“So this morning as I opened up my eyes I began to thank the Lord for another year that He alone has given to me..His daughter..Amen..for many disregard their birthday and or how old they are..for whatever reason..but I tell you guys its a privilege to grow older..and to be here on this earth that we all live..Amen..I heard a speaker once say how we will say oh well another year..its no big deal..Amen..and she goes on to saying how people go over board for a year old baby..and buy all of the gifts..we get all of the biggest set up..and spend way too much..just for their first birthday..Amen..she says and all the while here we are and have conquered and went through so much in our lives and our walks with God..and overcame many battles..and then when our birthdays come along we overlook it as not a big deal..or will say well I don’t need anything..but she says honestly we should celebrate it and be so thankful and grateful for it..that we have another year..that God has given us another year to be alive..and to enjoy life..Amen..so for me I am thankful for another birthday rolling around..Amen..I’m not old to some..but to others I am old..lol..its all about perspective and how old others are and their lives and experiences in life..but either way every year we all should celebrate in one way or another that we have been given as I say another year here on this earth and in this big ole world..that we can enjoy it all if only we choose too..that we are blessed and blessed indeed to be on this side of life..Amen!”

“So for me I have learned a lot in my 17,520 days here..or should I say my 48 years here that God has given..Amen..has it been a battle?..yes, it has been..do I feel at times that life isn’t fair?..yes, I do..Amen..do I get disappointed by life?..yes, I do..do I at times spend many nights on my bed praying and crying?..yes, I do..do I get lonely at times?..yes, I do..do I get tired?..yes, I do..Amen..BUT…what I do get in the midst of it all..is a beautiful life..and I have learned this over the years..I have learned that regardless of what is to what isn’t happening that I in myself can remain joyful..Amen..I have learned that not everyone is gonna be or do like I do in life..and that I will be let down..but as well I have learned that I don’t have to let what anyone else does or doesn’t do effect me and my life that I am living..Amen..I have learned that I do not have to be involved in everyone’s life..Amen..and I have learned that I can’t fix people..I can only fix and work on myself in life..Amen..I have learned that a beautiful life begins with a beautiful mindset..I have learned that you have got to find and see the good in life..look for it..Amen..if all is falling apart around you..then find beauty somewhere..Amen..I have learned at times you have to be your biggest cheerleader in life..you have got to encourage yourself in the Lord..(1 Samuel 30:6)..Amen..I have learned that you cannot be in everyone’s business so to speak..because that is how drama and arguments and he said and she said begins..Amen..I have learned that you do not have to give an opinion about everything..and or entertain every disagreement..Amen..I have learned that your home is your sanctuary in life..that we should always be working on our homes..not by making them more up to date but I am meaning spiritually..a home of peace..a home of love..a home of comfort..a home of joy..a place where your safe and all that enter in is as well safe and comfortable there..and why?..well, because life is gonna give you a lot at times so the home should be one place that none of that mess is given..Amen!”

“I have learned to let go of things..for by holding on it only weighs me down and has weighed me down..Amen..because the only person that I hurt by doing so is myself..Amen..I have learned that I do only have one life to live..so that I have got to choose for myself to make it the best one..Amen..I have learned that I can never let myself go all the while dying to please another..Amen..that as they say if your on an airplane and it’s going down..for you to grab the oxygen mask first and put it on..Amen..because our instinct is to help the person beside us..but here’s the thing if were not breathing and alive then how can we help another?..Amen..so we take care of ourselves..in a good way..Amen..but more than anything in this life..I have learned that the Lord is my everything..that He is my strength..my help..my comfort..my joy..my healer..my deliverer..my freedom..Amen..that by praying and loving Him and knowing that He alone is my bread and water..then life is well and will be well all because of Him and who He alone is..Amen..so my prayer for us all this day is this..that we all celebrate life well..that we all live life well..that we all treat others the way we wanna be treated..that we love like never before..that we do turn the other cheek in life..that we don’t give evil for evil..but that we try and see things through different lenses in life..because they say if you change the way you are looking at things the things you are looking at changes..Amen..that we would shine for the Lord..that we would give unto others what we have been blessed with..that we are not so angry and mad all the time..Amen..but that we all find beauty in it all..the tiniest of things to the biggest of things..but as well that we are thankful for it all..Amen..that we look and keep looking for the beauty..for by looking we are changing our mindsets..we are renewing our minds..and in turn we live a beautiful filled life..Amen..for every day of our lives is a gift..that God has given..so I pray we all open our gifts that He has given..for He says in His word daily that He loads us up with His benefits and His blessings..(Psalms 68:19)..so let us sit down at the table that He alone has prepared and let us eat, drink and let us all be merry..(Psalms 23:5/Isaiah 22:13)..Amen..living and enjoying this beautiful thing that we all call life..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 go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi …here’s to another year!” 🎉🍰❤️