Righteously Redeemed

  Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 I'm not sure when it became acceptable in our society to Speak what you Think, Say What's on your Mind, and Be Brutally Honest! W hen did  it  become okay for people to be so hurtful and mean, all in the nature of Being True to Yourself, and Getting it off your Chest? No matter what the world says is okay, acceptable, the ways things are now, or totally normal; as a Christian, we must look to God for our standard of living. Not only does God tell us that our words should be acceptable unto Him; He also goes on to say that they should offer grace to the hearers.  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29  When you are being brutally honest with someone and getting all the steam off your chest; are you doing it with gr

Follower of Christ Friday  Sun, Sand, Surf..... I just returned from a family beach vacation, and while there I noticed the waves would come further inland during the evening, and then return out again in the morning.   When you walk on the beach in the morning after the water has receded you can see the sand in an uninterrupted state.  The ocean waves have become a nature eraser that has removed the evidence of yesterday's disturbances.  Yesterday's footprints and sandcastles are gone.   Today's sand hasn't been walked on, sat on, or dug into, it's "new."   God's love is just like this...His mercies are new everyday.   Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT 22  The faithful love of the  Lord  never ends!      His mercies never cease. 23  Great is his faithfulness;      his mercies begin afresh each morning. Just like the sand on the beach, we get a clean untainted slate every single day.  We don't wake up with yesterday's disturbances hanging over us as God

Learning to experience Joy in the Journey has taught me that in order to fully appreciate my life, I must learn to live in the moment. Way too often I have missed out on the little joys of the day because I am waiting to celebrate the big joys of tomorrow!  I am not living in the present because I'm too focused on the future! I am not PRESENT in the present. My desire is to be more aware of the little joys and celebrate each moment of each day. I want to be more focused, attentive, and appreciative of the time God has given me. The moments fly and the time passes so quickly. Moments turn into days, days into weeks,  weeks into months, and months into years. I cant stop time from ticking,  but I sure can hold onto the moments and live in them while they are passing. I can be present in the present moment! I can put down my phone and other distractions and be more focused on those around me. I can turn off the TV and be more attentive to the people in my life. I can be more determine

I have been absent from my Saturday blog posts for several weeks due to some recent heath   issues. For anyone who does not know, I have had a possible recurrence of breast cancer in my sternum . In the last month, I have had a chest CT, a PET scan, a biopsy, two COVID tests, tons of blood drawn,   an EKG, and two days ago, I had surgery. My chest was cut ope n in a four-inch incision from the middle of my sternum to the top of my abdomen, and my xiphoid process (a piece of cartilage at the bottom of the sternu m) along with a part of my breast bone was removed and sent off to the path lab. I have been at home since yesterday, and until this morning , I have been feeling alright.   This morning, however, I woke up feeling as though I have been kicked square in the chest by an angry mule. It hurts to take a deep   breath, cough or laugh. This resulted in my feeling week   and helpless, and that resulted in extreme emotional weepiness, which in turn made me feel stupid.   Simply put, I h