Did your mama not tell you to keep your mouth shut?

Have you ever fallen victim to the power of persuasion when a Sonic commercial comes on suddenly you find yourself craving a double chocolate strawberry milkshake simply because they talked about it.

Ear bugs- those songs that take up residence in your head and take over. Every few minutes the lyrics run through over and over. Grandma got run over by a reindeer.... (you are welcome for that one) over and over.

But what about the things that we say? Joel Olsteen says they we prophesize our future with our words. Laymans term: we get what we say. We need to revert back to the wisdom of our mama's when she would tell us keep our mouths shut!

We all have that person we know that always have the whoa is me story about how their life is going. They are behind on their rent, their car needs new tires, they have medical test they are waiting on the results of. It is emotionally draining to simply hear them talk about it much less live inside their skin.

Joel tells us that when we replay these negative movies over and over in our mind it keeps us in the trenches of despair. When you watch a movie like Rocky, do you notice how you feel inspired afterwards. You have this feeling of being unstoppable.

When we replay these movies of the past in our lives and speak of the downtrodden it will mentally and physically chain you to that and prohibit you from overcoming obstacles and becoming what God has intended for us.

The next time someone asks you how you are doing, only let praises and positive words flow from your mouth. It does not change your situation to complain and pass on your troubles and only makes the recipient never want to ask how you are doing again.


We need to learn that we control our present and our future by speaking what we want. Even if you tell everyone that it is a fantastic day when you are dying inside, you will quickly began to see things shift from the impossible to I'm-possible!

Speak blessings to anyone you come in contact with, even if it is by not dragging them into the mud hole that you choose to live in.

Until next time- Safe Picking!
Tammy

 

Is your Lemon Disabled?

Some people are born with perfect healthy bodies and others are given flawed bodies that are limited in what they can do. I have watched some of these flawed bodies before with that look of sadness for them. Where is the fairness in some being hindered in their life experiences.

When someone in a wheelchair can not hike to Abrams Falls and see the wonder God created it can make you question the decision God made when He molded them.

I heard a story on the radio last week about a little man who was truly a little man. His "disability" was his size. In a world of big strong men this can definitely make things challenging. This man's name was Zacchaeus. Even though Zacchaeus was a wealthy man, money could not buy height nor size. 

Jesus was to be traveling through Jericho and Zacchaeus was just as excited as all the others to see him. As the crowds gathered Zacchaeus was far too short to see over them. So he made the decision to climb a Sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus. When Jesus saw the man hanging in the tree, He said “Zacchaeus, come down immediately.  I must stay at your house today.”  So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.  

Another man named Mordecai Brown did like most young men and helped to work the family farm in the late 1800's. Then one day a tragic accident left Mordecai with fingers missing from his right hand. For a boy who loved baseball this would be devastating. A later injury that broke fingers on the same hand would surely end any dreams of playing baseball. Jump ahead many years to Mordecai making it become an outfielder on a professional team. His coach noticed that due to his right hand, the balls he threw had a wild spin on them. 

When the pitcher did not show up for a game the coach moved Modecai to pitcher. The balls he threw were almost impossible to get a good solid hit on. He went on to be entered into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  You can read more about Mordecai here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown

In both instances, what appeared to others to be a flawed body and would hinder their quality of life actually facilitated some fantastic moments that most of us "healthy and unflawed" will never experience.

If you have a flaw that you think will keep you from enjoying life to its fullest, maybe you should check out a few more of the stories below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4H04Rmkrw

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1743213-12-incredible-athletes-with-disabilities

We all carry around Lemons in life. Sometimes we have to choose a different path due to our lemons. But sometimes those paths lead us to places we never dreamed of!

Until next time-Safe Picking
Tammy