She Stands

        Expectations in life are a huge platform for hope. I hope for the best and give God the rest. Well , I do have my times when I think I have given my daddy God the rest but truth is, I still hold tight to the things I should release.   Sheeeshh..... My life's expectations do not seem unrealistic to me. My expectations in life are truth, honesty, loyalty, respect and unconditional love.   I want  what my heart gives in return.  I hope through my expectations that others will see my heart  and see me for who I truly am from the inside out.  I expect my kindness not be taken for granted nor my love for others taken advantage of. I  expect (want) to be treated as I treat others.  Doesn't seem like much, but  sadly it is. My down fall, I have to come to recognize, it is me putting so much hope in others and their actions or lack of, is when my expectaions fall flat. My feelings ...

" Prayer is connecting with God; fasting is disconnecting from the world." My home church in Texas will start their 21 days of prayer and fasting this week. All though I no longer live there, I have chosen to participate. And to be honest I am quit excited to disconnect from the world and have three weeks of me and daddy God time. There is no doubt of my faith in the power of prayer. It is my first words before I open my eyes and my last before I drift off to sleep. My conversations with my daddy God are many through out my day. But there is so much more to be gained than from just a few conversations through out my day. Fasting is to sacrifice a comfort in life; the abstinence of things of our flesh.  For some it may be food or drink. Others whose health can not participate in a fast of food may choose a activity such as television or social media. I have a hard time gaining weight ( it's not the joy others may perceive it to be, When you are 46 years old an...

 It's been several weeks since I've blogged here. I have had days lately when my life appears to be a three ring circus..... Some days so  full of complete chaos I have felt as though I was being torn in a million  different directions, physically and emotionally.  Others so great I just wanted to simply bask in the joy of them...... Never to move again.  Life will do that. I am finding that here recently I have many questions jogging through my mind. Actually they are more like sprinting.  As one question pops up another is surfacing. " Am I where I need to be?" Am I loving those around me like you want me to?" " Do I continue to stand in the gap for this person or is my season completed here?" " Have I shown grace where grace is needed?" "Have I extended mercy and forgiveness instead of  anger and wrath?" "Can others still see your light shinning through me when the clouds of darkness devel...

It's amazing that it was three years ago I started participating in the "one word" for the year. It just doesn't seem that long ago. But I am so glad I did.  I love and adore for the word my daddy God has given me for 2015. "BELIEVE"  What a powerful word!!!! It amazes me that I have been referring to this one word for the last 5 months not knowing this was my word for the new year! God is just so cool that way!! As 2014 comes to an end, I hear him speaking directly to my heart.... Believe what I have told you..... Believe in my promises...... Believe that your destiny is blooming brighter that you can imagine...... Believe that I, the Lord thy God, is doing a great work in you!!!!!! Believe in Me!!!!!!! It's easy to get swallowed up in  what our circumstances speak.... It's easy to  hear what the world tells us..... It's even easier to give up when our hard times overwhelming take us to the ground in desp...