Completely Flawless - Imperfectly Perfected

I was getting ready to post something the other day and the Holy Spirit bean to take me back to what we were studying last week in Ephesians chapter 4.  What I was going to post was: "we are imperfect people, being perfected by a perfect God."  The Holy Spirit stopped me in my tracks and began to show me that's not quite truth.  When I got the check in my spirit I had to go back to Ephesians 4:11-13 and read it again.  This is what the word says:

Ephesians 4:11-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹¹ And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.

¹² His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),

¹³ [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[a]full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.

As we read this verse in bible study last week there was saw something I got that I didn't grasp before (as many times as I've read this) and that is: we are made perfect, complete, flawless through the 5-fold ministry, which is God's people.

God gave the various gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors, teachers (people) to perfect the saints (you and me).  This also dispels the lie that we don't need a pastor, or preacher to lead us, judge us, or tell us what to do, because we can go to God and hear from Him for ourselves.  Yes, we can go to God for ourselves; however, we can't come to a place of complete perfection by ourselves!

Perfection and equipping comes through those (persons) that God has gifted, with the intention of maturing us and bringing us into the unity of the faith!  We, as the members of the Body of Christ, will always be disjointed and stunted in our growth until we come to the place of following God's blueprint that He has laid out in the scriptures.

So after going back and reading the word in Ephesians my post would go something like:  "we are an imperfect people being perfected through God's people."  

I pray that this song blesses you~

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The Kingdom Is Not Meat & Drink~

I woke up this morning with the scripture in my spirit:  The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

I had heard this scripture many times; however, sometimes we hear scripture, but we don't read or understand in context.  With that being said, I looked into this verse a little further, reading various translations, and I was enlightened.  I really liked The Message translation:  

Romans 14:16-18 The Message (MSG)

^15-16 If you confuse others by making a big issue over what they eat or don’t eat, you’re no longer a companion with them in love, are you? These, remember, are persons for whom Christ died. Would you risk sending them to hell over an item in their diet? Don’t you dare let a piece of God-blessed food become an occasion of soul-poisoning!

^17-18 God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.

I thought that passage was sooooo good!  After reading it in context it made me look at just how easy it is to bring division based on our personal life choices and convictions.  Things that we have made law & gospel that have absolutely nothing to do with the kingdom of God!  There are also times where we find ourselves with the hammer and the nails, ready to crucify others for the same things that we were once guilty of!  Help me Lord!!

I like how it says in verse 16; don’t you dare let a piece of God-blessed food become an occasion of soul-poisoning!  Just because we don't do it (anymore), don't understand it, don't like it, doesn't mean that it is sin or unrighteousness.  If God has blessed it then it is good, and should not be an opportunity for soul-poisoning.

Again, the kingdom of God is not about what we choose to eat, but setting our lives right, walking in peace (where nothing is broken and nothing is missing), and living in the joy that comes from having His spirit dwelling in us!

Let us be admonished to focus on what is good, serving God with one heart and one mind, and one spirit.  I believe as we make this our daily focus everything else that extends from our lives will be pleasing to God and draw others unto Him.

Just a little food for thought~

I pray this song blesses you~

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God Has Assessed Your Ability

So today I decided to sit out on my balcony and blog!  This is the absolute perfect weather for writing.....a nice breeze and just the right amount of sun.  The clouds have a little overcast, but there are no complaints from me!

Yesterday I woke up for early morning prayer and could not go back to sleep, so I turned on Bishop Jakes and began watching the series on "Transformational  Instincts" again.  I started out watching "Transformational Creativity" and got stuck on "Instinct to Increase."  Now this was not the first time that I had heard this message, but it was the first time that I received the revelation on opposition being viewed as opportunity!  That word ignited something in me, and I have been chewing and pondering on it since.

Bishop Jakes began to talk about the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, and how the master distributed the talents to each of his servants based on their ability.

  The distribution of the talents was not personal or based on preference, but it was based on the assessment the master made of his servants and their individual ability.  He had taken inventory, gauged, surveyed, weighed their ability, and knew what they would be able to handle, and to one he gave five talents, to another he gave two talents, and to another he gave one talent.
I like how Bishop Jakes began to break down the fact that in the scripture it indicates that the talents were given to each servant based on ability; however, what the scripture doesn't clearly state, but implies, is that they were all given the same opportunity.  Now opportunity in the dictionary means an appropriate time or occasion!!  Whew I am getting excited because when I looked up the greek meaning of opportunity it is kairos, which is occasion, the set or proper time, due season.  So we see, the master didn't just give them a talent(s), but he also gave them time to work their talent(s).

As I was reading Matthew 25 again I was drawn to the fact that after the master gave the servants their talents, he immediately went on a journey, which was their window of opportunity, their set time and occasion to work their measure and to reproduce!

I had to go back and look at that word talent again because I think that we have gotten the meaning confused, and we may need to have it redefined.  Talent is an innate natural ability or gift.  It is the thing that you were born with, the gift that God placed inside of you when he fashioned and designed you.  We are all born with a gift or talent of some sort; however, it is truly up to us to search inwardly and discover what it is.

There are a couple more points that I want to bring out and then I'm going to try and wrap this up!  I wasn't sure where Bishop Jakes was going when he said that "opportunity is not only invisible, but can also come to you in the form of opposition.

  If you don't see it or perceive it correctly, you will miss that up under the suit of opposition is opportunity!"  That right there stopped me in my tracks! I said alright Bishop, I don't know about that, but then the Holy Spirit began to make it personal for me, and this is how I got it!

"Jodi, before you were ever diagnosed with liver cancer, I weighed you and assessed your ability to handle what was coming your way.  I knew that it would be one of the greatest and most difficult things that you would have to walk through, but I knew you were the woman for the job.  I knew what I had placed inside of you and the grace that was on your life to face this great opposition.  I knew that you would take every opportunity to take the lemons of your diagnosis, every negative prognosis, every surgery, and make lemonade.  I knew that you would take the grace gifting on your life and your talents, along with seizing the occasion of time, and reproduce life that would not only sustain you, but all those that are around you! I knew that you would come to a place where you would see the benefit of the Experience for my Glory!"

I tell you, I had never looked at it that way until yesterday.....truly another level of revelation!  I have said many days that I have absolutely no regrets for my journey, but it wasn't until yesterday that I could articulate it from the perspective that my hard place had become my set time, my due season, my kairos moment!  I think more importantly, what I have come to understand isthat I had to seize the time and opportunity that God was giving me, and to make the most of every moment.  I made up in my mind that despite the diagnosis I would not be like the wicked servant that made excuses for his situation and took his Lords money (talent), the thing that would bring him increase, and bury it in the earth.   

Listen, I don't know what you are facing in your life that you are perceiving as opposition, but I encourage you to look again!

 Look again to see if it is opposition or opportunity! 

 If you perceive it as opportunity, know that God has assessed your life and has given you the amount of talent, or innate natural ability to succeed and be excellent on your level.

My prayer is that you will take all that God has counted you worthy to handle, and give it back to him multiplied with interest.

I pray that this song blesses you~

My LIVE Meals: "Cucumber Watermelon Salad"

Cucumber Watermelon Salad

In my effort to EatBetta and LIVEBetta I have found that it is 

very easy to become bored with eating the same things. 

I mean, I have had to learn to be very creative 

in my cooking so that I don't fall off the wagon.  I have made a 

choice to stay on this path of healthy eating and living, so I am

always on the Food Network watching and looking for new ideas!

I wanted to do something a little different this week so

I decided to make a Cucumber Salad, which was a dish that 

my mother often made for us. 

This is a simple salad that consists of cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, 

and red wine vinaigrette.  When I got ready to take my ingredients 

out I realized my tomatoes had gone bad! 

I stood there starring in the refrigerator disappointed!

After looking in the refrigerator for a moment there was this 

beautiful bright red watermelon starring back at me!  

I'm thinking to myself, "now Jodi that's a little too creative."

All I kept thinking about was the flavor of the cucumber 

and then the flavor of the watermelon, 

so after tasting the two together I was sold.

Let me just say, after making the salad I was in love!!!! 

I couldn't stop eating it!

 I had hit the jackpot with my new summer salad!

Then the real seal of approval came from Mr. Litmon, 

and yes he loved it as well!  

Needless to say, we didn't have any leftovers!

I posted the picture of the Cucumber Watermelon Salad on social media, 

and I ended up getting quite a few requests for the recipe!  

Well, I made it again so I hope you enjoy!

 

I used a fourth of a watermelon for this salad.

Cut your watermelon in triangle chunks and then dice into smaller pieces.

 

Remove the peel from one large cucumber.

Once the peel is removed, take a fork and run it down the

entire cucumber to create ridges.

Thinly slice your cucumber, and then slice again into fourths.

You can now add your cucumbers to 

the bowl of watermelon.

 

Right here I have a half of a red onion that 

I have thinly sliced about 5 times

Once you have sliced your onions, cut again into fourths.

You may also dice your onions into smaller pieces if you so desire.

Now add your red onions to the bowl

with the watermelon and cucumber.

We are now going to stir in the seasonings

which are:

1 tablespoon of Kosher Salt

2 tablespoons of Greek Seasoning

1 tablespoon of Italian Seasoning

For the final touch our Homemade Vinaigrette:

Add 1/4 Olive Oil to you jar or bowl

(When using a jar with a lid it is easier to shake/mix the ingredients)

Add 2/3 cup of Red Wine Vinegar to the jar

1 tablespoon Kosher Salt

1 tablespoon of sugar

2 tablespoon of Italian Seasoning

and 1 tablespoon of Greek

Shake until dressing is well mixed, and sample for desired taste 

before pouring into salad

You are now ready to complete your salad by adding 

about half of the vinaigrette to your salad.

You can eat this beautiful Cucumber Watermelon Salad by itself

or serve to your guest as a side at your next event!!

.....and now you're on your own! 

Enjoy~

"LIVE LeftOvers" Mexican Omelete

"LIVE LeftOvers" 

Mexican Omelet

In the recent weeks I have been posting pics of some of my creative meals.  Well, the other day I had someone suggest that I should do a cooking blog!  At the first thought I was very hesitant,

but the more I thought about it, I decided to give it a try!

So today I am going to show you how you can "LIVE with your LeftOvers,

hence what I call "LIVE LeftOvers!"

Due to my diagnosis I have been trying to Eat Better 

so that I can LIVE Better.

It is my goal to use more healthy and organic ingredients without sacrificing flavor.

There have been times that my cabinets and refrigerator has been lean, 

and I had to learn something call "creative cooking."  

I believe some of my best meals have been the ones

where I pulled together a little of this and a little of that 

and threw it in the pot!

As I was thinking about what I would eat for breakfast this morning my creative juices started flowing.

 I began to take mental inventory of the ingredients I had in my kitchen.

Well, I decided to LIVE in the moment and make a Mexican Omelet, 

which I would create from the remainder of my taco ingredients that I had leftover from dinner last night!

Start by whisking 3 eggs, adding a dash of greek seasoning

Preheat your skillet on medium heat, and spray it with olive oil

Add the whisked eggs to your heated skillet

Take a moment to heat your ground turkey mixture so that it's not cold inside of the omelet

As your eggs start to slowly cook add your ground turkey, diced onions, and diced roma tomatoes to the middle of the omelet

Once the eggs start to bubble carefully fold one side of the eggs to cover the ingredients inside of the omelet

Allow the omelet to cook for another minute or two and then remove from your skillet and place on a plate

For the finale, garnish the omelet with a dollop of salsa along with tomato basil feta cheese

This was truly a great quick breakfast!!!!

Mr. Litmon gave this a 2 Thumbs Up!!!

Let me know if you try it out 

and definitely feel free to put your own spin on it!

Worship: How Is It More Than A Song?

I'm coming back to the Heart of Worship where it's all about you Jesus!

I'm coming back..................back to a place where I've been before, to the place I was at one point and time!  I'm coming back to a place that I walked away from.  As a matter of fact, why did I leave the place that I once longed for, the place that I craved for, the place that I panted and thirsted for, the place that caused me to be most fulfilled?  Why did I allow the cares of life, my selfish ambitions and desires, and my outside relationships to distract me and keep me from your presence?
Your presence, that place of refreshing!  The place where the water of worship covered me and allowed me to drink from deep wells, quenching the insatiable thirst in my soul. The place where my heart sought to please you and exalt you higher than worship itself.  The place where I worshiped you until you poured your song of love out over me!

I mean, I didn't walk away from God! I'm still saved! But I know that I have allowed other things to get my attention, and now God and I don't meet like we used to.  I don't find myself lingering in his presence waiting to hear His voice in the cool of the day.  So what happened?

There are many things that come to pull us away from that place that is reserved and sacred between you and God, but once His presence has been your dwelling place, nothing else will satisfy!

Yes, I'm coming back!  I'm coming back to the Heart of Worship where it's all about OBEDIENCE!  Not just the raising of my hands, singing my favorite song, or even offering God what I think He wants, but coming to the place where my heart seeks to please and obey God.  Now don't get me wrong, I know our expression of praise and worship definitely has it's place, but if we're talking about God's response to worship and the worshiper, it's starts all the way at the beginning, in Genesis!

After my good friend Mr. Lawrence Floyd gave me this topic to blog about, I began to think about just how vast the subject of worship really is.  I've had the opportunity to read many books and hear many views on the subject of worship, but I haven't heard many teach us that our worship begins with OBEDIENCE!  I believe that the highest form of worship that we can offer to our God is a lifestyle of obedience, which is the worship that God responds to!

After looking and searching in the word of God, I realized that the first time we see the word "worship" mentioned is in the book of Genesis, chapter 22 verse 5.   5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad[a] and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”

It was in Genesis 22 verse 1 where the words says that God tested Abraham, calling him by name, and Abraham responded, "Here I Am."  God told Abraham to take your only son, that you love, and go to the land of Moriah (the place) and offering him as a burnt offer him on the mountain that I tell you!  Abraham never exchanged words with God, but rose up early in the morning with Issac and his servants.  He prepared the wood for the offering and waited to hear from God as to where he would go to offer Isaac up as a sacrifice.  It is in this passage that we see the ultimate act of Obedience and Trust that equates to worship! 

This is why I say that worship is more than a song, but a lifestyle of obedience.  It is simply offering God what he has required of you and trusting that Jehovah Jireh will make provision for the sacrifice!  It's not what we offer up that matters as much as being willing to present to God the requested sacrifice.  
Today I ask you, what has God required of you that you have struggled to lay on the altar?  I could name a lot of things, but only you know!  You see our worship is personal, and even more so when God is dealing with our hearts.  I implore you to bring God more than a song or a waive offering, but fully commit to Him your heart through an authentic lifestyle of worship.  It's not enough enough to offer up strange fire, but to bring God a set apart life, a sacrificial offering that is pleasing to him.  A life that when going through the fiery furnace of affliction offers up a sweet aroma.

Today I'm coming back to the place where my worship touches the Heart of God and causes Him to respond!

God I'll bring you more than a song

For a song in itself is not what you have required

You search much deeper within

Through the way things appear

You're looking into my heart!

I'm coming back to the Heart of Worship where it's all about you Jesus!

I pray that this song blesses you~

Tis The Season~

Happy Holiday & Season Greetings To All~

If you only knew just how excited I am to be able to greet you all this holiday season!! I am overjoyed!  My mind is racing with all that I want to say, and my heart is filled to overflowing because of the many many blessings that have overtaken my life throughout this year!  As I began to think about what I could and would say, I realized just how passionate I am about writing and sharing with all of you through the Heart of Worship Blog.  It is another gift that God has placed on the inside of me and again, I am grateful for the opportunity and the ability to be able to share it with you!

This has been an an amazing year of blessings, victories, accomplishments, trials, and triumphs, and I am still here to tell of it!  I have been in the fight of my life and I AM WINNING!  I know that some of you may not have been through the same things as me; nevertheless, I'm sure that you can say like me and with me, you stand victorious and YOU ARE WINNING!

This year I lost one of the greatest treasures in my life, and that was my mother, Evangelist Annabelle Thompson Moore!  

She went home to be with the Lord on March 11, 2013 and I literally thought that I would stop breathing!  I have faced many challenges and hit some hard places in my life, but I've never lost a mother before! So, I sit here today, 9 months later, thinking, pondering, laughing, crying, and still gasping for air in and effort to catch my breath! It's at the thought of everything that made my mother, my mother! It's all of her quips and quotes, her humor, her sassy stance, her wisdom, and insatiable LOVE & PASSION for God!  She truly placed and left her thumb print on my life, and for that, I AM!

It has been the amazing challenges of this year that have strengthened me, developed me, humbled me, built character in me, and proven to me that I can do ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME!!!  With the Love of God and the help of my family and friends I've been able to meet and face every obstacle head on!

It truly amazes me how God has this incredible ability to mold and shape every one of my situations, be it good, bad, or ugly, to work out for my Good!

I love how Jeremiah says it,

I am learning to safely nestle and tuck myself under the protection of my Daddy's wings!  I am finding as I go from glory to glory and faith to faith that I can put all of my weight on Him and simply lay back in the strength of His everlasting arms!
There is so much more that I can say, but I will end saying this:

Don't focus on the failures of yesterday

Focus on right now potential and hope of your future

Take the time to embrace the Love of God 

Make the time to Love on You

LIVE, LAUGH,& LOVE on those that you call Family & Friends

Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers, thanking God upon every remembrance of YOU~

With Overflowing Grace & Great Expectation 

for You and Yours in 2014~

I pray that this song blesses you~

Things My Mother Used To Say: "Slow & Steady Wins The Race"

I can hear my mother saying, "Baby the race is not given to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but it's to the one that endures to the end!"  

I would also hear her say, "slow and steady wins the race."  I'm like Mommie can you just tell me what you're trying to say without the parable? She would say, "honey it's not how fast you're going, but that you don't give up before the end of the race."  I didn't always understand what she was trying to say, but the older I got it all started to make sense.

I began to think about the scripture in Hebrews 12 that tells us how to run our race, and shows how the pioneers, and more importantly, Jesus blazed the way for us.  The Message translation really breaks down this passage and says: "Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!"

The more I looked at that verse, the more I began to see that starting the race, staying in the race, and finishing the race is not all about me, but about those that are watching and waiting on me to blaze the trail before them.  I believe that's what my mother was trying to say to me!  

Jesus was our perfect example in that He endured the cross and despised the shame for our freedom.

  Where would we be if Jesus would have quit or given up before going to the cross?  He came into the world knowing that the goal was to redeem sinful man, and with everything that He had to endure He never took His eyes off the goal!  WOW!!! What a selfless and loving God!  He gave his only son Jesus, and Jesus said, "no man take my life from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.  I am so glad that He endured the cross for you and me!"

Today I want to encourage you to keep your eyes on Jesus as you continue to run the race that is set before you!  Life has an interesting way of showing up with all kinds of distractions to get us off of our course, and to throw in the towel before we get to the finish line, but we must keep on going!!!  It is our endurance and staying power that will give us the fortitude to not just continue the race and reach our goal, but to Finish Strong! 

Don't forget that fulfilling and completing your God given assignment is not all about you, but those that are divinely connected to you!  What an awesome responsibility and privilege we have to pass the baton, but if we give up before we reach the next runner, we hinder the team from finishing the race.  So again, Don't Give Up! You're Too Close Now!!!

I pray that this song blesses you~



"Focus On the Things That Matter"

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  Whew!!!!!! It has been a while since my last blog! It seems like everything has been moving so fast and I'm just getting a chance to slow down!   Trust me I have been longing and it has been my hearts desire to get back to Heart of Worship Blog!

God has really been blessing and opening doors, which has been keeping me busy!  I thank God for the opportunity to do what I love!  It was the enemies desire to stop me, but I am in pursuit of The One that has apprehended me, and so I am chasing after God with a passion!  At the beginning and the end of the the day my Heart is to Worship God!!!!

Have you ever had a yearning in your heart for the one that you love?  You just had to hear their voice, feel their touch, be in their presence.  Well, that is how I feel about my Father! I have found the one whom I heart and soul longs for, and I don't want to even think about living a day outside of His Presence!  He gives me my reason and purpose for living!

Over the past couple of weeks I have been thinking about several things that I would blog about once I got the moment, but there is one thing I that I can't shake and that is "focusing on the things that matter the most!"  I think once I received my diagnosis and started walking through my process I began to place more value and emphasis on Life, Loving, Living, and Giving!  I began to see where I was allowing the small things to take over and consume my life, or as my mother would say in her sassy way, "sweating the dumb stuff!"  There is always going to be the little foxes that come to destroy the vine, but we must redirect our focus to "the things that matter most."

It is amazing that when I redirect my focus that it always lands me back in the seat of gratitude and thanksgiving!  The little foxes usually come with murmuring, complaining, frustration, and such like!

 But when I begin to shine the light on "the things that matter," like Life, Family, Love, Relationship with God and others, Health, Strength, and such like, my perspective is broadened! I can now see and enjoy all of the beautiful things that have been placed in my life and that surrounds me!  I can see the splendor of God!



Today I encourage you to take a moment to take your focus off of the things that you can't change, and "focus on the things that matter!"

I pray this songs blesses you~

Eucharisteo Always Proceeds Your Miracle~

I never thought that a diagnosis of the "C" word.....cancer, would bring me to a place of gratitude.  I never thought that receiving a diagnosis that the cancer had moved from my liver to my lungs would make me more determined to "LIVE!" I never thought that I would be fully living to the point that I don't waste time living in fear of dying.  I never thought that this life altering thing could drive me to the point of being more intentional about counting gifts!  I never thought that I could take pleasure in a broken life; a life that He would bless and give thanks for.  A life full of grace that has been blessed, to be broken, and given. Shared!

I never thought that I would come to a place that I could find joy.  The true joy that comes from the word Eucharisteo, which means thanksgiving.  I never thought that I could find joy and fulfillment in giving thanks in everything and every situation.  I love where Ann Voskamp says in her book "One Thousand Gifts," "The holy grail of joy is not some exotic location or some emotional mountain peak experience.  The joy wonder could be here!  Here, in the messy, piercing ache of now, joy might be --unbelievably--possible!"

WoW!  The concept and idea that joy could really be found not in some far off exotic place, but right in the middle of my mess!

Yes! Right in the middle of it all, I begin to offer thanksgiving, fully embracing my right now life! My life with all of its complications, mishaps, whatever's. Not realizing that right on the heels of my thanking and giving in thanks, I am literally preparing the way for my miracle!  "Eucharisteo--thanksgiving--always precedes the miracle."  The miracle that comes from a shared life, meaning the more life that I share, the more life I receive!

"Thanksgiving is necessary to our living the well, whole, fullest life."  It is the heart of ingratitude that keeps us in a place of lack: not the lack of money, but the lack of joy, wholeness, peace, and the overflowing full life.  I believe that I have found the key to my salvation, the key to my joy in exchange for sorrow, the key that has unlocked my inner beauty instead of ashes, the key of Thanksgiving and Gratitude!

When something is not habit or way of life I believe you have to be intentional in making changes.  So you may be thinking...... 

***How do I make the great exchange of Gratitude for inGratitude?

***How do I begin preparing for the miracle through giving thanks?

***Where do I begin?

I want to encourage you to begin right where you are!  To begin giving thanks and counting the gifts that you already have.  I hope that you will join me as I begin again........Counting Gifts! 

I am thankful for..........

1. The safety and well being of my children

2. The gift of melody and the ears to hear it

3. The robust laughter of my family

4. The presence of my mother that shows up daily

I pray that this song blesses you~