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1/17/2022 Marriage ChallengesMonday Matters-January 17, 2022
Everyday Wife Nagging Sometimes it’s hard not to get my way. Hey, who am I kidding it’s always hard not to get my way. I remember when the boys where little and I asked my husband to go outside and play with them because it was above zero Fahrenheit in our little winter town in Minnesota. My husband said “no.” I didn’t like his answer so I proceeded to tell him in different ways why the boys needed to be outside and why their dad needed to be the one to take them there. I could hear what I was doing wasn’t effective but yet I just couldn’t stop talking. It’s exactly what Paul talks about in Romans Chapter 7; “I do not understand what I do. Nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I have the desire to do what is good, but I can’t carry it out.” I need to remember that the first time I tell my husband something its information, the second time; it’s nagging. And only through Jesus can I carry this out…everyday.
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1/10/2022 Hope & SuccessMonday Matters-January 10, 2022
Everyday Key to Success “A key to success is playing the hand you were dealt like it was the hand you wanted.” I had to really think if there was truth to that. Yes, I may not have wanted what was dealt but “here it is” so what am I gonna do with it? My choices; scream, cry, complain and hide or I make the best of the situation and find the lesson, and blessing in it. We can let experiences change us for the better or ruin us. Character more often is developed in crisis when we stop focusing on the hurt and search for the good where success may be hidden. During my recovery of scoliosis back surgery, 14 years ago, I was miserable yet I don’t regret what I went through. God taught me things I couldn’t have learned another way. In brokenness we can find beauty and success because of the wholeness Christ brings…everyday. 1/3/2022 New BeginningsMonday Matters-January 3, 2022
Everyday New Thing “The Bible never once says; ‘Figure it out.’ But over and over it says, ‘Trust God.’ He’s already got it all figured out.” Oh, but the ache of the wait and the question of “Why God did this happen?” “Why” will never bring peace but knowing He’s the WAY…will. In Isaiah 43:19; God tells us He’s doing a NEW THING in our lives and then asks us; “Will you trust Me and cooperate with Me no matter how hard it is? WE can release God’s plan for our lives by no longer thinking about the things of old but instead believe that God has a good plan for our future. We need to stop mentally living in the past and begin to speak in agreement with God’s promises rather than pondering the “what if” thoughts which pop into our heads. God makes a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert as Isaiah 43:19 tells us, He can make a way for you…everyday. 12/20/2021 HealingMonday Matters-December 20, 2021
Everyday Burned Healing I did something stupid. I put a cup of hot water in the microwave to heat for tea. When I went get the mug the boiling water spilled on my hand, and I had a second-degree burn. After two weeks I still had scabs and it was disgusting. It throbbed with pain the first four days and when I’d look at it, I’d think; “It will always hurt this much. It will never get better.” Of course, it wasn’t true, but I felt it. But time and prayer bring healing. In Genesis 8 God says that as long as the earth remains, there will be “seedtime and harvest.” When you walk in God’s path, you must be patient like the farmer who plants the seed and expectantly waits for the harvest and then looks forward to reaping the harvest. But there is a time between seed planting and harvest. Don’t become frustrated in that process. Galatians 6:9; “Don’t give up.” God is on it. He knows…everyday. 12/13/2021 Fitness BusinessMonday Matters-December 13, 2021
Everyday Fitness When my dear friend Shannon, a physical therapist opened her own fitness studio her goal was to help people focus on having a healthier body, but she and her staff are there to help others with their emotional and spiritual health as well. A great thing about having her own business is she’s able to do devotions with her employees each week (which was optional). I remember her sharing how two of her employees were nudging and whispering to each other as she was reading devotions one day. When she approached the women they said, “We feel uncomfortable because we don’t think about God like you do, it’s a personal thing. And besides, we think God and business should be separate.” Well Shannon didn’t so the girls made a choice to move on. It was disappointing but I told Shannon she should continue to be obedient to what God has called her to do because as 1 Samuel 2:30 says; “Those who honor Me I will honor” …everyday. 12/6/2021 Family BlessingsMonday Matters-December 6, 2021
Everyday Brother Gift “I’m a high school graduate because of my older brother,” Kevin told me. I’m healthy and I’m alive because of my older brother Tim.” Today Kevin is 18 and his older brother Tim is 29. When Kevin was seven and Tim was 18, he got an apartment on his own so they could live “on the good side of town.” They moved out of the Crack House their drug addicted mother was living in and who’s now sadly passed away. Tim worked two jobs to pay the bills and always made sure Kevin was safe, fed and at school on time. “He basically saved my life,” said Kevin. “I could never repay him, but I can step up and make a difference in someone else’s live like he did mine.” God makes a difference in your life when you allow Him to. Stop stressing on all the things, you think, He might take away and instead focus on His unconditional love He gives, no matter who you are or where you’ve been, God loves you…everyday. 11/29/2021 God Knows HeartsMonday Matters-November 29, 2021
Everyday The Heart Take comfort in knowing only God knows your heart yet I know it stings when someone judges you harshly because they can’t see your heart. The human heart is arrogant, and often cares for itself above all, prone to judge others, prone to make demands of others. The heart is also needy and incomplete with holes that can only be repaired by love, by God perfect love. Where’s the healing for it all? Jesus. He is it, His Word which is both justice and mercy. First, we must deeply understand and truly own our brokenness. 1 John 1:8 people, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” The Bible doesn’t call us to judge others; even Jesus said this about Himself. But it calls us to always be mindful and humbly recognize our own weakness. Whatever righteousness we possess was given to us by the victory of Christ’s death and resurrection. Just think how God is grieved when we use the Bible on others as a weapon. Humble yourself and ask God to give you the grace to love others as He does…everyday... 11/22/2021 The Thoughts of GodMonday Matters-November 22, 2021
Everyday God’s Thoughts Well, what in the world are you up to God. I. Can’t. Even. We can’t know the mind of God. Isaiah 55:8 says, “His thoughts are nothing like our thoughts.” But we can know the heart of God. We can TRUST and hope in His promises. I know it should be obvious to us that His ways are past finding out. He wouldn't be a very big God if we could fully comprehend Him with our finite minds. Walter Wangerin wrote, "We chirp theories because we can't stand the silence." I guess that’s how it is when we try to fully understand the purposes of suffering. It’s better to admit, "We don't understand, but we believe that God loves us and, that 'our Redeemer Lives'." Someone has suggested that in the margins beside many of our life's experiences is simply written: "to be explained later." Success for each day is not waiting for an answer to our whys but walking in the hope that He is making a way and there’s a purpose for it all…everyday. 11/15/2021 Vulnerable with JesusMonday Matters-November 15, 2021
Everyday Message of Love The message of Jesus is to LOVE and forgive others, which you can only do once you have seen your bad self and accepted His forgiveness. Hey this is Debbie Griffith with Everyday Matters. There’s this past so many people carry around that they cover because it’s filled with shame from harming themselves through “cutting,” an eating disorders, an affair, alcohol, abuse suffered, it’s all yuck. I read that 80% of memories are shame based. People carry shame because they think once they’re fully exposed or discovered they won’t ever be accepted or loved. But when their identity is solid, they’re stable. Psalm 91:1 is my 911 verse. It reads; “She who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will remain stable.” It means that when I can stand still and let myself be exposed. God covers me, my shame, my fear and replaces all that I’m not with all that He is. God can see the real you and He loves you as you are no matter what…everyday. 11/8/2021 No Place Like HomeMonday Matters-November 8, 2021
Everyday Dorothy Ya know, the question which Glenda asks Dorothy before her ruby slippers can bring her back to Kansas is one I’ve asked myself when trying to understand my own dramas. "Dorothy, what have you learned?" "Well, I guess it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em and its if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll look no further than my own back yard because if it isn't there I never really lost it to begin with. Is that right?" "That's right, now those magic slippers will take you home in two seconds.” The scarecrow says, "That's so easy. I could've told her myself.” Wise Glenda replies, "No, she had to learn it for herself." We certainly can learn from what others experience but life’s lessons never seem to hit “home” until we’ve learned them for ourselves. Glenda may have been wise but Jesus is the way and Truth and without Him we’ll always be lost...everyday. |
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