Q.T.I.P.

This past week I was out sharing what a qtip could really do to a person and for a person. The one thing I didn't recognize was the three fingers pointing back at me. Are you saying "huh?" do this exercise: close your fist, now point your index finger out. Your middle, ring, and pinky fingers are pointing back at you. I have been trying to prepare for a transition taking place in my home. As I am walking through it, nothing can prepare me for this. My heart has been heavy over the fact that I don't want my best friend to be angry with me, ignore me, or even feel like I am abandoning her. What I need to accept is that just as the Israelites told Samuel they wanted a king and wanted one now. I need to know the same response the Lord gave to Samuel. "heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day I brought them out of Egypt, even to this day- with which they have forsaken Me and served other other gods- so they are doing to you also." I Samuel 8:7-8 See q.t.I.p. Stands for Q- quit, T- taking, I- it, P - personally! Now get a real qtip out and put one in each ear. You will feel and experience the true meaning of this activity. Well I was reminded in the above scripture that whatever my friend says to me, does towards me, or even doesn't do or say is not geared at me directly. She is not rejecting me, but God. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against the wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 I have to realize and recognize the evil eyes I get, the negative responses and the rejection I receive is not directly towards me. I believe in healing, I believe that most of our yucky pucky's are between our ears and we have a choice to how we respond to what we hear or experience.  God told us who we fight against, He told us who is being rejected, and He told us how to handle it. In prayer I ask for the Lord to give my friend an awakening. I ask Him for a life changing experience to occur, but I also know His ways are higher than my ways. I know He is with my friend, and I know she has her own journey to take.  I thank the Lord that I have had this opportunity in my life to love on, share His goodness with my friend, and move us both into all that He has for us.  I choose today to stop taking this journey of life personally. It isn't about me, but Him, the Father God Almighty. I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for doing for me and you what we could not do for ourselves. I praise Him for this day. For this is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.  So if you find yourself listening to what people say towards you that is negative, beating you down, or just merely criticizing you; put a couple of qtips in your ears.   It will change your perspective, I promise you! ~God's righteousness is encouraging