The day with dianne Louise

For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. Deuteronomy  30:16 We must choose wisely who we will give our hearts to as these individuals will influence us. When I am in close contact with a person and I love them I begin to behave like them. I am like a mirror.  Having the Lord the chief owner of my affections ensures that He will be my chief influencer. With Him I am safe! Amen!

Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. Psalms 90:12 NLT Knowing, insight and understanding are all gifts from God. We can stumble along without them but with them we make much wiser choices. Why are we drawn to the people we are drawn to? Why are we compelled to react the way we do? What is there in our family's past that traps us? When we know we can do things differently. I have found that as I seek the Lord wisdom, knowledge and understanding are all readily available. He is worthy of all praise and the peace that comes from His knowledge changes us. Amen!

The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalms 19:7 NLT Soul revival is important but do we see it as so? Today was my mother's funeral. It was emotionally draining and tonight I am reviving. I have had my daughter and granddaughter over for  pizza and salad. We talked about the day and then we talked about photography of all things. Photography can be very refreshing. However, the most refreshing thing I can do is put my hand in the hand who walked on water. He is the best refreshment I can find. Amen!

The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalms 19:7 NLT Flat pack furniture is common today. Almost everyone would have experienced having to follow instructions on where to put screws and if you failed to follow instructions you would know something was wrong, you would have left-over pieces. Our life is like that. We have instructions but fail to follow and have all manner of problems because of it. Try the instructions. Amen!

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 NLT I remember as a young mother crying to a friend about the difficulties I was experiencing. She jumped into counsel mode. I told her I didn't need counsel I just wanted a friend to talk to. She still tried to counsel me. It is frustrating when people will not just sit and listen and love you where you are at. Today I had a neighbor come in to tell me her grief. She has some medical issues and the possible outcomes were frightening her. I hugged her and encouraged her. I told her how I had been in a similar place many years ago. It turned out nothing ugly and I prayed for her. I enjoyed it. Yesterday I had an 80 year old gent tell me he enjoyed my Facebook posts and that they were positive. They were ministering to him. I am so pleased. I post a scripture every day as well as positive and uplifting thoughts for the day. This is a part of being a blessin...

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. James 1:19‭-‬20 NLT Today I seek more of God. I am to face a situation which, last time I met this person, I became very angry. This person carries around a few evil spirits and I am being expected to accept this as a normal human being. I want to cast them out. Lord I need to see what You see and act as You would act. You went out of Your way to go to the Gardarenes to cast a legion of spirits from the man in the graveyard. Your were not angry but compassionate. Show me Your heart for this person and how to act. Amen!

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Colossians 3:15 NLT Not only should we endeavour to have peace from conflicting emotions in our own heart, we should seek to live in peace with others. Peace, unlike what some believe, is not obtained by escaping life, but rather in the storm. Put your hand out and imagine it parts the worlds between earth and heaven and touch Christ. Allow His peace to infuse your soul. Amen!