He quit and went back to living his former life of drugs and women. In December of 2010, she received a call from the sheriff’s office in California informing her, that her brother’s body had been found in an abandoned building, and he had been dead for at least 30 days. His body was so badly decomposed; they needed dental records to be sure of his identity. 

Did God know how this was all going to end? Yes, of course He did. But what I can now see...is His love for David and His love for Joyce. He loved them both, but differently. He knew Joyce would choose to grab hold of His promises and love. David her brother would not. But, God still gave him the love he needed to have made a different choice and have a different life, if he had wanted it. 

If you are a parent with one or more children (especially close in age), or a sib, grandchild or niece, you should be able to relate to what I’m about to say.

Every child is different. You can have one child that is strong willed and a leader, another who is weak, fragile and clingy, and one who is a follower and one who is a thinker. You can have a child that is an introvert and another who is an extrovert. Or you can be the sib of one of the above. Point is—each personality needs different attention and love given in different ways.

This doesn’t mean a parent has to love one child more than the other—just often show love differently.

The extrovert is going to make friends, but the introvert is going to have to be pushed along to get out and momma or dad might have to step in and help with the friend making thing.

The strong willed child with leadership qualities will have to be roped in and guided with a stricter hand until these character traits can be trained to be used for the good. ~Smile~ Yet, the fragile, weaker one might need a little more coddling and help to build up their self-esteem.

To the strong willed child, it might seem as if they are always being disciplined or picked on, when their sib is momma’s favorite and always getting their way.

See how easy it is to believe (when not true), that one child is being favored over the other?

But that doesn’t excuse parents who treat their children differently out of a sinful heart. The father of your first child ran off and left you high and dry. Your, now husband is the father of your second and third child, and you are one big happy family. Only thing is—your first born is left out. No, this is not God’s love or way of doing things.

What we have here, are real life situations of parents loving their children individually. Giving them each what is needed to help them grow up to be the best in God they can be.

God told Samuel, “He looks at the heart”. Or in simpler terms—He knows the heart. And He knows the heart of each one individually.

If there had been someone in my life to help me get on my feet like Joyce had helped her brother—I would not be who I am today! I would have probably never had the ministry I did, and therefore a lot of women along the way would have missed out on the beauty I had to offer (in Jesus name), because of what God had done with the ashes of my life.

Because of my background, I have always struggled with believing God really loved me as much as everyone else. But I am so very happy to have finally come to the realization He really has loved me. And His love is everlasting—even while I was in my sin and through all the mess ups!

As women and individuals, we all have different needs. Some women, God has raised up to be wives and mothers of large families. As a former homeschool mom, I know this to be true. I know several mothers of large families which homeschool and trust me—there is a call on their lives to do this. It takes a special anointing to be wife of a pastor, evangelist or missionary. But someone has got to do it! Right?

Some women would never fair well in this world if not married, and there are many men who need helpmates and wives to bear their children. But that is not the case for everyone. So, therefore sisters—we have to stop superficially judging the lives of our sisters-in-Christ, being envious and believing the lie that God loves them more than us.

God loves all of us—individually. According to what we have need of. He uses the strong willed and the leaders. He takes the hardships of one and uses her to be a comfort to others. It’s all part of His plan for our individual lives, destinies and this world.

Next week I plan to continue and talk about the uniqueness of our individuality, and how wonderful that is.

Sisters, please spend daily time reading your bibles and talking to God.  

Until next week...

Blessings and Hugs,

Ponnie