There is a lot going on in my life that is starting to look up. I sat back and took a look around me and thought about the areas that need major improvement. First thing, my marriage. Sure, it's easy to blame blame blame, but I actually took the time to figure out what makes the husband tick and because I just sulk in the misery that I have allowed myself to create, I can only do 2 things about it and that's 1. Leave the situation. 2. Do something to FIX the problem. I have decided that I'm going with number 2. We've come this far already. We are going to go through with marriage counseling again and this time, we are sticking it out until the problems get resolved. :) Life is only what we create of it. We can take our mistakes and others' mistakes and let them sulk inside of us and live miserably, OR we can start from the beginning and try, TRY again!! Life has so much great but a lot of times, we can only see the not-so-great.
Mary Kay has played a major factor in my change of being. I was never as happy as I wanted to be. I let the smallest things bother me. I let so many people get to me and that is behind me. I can only move forward. I let my husband take the best of me and I never stopped to see what HE needed or why he was being the way he was toward me. . My husband IS a good guy on the days that he wants to be. lol. I say that with humor but that is EVERYONE. EVERY SINGLE HUMAN being. We ALL have flaws. Some are bigger then others.
I say that Mary Kay changed my life because it really and truly did. I have a sisterhood of women that rely on each other and count on each other and they build us up when we are down. No, it's not a "social club" but in a way, it sort of really is. If that makes sense. I feel more confident about myself. I feel like I'm in the limelight and not stuck behind in the shadows. I know that I am making a difference in someone Else's life and they appreciate me and it makes me more appreciative of others! I feel refreshed.
This past weekend, my mom had a party for Mary Kay.7 out of 8 people showed up which is an amazing number. I took home $712.26 that night. NEVER in my wildest dreams did I EVER think I could achieve something like that. I went into that party thinking about all of the women that I was going to bless and make them feel beautiful and without the thought of "hmm, I wonder how much I'm going to make." The money part is just a great bonus. If I were working a normal minimum wage part-time job, I would have to wait like 2 weeks for that kind o money. I made that in 2 hours. The BEST part is, I blessed those women and I can now help my husband with finances.
My husband is a hard worker. A VERY HARD Worker. He goes above and beyond the call of duty to provide for his family and I forget to remind him how grateful we are to have him working so hard. How much I appreciate what all he does for us. I know I'm not the only one in the world that has that problem, I just like to let it be known. I'm pretty straight forward and if you haven't already figured that one out, well I am. I was actually debating back and forth as to whether or not I should post this blog private or public and you know what, I'm proudly posting this blog PUBLIC. :) :):) There is NOTHING negative about this blog. SURE, there is a little more info out there then most people can handle but this is me and what's going on and I hope that others don't take it the wrong way and run with false misconceptions.
I went to church this past Sunday and the sermon REALLY Stood out to me. I'm going to share a little of it. This is just bits and pieces. In no particular order.....
A man at a revival meeting who answered the alter call and came forward to pray. He knelt and wailed loudly. "O Lord, remove the cobwebs from my heart." The woman beside him prayed, "Don't do it, Lord; Kill the spider."
We focus on the bad habits we can break and the new habits we can pick up. And these things are important. It is important to remove those things from our lives that separate us from God and from one another. It's important to pray more. It is important to spend more quality time with others and less time alone on the Internet. But this is dealing with symptoms, not the disease.
We have a tendency to focus on the symptoms of our spiritual lives. Psalm 51 reminds us to focus on what's really wrong: we are sinful and need a new heart, a right spirit. It's not something we can do for ourselves. All we can do is recognize our need and ask GOD to change us. "Create in me a clean heart, O God,/ and put a new and right spirit within me." ---Delmer L Chilton
MEDITATION: "We are immersed in a culture that feeds acquisitiveness, the appetite for more bigger, and that fosters the myth that self worth is found in material wealth and that happiness is found in possessing. 'We buy things we don't even need with money we don't even have to impress people we don't even know.' (The Dave Ramsey Show). Generosity, according to Wesley, was rooted in grace, an emptying of oneself for others, an expression of love of God and Neighbor." -Robert Schnase
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