Nothing.
Nothing?
Nothing!
Crap!
Ack!
Fresh hell!
*Cassandra scrounges around in the fulfilled dreams bag and found every dream fulfilled but hers*
Crap!!!
*pout*
*Cassandra decides to use her frustrations to clean out the fridge and take out the trash*.
*pout*
keeping it moving,
Cassandra
🤗#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep going. Your steps ARE leading you somewhere. Embrace and enjoy where you are, presently.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Me: *sigh*
God: What’s wrong, beloved?
Me: I’m trying not to be frustrated.
God: From what?
Me: Living this in the meantime life.
God: What do you mean, beloved?
Me: I’m ready to fly. There are days, there are times, when I am in my element: writing, praying for folk, encouraging folk, where I feel as though I am soaring and that I can take on the world. Then…*sigh*.
God: Then what?
Me: Then, real life happens, and I am put back in my cage. Looking out, looking up towards I sky I can no longer soar freely on…*sigh*.
God: Why can’t you soar where you are, right now?
Me: Because, it’s soooooooooooooo hard to say YOUR Will be done when Your Will, won’t let me fly, just yet…*sniff*….*sigh*.
God: Do you trust me?
Me: Yes.
God: Are you SURE?
Me: Yea.
God: Then TRUST me. K?
Me: K
*Cassandra climbs down from The Father’s Lap and continues to trust in what she can’t yet see*
frustratedly trusting in what the world I can not see,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Me and discouragement have been fighting it out. I feel like an eagle who has been locked in a cage. I look out and up at a sky I can not soar freely to and in. I look around me and all I see is the limitations from not knowing how to make my dreams a living reality.
My unfulfilled dreams are beginning to feel like a nightmare. I keep telling myself to be patient and to keep learning and growing.
Be encouraged, beloveds. God, Life and The Universe are not keeping you hemmed in just to frustrate you. There is a time and place for EVERYTHING that happens under the sun.
Don’t rush ahead, beloveds, in frustration or from fear. It’s okay to grow weary and frustrated. Rest, as you can. Fuss, when you must. Then, keep moving forward. How fast or how far you move is besides the point.
Keep on keeping on. Remember you why. Recognize timing is not always up to us.
Your life IS making an impact. YOU are the very miracle you seek.
Repeat after me:
I CAN.
I WILL.
I MUST.
I HAVE TO:
Love.
Live.
Care.
Embrace.
Empathize.
Stand.
Remember alway, beloveds that you are loved and that you are NOT alone. Keep on being you. Just you. You are more than enough. For, you are precious in His Sight. I love you. Your friend, Sweetpea.
Good/evil.
Right/wrong.
Apathy/engagement.
Empathy/Uncaring.
Building up/tearing down.
Growing/Atrophy.
Hero/Villian.
Solo/Teammate.
Team you for you/Team you against you.
With/against:
God.
Life.
The Universe.
Every day, beloveds, we are asked to CHOOSE sides. The choice is up to us. We get to choose if we are going be the hero or the villain in our lives and the lives of others.
With decide if we are going to be the solution or the problem. We make the choice through our words or actions.
No one is exempt from this choice. If you decide not to choose others will choose for you.
It’s important to know where you are choosing to stand and who you are choosing to stand with or oppose.
It is equally important to know WHY you are standing and opposing. Is it because of YOUR choice or someone else’s desire for you?
Who/what are you LIVING for?
Who/what are you allotting your finite moments and momentum to?
There are only 24 hours in a day. Furthermore, we have no idea if life has apportioned us the entirety of the day.
I’m not trying to be morbid, beloveds. Just mindful that time does not belong to me.
Beloveds, I pray you chose a side of love. I so hope you will choose to love and care for your neighbor.
I shall continue to ask God and The Universe to help you choose to work for your good and the good of others.
As for me and my house, I shall continue to serve The Lord. Ah, God. I love me some You.🥰
Take care, beloveds. Of you. Of your fellow man. We are all we got but we are all we need.
Team Jesus,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
#HereForIt
Note: Choose well.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Beloveds, YOU are the inspiration.
God moves heaven and earth on YOUR behalf.
Life works to work for YOUR good.
The Universe acts with YOU in mind.
Jesus died and rose for YOUR sin.
There are folks around you just waiting to love YOU.
You look at you and see someone not worthy of love or care. Foolishness!
Lift up your head!
Your heart is priceless!
There is none like you.
You are:
Irreplaceable!
You are:
Worthy of love and to be loved!
You are:
Amazing!
You are!
Ah, beloveds, I know life has not always appeared kind. Well I know you may have done some things which have caused you to judge yourself much too harshly.
It’s okay, beloveds. Look up. Look up into eyes that love YOU. Starting with mine.
inspired by and for you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note:❤💝
Well, phooey!
I got in trouble, beloveds. I tried to skip out a bit early from finishing my weekly pieces.
The only problem is I have so gotten used to doing so that my habit told me to get my act right acting right and keep my promise to me.
*pout*
Okay! Okay!
It is soooooooooooooooo easy, beloveds, to skimp on OUR dreams. Yea, we kill ourselves helping our jobs and others fulfill THEIR dreams. Yet, we skimp on ours at the first sign of lazy.
Why? Because we are trying to win some aren’t you wonderful trophy or something. And, we secretly doubt we can or will anyway so why give full effort.
Geeeeeeeeeez, Cassandra! Get it together!😳😊
Whew. That was close. I now have my act right acting right.
getting to it,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
#HereForIt
Note: Someone else’s dream may be tied up in yours. Mine may be waiting on you or you may be waiting on me…hhm. Best we get to getting to it, eh? Who knows what we SHALL accomplish?
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
God: Get out of your feels, beloved.
Me: But….*sniff*….life is kicking my tail. Life is NOT being fair. The Universe is completely silent and I still don’t know how!…*stamps foot*
God: So, what is being all up in your feels bringing to these things, beloved?
Me: Well….nothing. Am just used to being all up in my feels, as You call it, when things like this happen.
God: Why? What purpose does that solve?
Me: Okay, no real purpose but it feels good, at the moment.
God: Does it really?
Me: Okay, so not really but…..hmm….ehem.
God: What POSITIVE things have you done, about these happenings?
Me: So, well, okay, I have not had time. I’m too busy all up in my feels.
God: Would you like to talk about it?
Me: You have too many important things to do. My things are small, in comparison to what other folks are going through. I feel ridiculous even feeling bad.
God: Are you and your needs not important, beloved?
Me: Okay, so I think so. I hope so. I’m scared to say that sometimes I get scared and don’t want to disappoint You.
God: My disappointment is in the extra steps and pebbles you add to your mountain, at times, when you act out of your feels, instead of with My Love and Care.
Me: What do I DO, then, with these feels. They are running around all over the place!
God: Share them with me. My Shoulders can handle them.
Me: K
*Cassandra clumsily lays ALL her cares upon the shoulders of God as she has thangs to do*.
doing thangs,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Hang in there, beloveds. It’s okay to get all up in your feels, at times. Just don’t move in or bring sun tan lotion and towels. Get on with your life. Even the hard part. Squeeze some joy out of your day. Breathe. Look around at all you have accomplished. Stop focusing on your unfinished room!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being….YOU!
God: Get out there, Cassandra, and LIVE.
Me: I don’t know how.
God: So?
God: Go on ahead and dream, beloved.
Me: I don’t know how to make my dreams come true.
God: So?
God: Tell The Universe to give up your bounty.
Me: I don’t know if It will.
God: So?
God: So what, My Dear One? Get out there and LIVE. Go on ahead and dream. Tell The Universe to give up your bounty.
Me: K.
living/asking/telling,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
#HereForIt
Note: Life is short. Get out there and LIVE, beloveds. Go on ahead and dream, beloveds. Tell The Universe to give up your bounty. Why? Because God said so!🤗🥰❤🙏
I’m doing my best, beloveds, not to get arrested.
I find myself microphone, er, blue screwdriver in hand, bellowing ‘It Is Well’ as loud as I can legally get away with.😁😳🎶🎤😎
Life has been a bit rough lately. That’s okay. Life was just being life.
I have learned that and I’m still learning that lesson.
I have also learned and I’m still learning that there are time you just have to say it is well.
Yes, Lord, life hurts right now, but it is well with my soul!
Oh the bills keep piling up but it is well with my soul!
I’m lonely right now but it is still well with my soul!!
I don’t know how I’m gonna make it out of this messed called my life but it is well with my soul.
I don’t know how but it is well with my soul.
I don’t know when but it is still wellwith my soul.
I don’t know if I will ever see my dreams come true the way I would like them in my lifetime but it is still well with my soul.
Life is good. It is well. I will be content. I will be satisfied. I am content. I am satisfied.
waiting with contentment,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It is well. Remember to enjoy life knowing life is not an endless battle. Yes, we have battles WITHIN life. Enjoy your life. Be encouraged. Love someone. Start with you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I am at the self-check pump refilling my heart.
I am:
Listening to uplifting music.🤗
Watching a beautiful youtube piece with gorgeous ocean views and encouraging scriptures. 🥰
Every day, I do three things to fuel up and fill up:
Read something positive/uplifting.
Watch something positive/uplifting.
Listen to something positive/uplifting.
If I can’t get in all three, I try to do at least one of them.
EVERY DAY.
Why?
It’s crucial to maintain our heart, our mind, our soul, our body.
Otherwise, rust and buildup and weeds and all manner of things will clog up our drains and will drain us of our will!😁😂😳🙌
I’m getting refilled and my strength renewed. These past storms have been rough.
I’m still deep within a fight and storm but taking a breather to look around and remember this is but a test. From life. Of faith. I grow stronger with every willing step forward.
Ah, life. I love the living of you!
Yall are going to have to excuse me. Microphone, or, my blue screwdriver calleth!
Be encouraged. Be still and know He is God.
His and yours,
Cassandra,
🤗#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I love you.
Ah, hope. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Oh, joy. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Ah, love. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Oh, peace. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Ah, inspiration. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Oh, gratitude. Thanks for coming.
Just when I needed you most.
Ah, beloveds, I got what I need to take me through this amazing day.
Just when I needed them most.
fully prepared to take on my day,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Every challenge, every battle, every circumstance and situation is won and lost, beloveds, before you lift one finger or raise your voice.
EVERY one of them is tackled FIRST in our mind. Begin, there. Then, take the fight to that which you need to battle and or subdue.
Even if that person or thing is you. Especially if it is you!
The world has purposely sold you a bill of goods. You have been lied to. You have been told to point the blame at others. You have been coddled into believing taking accountability is for the weak.
The most courageous thing we do is when we own up to our messes and OUR choices. Even when those choices have left our lives in a mess and without much choice.
Be prepared to say ‘My bad’, apologize, clean up the mess, and keep it moving. Apologize to you, for acting a fool. Apologize to The Universe for being a pain. Apologize to God for…*shrug*…only God know what, and move forward.
STOP kicking yourself for things long past done. They are done. If you are still living the consequences of some unfortunate choice, ask for God’s Grace and keep it moving. If you have asked for forgiveness, of a thing, God said yes. HE has forgotten it. Stop bringing it up or avoiding Him because you feel judged. Let it go.
It’s time to live life in the PRESENT. Through PRESENT eyes. Not through PAST situations. Life presents us with new and fresh moments EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES!
The Universe is acting and moves IN THE NOW.
Catch up!
Prepare your mind, in advance, then get out there and have a fantastic day. Scoop up plenty of hope, live and joy and sprinkle liberally throughout your day.
Love someone. Take a pebble from someone else’s mountain. Lend your shoulder to someone who is tired. Give an ear to someone who needs to talk. Hold someone in need of care.
Life is short. Get out there and live.
encouraged,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: In case no one has told you: I love you.
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