Family, Love And Loyalty

On Monday  I was at the gym and I saw a 

guy wearing a shirt that said family, love 

and loyalty  on the back of it. I  thought

the guy had the right thought.

A lot of  people  have  shirts on that have

words and they are not all good. He was

starting the right message.  In our world  

or at least the one I  see some times or

read about this is far from it.

I fortunately able  to  find people  who

share some of the same values I do.

Not sure what the percentage  is however

they are kind to one another for most

part.

I  would put love at the top of list followed

by family and loyalty.  It is so important 

we are loyal to our family and those we 

feel  the closest to.  

I enjoy seeing  those at the gym even if

it is only once in a while. I  like the fact

I  have gotten to know more of them.

I  would call them to be circle of friends 

to some degree. Often friends become

family since we may spend more time

with them  besides family.  I  am  saying 

about our grown siblings then  our spouse 

and children. It doesn't  take away what

they mean to us.  

So maybe this is a good motto to have

family, love and loyalty.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Our Age

When it comes to our age we may wonder

if we have anything  to  offer to others and

whether we do have a  purpose in our life.

It is a fair question  to  ask. The three age

groups that may have doubt and wonder 

if they have anything to offer. There is

the youth, middle  age and seniors.

The youth who are not sure they are ready

yet. It is  the parents who can teach team 

that they have a purpose.  The youth can

help help other youths. They can be bold to 

share with those who are older then them.

Middle  age may wonder whether there are

leaning toward the senior group. They have

children in college  or they have grandchildren.

You still have words of wisdom to share with

those who are young and with those who are

in college  you can always ask how they are

doing. You can let them know your experience 

when you were their age. You can speak with

those in your age group who are going through 

the same transition you are and you can let

seniors know they are not forgotten.

Seniors can  be  a  tough time since often those

younger have forgotten  about you and what the

experience  you have to help them to continue in

life. For those who  are  seniors this could be the

greatest time in your life purpose.  Don't  let  fear

or doubt eat you up. You  have the time and you

can spend it with other seniors to encourage. 

Keep your eyes open for those around you. Don't 

let any health issues  get in the way either.

We all need each other regardless  of each one's

age. Our gifts and talents should be shared with

anyone you come into contact with.  When you

wake up ask God what you can do today. Meditate

and see what comes to your mind. Pray those need

to hear what comes to your mind. You can ask for

even one word to share.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

About Your Experience

In the last post I  wrote about

opening our eyes and about 

looking for others  experiences. 

I hope it all goes well  for each 

of us. It doesn't  matter how old

we are to share where we have

been and where we want to go.

God has a big plan for each of 

us greater than we know. I  have

a friend and fellow church member

at a young age got hooked on drugs.

As a young adult he landed in jail. 

He heard about Jesus  Christ while

in prison and his life turned around.

Now he visits  prisons sharing not

only Jesus  Christ however his life

experience.  God turned him around

to help others who went through the

same thing.

Not everyone  will accept  what we

say however if one person  life turns

than it is worth  it. This is what I  do

with this blog. Whoever has a life

change or has improvement to their

life I am doing a good  thing and doing

what I am here for.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Keeping Your Eyes Open

It s so important  we keep  our eyes

open to those who become part of 

our circle.  Those we may have not 

known before or we didn't  think 

would  be in the group. 

There are people that can use our

purpose  and we can use their's  

as well. We can all use a group 

of friends that can make us even 

better.

We should tell others our life 

experiences that will be an

impact on their lives. The 

best way though is to have

them open up about their's.

This happens  more one on 

one.

In a group  setting we can 

speak our experiences more

easily when the opportunity 

arises.

A good way to encourage 

others is for them to open

up. Our similarities and

differences can be an impact

on everyone  involved. We

should known we are here

together.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Looking Ahead

Whatever obstacles  we have gone 

through  we can still ahead to the

future as well as the present time.

It is okay to  take a little time  off

though should keep in touch with

those who are friends and the ones

you have mentored or part of your

life purpose. 

It doesn't  mean  while taking  the

time off you have to spend a lot

of talking to them. You can email

or text message or talk on the

phone letting  them know though

you are taking a short break they 

are still on your mind. 

If you made any appointments  

during the time off you can 

extend them depending on the

person. How much time off 

depends on you. For some it

could be a week  or  a month.

Energizing yourself and having

your mind in is a good thing.

Think like you are on vacation 

and you can take a vacation if

it is the best way to energize.

Looking ahead and making plans

is always a good idea although 

today is still the most important 

thing. If you are studying to help

becoming  better person  in doing

your purpose it is good to begin

those exercises  as soon as possible.

May you have a wonderful  weekend 

and your rest or whatever your plans

for it go well.   ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Obstacles That Get In the Way

I have mentioned  before we can be

sidetracked  in our live purpose. 

Mostly  we didn't  know that we had 

a purpose  to begin with.  

I am sure many believe that we are 

here and don't even know there is

a purpose  even if we believe in God.

We may think we live our lives for

a number of years then die. We may

go to heaven.  Purpose  isn't  in our

minds at all. We may do good things

since we are good  people. Possible 

bad people  do good things once in

a while too.

Those who do realize that they have

a purpose  while  living might be

distracted by the world in doing the

right thing or lack of belief or faith.

Right before  I  started writing  this it

came to my mind in the old testament

there was a man named Job. The book

about him is right before Psalms. There

is though he lived right after Genesis.

In any case he was maybe the richest 

man of his day.

Satan came to God to speak about his

servant Job. Satan said to God he believes 

in you because he is rich and has a big

family.  He wouldn't  believe if he didn't 

have anything or a lot less anyway. God

believed something in Job that he told

Satan you can do anything  to Job except 

kill him. God didn't  say about his family.

Satan had Job became very ill along with

loosing everything  including his children.

Job even lost his reputation since his

friends and many that knew him that he

must have sinned against God. Even his

wife wanted him to curse God and die.

In the end Job had his reputation  restored

since he didn't  curse God. His friends were

told by God that they sinned against Job.

The man Job was still  honored by God for

his faith. Don't  know  much else about

Job though God gave him double what he

had before Satan came to him. He had  more

children as well and lived a long life. I  am  

not sure what the total  of  Job's purpose 

however he showed what it means to believe 

no matter what the cost is.

This is the only story  I know of in the  Bible

of it's  type though I  believe it symbols  the

life of Jesus Christ a few thousands years

before  him. I  believe it shows what we can

do no matter  what  obstacles  that can get

in our way and how we can overcome as well. 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

What is Our Motivation

I believe God is behind our purpose. 

We were created  for  a  purpose 

he designed before we were born.

Sometimes as I  have mentioned  

before it takes a while for us to

understand  what our  purpose  is.

I  certainly  know it was for me.

I believe  that  our job or vocation 

sometimes gets us ready for our

purpose.  Our talents  especially  

have to be refined to get our 

purpose where it ought  to be. 

It does come down to us individually.

Some people  know their purpose 

early  in life while others like myself 

takes longer. Success can be happen

at anytime. 

Though God created us for a purpose 

he gives us a choice too. I  think  about

when I  was in high school  I  wanted to

be a sportscaster.  I  knew a lot about 

sports and I  still do. The thing is I didn't

have as much talent back then that I

believe I do now. It isn't  that I was real

bad that there are a lot of good sportscaster

out there. It is like other jobs to.

I  discovered other jobs over the years and

I  am  more mature as well.  If I  did things

over again I would be a sports writer since

I  am  a better writer than a speaker though

I  think I  could do both now.

I am  sure  other people  have done different 

occupations over the years. They go into

retirement from work and find even a greater

purpose.  We have become mature and have

the time to do so. I  am  sure  God's purpose 

and your idea of purpose  will come together

though he has given you free will  on it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

We Should Know

We should know that we need more.

No matter how good we are at some

things we need others  to help us.

This where we are at. Though we have 

a purpose others are around us with 

their purpose to help us.

Having others will make us stronger.

We will still won't be perfect or all

together strong however makes our

life feel a lot better.

We can think about what are we here

for. We can't just hang out until our

life is over. That would be a tough way

to live for sure. We know money doesn't 

buy us every thing.

We are put into a family to feel better

above us. Unfortunately it doesn't

always work out that way. We maybe 

blessed into a good and lovely family

however not everyone is. The key is 

how people deal when the family isn't

what it should be.  Some are able to

overcome a bad experience why others

don't. This is a good reason to help

others who were put into a bad  situation. 

Keep your eyes open where you can

help someone else who is missing

what you got.  ♥♥♥♥

In His Image

The book of Genesis  in the Bible 

says we are created  in God's 

image.  Quite awesome  if we

think about it.

Throughout  the Bible we can see

what is like. We can think about

what we are like as well.  Of course

we are not up to God's  level.  The

book of Genesis  speaks of the fall

of man in the garden of Eden.

Even so we can think of our potential 

since we are in God's  image. It 

doesn't  mean we are a god ourself.

We can use our imagination to think

that God is like as well.  Just think

our character and personality. God

lives in the light and we can think our

character in the light as well as our

personality.  Unfortunately  we live in 

darkness sometimes  to.

I am imagining taking every human

being on the face of the earth and

our attributes  all together. Well God

has many of the same and a lot more

too.

Let us spend time in our thoughts 

and imagination who God is like.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hearing From God

Many Christians  and those seeking

after God want to hear his voice 

and receive words from him.

My experience is  God usually speaks 

with a small voice. He often speaks 

through people  too.

I have heard  several  sermons and

I  have gone to few conferences on

hearing from God.

A good idea if you have felt that you

haven't never from God or it has been

a while is when you first wake up in

the morning ask him to  give you a

verse out of the Bible. Do that everyday 

and I  am  pretty  sure  you will  hear 

from him clearer and  clearer.  

This morning  I  asked God for a word

from the Bible. He gave me Psalm  19. 

It talks about heaven and his righteousness. 

Often I  ask God what he wants me to 

write on this blog. This is how much

he cares about you. He gave me hearing 

from him. He yearns to hear from everyone. 

Even those who don't  know  about him.

He will  even tell you more about your

purpose.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

It is Ok

Whatever we do in our purpose  it is ok.

It is important  to work on our skills

though.

Right now I  am  working on being a

better  listener.  Although I  love to

talk it is as important to listen. 

Those who don't  talk as much do 

have a lot to say as well.  The important 

thing is to draw it out of them. The

way is to ask questions  that will

allow them to break out. What is

important  to  them. 

Those who don't  talk as much have 

a lot to say however others don't ask

them. It doesn't  mean  they will ever

be big talkers but will be able to share 

what is important.  

So if you know something  about

someone  like their family ask them

and sit  back to listen.

Another skill is to watch for others

body language.  By doing so you will 

see whether  they are wanting  to pick

up what you are saying and get into

the conversation.  This will lead us 

to increase our purpose.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

How are You?

This is a question  I  am  asked a lot.

How are you? I  am  sure there are

many that are asked the same question. 

I believe that question  is  asked by

those we have met the first time or

we haven't  seen  in a while. How

much time we have s much of a

reason.  Many ways it is a greeting

as well. 

This all comes down to the specific 

person  asking the question.  I  certainly 

don't  want to answer it the same way

always whether positive or negative. 

Wednesday was my grand niece Georgia's 

second birthday. Though I  wasn't  there

to see her since I  live in the Seattle area

she is in St. Louis Missouri so I  did wish

her a happy  birthday.  Anyway  answering 

how are you I say good or great and say 

this is my great niece Georgia's birthday. 

Have enough time I showed the picture 

of her on my smart phone.

Since I  am  one who wants to encourage

others my plan is to have at least one word 

in that direction.  Each morning and find 

out from God what word can I give others 

on  this day.

Since my purpose  is  to  encourage you. I 

may give the same or similar to  what I say

here. Say I  feel the word to say would be

hope. I  will  ask a question  that may sound

like how are you or one that will allow me

to respond back to their answer. 

I know not everyone has the same in their

purpose  to encourage  others or at least

not directly.  Whatever your purpose  is

encouragement is included in there somehow. 

When you awake up think about you want 

to express to others on that day and who

they maybe. They can be your family or

coworkers or customers or anyone you

will meet  in the market place.  Whatever

you do will make an impact on them. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Open Doors

Asking others questions is a good

way to open doors.

They will feel better about you. These

days people are busy so you ask one

or two questions. If they seem to want

to engage longer than that is fine or

stay the time they have.

This comes down when you are

talking with people. This is more 

with those you meet in the market 

place. In a group setting time is

more likely be longer however 

beginning with one or two questions

is still a good idea. They may expand

what they have to say. If they want

more they will ask you. It comes down

to body language. Whatever the case

they need to know you care about them

and you are willing to give the time and

space.  ♥♥♥♥