“Some days it’s a mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese kind of day..Amen..some days you just need some good ole comfort food..and somehow this afternoon I have found myself in the kitchen doing just that..whipping up some good ole comfort food..Amen..I don’t really get in the mood for it often but when I do..Oh, boy look out..because all of the carbs come flooding out of every direction..the potatoes..the noodles..the rolls..the corn..all of the above..Amen..but as well when I do reach for the good ole comfort food it pretty much goes with the day that I have had..not to say at all that I have had a bad day because I haven’t whatsoever..but I did have a moment today while I was at the gym exercising..and it was my last 15 minutes to go..and here I am listening to my podcast that I like to listen to while there..and then there he was this gentleman that I haven’t seen there for a while now..but it could just be because of the time of day I was there this morning..but anyways I first saw him there back in 2018 and Erik was with me then..and I could not for the life me get over it..but this man looks so much like my dad David..that as you all may know has already passed on to glory..Amen..but any who here I am this morning minding my business and there he was..and I immediately begin to cry..Amen..and I am thinking to myself Mandi don’t do this..Amen..so I had to control myself and my emotions and all the feelings..Amen..because part of me wanted to hop off of that treadmill and run over to this man and give him a big hug..Amen..but I had to just look away from him because my heart was not handling it very well today at all..Amen!”

“So of course I leave and facetime my hubby and begin to tell him and he says honey I am sorry..Amen..but isn’t it something at how you think you are healed and over things in your life..and in your heart especially..and then all of a sudden it hits you out of know where the grief..the loss..the pain..and all of the questions that come with those things..and so I of course pray as I do always talking to the Lord..and asking of Him to heal my broken heart..(Psalms 147:3)..because how many of you know that only God can reach down in there and mend and heal all the brokenness that has been brought our way in life..and I think it’s a good thing to have these moments because I believe that God wants us to mend and heal over these things..if not we will never be right with who the Lord is needing for us to be in life..because with brokenness as well comes a loss of joy in our lives..and when were not happy..we naturally are sad..right?..and in that aspect we lose the now of our lives..and the direction of today and the things we should be and could be doing..Amen..because we will begin to grieve all over again..and that is not a good place for us whatsoever..Amen..for you see the bible says that there are times and seasons for every purpose under the heavens..Amen..there is a time to weep and a time to mourn..but as well there is a time to dance and rejoice..(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)..Amen..but today I pray for us all that God our Father would mend our broken hearts..and He alone would bind up our wounds..and set us free from the hurt and loss that each of us has experienced in our lives..and that we still if we choose can have those mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese kind of days..but that we are not caught off guard by our hearts being so broken that we never enjoy the fresh and bright beautiful filled day or days that God has given..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 ❤️