I Can't Never Could..Why?

As I was in conversation with the Lord this morning, He has me pondering on the following questions and thoughts.  I want to share them with you.
Do you think about what you are thinking about? Do you truly listen to the words that you speak? I, the Lord, tell you that life and death are in the power of the tongue. You have a tongue and you can choose for good things or bad things to happen in your life.
I, the Lord, tell you that nothing in impossible with God, but you continuously say "I can't."
Why do I give the Lord Lordship over my life when I limit Him? This question is heavy on my heart today.
By saying I can't do something is saying that I agree with the enemy, Satan. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Therefore, if I am limiting God to work in my life, then God's BEST just might be taken away because of choices.
The Lord tells us to take every thought captive. Therefore, before a word is spoken, it would be best to think about what we just thought about, right? Why? What the Lord revealed to me is that once we speak what we just thought, we could have changed the course of our life forever.  The words "I can't" or "I am unable to"  can be a real killer when God wants to do an amazing thing in our lives
Just for today, I challenge you to take every thought captive, to believe in what God says you can do and watch life and death happen in your world.  Yes, I accept my own challenge as well.
I don't know about you, but by accepting this choice of good fruit today, I am excited to see what Jesus is going to do in my life.  I hope you will send me a message letting me know how your day went or what good / bad things happened in your life.

~Marjorie

1. Philippians 4:13
   I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
2. 2 Corinthians 10:5
   casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
3. Proverbs 18:21
   Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
   

Traveling Has Changed or Have I?

Traveling this past weekend has led me to recognize that I don't care for speed. I grew up in a big city with traffic all around me, so why was this trip any different?
I sat in the passenger's side watching the other cars as we passed by them. At times my heart would end up in my stomach while other times I was perfectly fine and in my comfort zone. My comfort zone consisted of an easy pace with no one trying to out run the other or even try to slow down and cause a road block; just easy riding.
As I began to ponder on my question to my reaction of fast speed, I started to analize myself and I went further back into my past experiences.
For one, I was the one driving and in control of the vehicle. Next, my past experience with men drivers weren't all that great with high speed and other influences involved. Have you ever noticed that the vehicle goes where your eyes flow?
Last, I don't live in a fast paced world  but rather a slow pace rural county.  as I continue to ponder my position on speed, I almost feel old. Amazing to me, I'm slowing down, tired of the fast pace life and ready to enjoy the finer things in it.
I think we get this way in our family life too. We get so busy trying to reach the top of the ladder, trying to get things done so we can move onto the next task, or even running a worldly race and missing all the good stuff in between. 
If I had known then that I would miss my kids so much now, I would have slowed down. If I had known that I missed a few years in between some other years, I would have slowed down. I was in such a hurry to grow up that now that I'm older, I miss those things.
If you are still young and rushing to get through dating to find the true love of your life, or if you are married with kids and rushing to get them into college, I strongly suggest slowing down. By the time the discoveries have come; the time has passed and you've missed out on the BEST things in life.
I may be slower and older, but  I know I can see the road signs better and life is worth sight seeing.

Traveling the BEST road; lead to eternity.
~Marjorie