Celebrate Life: Isn't Always Easy

 I get to celebrate the day God brought me into this world, but I am going to celebrate it today. Why you ask? My birthday wish is for YOU! I wish you a year of goodness and happiness and in your sadness that you will turn your eyes to heaven. I wish you will allow yourself the chance to be positive in the negative, and change from the inside out. Celebrate Life!
There was a day when I didn't want to celebrate life, but end my life. There were many times I was cold, lonely, and dark . Sometimes, I want to forget about those day, but I am reminded of it when I hear of others suffering and want to end their life too.
I use to think "it's only going to get worse instead of better." When I wanted to end my life I was without a job which meant no income, meant no payment to my rent, and other things I owed.
I would take a ride to our riverfront here and contemplate driving my car into the water or jumping in into the the water which looked like a black hole. I was in a black hole already, it just seamed logical to me, to stay in it and drown the world and my troubles out.  I also attempted to end my life by swallowing a bunch of pills and followed it with a whole bottle of wine.  I knew in any minute my life was going to be over.
I had the guts to finish my life, but (apparently) I was saved from it. I struggled between the good thoughts and the bad ones. I had friends in my life speaking good things to me, but I wasn't believing the good stuff of what I heard them say.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

It takes believing the good comments people said about me that helped me to get out of my pit.
Also when I changed my stinking thinking to to the good comments and believing what God said about me; my life began to change for the better.

When someone gives you a card, a birthday card, a thank you card, a valentine's card, what do you do with it? I use to throw mine away. Now, I keep them up on a shelf to admire it for a while, then I put them in a card box and keep them.  When I feel lonely, frustrated, sad, or whatever emotion might try to take over, I will read a card or two and believe what it says about me. What they say about me. 

I hope you will begin to make a card box or an encouraging box; maybe even write down when people make nice comments to you and at the end of the day, read them out loud to yourself. It will help you to change that stinking thinking and you will one day be an encourager to someone else or at least know how to build yourself up.

I don't know if  you have some stinking thinking going on or you may know someone who does. I encourage you to stop by a floral shop and smell the flowers and think of a good place. I suggest, stopping by and seeing a friend, say to them "I am hurting" and let them talk to you and build you up.

 When a person breaks or sprangs their foot, they usually need crutches. Let someone else be your crutch when you feel like your broken or bruised; that's why you have friends, teachers, mates, pastors, deacons, and even dogs.

Let me know if I can help you. I want to help you or your friend.


** There are good people around us that are willing to help us change our stinking thinking for little to no cost to you. There are great recovery groups in the area that will help you with your hurt, habit, or hang up.
Get Connected Today; ask me how.**  Marjorie 386-325-3334