“I think we keep practically everything..a couple of weeks ago I was going through my dresser drawers and closet..and I ended up with once again loads of stuff..Amen..that wasn’t even necessary for me to have..I had loads of boxes and bags..and a little of this and a little of that in my closet and drawers..and the whole time I kept thinking to myself Mandi Ellen why in the world are you keeping these things?!..I mean I am never gonna have need of them again..and they are just honestly taking up space..but you know I begin to think about us as I always do..and at how we hold on to literally every single thing..and somehow we keep these things stored up in us and our lives..and are they useful things that we store up?..probably not all that much..you know we hold on to what others have said..we hold on to the way we’ve been treated..we hold on and I mean really tightly to any form of hurt that has been given to us..and in doing so we remember those things..we recall them over and over..keeping them stored up in our minds and pulling them out from time to time just to go over them again..or to talk about them once again..you all know what I mean..but honestly is any of those things helpful?..are they needful?..and are they helping us to grow in any way shape or form?…the answer would be no!..Amen!”

“Just like those boxes and bags and all of them other little things I was keeping wasn’t benefiting me at all..they were just stuff accumulated and taking up much-needed space from my life..the same way all of that other bunch of mess does..it takes up so much space from us..that we don’t have room to make room for the new things that God is trying to do in us and our lives..for we can’t expect change to come when we ourselves are not helping the process..for let me say that if we decide to live in yesterday or them yesteryears of our lives..than we will live right there..never will we have freedom..or ever have that great happy filled life that God is desiring that we have..(John 10:10)..Amen..so why not release it all..and why not let it go..stop crying over yesterday..stop crying over that so-called spilled milk..Amen..quit torturing you and your life..this is a brand new day..Amen..for the bible says that each new morning Gods mercies are new..(Lamentations 3:22-23)..Amen!”

“And the Lord himself heard our prayers and knows our heartaches..but heartaches and hurts they’re gonna come to us and our lives..but if we don’t learn how to deal with them..we are gonna live miserable lives guys..so my prayer is that each of us live a happy and prosperous joy-filled life..Amen..that we stay close to Jesus..for in His presence is fullness of joy..(Psalm 16:11)..and that we get rid of that mess that this ole world and others try to give to us..for we do not have to keep everything that comes our ways..Amen..let us just keep the good things..them beautiful things..let us fill our minds with the great things of our lives..(Philippians 4:8)..Amen..for in doing so we will flourish and live the most beautiful life we ever have lived..for life is short we all know..and to live in the past..and to live without forgiveness in our own hearts..keeps us from living..and living a life well for Jesus..Amen..for once again if we ourselves are not made right with who we are..we can never be made right with others and who they are..so let us let go and let us let God have His way in us..and let us let go of every bit of hurt..pride..arrogancy and anger..and let us just be completely free..living a well lived life for the Lord..and shining and sharing Him and His goodness to all far and near..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