Live Life Blessed

Are you stupid or what?  How could you do such a thing?  Why would you quit your job to start a business?  You act just like your Grandmother, dumb.  Just stay where you are.  Your Mother would be alive if you were not such a problem child.  Looks like you have gained some weight.  I wouldn’t be in this situation if you would have kept your mouth shut.  You cannot be your mother’s daughter.    AND I am supposed to love myself after hearing all of those words.    One of the biggest lessons I have ever learned is to watch what comes out of your mouth because once you say it you can never take it back.  These words will stay with me for a life time but through a lot of hard work I have learned to know they are just words and they will never hurt me again. 

Watch what you say to your friends and loved ones, just because other people may have hurt you with words don’t repeat it and hurt others with your own words.  When you love yourself you realize nothing gets accomplished by saying hurtful things.  So many of us have experienced hurtful words and continue to project them on others.  Stop and think about the worst thing someone said to you and I bet it stuck in your mind for a long time.  The old saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is an untrue statement.  Unkind words do hurt!  Love your friends and family for who they are.  If they are going through a difficult time, don’t tongue slash them, instead try to understand what pain they are in that is causing them to go through a difficult time. 

If you are unkind to others with your words, take a good hard look at yourself!  Most people who are unkind, lack self esteem and truly do not love themselves.  Learn to treat others like you would like to be treated and start loving yourself…the world will be a much better place.

Be kind with your words no matter what!

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It was Saturday evening and I was sitting in the bathtub soaking my aching bones feeling sorry for myself.  In October of last year, I developed pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a week.  Two days after I got home, my Father fell ill and I went to take care of him on and off for three months, until his passing in January. Once again following the funeral, I was back in the hospital for another week with pneumonia and following that I came down with shingles.  For the past month, I feel like I constantly have the flu and my joints are stiff and aching.  I am so ready to get back to life as normal with an abundance of energy but for some reason it is not happening that way.  Not realizing it, in my mind I was having a real pity party for myself when all of the sudden I looked out the window and saw in the sky a U that a plane had written…I watched as I tried to play hang man and guess what it was going to say but I was far from the phrase…the skywriter wrote U + GOD =J.  Immediately my spirits were lifted and it took away my worries.  I was gleaming with happiness with the reminder that God is always with us.  After a few minutes the smoke began to fade and I thought how often our faith fades with everything going on in our lives these days.  I was so thankful for the skywriter, it only takes a little bit to turn your thoughts back to what is important, God loves us.   Whenever I am having one of my moments of why do I feel so bad, I think of U + God =J. 

There are so many different ways we can make a difference in this world and my thanks go out to Jerry Stevens the Palm Beach Skywriter.

Here is an excerpt that I took from an article about Jerry Stevens…I think it says it all.

Stevens, however, is just a Roman Catholic skywriter who says he frequently heads toward the heavens to spread a positive message. He understands why he makes some people nervous, but he believes he is doing God’s work.

“People are scared. They know something’s bad is in the wind,” Stevens said. “But the important thing to do is to think about God. I’m just reminding people that God does love them. If America doesn’t wake up and turn to God, we won’t see the blessings that we’ve seen in the past.”

He said while some people may be alarmed when they see his message, which can be visible up to 35 miles away, others will be uplifted.

“You can’t imagine what it’s like when you’re feeling low, wondering if God is listening to your prayers,” he said. “And then you walk out of your house and up above in big letters right over you, there’s ‘God Loves You.’”

http://www.turntojesus.net/ContactTheSkywriter/contacttheskywriter.html

Many blessings,

Melissa

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I received this video from the man who brought me into his family when I was sixteen years old.  He is not my birth father but when my own family was going through difficult times he reached out and became a father to me.  He gave me unconditional love and was a true inspiration to me by his great belief in me and encouragement that I could do anything I believed in.  At age 45, he is still a major part of my life and I am truly blessed to be a part of his life.  I would like to thank you Seymour for sharing this video with me, which reminds us all how God blesses us with our challenges.  Although our dreams may seem impossible through hard work and determination they are all achievable.

Please click here http://www.livelifeblessed.com/godswork to view an inspiring video about determination through challenges.

Go after your dreams and make a difference!     

PS.  This video is long but it is well worth watching it to the end to get the full message.

Many blessings,

Melissa

Live Life Blessed!

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The internet is an amazing resource.  Wednesday night I received an email from a group that I had joined but never participated in the site.  The email was a request to pray for a 27 year old girl named Cristin who is critically ill.  Cristin is married and has three young children..   She had a major heart attack which left her needing a heart transplant.   As I read her story, my heart went out to her and her family.  I have been praying constantly for all of them.   In my opinion, as a Christian, one of the best gifts we can give anyone is prayer.   I am passing this on asking you to please pray for Cristin and her family.  Here is the link where you can read about Cristin and her progress.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cristinwallace

God Bless You,

Melissa