The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher states. The great teacher inspires. ~ William Arthur Ward

RT @AlishaNorris: "You can be pitiful or you can be powerful...but you can't be both." Joyce Meyer

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ~ Angus Grossart

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. ~ Mary Gardiner Brainard

A Word Of Encouragement

I was writing an article today for my business website about the economy and how is has effected careers. It really is amazing how years ago people would go to school and were ensured a job with a pension. Now days this has all drastically changed. After 7.5 in my job and a substantial promotion I could not understand how I was suddenly terminated. Like, how does this happen? But it brought me to the reality, that nothing is a guarantee.
Life has a lot of changes, some up (and those days are short lived) and some down (and those appear to be eternal). Neither is correct but the bible states in Ecclesiastic to everything there is a season. I suppose we all have to experience it all. For me I must admit in the beginning I was positive and hopeful and as time went on and things were coming apart at the seams I was tempted to do lose my faith. I had my days that I thought I would not ever get out from under. But I’d get a grip and get into my word and like a stream on a brook I would get my faith back.
As I’ve said before I love journaling. I write letters to God and in those letters I express all my confusion, pain and frustration. As I write I can hear God’s voice asking me to either turn to a bible passage or scripture, or a song of encouragement. These are the things I relish about my time with him. I hear a lot of people say that God does not speak. Oh, but he does! It is not a loud abrupt voice, it is a firm but kind voice. And he speaks exactly to your need or situation.
If you are reading this and you are having a bad day or a bad season. Be of good cheer you are not alone. And this will not last an eternity. There is hope for a better day. To everything there is a season. If you want to check out because it’s the winter cold, bitter, rainy and snowy season of your life how sad would it be that you will not enjoy the joy of the spring. I find that you enjoy your good seasons so much more when you have had a really bad season. It all temporal! It will soon be over and I will rejoice along with you because I too am in the midst of my winter. Yet, I see the sunlight of my spring and I metaphorically hear the birds chirping and I know that this season is almost over! You need to keep your faith! And although I acknowledge it is not always easy, it is necessary for surviving the winters of your life! Be encouraged today!

Be Blessed,

Nilda

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

It's All About Relationship

Its midnight and I suddenly had the urge to write. I don’t want to write about anything incredibly creative I just wanted to chat. Chat with whoever is listening… Today I had one of “those days”. I was sort of burnt out from a long tedious week. I spent the week helping people and spreading myself kinda thin. By today I was drained and had very little energy for me. So I made a decision. I decided that I was going to spend all of this coming week on ME!
And here is my plan. I will do some work the rest of the time will be spent on what I want to do. I will work out everyday, spend time with God, reading and meditating. Just the thought of it relaxes me. I love sitting down and writing letters to God. I do this daily spend time in prayer meditation then I write. I did not have much of a chance to do that this week and I miss it! I really miss it. It’s like writing to a significant other… you want to communicate…constantly, daily at least.
It’s a good thing he loves me in spite of it all. Sometimes I rant, sometimes complain, but most often I thank Him for his goodness and his faithfulness to me. With me it’s not about religion, actually I hate religion. Who can keep up with all of the judgmental rules anyway? I love the relationship I have with God. He wears so many hats in our relationship, when I need a Dad he is my Father, when I need a buddy he is my Friend, when I need a knight in shining armor he is my Lord, when I need a deliverer he is my God. He is my “I am” whatever I need whenever I need he is there to fit the shoes of whatever role I need him to play… that’s what’s amazing about having a relationship with Him. I don’t know of anyone else that can do this. What a relief to have a listening ear 24-7 – 365. It really does not get better than that! I think that is why I love Him so much.