“So I’m thinking back as I walk out my door this evening and look over to my new neighbors garden they have planted and I can’t help but think back to my other neighbors and these beautiful pumpkins they had alongside their garden box in their yard they had a few years back..and how gorgeous these group of pumpkins were that they had lined up alongside it..and I thought they were marvelous…they looked so great just lined up really neatly and nicely along them wooden rails that they had built up for their garden box that they made…and it made me get in the mood for fall time…thinking of all the nice and wonderful things that come along with fall time…the good cool crisp air..the changing of the leaves…the pumpkin pies…the pumpkin spice coffee…just the smell all together is lovely and is such a lovely time of year..and by looking at those pumpkins so perfect looking…even there color was so bright and so vibrant…you would never for the life of you ever think that the back parts of those pumpkins were completely rotten….that they had stink bugs crawling all over them…that the worms had gotten ahold of them…and there insides were yucky…and so unappealing once you’d take a walk over to look at them…and I really couldn’t believe it…for the one side to be so perfect and the other side to be so destroyed, ate up with them ole nasty stink bugs and be just completely rotten..Amen!”

“And I thought about people in general and I always think about life…and I always consider the scriptures when the Lord says unto us, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them..Matthew 7:15-20..but as well I pray we never forget the scripture that says this, the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart..1 Samuel 16:7..and I think for a lot of people we get so hurt and disappointed because we expect so much more from others and when they don’t deliver and or when they show their true blue colors…we do get very disappointed…because as I said, on the outside they look really pretty…and really nice and kind…very convincing to say the least…but on the inside not so much..Amen!”

“So what are my thoughts for today unto each of us…I pray we always pray for discernment…in all areas of our lives…I pray we always seek out Jesus for answers and I pray that we always pay attention to others and their fruit it is that they bare…for the inward guys is what it’s all about…just like that pumpkin it looked very delicious on the outside…very appealing…it made ya wanna grab one up and take it home and make a good ole homemade pumpkin pie…that would’ve been so good…but as I said, we wouldn’t have been able to do so..because the inside of that pumpkin wasn’t at all well…it was completely destroyed…see there is no hope for that pumpkin…but praise the Lord there is always hope for you and I..for we can always get cleaned up..from Jesus when we so desire to actually live for Him..and live for Him wholeheartedly…He does begin to clean us up guys…and the Lord always starts on the inside…for the inside is where it all begins, the change..the transformation..the new beginning..the freedom the deliverance..the healing..everything always begins on the inside…for the bible says that the heart is deceitful above all and it says who can know it?..Jeremiah 17:9…and as well it says that out from the abundance of our hearts our mouths speak..Luke 6:45…so I pray that the person in whom others sees from you and from me are honestly to goodness those people in whom we claim to be…I pray none of us wear mask..and I pray that we all are real…and that we all are pleasing unto Lord..Amen!”

“For guys it’s not about what others sees from you or from me but it’s all about what Jesus knows of you and of me…for they say who we are when were by ourselves is honestly and truly who we are..it’s that mind that’s where the battlefield is at in all of our lives..but as well my prayer is that for all of us that we would be striving to live out that scripture that is found in the book of Psalms, that says this..Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer….Psalm 19:14…for that should be all of our purpose and all of our missions in life and that is just to be pleasing to Jesus…knowing that He in return is pleased with us..Hallelujah!..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