Daily Rules from God for 2008

1. Wake Up

Decide to have a good day.

'Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.'

Psalms 118:24

2. Dress Up

The best way to dress up is to put on a smile.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

'The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.

Man looks at outward appearance; but the Lord looks at the heart.'

1st Samuel 16:7

3. Shut Up

Say nice things and learn to listen.

God gave us two ears and one mouth,

so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking.

'He who guards his lips guards his soul.'

Proverbs 13:3

4. Stand Up

For what you believe in.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

'Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time,

we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good...'

Galatians 6:9-10

5. Look Up

To the Lord.
'I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.'

Phillippians 4:13

6. Reach Up

For something higher.

'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding.

In all your ways, acknowledge Him, And He will direct your path.'
Proverbs 3:5-6

7. Lift Up

Your Prayers.
'Do not worry about anything; instead PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING.'
Philippians 4:6

Pass this on and brighten someone's day, and remember:

God answers Knee-Mail.




Later Ya'll...^Belle^

It was hard to choose 1 Elvis song, but this is one of my VERY favorites. Here is Elvis singing, How Great Thou Art.

YOU ARE MISSED.

Later Ya'll...

"Tears on my pillow....pain in my heart....caused by you...."
-Little Anthony And The Imperials.

Tossing and turning until the wee hours of the morning. Sleep comes in bit and pieces.

I wake up and my pillow is wet with tears, so, I turn the pillow over...toss and turn....stare at the clock, watching as 1 hour goes into another, and the darkness of night, becomes the light of morning.

I doze off for a while.

I wake up and once again my pillow is wet with tears. I turn it over, only to discover, it is still wet from the last time. So, I change pillows and start on another one.

Why....can someone....anyone....tell me what in the blue blazes of hell is so scary about following your heart....? What is so difficult about that....?

Why worry about loving someone when what you should really worry about is LOSING someone....?

To love me and follow your heart to me.....that should be easy. Loving me shouldn't be hard....should it...? But, if it is....what does that say....?

I don't know what it says, because it seems that all devices one can use to communicate with another person have been wiped out in a portion of the state over 100 miles or so from here.





Later Ya'll...^Belle^ [[

6 weeks of very little sleep, many tears and fighting demons from the past and present have cost me dearly. My emotions have been writing postdated checks that my body and mind couldn't cash. They became payable and due Friday as I hit the floor with a thud. I was standing one second and down the next. I lay there, not knowing if I had the strength to get up, and honestly, for a while, I didn't want to.

A heaviness resides inside and it weighs me down. It seems to take more energy than I have to get up and walk. With each step, I have to make a conscious effort to move. My mind cries out for relief as my heart continues to slowly break into thousands of pieces. I picture myself trying to catch them, hoping to salvage the fragments and put it back together somehow.

I know from past experience that it will get worse...much worse before it gets better. I also know that is a long,long way in the future. I ignored too many things, took too many chances, trusted too easily, I didn't learn from the past,thus, I am doomed to repeat it. God, help me! As much as I might want to point a finger of blame, there is only one person who must be accountable, and that is me. A hard pill to swallow, but true.

I have read your comments on the previous posts, both public and private, and they warm my heart so very much. They keep me company and I don't feel so alone. Each and every one so very special to me, and I thank you all.

So many times in an hour of need, I have reached out via this blog, just wanting/needing to know that someone was there, and I have never been disappointed.

I feel like I need a label across my forehead right now that says: FRAGILE; HANDLE WITH CARE.

LATE BREAKING NEWS:

After posting this, I began checking my email and discovered this sent by a friend. I got very emotional reading it...and that is not great surprise since that seems to be the way things are rolling with me recently. I have read this through about 3 times and wanted to share it with you.

Please find the time to read this.

It is very powerful!

Let it go for 2008...

by T. D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.

And hear me when I tell you this!

When people can walk away from you:

let them walk.

I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you,
coming to see you, staying attached to you.

I mean hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you

Let Them Walk.

Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The Bible said that,

They came out from us
that it might be made manifest
that they were not for us.
For had they been of us,
no doubt they would have continued with us.

[1John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.

Let Them Go.

And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person,
it just means that their part in the story is over.
And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over
so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.

You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over.

Let me tell you something.
I've got the gift of good-bye.
It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful,
it's that I'm faithful,
and I know whatever God means for me to have,
He'll give it to me.
And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.

Stop begging people to stay.

Let Them Go!!!

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you
and was never intended for your life,
then you need to...

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains...

LET IT GO!!!

If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...

LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you...

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge...

LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction...

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents ..

LET IT GO!!!

If you have a bad attitude...

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better...

LET IT GO!!!

If you're stuck in the past
and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him...

LET IT GO!!!

If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves...

LET IT GO!!!

If you're feeling depressed and stressed...

LET IT GO!!!

If there is a particular situation
that you are so used to handling yourself
and God is saying "take your hands off of it,"
then you need to...

LET IT GO!!!

Let the past be the past.
Forget the former things.

GOD is doing a new thing for 2008!!!

LET IT GO!!!

Get Right or Get Left..
think about it, and then

LET IT GO!!!

"The battle is the Lord's!"

****OH MY...I GOT CHILLS READING THAT....I TELL YOU WHAT...I JUST HAD A HALLELUJAH MOMENT! I initially ended this with a sad face emoticon, but after reading that....I think I'll change it!

Later Ya'll...^Belle^

I've been hurt a lot in my life and can say with degree of confidence that not all hurt and pain is created equal.

Sometimes, I have been hurt by accident. That hurts too, but in the back of your mind, you know it wasn't on purpose. By and large, it is much worse when someone WILLINGLY hurts you.

When you are WILLINGLY, ON PURPOSE AND BY DESIGN, hurt.....Oh...the pain is not only emotional, but mental. That says that you didn't mean enough, someone didn't care enough, didn't try hard enough to avoid hurting you. Just the opposite, they went out of their way to do so. Why is that?

Does it give them a feeling of power and control? Does it give a boost to their self esteem and ego, knowing that by virtue of the things they CHOOSE to say and do, or the things that they choose NOT to say and do, they can hurt you...?

Being hurt WILLINGLY, shatters you on the inside. It rips,gnaws and tears at your heart, mind,body and soul. To know that someone thought so very little of you, it was nothing to toss you aside like garbage.

People take care of, tend to, see after, respect, honor and cherish those that mean something to them. They don't want to hurt them and would never make the decision to do so, WILLINGLY.

Especially when someones heart and love belong to you...was given to you freely in the hopes that you would honor and protect it just like you would your own.

It doesn't always happen that way and then one day you find yourself without warning or notice in the trash pile and you wonder....is this what I am? Is this all I mean...?

I have lived my life in stages and moments. Some were good, some were bad.

I have cried myself to sleep many a night, with no one there to hold, comfort or just be there to and for me.

I have spent day after day in the agony of limbo, not knowing what was going on, if things were up or down....on or off.

I have sat in the dark alone and cried so much and so hard that I throw up.

I relived, pains and hurts of the past in the present. Pains and hurts I was promised would never come my way again.

Words from long ago, a warning resounds over and over in my mind:

"No man will ever want you for anything other than exactly what you are."

Words hurt, but sometimes I think silence hurts worse.

I guess right now, I'm grasping at straws and searching for answers.

"BUT THE NIGHTS ALONE GREW COLDER, THAN I EVER THOUGHT THEY'D BE, AND I SPEND EVERY HOUR SEARCHING, FOR WHAT YOU TOOK OUT OF ME."-Travis Tritt,JUST TOO TIRED TO FIGHT IT ANYMORE

Right now, I'm falling, everything, every hope and dream is falling down around me and bursting into flames on impact. All the progress I have made over the past year, seems to be fading away as everything goes in reverse. I know I should stand and fight, but,right now, I just can't. I don't have it in me.

Please send prayers, good thoughts and positive energy my way.
Later Ya'll...^Belle^