A place to be me....

This morning I was troubled by sideways questions that some had about where I am right now.  So I thought...where can I just vent and be honest without offending too many? I remembered my blog that I haven't posted on in years.  I changed the title to reflect where I stand in life right now.  I have to be honest where I am and what is happening in my life right now and this is the place to do it.  Here is my therapy.  Here is where I will track my journey.....READY SET....GO!!

Fresh Start....

Some encouraging scriptures that are definitely the definition of what God is doing in my life right now....

Helping me move on from the past...
Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.

Encouraging me about my future...
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans that I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Building up my self worth...
Matthew 10:29-31
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more than many sparrows.

The Lord is good and knows exactly what I need.

Word Echoes

I shouted aloud and louder
While out on the plain one day;
The sound grew fainter and fainter
Until it died away,
My words had gone forever,
They left no trace or track,
But hills nearby caught up the cry
And sent an echo back.
I spoke a word in anger
To one who was my friend,
Like a knife it cut deeply,
A wound that was hard to mend.
That word, so thoughtlessly uttered,
I would we could both forget,
But its echo lives and memory gives
The recollection yet.
How many hearts are broken,
How many friends are lost
By some unkind word spoken
Before we count the cost!
But a word of deed and kindness
Will re-pay a thousand-fold,
For it echoes again in the hearts of men
And carries joy untold.

-C.A. Lufburrow

"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 15:1

I could scream from the highest mountain the wrongs that have been done to me. I could retaliate and defend myself and expose the lies that have been told. But that would do nothing at this point. It is time to change my life and begin truly allowing God to fight my battles. I have been wrong...but I also have been wronged and treated unfairly, misunderstood, misconstrued and flat out lied about. The above poem speaks volumes about the tongue and how you can't take it back once it is said...the wounds cut deep.