Blessings
Solid Ground …
When something continues to be pressed on your Heart, don’t ignore it, act on it! That nudge is there to get you to do something that you need to do, something that could forever change your life. Get the courage to speak it or do it. Please don’t let life pass you by and it can but only if you let it. Say what you have to say and do what you have to do. Listen to that persistent nudging. I have seen too many times where people fail to listen because they don’t have the courage to say what they are feeling or do what they need to do so they settle into a life and wonder why they end up feeling empty, alone (even when in a relationship) and miserable. It’s because they didn’t listen to what was being spoken to them and made their own choices of what they wanted instead of what God was telling them. It’s not too late to still obtain the Life He has planned for you but you have to do your part. You have to hear and then do what He speaks to you. And yes, often it will cost you life as you know it because the life you built wasn’t on the foundation it should have been. It was based on your free will not His. So, if tornados seem to be happening in your life destroying everything in its path, trust there is a plan. Things that you built with your free will are being torn down so God can build a House that will stand even in the strongest storm because it will be built brick by brick, layer by layer from His Divine Will for your Life. And that House will stand united, strong, endure forever and no man, angel or demon will separate or destroy it ever again. For what God builds with His Hands and His Will He always protects and nothing can destroy.
Listen to that Heart Tug.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
A True Friend …
In the words of a famous Angel named Clarence (from It’s a Wonderful Life), “No man is a failure who has friends.” On this journey, I have gone thru the stages where I wasn’t such a good friend because of my selfish desires and on the opposite side of the coin I have had people who weren’t very good friends to me. It was a vicious cycle I wondered if I would ever break out of. I actually began to think friendship was anything but what I felt in my Heart it was supposed to be. It brought pain. It broke trust. Why did this keep happening over and over again??? When everything failed in the friendship department, is when I turned to God as my Best Friend. I would talk to God about everything first. When something exciting would happen to me, I was so excited to tell Him. When something failed me, I would talk to Him thru tears telling Him what happened asking for advice and help. I learned, He never failed me as a friend. He guided me to make the right decisions, always gave good advice and Loved me when no one else would. What was amazing is once He was my Best Friend, He then sent true friends into my Life. I mean tried and true who would be by my side and give their life to protect me, as I would them. So if you are facing a time right now where you feel alone, remember you always have a friend who will never fail you. Look up.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
My journey has taught me …
On this journey I continue to learn and grow more each day.
My journey has taught me …
The only way to teach a baby Love is to Love them. They don’t understand any other language.
No matter how strong our Faith, we go through life lessons to draw us closer to God, not away from God.
The Hearts that are True are the ones people are drawn to when the world crumbles under their feet.
The most important relationship we will ever have is with God but it is often the one people spend the least time investing in.
Believing in God is not a religion but a way of Life.
When we Bless others then we are Blessed.
Change can happen but it has to start with us first.
The mind is a powerful thing but is useless unless the Heart is beating.
Words cannot be taken back.
Surrender is one word that has the power to change your Life forever.
Truly all things are possible, ALL THINGS, when we Believe.
Without Love, we have nothing and we are nothing.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
The Good Finder …
One thing Zig Ziglar would say that I love is “be the good finder”. When a situation or even a person presents itself, do your eyes seek out the good in what is being presented or are your eyes like a rat scurrying around looking for garbage seeking out what is bad? If the first thing you see is what you don’t like about a situation or person instead of what you do then stop it. It’s time for you to learn how to be a good finder. When garbage is the first thing you are looking for in the things around you, that is exactly what you are feeding your soul. Whatever you put in is what you are going to get out!
Where are your eyes focusing? Are you looking at everything you don’t have or being thankful for what you do have? You ARE Blessed! Take time this week and list 10 Blessings in your life, label it “I AM Blessed” and then hang it somewhere you can look to it as a reminder when your eyes try to seek out the garbage.
You do have Blessings no matter what you are facing, you just may need to dig thru the dirt and garbage that has been trying to pile itself upon you. Seek and you will find. The question is, what are you seeking? Seek good and you will find good. It will change your life :)
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie L. Peters
Power of Words …
The Power of Words. Each day we hold the power to bring life or death to those around us through the words that we speak. We can uplift, encourage and inspire or we can tear down, ruin or destroy. My best friend called me yesterday morning and he was having more than a challenging day. He was beating himself up for a choice he had made the night before that he didn’t want to make any more and was mad at himself for making it. I listened knowing how hard it is working thru those lessons. I said, “Hang in there. I love you.” He then called me later in the afternoon to tell me while he was in drive-thru at Culver’s he had said something that made the girl laugh. When he got up to the window, she said, “thank you so much, I really needed that laugh today.” He said it blessed him so much to hear that, it was exactly what he needed. I love how that works! When he was able to be himself despite the troubles he was facing, it blessed someone which then in turn blessed him back with exactly what he needed. I want to encourage you that no matter what life lessons you are working through, let the Life of who you are flow out of your Heart to another. Words cannot be taken back so speak Words that are going to be so treasured by the Hearts around you that they wouldn’t give them up even if you tried to take them back.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
Pursuit of Happiness …
When you need guidance, especially for something very important in your Life, who do you turn to? I want to encourage you to turn to God and ask for direction as to what He needs you to do. When you seek advice from the world, you will receive worldly advice and worldly advice takes you away from the path God has planned for you every time. An example is a student selecting a major for college. This is a pretty important decision. They look to those around them for advice of what to pursue (their school counselors, their parents, their friends). They look at how much money that career will bring them so they can be financially secure and be “successful”. But how many ask God when He is the only One with the exact answers for their life? He is better than Google! :) So they end up in a job where they are miserable. Sure they may make a good paycheck but they are not happy doing what they are doing. True success has nothing to do with money or a title. True success is discovering your purpose and living it no matter what money it brings (money is never a determining factor with your true purpose). With a job you live for the paycheck but your purpose you live to do not desiring any money to do it. When you pursue your purpose, you not only Love what you do but you are blessed from every direction. Why? Because it’s how God works. When we listen to Him and walk in the ways in which He guides, we are blessed at a level far deeper than financial. At that point we realize we are no longer pursuing money but it is pursuing us. Imagine not chasing that dollar but it pursuing you. In your purpose, you are content, you are happy and have so much joy because you are living what you are called to do.
So seek things directly from God, He will guide you to all that is planned for your Life. Some times He may guide you to a person for wise counsel (someone who hears Him to guide and direct you), some times He may speak directly to you and other times He may remain silent which means you are to be still. He will guide you if you let Him. The answers are available for each Heart if you seek, desire and go directly to Him. Seek, desire and achieve all He has called you to be.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
Who do you trust?
If you were blindfolded and had to cross the busiest New York street before you could see again, who is the one person in the earth that you could trust to get you safely to the other side? Take a moment to think about who that one person is. I mean this is your life, you can’t see where you are going so you have to trust them completely. You have to cross the street, it is the only hope for you to have the blindfold removed. What person in all the world can you trust with your life? Okay, you have his or her name right?
Now trust God that much.
When we Believe He has a plan for us and never give up no matter what we face (even when facing the impossible) …
When we walk into the darkness with only His voice to guide us and protect us …
When we are willing to give it all up (the things that mean the most to us) surrendering free will (our wants and desires) for Divine Will (His wants and desires) …
Is when He knows the depth of our faith and He counts us righteous.
Abraham was counted righteous on account of his faith. He believed the impossible when God said Sara would birth a baby although they were old in age. When the baby finally arrived, the baby he waited 100 years for and loved more than anything – God asked him to place him on the altar as a sacrifice. Can you imagine? Abraham stepped forward with his precious child to do as he was told, that is when God said STOP! Now I know your faith and on account of that faith I count you righteous – you will be blessed and all of your descendants will be blessed. Imagine endless Blessings all on account of your Faith … who do you trust?
True Faith is spoken when one walks forward in the steps that say it all.
With Many Blessings, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Spiritual Bank Accounts …
In a time when many are facing the hardest financial struggles they’ve ever had, much of the focus of people’s lives is centered around money – whether it is how much they have or how much they don’t have. Many people believe that they’ll be happy when they can pay that bill or have the dream house they always wanted. Often it causes them to unknowingly center their life focus on obtaining those things only to discover once they have them, they are still empty inside. Why?
We currently live in a world that teaches, sells, promotes and markets a life of happiness when you obtain that dream vacation, house, car, job, diamond … basically when your bank account is full allowing you to have all of the things you ever wanted. But what hasn’t been being taught is the most important bank account we can ever deposit into for ourselves and others is our Spiritual Bank Account. If our Spiritual Bank Account is not getting deposited into but only withdrawn from, then no matter how much money we have or how many toys we have accumulated, we will be empty inside and be less than a happy camper. We will not have contentment but always long for more. So I want to encourage you to first deposit into the Spiritual Bank Account of the Hearts around you. Each Heart is meant to have abundant treasures and God has placed within our own hands the ability to Bless others which He then Blesses us back. Lift the spirits of those around you by bringing Love, laughter, fun, encouragement, kindness, etc. which deposits into their Spiritual Bank Account. You’ll find when you start making deposits into the Spiritual Bank Accounts around you, your Spiritual Bank Account will runneth over. It’s time to start filling up the bank accounts that matter.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
STOP …
“For through endless toil we meet adversity where if we rest within His wings we will be given everything we need effortlessly.”
- Ammie L. Peters
Stop … when you continue to put your hands to something but your Heart hasn’t guided you to do so you end up overworked, stressed, exhausted and surrounded by worry wondering how you are going to keep your head above water. Who told you to jump in the water in the first place? It’s time to step back, regroup, get centered in God’s Spirit … spend quiet time with Him (just the two of you). All those things you are trying to do are preventing you from hearing what is being spoken. He needs just a few moments to speak to you. In those quiet moments, you will be guided to the steps that will get you on dry ground again. I know your busy but please ensure you take that quiet time each day even if only for 15 minutes. You will then be given guidance on what exactly you are to be putting your hands to, then your ways will be Blessed because you aren’t the one determining your To Do List the Man upstairs is :)
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
The Lion and the Lamb
Along our journey people are sent into our lives to help us along our paths. Some are sent to be the lions in our lives – their role is to come in with that roar to wake us up to the things we aren’t doing right in life. They get in our face about things we don’t want to hear but need to hear. They are ferocious because they have to be. Some are sent to be the lambs – their role is to come in to Love us, to pick us up when we fall … to always be by our side. Both roles, the Lion and the Lamb, are critical to our journey. So when a lion comes across your path, be thankful for the blessing because that lion will surface things in your heart that have to go. But then there is always a lamb sent to help us through it, to heal the wounds, to Love us unconditionally.
See together … the Lion and the Lamb bring a Perfect Heart.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie