Monday, December 12, 2016

Are we allowing God (or anybody) to correct us?




Wow!  What a blessed day!  Today began early, 6:30 AM, by watching a Live Stream of WWW.FTHCM.ORG, our Parent Church in Maryland.  The Men just got back from the Men's Retreat on the Mountain, which is always a powerful time.  Something about the unity of 300+ Brothers praying and singing and Praising God as they return with changed and changing lives that is always sooooo impactful.  Bishop was tired but gave a powerful message.
I need " A more Excellent spirit", (attitude, mind set):
          When I don't have peace,
          When I am filled with anxiety,
          When I have strife with my Brother, or Sister,
          When I am in my own strength,
How to change our Attitude:
          1. I must accept correction!
                   Correction is an attribute of Love.
AS LONG AS I LIVE, I WILL NEED CORRECTION!
          2. I must allow correction to change me, not just correct. (like   going to Jail for correction but not be changed.)
          3. Correction is an opportunity to change my attitude before      it causes terrible consequences.
Peace and Righteousness don't come without Humility.
I get corrected because:
          1. God knows me and (still)loves me.
          2. I am His Child
CORRECTION IS SUSPOSED TO BE PAINFUL!
I need to receive and respect God and His correction and those He sends to correct me. So I will have Peace.

I got all of that while I was getting dressed to go to FTHCM of Las Vegas.  I had heard from my Newly "adopted" Grandson, that was supposed to go with me, that he had to work until 2 AM,(double shift) and would probably not wake up in time, but definitely next Sunday.
          I had just pulled up in the Church parking lot at 9:30 AM and I got a text from Stanley that he would go to Church with me but he didn't want to "disrespect" my husband by making "us" late.  Since my husband is Jesus now, He told me to go get Stanley (10 minutes away).  Due to Cell phone unreliability and miscommunication, it took about an hour to get back but right on time for the message!
Stanley had been looking for a good Church and he definitely received from the message, and he went by himself to introduced himself to Pastor McDuel. 
After Service I received a beautiful card from Pastor and Sis. Mc Duel.  When I opened the card, blessings fell out .  God is so amazing!  You can't beat God giving!
Stanley and I spent the rest of the day, going to lunch and hanging out.  He cuts hair and we did some business cards for him to launch his "in-home" Kutz for a King business.  He has an entrepreneurial attitude.  It was so much fun getting better acquainted with him.  Then I took him to work (Security at the Airport).  I stopped to get gas to fill up before turning in the rental car for tomorrow, he insisted on paying for and pumping the gas.  What a Grandson!

Oh, I forgot to tell you about the Art Prints.  I am parked near the dumpster and I saw 2 impressionistic pictures (24x34") in nice frames propped against the wall near the dumpster.  They were obviously too valuable for throwing away so they were there for someone who wanted them.  I waited to see if someone else wanted them and since no one came, I got them.  They were both signed prints, one quite old and I looked up the other one, and it was costing $195 on line.  I haven't been able to decipher
 the signature yet on the older one.  It had paper backing on it and is a numbered print.  I like them, and someone will get them for Christmas.

I am still in Las Vegas, I can stay free until the 21st.  It is going to get up to 63 degrees here today which should be nice.  I will turn in my rental car today and will be car-less, which is OK.  I went to the grocery store and got all my supplies on Saturday.  I met my next door neighbor who is a Widow also and she is here all year and she has a pick-up truck.  There are a lot of stores close also that I could walk to.   

PS. I called my "Go-to-RV" guy Saturday and getting my heat back was a simple fix.  A circuit-breaker flipped and all I had to do was turn it all the way off and back on again. WALLA! IT WORKS!

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