“It’s in the moment at that exact time in our lives when faced with a problem..when faced with an angry or mad person..when dealing with strife maybe..or an unfortunate circumstance..it is right there in the middle that we choose to rise up..Amen..we choose to do as Christ would do..Amen..we choose immediately to not give any room for the enemy to come in and take us out from our post so to speak..Amen..to take us down from our wall in life..Nehemiah 6:3..for you see because in the end it is only the fact that we have Jesus glorified in and through us..in the way that we responded..to the way we spoke..to the way we carried ourselves..for you see the enemy strives for division..Amen..he doesn’t want the Lord magnified in anything in our lives..he wants others to second guess our calling..our relationship with Christ..everything..because we know that we are to live in peace..our lives..are to be lived to bring glory to the Lord..for you see nothing that no one does to us is supposed to be able to change us from who we are for the Lord..because God fights our battles..Amen..God is the one in whom comes alongside us and gives strength to fight the way He chooses for us to fight..and that is not with angry and mad words..that is not returning evil for evil..that is not bringing up others past and their mistakes..it is not choosing to do to them as they choose to do to us..1 Peter 3:9/Romans 12:17..Amen..no not at all..but what it is, is choosing to give God glory..choosing to do what you have been taught in the word of God..which is honestly everything opposite from who we are and what we would do..Amen..but see that is the beauty in it all..because that is when others know that it isn’t you..because you don’t get hurt by others words..and others strife that they may try to bring your way..because you know who you are in the Lord..you know that you are a child of the most high God..that the Lord has freed you and healed you..that our God has delivered you and your life from the hands of the enemy..Amen..so you live walking for the Lord..because you know that to do like the world to act like the world..is not at all bringing glory or honor to our Father in whom is up there in heaven..so if we get to that place..we have to get away from that place and fast..because the enemy knows if we give him one inch he’ll take a foot..and really he’ll take and steal anything that we give him access to in our lives..anything we choose to give him access to I should say..he will put his crummy hands all over it..everything..and the biggest thing is our attitudes..our actions..the way we talk..the way we act..the way we treat others..and the way we love..Amen..so I don’t know where you are at in your life..but it’s not about us..it’s about how we lead others to the Lord..regardless of how broken we may be..because today may be our last day here on this earth..so why do we live our lives..so terrible at times?..why do we let go of who we are and somehow just choose to do us and our own thing?..other than Jesus and His way and the way He would do things..Amen..so we must always think what is the end result of this going to be..whatever it is..is it going to be a good way to leave a conversation?..to leave the situation?..is it going to bring glory to the Lord?..is it going to lead others to Jesus?..is it going to edify them and uplift them and their spirit?..because I can say that regardless of what Jesus faced our Lord still went about doing good..Acts 10:38..Amen..doing as His Father had bidded Him too..Amen..He truly did deny Himself..for I love this new song..that says..a little less like me and a little more like Jesus..Amen..because we don’t want us to be seen at all..but boy oh boy..we want Jesus to be seen..it goes on to say a little more grace..a little more like peace..a little more of kindness..a little more of mercy..Amen..so let us live for Christ..let us let Him alone be glorified when we walk away from any thing in our lives..no matter what it is..when we walk away from any situation Gods grace..His mercy..His patience..His love is shown in it all..Amen..for then and only then will we make differences..putting Jesus first always..Amen..so we stand firm..we stand strong on the solid rock of Christ in which we’ve been building our lives upon..Psalm 61:2/1 Corinthians 15:58..sharing and shining our Savior in and through it all..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..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