“We all have scars..and those are scars are there and will be there..they don’t leave us if anyone has yet failed to realize that..they remain in our minds and in our hearts..but as well, they are meant to help us to remember first and foremost to be more cautious..to be more aware..to be more mindful of where those scars came from..and to be wise with the scars..Amen..for I do know that for me I have loads of scars..visible ones all over me..but mostly on my legs and knees..because when I was a little girl I used to ride my bike all the time..that was my everything..my bicycle..but one place in particular that we lived had a hill that I would take my bike all the way up to the top and ride down with no hands going as fast as I could go..and a lot of times I would wreak my bike..and in which case would turn out with scarred up legs and knees..but anyways I was thinking about those scars on my legs and I thought Lord even though I fell down..many times..and even though I got bruised up and tore up..I would go home and my mom would bandage me up..and all the while she would say Mandi do not go back up that hill..and don’t let go of those handlebars..but I would cry even though I was hurt and bandaged and everything in between..I would plead with my mom..please I’ll be okay..Amen..and so sooner or later she would give in and say okay but you be careful..Amen..so back up that hill I would go..and I would practice..and as well I would of course wreak..but even though I did..I was determined to get it..Amen.”

“I was not going to give up regardless of what it cost me..no matter if it did hurt and I would be injured in the process..because I wanted to see it through..I wanted to ride my bike down that hill without hands and do it well..so I practiced and practiced and begged and pleaded for my mom to not make me stop..and over time I did get it..I got so great that I could ride up and down and all over that hill without wreaking or getting hurt..and that was so amazing to me as a little girl..it was so fulfilling..Amen..so as far as the scars went I was so proud of them..because I look at them and it reminds me that I made it..and that I did..because when I look at them I see victory..it encourages me when life is hard and when I fall down..it reminds me to get up and go again..try again, I tell myself..Amen..the Lord didn’t promise days to always be perfect..but He does tell us to fight the good fight of faith..1 Timothy 6:12..Amen..not to give up and quit when it gets hard..so somedays as I said I have to find that little girl who was on that bike and I have to pull up that determination to finish on and win the battle whatever it is that needs to be won or dealt with..because when we ourselves get to a place as where we believe in us..and that no matter what anyone else says..or no matter how many times others may say to just throw the towel in and quit..because we may be getting as I said knocked down again and again..over and over..we will hear the Lord saying to us..get up and go..Amen..you can do all things through me that gives you strength..Philippians 4:13..because you see the battles of life the Lord has already won..Judges 7:1-25..and the battle doesn’t belong to us anyways the battle belongs always to the Lord..1 Samuel 17:47..Amen!”

“For we should run with confidence..with determination with a mindset that is filled with victory knowing who we are and who it is that we belong too..Amen..so today life may be a little hard..you may feel that you can’t do it..or that you won’t make it..but I promise ya that you will make it..just dig down deep and find that scar in your life that bought you victory..and remember how you came through..and remember how you were determined to make it and to get through it..and remember how you did..for as I said scars are there to remind us of what we came through..and how we overcame..and how we made it..through all that stuff..the mess..the heartaches..the disappointments..everything..and it makes us strong to face the battles that come in this life..Amen..because we do sometimes forget just how very strong we are..and how much of an overcomer we truly are in our lives..so my prayer for us all is to find the fight in us to win the battle that were in..and to get through it..to get up and get moving..for us to not ever sit down and fold our hands and simply quit or give up..Amen..because we are strong in the Lord..Ephesians 6:10..we are more than over comers through Jesus Christ our Lord..Romans 8:37..Amen..so remember today to stir yourself up in the Lord..stir up your heart to win..get up and go again..even if it’s been a hundred times that you’ve tried..don’t get discouraged for the Lord can do anything..and as we know the battle is His and His alone..and victory lies in our Fathers hands..but we still have to place feet to the victory..we still have to be the Lords hands and feet..so let us continually keep trying and trying..again..and again..Amen..even if life does knocks us down which it will from time to time..for we do live in a fallen world..let us remember always to get up and move on..Amen..remember the victories..remember the scars..and know that you can and that you will make it 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 ❤