Anything that blossoms into something beautiful takes time guys…but especially us Gods children….we don’t just start out in this wonderful and glorious filled relationship with Jesus as to saying in the part of trusting in Him for everything that comes our way in life..because when you first start out it is a struggle to lean over and cast your cares on the Lord..Psalm 55:22..it is a struggle to go by faith and not sight..2 Corinthians 5:7…it is a struggle to call them things that be not as though they were..Romans 4:17…for none of us get to that place through easy task in our lives..but we get there through our trials that come..we get there through our struggles..through our heartaches…through our pains…that’s when we grow and learn to lean, trust and believe in the Lord…for a relationship any relationship takes time to grow into blooming and blossoming into a wonderful and beautiful thing…it takes a daily commitment…and a daily speaking and talking with one another..for by doing so you grow into knowing one another and trusting one another..and yes guys even the Lord speaks and talks to us if were only quiet enough to listen to His still small voice speaking to us…for He says my sheep know my voice..and they follow me…but that the voice of a stranger we would not follow..John 10:27-28…Hallelujah…so understand that we will be fought..we will all face hard times..we will all face at one point and time in our lives loneliness..we will all face many different kinds of things…but through them we will learn that Jesus Christ is Lord..and that He is always there..Deuteronomy 31:6…and that He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother..Proverbs 18:24..and that we can call on Him anytime day or night and He will be there..Psalm 91:15…and that we can come boldy into His throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need..Hebrews 4:16…so life was never promised to be an easy thing to live..and even when it’s lived for the Lord..because it rains on the just and the unjust..Matthew 5:45…so I know that there are all of these people who think that living for the Lord is going to be an easy task…or a walk in the park so to speak..but not to discourage you or anything that’s not my goal, but I do have news for ya…it’s the furthest thing from that…for we are in war guys..and we are to be soldiers in Gods army..for wrestle not against flesh and blood about rulers of the darkness of this world…against spiritual wickedness in high places…so the Lord tells us to put n the armor of the Lord that we may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one..Ephesians 6:12-13…Hallelujah..so how do we do this?…well for one we pray all the time…keep our minds and our hearts focused on Jesus…and secondly we read the word of God..for the Lord says my children fail for lack of wisdom..Hosea 4:6..and thirdly we do what the word says…we live it out daily…doing our very best to sow good seeds…and to walk and live our lives always pleasing the Lord…so just know that if the Lord was tempted, tried and deceived and lied on…we as well will face and go through the same types of things…but what’s so grand and what’s so great is that we have the Lord our God on our side fighting for us…interceding for us…and believing in us…strengthening us, guiding us. keeping us and protecting us…so my thought today guys is this…don’t ever quit…because quitting is not a solution for any of our circumstances and or situations that we may be faced with…but I pray you anchor down deep and go get into the Lords presence and catch your second wind..for the Lord is with you always and the Lord is fighting for you…so you must know that you know the you are a child of the King…and that He is watching you and that He loves you and that He is working it all together for your good..Romans 8:28..for He never promised that the cross would not get heavy, or the hill would not be hard to climb, he never offered our victories without fighting but He said help would always come in time..so just remember when your standing in the valley of decisions and the adversary says give in, just hold on, our Lord will show up and He will take you and me, through the fire again…In Jesus’ name..Amen and Amen…Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi