True Christians

Just recently a question came to my mind, why do we have to ask if someone is a Christian? I saw this picture online and it helped me to understand one reason why.

Zero Health Cream

Well a month ago I decided to try and make my own type of all natural health cream that would be good for my skin, have some aromatherapy properties and hopefully help with healing skin issues. My experiment was a great success! I loved it so much that I shared some with a friend and she absolutely loved it. She took it home with her and used it on her husbands skin issue he has due to being allergic to jewelry. It has also done wonders for the severely dry flaky skin on other parts of his body. He now swears by the stuff and can wear his necklace again! She shared about it with a coworker and the coworker got some from me for her sister who has tried multiple prescriptions for her very bad eczema and instantly gained relief and is getting better, she couldn’t move her fingers due to so much pain from the splitting of the skin and she is so happy now because she can move them. This has been great for healing burns, itchiness, cuts, dry skin not to mention the healing it has brought to the few who have used it. I look forward to hearing more about what this stuff can do. This just made me so happy that it has helped people that really needed to find some relief for their skin issues.

If anyone wants to know why I named it Zero Health Cream it is because I make zero health claims and try using it and see what problems go away, become a zero for you. If for example you have dry hands and you use this and your hands are no longer dry, you have zero dry skin. And I call it a health cream because it uses 100% all natural and organic ingredients, so it is actually a healthy food, so to speak for the skin.

The Truth

Truth hurts and people don’t like it. With Truth comes Opposition – the opposition may come from without or it may come from within…but it will come. What will I do with it? I never know what I’ll do with it until it comes, that is why preparation is so important. How do I prepare for opposition? I keep tabs on my attitudes, I stay in a mindset of continual prayer, I stay aware of me, the things inside me, and the things that come to me ( I need to keep things in perspective.) I stay faithful to repent. I continually work on being grateful. I stay faithful to study God’s Word for that is Truth and light that can conquer the darkness within me and open my eyes. I realize that it is by the Grace of God that I am able to do anything at all; that the very breath I breathe comes from Him.

People say they want truth; they want truth, they don’ t want lies. But when the truth comes and shines into their darkness they push it away, hide from it, reject it; they don’t want to see it as truth, this is denial. They see it as an attack against them, when in reality it is the truth coming against the flesh, the darkness and the sin within us. What part of me gets mad when the truth comes?… the part of me that was blind to the truth in the first place.

Be Always Aware That There is Always Something to Learn

These are some thoughts that came to me concerning an individual and a situation I was in concerning them. I find that often times when I am put in a difficult place with someone or concerning someone that I often learn something. It usually comes with great pain so I am always thankful for being able to learn something from it. This actually came to me September 7th, it’s just taken awhile to get it posted.

When I think I know more than I do, that is when I have become blinded and then I get into trouble. And when it catches up to me and I don’t humble myself I will get  angry and defensive and even come against the one who was used to bring my ignorance to my attention. If I keep a right attitude when confronted, it is an opportunity for me to learn, not only about what I did wrong but also myself. The only real reason I got mad anyway was because my pride was hurt, and this whole thing led to showing me that so I could get rid of it and ultimately become better at what I do and also become a better person. It also led to showing me things I didn’t know that I needed to know.

I need to live in a state of continual learning, always being aware that no matter how much I may know, I know nothing compared to what there is to know about any particular thing; that there is always so much more to learn. If I get that into my head then when I do mess up I’ll be grateful for the correction when it comes and I’ll see that there was something I desperately needed to learn and know; and I will see the person who came to me in the first place as simply an instrument to open my eyes, and I will be thankful.

Will You Keep It or Throw It Away

You can keep the seed, plant it and have a tree with only God knows how much fruit…or you can throw the seed away and end up with nothing.

Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday

All I can do is make choices today so that tomorrow I don't have the regrets I had yesterday.

All I can do about yesterday is learn and grow, and seek God's forgiveness for it. I cannot change it but I can use it to make better choices today. Tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us. The things I cannot change are simply opportunities for God to work for me.

Today always begins by acknowledging God's Loving Mercy in giving me yet another day to learn, grow and hopefully change for the better; the choice is up to me.

Today ends by acknowledging God's Faithfulness to me. Each day is encircled by God's Mercy and Faithfulness mingled with a whole lot of Grace! This is the circle of daily life.

Houses

We are all just living inside a house. When you see someone you are only seeing the house. But there is someone living inside that house and no matter how the outside may appear, there could be a real gem living inside. Take John Chapter 8:3-11 for instance. Here was a woman, an adulterous, and yet after given such love, forgiveness, compassion, and mercy, what a gem came forth. The house was made clean and she became something beautiful. All out of one persons act of love to her, not her actions but her, the person.

I wish we lived in a world where we were more blind to the outside of the house and more loving and compassionate to the inside of the house. I'm so glad God looked past the outside of my house and came in with His love otherwise my house would be in complete ruins today.

How many houses are we responsible for completely ruining  or even damaging just because of our treatment of them? So many walking around hurting, lost, without hope. Our actions towards them can make a difference in their life for the good and improvement of them or even for the total destruction of them. Even a look or gesture can have profound impacts on a persons life. I can't begin to tell of all the times a stranger just smiled at me or spoke a kind word and it just lifted me up and then there were times that a person just ignored me or spoke something unkind and it just tore me. Well I can have the same impact on others as well, and we don't have to know them either.

So if you see someone with chipped paint, or a rotting roof, or a broken window, see what you can do to help repair the house rather than add further damage to it. And if you see a house that is all pretty and looking good, see what you can do to keep it nice.

And remember, even if the person has brought it on them themselves who are we to judge? Just read John 8: 3-11, she brought it on herself but unconditional love made the difference.

Unconditional love...something very rare and almost impossible to find today. How sad and how many would be made well if more of that kind of love was going around.