F.E.A.R. to F.A.I.T.H.

I am appreciative that God chose to go deeper into His meaning of what He shared with me last night with my last post about F.E.A.R. ~

False Evidence Appearing Real = Lies of the devil... alas, full circle... F.E.A.R

What does this mean to me, you, people in general... are you ready??!! .... FULL JOY!!!!!!! :o) Why??!! Because... when our CONFIDENCE comes from God... NOT MAN... there REALLY IS a difference.... BE JOYFUL IN THIS TRUTH!!!!!!! :o)

I've said that before... that I believed there was a difference in the confidence that God gives versus the confidence that man gives, and that I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT I KNEW IT because it was a work that God did in me... thankfully!!!!!!! :o) I just wasnt' sure how to share or express it to or with others. Now He has shown me that, too!! :o)

See, I took that F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real), when I had seen it before, as something more spiritual... with a deeper meaning... but I didn't understand what that deeper meaning was (and doesn't that just bother you to no end sometimes when you can't figure something out! ...TIP... lol... give whatever THE SOMETHING is over to God and He WILL REVEAL it's meaning to you in His time if He wants you to know it! That way that relieves you of STRESSING!!!!!!! (TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE HERE!! :o) ) ... sorry for the ramble, but back to the deeper meaning of F.E.A.R. or False Evidence Appearing Real... it's LIES... let's say it again... False Evidence Appearing Real... so applied to our daily lives...

F.E.A.R = LIES (of the devil, enemy, people, however we choose to say it.... it's still lies)

F.E.A.R. = False Evidence Appearing Real = LIES

I also believe if we try to delve too much where and when we're not supposed to... the devil, enemy, whatever you want to call him or refer to him as... will possibly take us down a road we really don't want to go... full of STRESS, TROUBLE, DECEIT, MANIPULATION, HOWEVER MANY MORE YOU CAN THINK OF... :o(

The F.E.A.R. and it's definition, "False Evidence Appearing Real" had reminded me of F.A.I.T.H. and it's definition, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

Faith ALWAYS TRUMPS fear anyway because faith is of God and fear is of the devil... if you don't believe in God and the devil.. then it's (the reason Faith trumps fear) because Good trumps evil.... break it down to where your belief is right now... :o)

So... the TAKEAWAY from this is...

If and when lies, gossip, or whatever ... false evidence appearing real... are being told about you... give it to God, stand in the confidence HE gives and has for you, and TAKE YOUR FULL JOY!!!!!!! :o)

*** there is actually a scripture (for those of you who may not know this) that actually says this will happen to you, me, all of us... because it happened to Jesus. Now to what extent and which ones will happen... ONLY God knows at this point... another reason we should be going to the SOURCE... aka God... right?!! :o)

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matthew 5:11

Set Free... A-gain!!!!!!! :o)

... and THANKFUL... :o) Thank you, Father. Thank you, Jesus. I'm thankful I don't mind crying in public or at least crying, while I'm driving, in public. I've become a WOOOOHOOOO person for just about everything exciting and new that people do, accomplish, or set out do. Today was just simply a WOW... WOW... WOW (If you're too impatient.. the MEAT'S in the very last paragraph!) ;o) I don't know what it was about today that the Lord decided today was the day to share this revelation with me. But WOW.... I'm sooooo thankful that He did. And, I'm sooooo thankful for KLOVE because it was thru a message that a gentleman on KLOVE was giving, that the Lord gave me this revelation. I pray I hear it again, because I think I actually missed part of it, but what I did hear has totally changed my world. ACCOUNTABILITY.... what does that have to do with forgiveness? Have you ever been 'wronged' by anyone? I'm sure we all have. I was and continue to be 'wronged' by some certain persons. It has gone on over a period of time and has been a process. First, I discerned that something appeared to be going on that was not the normal behavior of said person(s). Second, because I almost couldn't believe what was going on, I had to have patience (be quiet, be still, and rest in God) and see if these behaviors were going to continue or not. They did. And they did. And they did. I did nothing, not even addressing things, for a long time. I needed to make sure that I wasn't misunderstanding things, or just being paranoid. Really not only for myself, but so no one else could say something like that either, once I did decide to address these issues. Someone can try to discount something that happens once or twice by trying to say something was a coincidence and such. But multiple happenings by multiple people for an extended period of time, are NOT coincidences. I don't believe in coincidences anyway. I believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Now, what does this have to do with accountability or the topic at all? Great question! Well, I had forgiven who had wronged me. Not just once, but I've asked over and over again for the Lord to help me to forgive them, forgave them, asked Him to bless them abundantly, given them over to Him, asked Him to let His will be done in their lives, and so on. I haven't understood how to walk it out though, because I do still have to have dealings with these people, and because nothing was ever acknowledged when I've tried to talk about it. THIS IS THE SET FREE PART!!!!!!! They DO NOT have to be ACCOUNTABLE to ME for me to still have dealings these dealings with them!!!!!!! They are ACCOUNTABLE to God. That is o.k., and THAT IS enough. Ok, so here's the takeaway... The gentleman on KLOVE had said that ACCOUNTABILITY DOES HAVE to do with forgiveness and revenge. Trying to make someone be ACCOUNTABLE, or admit their wrongdoing, is still a form of revenge, and God instructs us not to seek our own revenge, not to repay evil with evil. If someone will not or cannot admit a wrong, that does not have to do with us (me). Their inability or unwillingness to do so is between them and God. He says refer to the book of Obidiah. I had to look it up. The whole book is just 1 chapter; it's in the old testament. I don't fully understand it, but the way the gentleman explained it, was about us not holding people accountable for a wrongdoing towards us, because God considers it revenge, and in this chapter and book of the Bible, it talks about God avenging His children. It's pretty powerful. I think I just need a clip of that whole spot on KLOVE for my very own, so I can listen to it over and over again... as a reminder :o) Kind of cliche, I guess, but GOD SAID IT, AND THAT SETTLES IT... for me, anyway. I did not realize that thinking or believing that someone needed to admit their involvement in a wrongdoing had to do with revenge after some point. Now that I do know that, I am totally set free and to think or believe anything different about it (for me... I'm only speaking for me right now) is to say that God is not big enough to fix this problem because HE is the one who gave me the answer. Be sure and listen to KLOVE!!!!!!! The gentleman's name who had this very wise stuff to say was Larry Crabb of NewWay Ministries, if you want to check him out online. http://www.NewWayMinistries.com.

TO GOD AND JESUS BE ALL THE GLORY!!!!!!!

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12

What does this scripture mean to you? Just found out tonight what it means to me... AND IT'S PRETTY STINKIN' EXCITING... TO ME ANYWAY!!!!!!! :)

I was explaining to someone how that, when I was younger, I used to always say, "I hope so! I hope this or I hope that!" I was always saying that. And it just came hit me and came out, " NOW, Jesus is MY HOPE MANIFESTED!!!!" ta-da... a real lightbulb moment!!!!!!! :) I think I said it was pretty exciting, right??!! .... 'cause I just am SOOOO FREAKIN' EXCITED... I FEEL SOOOO LOVED AND LIKE THE MOST BLESSED PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) ... actually it's been more than a moment because this happened a little earlier, but i could just stay in this momentous moment FOREVER!!!!!!! :)

So, back to the question about the scripture, "Hope deferred...." Hope ~ I had hope (was hopeful, joyful, happy,), my hope was deferred (postponed, delayed, withheld for or until a stated time) ... now I'm not sure exactly as to the why or how on that yet... did I not show or share my hope enough, was it stifled somehow? I know I had asked Jesus into my heart as a child, but didn't know where to take Him, so to speak. So I think I was full of Jesus, (i.e. hope and joy!), and probably about to BURST at the seams (I figure that because that's how I am about Him!! lol) :)

Alas, what happens when SO MUCH can't come out or doesn't have a place to go? Well I'll tell you where it stinkin' went.... INSIDE... manifesting it's YUCKY self in me in such things like depression, self hatred, self destruction, guilt, internalizing EVERYTHING... i was a pro at taking any situation with any friend, family member, acquaintance, or stranger, and if something didn't turn out right, most of the time sincerely and willingly taking the blame for it.

...So that's the "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" part... I sure hope ( have to chuckle here! lol) that this makes sense to someone besides me!! lol :) Not getting to let all my hope and joy, i.e. JESUS, out...made my heart hurt and sick (in all the destructive ways it manifested itself).

I guess I'd say, after years of that, I just kind of Jesus go by the wayside... :( WHAT A WASTE OF MY LIFE... AND HIS... letting Him go by the wayside, that is!!!!!!!

Fast forward 8, 10, 12, almost 20 years now, and let's just say... I was finally so miserable with all that I had done with and in my life... the desire finally cometh (cameth, but you get the point, right... the scripture:)), I ,now an adult , asked Jesus to have a relationship with me and be my all in all, my everything, my Prince of Peace, my Lord and my Savior, my friend.... i.e. THE TREE OF LIFE!!!!!!! :) Now, I have BACK all the hope and joy I had when I first asked Jesus into my heart as a child... talk about one HAPPY AND THANKFUL lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

How Do YOU Think They Do It?!

Ever wanted to be a philanthropist?! I have!! I just even like that word, so thought I'd give it a little color! I've wanted to be a philanthropist ever since I was about 10 years old. I remember seeing this really cool man on the Johnny Carson show when I was visiting at my grandparent's house one time. He was ONE OF THOSE ... PHILANTHROPIST!! :o)

I remember one of the stories they were talking about where a little boy had written in to him for a new bike and he got him one. How did it work?? Well, this man was RICH (another one of those FUN words!!) and somehow people would write to him in a newspaper column. He (and maybe others on his trusted staff, I really don't recall if they said he read each one himself or not) would read their letters and decide if they were sincere and if they were someone he was going to help. Let me tell you, as a 10 year old little girl(or there about), I just thought that was the TOTALLY COOLEST thing ever... ONE person had ALL THIS MONEY and was GIVING IT ALL AWAY!!!! I had never heard of anything like that, but I knew I wanted to do that.

After I got over the initial excitement, the first thing I thought of was how'd he do that??

Well, of course, this gentleman had somehow developed himself into a successful businessman, and personally, I'd like to think... WISE STEWARD OF GOD'S MONEY. I don't remember what his occupation or business was that he had used to accumulate this wealth, but whatever it was, I do remember thinking again... well, how am I going to be able to do that??

Know any philanthropists? Ever wanted to be one?! If so, how do YOU intend on going about making it happen?!! More than just having a successful career and more than just being a successful entrepreneur, HOW DO YOU BECOME A PHILANTRHOPIST?!?

What's your idea?!! Of course, I believe it starts with the HEART...

p.s. see 1st post

dedicated to rbd ;o)

What Can We Teach Our Kids?

One of the most important skills you need to continually develop in your career choice, whether it be a regular J-O-B or choosing to tap into your entrepreneurial heart dream is to watch who you surround yourself with. It's important that we teach try to teach these same skills to our children to help them be happier, more productive people throughout their school years and beyond. What do we want OUR future and THEIR future to be?

Jim Rohn (a tremendously successful motivational speaker

and personal development coach) says that it is far more important who you are becoming, than, what you are earning. Mr. Rohn goes so far as to say that you should work toward becoming a millionaire, not for the money, but because of whom you will become in achieving the goal. Greed is the most destructive motivation that a person can have. (borrowed from another site, http://www.livingsuccessfully.org)

I was surfin' the net for something else and I happened upon this SUPERB article about bullying. Since I definitely don't believe in coincidences (think I've said that many times before, huh?!), I do believe it was something that the Lord had me come across front and center. We usually associate bullying with children, thinking surely by the time people are into their, at least, 30s and 40s, people will have outgrown, matured, or somehow gotten past themselves and having to make others look bad to feel bad about themselves. Of course, the bullies are going to be one, if not the top group, you will definitely not want to surround yourself with. Is there a way to know or something to look for to know ahead of time whether or not someone(s) is/are a bully(ies) in disguise?

This article sheds some light on this issue. It all makes sense and definitely made me aware of some things that I didn't know about, as in

1) a very good precise definition of what a bully or bullying really is : What is bullying?Bullying is persistent unwelcome behaviour, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking, fault-finding, also exclusion, isolation, being singled out and treated differently, being shouted at, humiliated, excessive monitoring, having verbal and written warnings imposed, and much more. In the workplace, bullying usually focuses on distorted or fabricated allegations of underperformance

2) bullies don't take responsibilities for their actions, but try to blame the person(s) they are bullying for not taking responsibility

3) Bullying is an inefficient way of working, resulting in disenchantment, demoralisation, demotivation, disaffection, and alienation. Bullies run dysfunctional and inefficient organisations; staff turnover and sickness absence are high whilst morale, productivity and profitability are low. Prosperity is illusory and such organizations are a bad long-term investment. Projection and denial are hallmarks of the serial bully.

( I didn't even know there was such a thing as a SERIAL BULLY!)

View the site and LOTS more information to help with CHARACTER issues and issues of the HEART at

http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/bully.htm

... bullying comes down to these 2 things... what is your CHARACTER and what's in your HEART? what are you putting into your children's CHARACTER and their HEART ~ STEP UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE AND MAKE THE CHANGE... :o)

Probably aside from anything in the Bible, this particular quote by Jim Rohn is my favorite... LET'S BE THE LEADERS ARE KIDS AND OTHERS KIDS ARE CRYING OUT FOR!!

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." ~ Jim Rohn

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