Embracing the moment…

I’m on a new and improved endeavor… if I do say so myself, a dream imagined a long while ago, had died and in the present has begun to breathe again, it is now flourishing into something beautiful…

How do I embrace the moment when they always seem to get stolen away?

Ever have a moment like this? Ever wonder if something you shelved, can be saved? Something you let go of, return? Or even something you never even thought a possibility, become real and alive.

With God all things are possible…

Matthew 19:26 NIV. Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Dreams once dead can be reborn. God breathes life into things passed on and dead, when it’s lined up with the Lords will for your life, He will make a way. Check out Ecclesiastes 8:15 NIV. So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better than for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun. Check out more encouragement in Ecclesiastes.

Letting go can and will be returned. Remember the prodigal son story in Luke 15:11-32 NIV. Luke 15:32 NIV. But we have to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.

Something shelved… can and will be dusted off again in the right time or season. Growth may have needed to occur before this particular journey was to be trekked… This is where we get filtered out refined and master techniques for survival during this endeavor become clear so we can conquer what’s ahead. Romans 5:3&4 NIV. Not only so but we rejoice in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character hope.

A far-out possibility become real…Ephesians 5:14 NIV. For it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise for the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” The story of Dry Bones becoming alive… Ezekiel 37:1-14 NIV. Ezekiel 37:5 NIV. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.

Every moment is life giving and deserves fulfillment, a promise God made is truth spoken and the Lord doesn’t allow you to go unnoticed. But when the moments seem to grip you or the rug is pulled out from underneath your feet and you plummet to the floor.

Fight and flight are my punishment that myself seems to be most comfortable… weird analogy hey! Yah! You’re telling me… Well, when we suffer and no matter how, something negative happens to us, as we try to move from that trauma, detriment, hurt whatever it may be the impact of a negative strain within us, that grips us, runs deep down and seems to never go away completely while this has happened whether it keeps happening or not our defense mechanism is flight or flight. I have only very recently been able to tap out of this frozen state, every day a choice every move a choice, every moment am I going to allow a negatively gripping effect on me or embrace the moment because every moment we get is life. Pushing past boundaries or barriers to stay set free Jesus is His name the One and only dying for my freedom and yours.

Okay-okay, let’s get back on topic… Long story short I had a dream 7 years ago 2015 and this dream was developing and before my very eyes true. Until it wasn’t the rug was pulled out from underneath me yet again a familiar downward bout of disappointment, sadness, frustration, madness all wrapped into one, so what did I do, pulled myself up and brushed myself off and struggling put one foot in front of the other…2years 2017 forward I was stripped bare of all strength and ability in my body, faced with an overuse injury my body completely shut down. I gave up everything (I didn’t have a choice) I was no use to myself, as a wife, a mother or to anyone…laid up for 2 years 2019 seeing light at the end of the tunnel while I spent countless hours with the Lord (devil thought he had me but I knew whose daughter I was). Depression started to set in but I was aware been there fought though that no way…Mondays were the worst hubby off to work, kiddos off to school, momma to her chair – I was becoming sad and lonely so dug deep trying to figure out what I should do with my life…maybe go back to school to start a new career hmm? Just didn’t seem suiting, after hanging up my scissors and thinking then I never wanted to do hair again, never say never, it was the best choice seeing as though I am certified journeyman – red seal I have all I need to being again. I’ll work in salon for the next 6 years so I thought it’ll be good. I realized truly I am not made for the big salon type stuff – not my tribe… moving on, did hair out of my house while my Cottage studio was being reborn nurtured, replenished and today I’m in (August 8 technically) wow like this is amazing. Lots of prayer, lots of patience, lots of learning along the way and trust – phew that’s a biggie… I feel like a little girl in a cute sundress my blonde hair flowing in the breeze while I skip along into the Cottage I go and perform beautiful services and then hop skip and a jump back into the house for a snack or more devotional time with the Lord and it is surreal, a dream that still has not sunk in quite yet, embracing the moment. A thankful, grateful heart rejoicing in the Lord, staying swept up in His loving arms.

It was a fight but this fight was better than any other one I have been in, it was my own battle, my choice, my own decision to keep moving forward or to give up to learn and grow to trust HIM all the way, when I couldn’t see He could see me.

Heavenly Father, I am so very thankful and am glad I devote my life to you, you carry me when I cannot walk, you guide when I cannot see, you love me when others shut me, you have rescued me, you have picked up all me pieces and put me back together many times I know. I feel something growing and changing and transition Lord help me to be patient as the time is right you will reveal it, thank you for helping my change and grow thank you for your love and peace, help me to stay close so I can embrace every lingering moment with you and while you are with me, I can embrace every life-giving moment you bless me with. This prayer is yours talk to your Heavenly Father pour out your heart embrace Him and know He loves with an everlasting deep love. In Jesus precious and Holy name, I pray Amen.

Jeremiah 17:14 MSG. God, pick up the pieces, Put me back together again. You are my praise.

Jeremiah 17:14 NIV. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.