“So I’ve been painting some..well, I am no so called artist but I just do my thing..and it is a mess for sure..and they have bright colors..but somehow I got into this kick of doing it..so now I have my art work..lol..presented in the hallway of our home..so I just keep filling it up and decorating it in my way..Amen..things that I like and things that I know will bring others joy in theirs and maybe encourage them in their day when they walk by and happen to glance to read one or two of them..Amen..but this morning I was opening up two new canvases and as I laid them on the table..I thought Lord thank you that you do give us a clean slate daily in our lives..Amen..if we choose to take it..Amen..if we choose to forget those things that lie behind and Lord that we do press toward the mark of the high calling of God..Philippians 3:12-14..Amen..because Jesus tells us and we all know the scripture I am sure that says each new morning Gods mercies are new..Lamentations 3:22-23..Amen..every day we have a new beginning..Amen..we get that clean slate..that clean and bright white canvas..that we get to decorate in the way that we choose to..Amen..we can make it bright..we can make it plain..we can leave it right there and do nothing with it..or we can make it a mess..Amen..but the point of me speaking and saying all of this..is that God gives us mercy..and forgiveness..and He lets us start over in life..every day..Amen!”

“For you see we get to choose our lives..Amen..we get to choose what we will and will not do in our lives..we get to choose how we are gonna act..how were gonna respond..what we say..what we think..Amen..because again how many of you know that we don’t have to entertain every thought that comes to our minds..Amen..we choose in the moment to cast it away from us and our lives..and redirect our thought life..and our minds..Amen..so we don’t choose things that is hurting our lives..but we choose to do a little better today..this day..we choose to share kindness..and love with every one..we choose to listen to the Lord and choose well our lives..because again how many of you know that we are the ones that suffer the most from our own decisions in life and we are the ones that face the consequences of them..Amen..so create the life that you are desiring to live..Amen..create the atmosphere that you wanna live in..Amen..and it doesn’t happen all of sudden the life that your wanting to live..but every day when you choose to create your life..when you choose to paint that canvas that your wanting..then slowly but surely that life is there in front of you..Amen..for you see we do reap what we sow in life..Galatians 6:7-9..so jump off that same ole painting that maybe you just keep painting over and over..even though you already know what you are gonna get out of it..Amen..and start painting a different one..because we truly are creatures of habit..and only we ourselves can break the cycle in our lives..again by our choices and our decisions..and them things that we are choosing to paint in our day..so make yours beautiful..beautiful for your heart..your mind..your spirit..and your soul..Amen..living life and living it well..Amen..sharing and shining the gospel of Christ..Amen..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 ❤