Good Friday

The resurrection means to me that every day I wake up to a new day that can transform yesterdays doubts, disappointments and worries.

Making us Fit for Him!

Till next time!

Inspiration!

Are my eyes open to inspiration?  Am I willing or desiring to be inspired?  There was a time that I was looking to be inspired.  My thinking was, if I were to be inspired it as because of someone else.  It's that way for many of us.  I looked to others for inspiration.  An inspiration that was short lived.  It wasn't permanent. 

There are two ways to use inspiration as I see it.  One to make us feel better which is temporary. Or an inspiration was already within us looking for a way to be released.  

I have spent money on book, CD's and time looking for the magic pill that would inspire me to do...you fill in the blank.  I'm not alone when I say this.  We are a people with an insatiable need for being fulfilled.  And I don't mean that in a bad way.  God created this within each one of us. It is a normal God-given part of who we are.  

So, my question is, why do we look outside ourselves for inspiration?  Yes, there will be a person, place or thing that will spark the beginnings of inspiration but why not look inside? Why not look to our own hearts, mind and soul for the answers.  I know that when I have looked inside to acknowledge the inspiration then act on it, it becomes what I was intended to be.  I am doing what God has made me for.  I have opened my eyes to what He sees in me.  I have acknowledged His glory within me.  How powerful is that!  Making me Fit for Him.

Till next time,

Thank you!

Thank you Lord for Barbara.  Thank you for the person she was and for her love.  Thank you for the way she loved my dad and the joy she gave to him.  Thank you the way she loved my dad's grandchildren that become her own.  Thank you for the laughter, joking and fun we had with her. Thank you for how excited she was for all the family to get together taking up every bed for Labor Day Weekend.  

I will miss her with all my heart!  

Barbara was married to my dad and was my stepmother for the last 24 years.

Making us Fit for Him! 

Till next time...

I'm not a writer...

I love reading.  I would love to be able to write with easy.  To gracefully express the tones of my soul.  But alas, it isn't in me.  What you read is what you get!  Most days it just isn't there, the writing.  

God is amazing in spite of me.  He can preform miracle in me that I had no idea were there, but He knew.  Lately God has been bring me the message of "yes, you can".  And for someone that has been unaware of God given gifts, that is out of this world!  To have the confidence to blog is a major accomplishment.  I can't spell worth a flip and that's not the worst of it.  When I think of what He has to work with I shutter to think He would choose me to speak through and I know I'm not alone in believing this.  Many of us feel that we fall short or lack that confidence to accomplish what God has set before us.

This is funny, as I'm writing about this, Star Wars is on TV.  Yoda just told Luke that one of the things he must do to become a Jeti is to "unlearn what you have learned".  Maybe that's what God wants for us.  To open our minds to unlearning what we have learned.  To intentionally spending time with Him and the Spirit to unlearn what we believe about ourselves. 

I don't know what your struggle is at this time.  But what I do know, is I'm writing on a blog. I'm doing something that I have no schooling or background in doing.  Spending time in unlearning what you believe about yourself can have you doing things that you would never believe you'd be doing making us Fit for Him!

Till next time!

So I reading this book "Anatomy of Peace" by The Arbinger Group and it talks about seeing people as objects or as people, there is a difference.  Seeing people as objects will lead to a collision that is a result of lack of communication, engaging and ego.  On the other hand seeing people as people will be the opposite and is communicating, engaging without ego. 

I'm not even half way through the book but after reading a good portion Sunday night I wanted to become more intentional with my relationships at work, thinking this would be a good place to start.  What I noticed were those I treat as objects, one person in particular.  

This is a good place to start making me "Fit of Him".

Till next time! 

I'm going through a frustrating time spiritually.  I'm not even sure to call it a "spiritual problem" or if it's a desire.  What I know is my heart wants to speak.  I want to talk about what is going on, what has been changed in me and what can be in the future.  But I'm not sure how to go about it, this is the frustration. So I guess I do know.  

Talking about the mysteries of God is one of many topic of Him that interest me.  Lately I think I've been suppressing the desire thinking that my focus needed to be else where.  But today I'm not so sure.  God has brought people into my life that are in need of His healing power.  I feel so privileged to talk with them as they work to sort out their pain and hurts.  It's a rush to see their minds and hearts open up to what God can do.  I'm so thankful for the opportunities and am always wanting more.  This is the frustrating part.  I want to do this more but not sure how to go about it in a larger capacity.  

There will be days that I have a craving to put together a retreat that focus on this or that.  I spend time dreaming of ways to reach more people and share what God has blessed me with. When I hear of people struggling with relationships, esteem or whatever, it ignites a fire in me. But then something stops it and I question myself.  Is this real?  Is this what I'm to be doing?  I don't have the back ground to be a speaker or to counsel others.  Yes, I've experienced healing but does God want me to go in this direction?  Maybe I could work the job I have then do something else in the way of ministry on the weekends?  Maybe God will drop something in my lap of what I'm to do?  Or maybe He wants me just were I am.  But, my day dreams aren't fulfilling my hearts desires.

This is were ya'll come in!  I need prayers.  Pray that God will show me the way to reach more people or ask Him to grant me peace that I will continue to do His work just where I'm.  Either way I want to do His will for I'm confident that it will be fulfilling to my soul making me Fit for Him.

Till next time!

 

Change will come!

I know we all go through times of thinking, will change ever come.  Will my job get better, will my kid ever grow up, will my family ever learn to pickup after themselves...the list can go on forever. There was a time in my life where I was always in a state of waiting for change.  You see, I believed that change was dependent on others.  I believe improvement was possible but the first place I would look was to others then maybe me.  What a way to live!  That's behind me now. But recently I was looking for change in all the wrong places.  I was almost to the point of walking away from the situation thinking the change could never come.  But I am wrong!!  

To believe that change will never come is handing over responsibility and even more, is not trusting.   In any situation there is always personal responsibility.  We see this as we may want to advance in our job.  We take on more work to show a desire for more responsibilities that will bring about change.  When we want a child to take responsibility for cleaning their room we know the best way to teach them is to model that responsibility.  In both instances modeling the desired behavior is the best way to create change.  When people see a change in you, change will happen.

So what about the trust?  In my situation, the one I wanted to walk away from, I believed that change was only possible through others.  This is where the trust comes in, it comes from me. I'm not trusting myself to model the change.  Change, no matter what, can only come from me. And taking it a step further, change can only come when I am willing to trust that God trusts in me.  Let me say that again, God trusts me.  Wow!  What would it mean if I modeled God trusted me?  It goes back to responsibility.  For my situation to change I must be responsible, model the responsibility and show that the trust I have in God is a two way street. I trust Him and He trust me!  

Making me "Fit for Him"!  

Till next time!

PS.  Trust yourself Pieper, be the change you want to see!  I love you!