happy valentine's day!

my mom sent this "little tidbit", she called it, to me and it really spoke to me.

JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT: WHEN WE WALK IN FAITH, WE TAKE ONE STEP, THEN ANOTHER STEP, THEN A THIRD. IT'S A PROGRESSION, FACING EACH THING AND BELIEVING GOD WILL GET US THRU THAT, THEN FACING THE NEXT ONE. FAITH ISN'T A BIG ENLIGHTENMENT WE GET THAT LIFTS US UP LIKE A MAGIC CARPET RIDE AND TAKES US TO BETTER THINGS. IT'S STAYING IN THE PROGRAM, EVEN WHEN IT GETS ROUGH, BELIEVING GOD WILL MAKE IT BETTER AND PRESSING ON. WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD.

IF I BELIEVE GOD IS THERE, HELPING ME, THEN I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL SEND WHAT I NEED. THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO SEEK HIM, THAT I'M TO WALK IN FAITH, THAT I SHOULD ASK IN FAITH. ASKING MEANS I EXPECT GOD TO DO SOMETHING. I MIGHT NOT SEE IT YET, BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN. THAT'S FAITH. BUT, WHEN I LET MYSELF WORRY, WHEN I SEE HOW WRONG THINGS ARE, I FOCUS ON FEAR. AND THAT'S WHAT PREVENTS MY PROGRESS ON THIS PATH OF FAITH.

she sent this to me because i had been struggling with a part of my personality i really wanted to change. i felt like i should have gotten it by now, at 33, but i really hadn't taken those first steps in believing that i could change. i also hadn't really ever just jumped in, acting in the way i knew was correct. monday, i cried and fretted and worried about it. tuesday, i made a decision to act in the way i felt God was showing me would bring change to my life. and today, i'm celebrating having taken those first steps! but that's not where it ends. it's not just a big enlightenment and poof! i'm changed forever! i will have to continue to make those same choices that i made yesterday, over and over, until it feels organic to me. it may never! but i don't care. it worked so beautifully and i'm going to press on ahead and see what comes of my little baby steps!

what "love" are you celebrating today? romantic love? love of life or God? i'm celebrating loving myself enough to take the time to change something that never worked for me. yippeeeee!!!!

laugh therapy

does anyone need to laugh this monday morning? I DO!
hope this tickles your funny bone...

Why Men should not be Secretaries
Husband's note on refrigerator for wife:
"Someone from the Gyna Colleges called.
They said the Pabst beer is normal.
I didn't even know you liked beer."

Thanks, Amy, for sending this last week! I'm still cackling!!!!