“Following Jesus and becoming a child of God is not just a destination that we automatically reach..but it is a journey that we take daily..step by step holding fast and holding on to the Lord Jesus and His hand..as he alone leads and guides us..Amen..and then it’s up to us to choose to follow or choose to do whatever we want to do..Amen..we have freewill in our lives..that’s why the bible says to us that we are to daily pick up our cross and follow the Lord..Matthew 10:38..yesterday we did what we did..and tomorrow well it might not come for us..we never know..so today is the day that we do the best we can for Jesus..following after Him and His ways..denying ourselves..Amen..so we don’t just get there to the place that we are heading to..when we commit and say yes to the Lord and ask Him to come into our hearts..but it is when we continually say yes to Him..daily say yes to Him..Amen..shining and sharing the gospel to others and their lives..telling them about the Lord and all He has done for you and all that He will do for them..Amen..so we choose to follow..we choose to be what the Lord alone desires..we choose sometimes the hard road of life so to speak..if that means that we are where Jesus wants for us to be..Amen..it’s not an easy journey at times..and sometimes we fall down and sometimes we even get knocked down by this life in which we live..Proverbs 24:16/1 Timothy 1:9..but even then we still know that the Lord is good..Amen..that God is always the same..Hebrews 13:8..that we can trust Him through the whole process..because He is Lord..Amen..and our Father is always with us..Isaiah 41:10..He knows us..He has a plan for us..Jeremiah 29:11..Amen!”

“So through everything we get up and we dust ourselves off so to speak..and we keep placing one foot in front of the other..knowing that whatever way our feet are heading that God our Father is directing them..because the word of God says that we may make our plans but it is the Lord whom directs our footsteps..Proverbs 16:9..Amen..so think about this day and the things you alone are going to do today for Jesus..and choose well the things you choose..don’t be careless in your life..know that we all reap what we sow..Galatians 6:7-8..and sometimes we are reaping certain things because we ourselves have chosen to sow them..Amen..but just know that it is a process this journey that we are on for the Lord..and it is a daily one..it is not an immediate destination that we reach where we can kick up our feet and simply sit back and relax..but it is about getting our hands dirty..and it is about making the most of these 24 hours that we have been given..to daily accomplish something great and wonderful for our Lord..so know that you are here for a much needed reason..your journey of life is still going..so keep going..don’t give up and don’t consider that it is time to rest..staying there in vacation mode..Amen..because vacation and the rest mode shouldn’t be there just yet in our lives..until heaven comes down and rescues us from this fallen world in which we live..Amen..so until then stay on the pathway and stay close to the Lord..being His hands and being His feet..knowing that you are about the Father’s business..and you are doing Kingdom work..much of it at it’s best..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