Let your Light Shine!

Matthew 5:14 Tells us "You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make YOU light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand---Shine!

I am so thankful to God for sending Jesus to die on that cross for me to not only be able to live but to be able to have a life where I can share my light with others. This love and light that I have been chosen and given is not at all for me to keep to myself but to share with others. Share what God has done and where he brought me from. I can now smile even when I am in pain, but this pain does not compare to the pain I once felt. I thank God for my transformation. First it was a transformation of the mind which led to transforming heart which led to transforming my actions. Today I sit here at home on a Friday night. 1. Not wanting to be laying at some mans bed that does not belong to me. 2. Not wanting to want to be around so called "friends" who only want you to drink, get high or "hang out". 3. Not wanting to make t-shirts, but actually wanting to read my bible, sit at the feet of Jesus and spend that quality time which is what has gotten me this far. I cannot and will not forget the One who has changed me. I feel bad that people don't believe or understand that Jesus can change your life completely around. I for once have experienced that. I no longer say yes to everyone or continuously eloquently in search of a constant high, either from pleasing others or my flesh. I still struggle with many other things, self control, discipline, organization but I thank God for taking away those things that were not honoring or pleasing to Him little by little, one by one, because He is a patient, loving, merciful, kind, GOD!! The one & only! The Alpha & Omega!

How I love you ❤️

I love The Lord because he has heard my voice, my cries, my pleas

plea

plē/

noun

plural noun: pleas

1. a request made in an urgent and emotional manner.

"he made a dramatic plea for disarmament"

synonyms: appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, request, call, suit, solicitation

"a plea for aid"

a claim that a circumstance means that one should not be blamed for or should not be forced to do something.

"her plea of a headache was not entirely false"

synonyms: claim, explanation, defense, justification;

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘lawsuit’): from Old French plait, plaid ‘agreement, discussion,’ from Latin placitum ‘a decree,’ neuter past participle of placere ‘to please.’

for mercy. Because he inclined (wanting to do something or likely to do something. : having an interest in or a talent for something. : having a slope) his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed (surround and have or hold within.

synonyms: surround, enclose, encircle, circumscribe, bound, border;

synonyms: cover, embrace, include, incorporate, take in, contain, comprise, involve, deal with) me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

dis·tress

dəˈstres/

noun

1. extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. "to his distress he saw that she was trembling"

synonyms: anguish, suffering, pain, agony, torment, heartache, heartbreak;

an·guish

ˈaNGɡwiSH/

noun

1. severe mental or physical pain or suffering. "she shut her eyes in anguish"

synonyms: agony, pain, torment, torture, suffering, distress, angst, misery, sorrow, grief, heartache, desolation, despair; literarydolor

"the anguish of losing her beloved child could only have been compounded by the killer's indifference"

antonyms: happiness

verb: anguish; 3rd person present: anguishes; past tense: anguished; past participle: anguished; gerund or present participle: anguishing

1. be extremely distressed about something. "he anguished over how to reply"

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin angustia ‘tightness,’ (plural) ‘straits, distress,’ from angustus ‘narrow.’

Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. (Psalm 116:3-7 ESV)

Oh lord you are so good, so faithful so forgiving, so merciful. Thank you Lord ❤️ Beautiful day today with my parents and my recently moved in new home in Davie, Fl 🙌 Two Minutes away from my job, this is truly a blessing from you God. I'm sorry for not honoring you with it or taking care of it the way I should have. I promise that from today on I will stop spending money I don't have on things I shouldn't be. I will look for a doctor, I will get my insurance card and all my papers done. My parents came over but before they did of course I had to pick up the big huge mess I had in my beautiful home for the past month or so. It was really bad 😠😩 Thank God for my beautiful blessing Lensley ❤️😏 God is real! He knows what he does when he does it and how. He is really good to us guys! Don't give up, don't believe otherwise, there's only one God ❤️ Thank you father for allowing me to serve you and your kingdom and allowing me to be transformed in your image!

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        I have always wanted to blog, I have always kept an online journal and a personal journal but I will now be intentional about sharing my day to day experiences and feelings emotions and what I go through as my life begins to continue now. I have a lot to share about God, my life, business, relationships, past and present, daily struggles with physical pain, parents, friends, life in general and how we can be victorious through all the trials that come our way because Jesus Christ overcame!