“So years ago I was going through a pretty hard time in my life..and struggling..you know?..and in them times of course we all know that we are growing that the Lord is always teaching us something in life..and sometimes the growth and the way that some have to learn is the hard way..Amen..especially for me..I am a hard head at times..I see things one way most of the time..and it’s hard and was hard for me to understand that things are not always black and white..that we can have color so to speak in our lives..that everything isn’t just this way or that way..that we do have choices..Amen..but any who in that time..things just seemed to be crazy a bit..life was up and down it seemed that one battle would be over and another one would come..Amen..and so of course I was like a yo-yo..up and down and all over the place with my feelings..my emotions..everything..Praise the Lord!”

“But God was teaching me..to grow where He had me planted..Amen..and so I see this everywhere now in my life..so if you see me posting pictures of weeds..or flowers that are all by themselves..then that is just my reminder of God and His faithfulness to me and my life..to grow where I am planted..and so I in the midst of it all I did learn that in whatsoever state that I find myself to be content..Philippians 4:11..as the word says..Amen..and to control myself with the help of the Lord..not to be all over the place with who I am..when it comes to my feelings and emotions..Amen..because God is my Father and He is always the same..and as far as any of it..He is always in control..Praise the Lord..so now I look for the weeds..the flowers..the one thing that seems to be growing in a mess of things..in the middle of parking lots..in the desert..in sand..on the sides of mountains through rocks..everywhere these beautiful little things just grow..so that’s how I try to live now..regardless of any of it..I just grow..whether on the mountain top or whether in the valley..I just grow and trust and lean on my Father..and my heart is for you as well to look for the beauty in the weeds..look for the floweres that just grow no matter if there in the right place to grow or not..they simply..rise and shine in the middle of whatever is presented..they do not let it stop them from being whom the Lord intends for them to be..Amen..and same for you and I..we as well I pray..rise and shine..and grow wherever in the world we as well may be..simply being whom the Lord intends for us to be..Amen..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweer friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi ❤