Mistakes
Peace …
Face your giants. What is it that keeps you up at night that presses on your Heart robbing you of Peace? God searches our Hearts at night and surfaces things that need to be dealt with. Is it fear? anxiety? guilt? I had a friend ask me if at night I ever had a thought come in that instantly made me feel sick, sweat and worry. I said, “Years ago I did but not any more. Now I lie my head down at night and have Peace.” I learned that often what kept me up was mistakes I had made and was still making. One by one I dealt with each of them. First I had to believe that God forgave me when I cried out devastated at what I had done. I then had to learn to forgive myself. I began to receive Peace but it wasn’t yet complete. My Heart continued to remind me of those things until I faced the giant. I had to deal with it and I didn’t want to. It would hurt those I cared about. It made me sick to my stomach thinking about the mistakes I had made. I was ashamed. Couldn’t I just keep this between God and me? I wrestled with God on this one for awhile but my Heart was speaking loudly (shouting actually) in order to have Peace I had to deal with this. I no longer wanted to look over my shoulder afraid of the dust balls coming to life that I kept trying to sweep under the rug. It was clear, not only did I have to forever change my ways but I had to face this if I wanted full Peace. It was one of the hardest things in my journey but my Heart was relentless. God reminded me He was by my side and would go before me but I had to listen to what He was speaking in my Heart. I had to do things His way. It was time to change my ways and right what I had done wrong even at the risk of losing everything. I had to own up to my mistakes and make amends. I had to make things right to the best of my ability. I had to confess to those I hurt. I had to face my giants. God gave me the strength to do it and when I didn’t know if I had the strength He said, “Let those without sin throw the first stone.” When God is for you, who can be against you? He became my strength and was that rock in my hand that I threw to take down the giant. It wasn’t easy but I did it and it freed me of what was holding me in bondage for too long.
I knew to keep this Peace He had now given me that I could not go back into the life I had left. And if I wandered off path, He would make me go thru these same steps again (just like any other loving Father would do). The thought of having to go thru those steps again (facing God and others with what I did wrong) gave me the strength to walk the straight path forever. God was holding me accountable and that is what that Heart conviction is all about. He taught me through this not only just how deep His Love is even when we completely mess up but that the only way for me to have Peace was to walk in His ways. I had to Live it. I truly had to Live what I believed and it changed my Life forever.
I want to encourage you to face your giants. Let God be the rock in your hand and watch the Giants fall.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
Learning to Walk …
Forgive. We go thru lessons in life to learn and to grow so we can find our way back to who we were made to be from the beginning. When a baby is learning to walk, he stumbles and some times falls but his parents are there to help him stand back up, to hold his hands and to cheer him on until he can walk on his own. The baby doesn’t look at how many times he has fallen or stumbled. He doesn’t give up and sit there all discouraged and depressed. He just wants to walk and to get to the loving arms of his parents who are cheering him on, that is where his focus is. God does the same for us so if you have stumbled or even tripped and fell, look straight ahead to see the arms open wide and hear the Voice cheering you on. Pick yourself up, make things right that you did wrong and take the right steps going forward.
Forgive yourself and forgive others. Understand that although you may already be walking some are just learning to walk. In our spiritual journey, it has nothing to do with age and everything to do with Heart so don’t judge someone because you feel they should know better. They may just be finding their way to Life and learning what is important. Open your arms wide, cheer them on and Love them. They will walk some day it just takes Love and patience. It’s not the mistakes but what we do with them that counts.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
The Good Food …
I saw a vision of someone whose hands were full with two grocery bags but instead of being filled with good food (fruits, vegetables, etc.), they contained big packages marked bitterness, revenge, and anger. Their Heart cried out for Love but no one could get close enough to hug them or to Love them because the bags were in the way. They would have to put the bags down to get what their Heart was desiring but they didn’t want to put them down. It was as if the bags were their most prized possession. Have you ever walked in your house with an arm full of groceries and were so thankful that someone was there to take them out of your arms and help? They would not be able to help you unless you were willing to hand them the bags. One Word will help you to put down those bags … forgiveness. Whether it is forgiving God for the hand you feel you’ve been dealt, forgiving yourself for the mistakes you have made or forgiving someone who has wronged you. Forgiveness will ensure you don’t purchase those items in the first place.
We pay a price for our life lessons but what exactly are we buying? Do we walk away with boxes of anger, hate, and unforgiveness or do we go to the shelf and get a box of thankfulness for what we do have, a box of forgiveness that will help us forgive others and forgive ourselves, or a gallon of Love that we drink a minimum of 8 glasses a day to bring us Life? It is our choice what we buy, no one else can make that choice for us. It’s time to buy the groceries that require no money and load up our grocery bags with good food, things that will bring us nourishment and Life. What are you buying?
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
Clean Laundry …
As we walk this journey, we learn that we are the only ones that can make the decision to put the things down in our lives that have been burdening us. We cry out to God asking for Him to make the load lighter but He says, “Child untie the binding, remove some of the bags and your load will be lighter.” I visualize it like a camel with bags stacked and tied upon its back walking thru the desert. The walk in the desert is hard enough without being overloaded with baggage. Unlike the camel, we have the choice and the ability to untie what is binding us and remove anything that is dragging us down. That baggage is often filled with regrets, mistakes and bad decisions made that need to be dealt with.
When you go on vacation you pack a bag and leave with a suitcase full of clean clothes for your trip. When you come home from vacation, you unpack your bags and sift through the items. You make a pile of dirty clothes and clean clothes, you know which ones are clean and which ones are dirty no one knows better than you without having to sniff around (I know not a pleasant thought but you know it’s true :) You then take the dirty clothes and you wash them, right? Then why in the world when it comes to your life do you still have suitcases filled with dirty laundry that you haven’t dealt with? I want to encourage you to dig them out and wash them. Is anyone able to look at a shirt that has been washed and still call it dirty laundry? If they do, what they speak isn’t true … the truth will set you free. Are you the same person that made those mistakes? If you have learned from them and changed your ways then what are they going to accuse you of, clean laundry?
Please understand WE HAVE ALL MADE MISTAKES – every single person. Learn from your mistakes, become a better person for having made them and always, always keep moving forward until you reach the point of NO MORE and are able to untie that binding and take the bags down to clean the laundry that has been burdening you.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
Inside your Heart is a Light. A Light is not meant to be hidden. I know, you may not even know it is there or be able to see it because the lid is on so tight. The love in the world has a way of bringing so much hurt that we tend to seal it shut and throw away the key. On top of being sealed shut, the world adds layer upon layer of thick chains making it very difficult to open. One by one each chain must be cut loose – the chain of hurts, the chain of rejections, the chain of mistakes, the chain of unworthiness, etc. … each heavy and tightly binding the Heart. But there IS Hope. No matter how tightly shut or bound our Heart may be, there is one door right in the center that can always be opened. It is a door that only we can choose to open and walk through. It’s the door to God’s Love. Once we open that door, His Love lights within us no matter how tightly we have shut off our Heart or how many heavy chains are wrapped around it because this Love is lit within … from the inside out. This beautiful Divine Love will break the chains one by one and bring the One Key in all the universe that unlocks our Heart forever bringing contentment and freedom. It’s time for your Heart to be free of the chains that have bound it for so long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ0uYpzf5XU
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie
RIP Dust Balls …
You’ve made some mistakes, what you do with those mistakes is what builds character.
We walk our journey to learn and along that journey mistakes are made (on both sides of the table – meaning some times we make mistakes, some times others). These mistakes are used to teach us. How we handle them is critical to our spiritual growth. If we focus on the mistake (whether it is by us or someone else) then suddenly we are frozen and not able to move forward. Mistakes are not meant to halt your spiritual growth but to excel you forward. Stop looking at the mistakes! If you’ve made a mistake then make it right, do not try to brush it under the rug thinking it will go away because that dust will rise. What I mean is the dust doesn’t stay under that rug, instead it turns into a dust ball you’ve given life to because now it bounces out (always seemingly at a time of joy) to remind you that you didn’t deal with it. Pretty soon you see it so much you end up naming the thing. Let the dust be dust and the only way to do that is to deal with it – don’t let it rob your peace any more! Deal with those mistakes … from your Heart set out to make it right, ask forgiveness (both of the person(s) it impacted and God), and then learn from it by making up your mind that you are not going to do it again asking God for help. It’s time to clean out the cobwebs and sweep out the dust. A Life of Peace is planned for you.
Many Blessings to you, with MUCH Love!!! :)
Ammie