Beautiful

Sometimes people can pull us down and make us feel like nothing.
But we should not let them pull us down.
The ones who we should be listening to are the ones who are always there for us, make us feel special, let us be ourselves around them, and if we do mess up- then tell us kindly instead of making us feel even more horrible about ourselves.
We should be around friends who love us for us, without any changes. We are all unique and beautiful in our own way. We might have different qualities about ourselves than others but using them the right way, we can move a nation. And show others that they don't have to change to be accepted.
So whether being you is wearing comfy shoes and slacks, high heels and a dress, hats, hair down or in braids, jewelry or no jewelry- just remember to be you. People love what is real, not what is an image of someone else who you think is better. It is not just others who will enjoy the real you, but also you will feel more confident in yourself.
Here are some songs just to say that we are all beautiful in our own way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoakFTbFZBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38LcrMZutJs


Here's to being strong in ourselves and in being real.

Please have a cup of tea with me today.
Emily

Crying out for help.

Been taken advantage of in this economy seems to be the going thing. I had my septic tank emptied and then was told I needed the lines flushed out. The man stood their grinning and laughing as he reported the amount and how fast the tank would fill up. I was then told by another friend to wash out the filter myself this is under huge cement stones. If anyone has meet me they realize I am quite petite. How many times have you gone to the store and been sold something you did not want? I was last year, when I tried to return it I was not allowed to. In this world there will always be trouble and always those who want to push us beyond our limits. My mum wrote when she got divorced a poem it said in it "come back when your worries are gone away" this is how many people feel when they go through divorce. Friends stay for a short time and then off they go because in a divorce or death situations take a long time to heal and sort out. I encourage of all you reading this to take the time to reach out to a widow or a person by themselves. In life roads are very lonely and we all need each other. Please help those around you.Perhaps there are people you know in your church, village who in their hearts are literally crying out for help, just like a child begging for food they do not know when the help will come yet still they cry.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Finishing the race.

My mum made a comment to me today. It made me think "you had so much confidence years ago Lisa" I remember when my parents got divorced wearing a hat and skipping with confidence. I guess life changes and knocks one down a bit. I sure remember skipping and smiling along the roads in Holt.
I guess we all need reminders of the confident part of our past. Made me think and say to myself "come on Lisa you have to keep going."
Perhaps it is not in winning the race that matters rather that we finish the race.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Tears that flow down a broken persons face.

I cried a tear today as I walked down the busy street,
So many people all to busy to notice the tears streaming down my eyes.
I went into a church today tears flowing down my eyes.
They were very nice to me, but many stayed away, many did not see the tears flowing down my face they were to busy,
Yet from the corner of my eye I saw them starring at me they did not talk to me I felt very alone.
I went and walked a long a crowded beach the sea gulls followed me.
I heard a foot step behind me but no one was there.
Yet as looked I saw tiny footsteps in the sand.
I looked up to Heaven if only we could forgive, reach out to others like a child the world would be such a better place.Thank you God in my loneliness that you still follow me.

Don't become so harden by life that you do not see others tears or reach out to help them.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Don't give up.

In my job search for another job. I find myself daily and nightly calling out to God to show me guide me, guard me help me. I would imagine many a Pastor, missionary and disciple has done the very same. I have four very good friends John and Sue they were missionaries and Mike and LeaAnn. They continue to encourage me to call out to God and seek where He would have me to be. I encourage you as I continue to cry out not to give up. I often think as a poem says that if you give up it is then that you were near to winning.
Find people to encourage find strength in others who have gone down your very road.
Don't look back look forward and be encouraged.
Please have a cup of tea with me.

Winter the dolphin an amazing Tale.

I watched a movie last night called Dolphin Tale. It was about a dolphin that lost its tale. This young man and his persistence to find a way to help this dolphin to swim again was amazing. Little did this young boy probably know that the dolphin Winter and her story would give courage to humans who had lost a limb or going through similar experiences. I loved a statement in the movie which I am paraphrasing. It said that the dolphin was leading them like a star and although they thought the star was leading them in one direction perhaps indeed it was leading them in another.
In comparison the wise men did not give up on following the star that lead them to Jesus. So in our lives perhaps even when we feel like a star is leading us some where else we still need to keep looking at that one star. Winter captured the hearts of many and can be visited today. Her story was very inspirational. I suggest you take the time to watch the movie, you will be touched. I surely hope so to give you hope that if a dolphin can find hope then there is hope for us all.
Please visit her site and learn about her wonderful captivating story.
http://seewinter.com/winter
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Blessings in closed doors.

This weekend I learnt that as God closes a door look at why he has closed that door. Look at the blessings not what might of been or what was. Look at where you have come from,consider not what you have lost but more at what God is protecting you from. Then take a step back and see what blessings are around. My children are so blessed to have a dad that loves them dearly. At five am they showed up at the door they could not sleep my dad was not a man to do that. He laughs and takes them to movies, makes them amazing posters and he is a good dad. I have chosen to not look at the sadness in my past about my dad but to see I enjoyed the walks in the winter and for that I am thankful. But God chose to bless me with a few good men Mike,John and Rick have been just blessings to me. So what I lost in my life maybe is not so bad. Because God hand picked these men and for that i am thankful.
So in saying all of this see the blessings even in closed doors.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.