Good Monday Morning, y’all!

It’s a glorious day, for sure.

We get to wake up to cool mornings with the fresh air seeping through the windows. The smell of fall is intoxicating and sends chills down my back,  all at the same time. These days are a struggle …… stay in bed a little longer, cuddled next to Riley or get up and sit out on the patio with Riley by my side.

Oh heck, it’s Monday, I will do both …… teehee!

I know for some, Monday’s are looked at with anxiety and hesitation. I have been there before …… only now,

I realize how precious life is. I have learned that it takes courage to forge ahead. Many times things happen in our lives that are simply out of our control. Many times in the past, I questioned if God was with me. Oh yeah, I even felt sorry for myself, yep, questioning my faith …… little of it that I had possessed.

And then I realized that I had mistaken easy for Godly. Oh there is a big difference. Just read some of the scriptures, the disciples were ridiculed, threatened and put through things most of us could not handle.

When I need a little encouragement or kick in the panties …… I remind myself that I can’t go back (and really wouldn’t want to) instead, I remember that I just need to plant some new seeds and mend my current seeds.

New seeds ……

Like finding a new way of thinking about things, opening myself up to new ideas, new people, new places.

Current seeds ……

Like paying attention to the seeds in my life. If I never water and feed my seeds, then they are just seeds, no roots, no branches, no fruit.

So yep, my life is always about planting new seeds. I mix in the new with a little of the current …… oh my, my garden continues to grow.

That’s  how I reap Joy.

So here is your kick in the *~§<\-“+, panties!

Monday Morning Mantra

(repeat after me)

Resilience, Strong, Courage, Kindness

Resilience  – The Lord is my banner, Exodus 17:15.

Strong & Courage  – Be strong & courageous for the Lord will be with you Always, Joshua 1:9.

Kindness –  Be Kind, Ephesians 4:32.

I know that I will encounter things that I did not plan for …… sometimes, it’s a curve ball with a punch, Ouch.

Yet, I believe, my life is part of God’s big-picture plan.

Many are the plans in a person’s heart but it is the Lords purpose that prevails, Proverbs 19:21.

And I believe it takes humility and total surrender to give God control. I …… like many of you, find it hard to give up control. All that we have learned, tells us …… that is just not normal …… yep, You figured it out …… I don’t want to be normal …… I want to be Abnormal.

Of course many in my family have been calling me that for years …… now I truly hope God sees me that way too!

I hope for you a day full of new seeds to be planted.

Blessings from our home to yours.