Speak to Your Mountains

In many arenas of thought, global warming has been blamed for a lot of the unusual weather events.  Presently, the East Coast - in particular the North Carolina and South Carolina coast is bracing and feeling the effects of Hurricane Florence.  News reports note of horrific rain in the Phillipines andthe earthquakes, mud slides, volcanic eruptions and fires make the best of us sit up to take attention.  I feel for everyone who are in the line of these natural disasters and am praying for the best for our immediate weather as well. 

Peace - BE Still. 

There is such power in the force of nature.  Our first responders are bravely risking their own lives for the lives of others and I "SALUTE" them!  When the first responders took on the task for what they do - they are never certain what they will face - but they risk their own lives for the lives of others.  Watching them from afar is mesmerizing - as many of THEM have families of their own.  I pray for each and every one of them.  I ask God to take care of their families while the first responders take care of ours!

As part of my daily maintenance of the "MIND" - kindly consider the strength of your own thoughts.  Your thoughts can move mountains.  Okay, not literal mountains but the mountains we hve created inside of ourselves.  The mountains of rejection.  The mountain of internalized abuse.  The mountain of grief.  The mountain of rejection.  The mountain of low self-esteem.  The mountain of being hurt (by people) at church.  The mountain of emotional instability (need for medical invention).  The mountain of jealousy.  The mountain of greed.  The list could go on for miles.  I do not know "everything" and surely, there are doctors and medical professionals that have degrees that exceed my own - but I have lived life.  I talk to people every day that are filled with mountains in their lives and yet some refuse to admit it - therein suffering to life life WITH their mountain.  How do I know - I have been there.  

The "mountains" (as I call it for this writing) are tall and strong, stable and erect, invisible yet strong and can only be destroyed by your willingness to let God do some inner-healing.  God is our "FIRST-RESPONDER".  

I am a firm believer that counselling and medical attention is vital for healing BUT I also believe that healing is also mental.  You have to want to be healed (cured) as much as the dispensing of drugs would assist.  It all starts in your MIND.  Where your MIND goes - so goes your will to heal.  

I have learned that JUST IN CASE no one says they are sorry for hurting you - let's say "they" even betrayed you (which is for em the worst kind of hurt) - there comes a time - you gotta let it go.  Bring prisoner by the actions of another is hurting  YOU.  Have you ever seen that "PERSON" who hurt you in a social activity AFTER harming you - and they are seemingly having "FUN"?  Somehow "they" made peace with what happened bit UPI are suffering.  

Considering having one of those "TOWN HALL" meetings with YOURSELF.  Sit yourself in the chair - in front of your emotional imbalance and ask YOURSELF why you are letting "THIS EVENT" interrupt YOUR happiness.  Your sense of freedom depends on YOU having a close encounter with YOURSELF.  

Years ago, we used to sing "Lord, don't move that mountain - but lead me oh, Lord around it - please don't move that stumbling block but lead me lord around it".  That song sounded good at church but as I got older, I learned that we could "Speak to our mountains".  

“TrulyI tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them".   Mark 11:23 (NIV) 

I follow up with this - God asks us to come BOLDLY......

"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need".  Hebrews 4:16 (KJV)  

We are all a "work in progress".  Be patient with the people you meet - you never know what kind of mountain they are 

Just a little something to think about.