MOTHER: THE WORD, HER SON

 

                            THE WORD: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT                  

PRACTICING TO SERVE IN THE MINISTRY 

                                                 

Humbly he stepped up to the alter, the place so dread

Preparation was made,prayer given upon his head

My heart was ready,my eyes fixed on him as he stood clothed in the

likenss of "Him"

I tried to listen attentively,chewing so slowly every word as he spoke

timely,giving the topic "The Power of Spoken Word". Feeling so proud as

I,did give birth to him,yet this man God first did the giving. He spoke

with eloquence,gave a poem,then broke it down for all to

understand,Scriptures read to prove that this was not some memory

taken from his head. The blessing of God was on those who

listened,listened keenly and absorbed "The Power of Spoken Word".

by DeLinda Williams 7.17.17

INSTRUCTION OF FAITH

                                                   Part 1- A BIRTHDAY MIRACLE   

 

          In my Kingdom journey, there were times that I was not in tune with God's voice or instructions given, depending on when it was given and my mindset at the time. I didn't understand as much of the prophetic word(instructions) given to guide me and improve my life.  In 2004, something was happening health-wise, with sharp pains in my knees but I did not realize how bad they were becoming until 2008. I was just looking to doctors and taking medicines. Proverbs 3:5(KJV) "Trust in the Lord, with all thine heart and lean not to your own understanding". I did not understand what was happening or what to do(I didn't have people around me to encourage or explain things to me).

Let me give you a little back story as to how things began and you will understand the following Story:

        One morning in 2008, I woke up and went to work and shortly after I got there to take care of my patient I was not feeling my normal self, and she noticed that I hardly was saying anything to her and responded very little" to what she was saying. She was very concerned, so near to the end of the day she asked what was wrong? It's then I told her that I was not feeling so well, but I did not want her to be scared, by now I was feeling worse I was going to be heading straight to the hospital.

I was in serious pain as I made my way to the hospital, then later found out that I had a Hital Hernia.

After that, I had another abdominal pain which was hitting in a different spot and I found out that the pain was from my gallbladder not functioning, as a matter of fact it took me till one year later to realize that I already got the diagnosis and that my gallbladder was no longer functioning, it quit on me. So I was walking around in serious pain for a whole year and a little bit over a year of not being able to eat any irregular meals and I was already eating only dinner so now dinner was not a thing anymore. I had stopped eating most of the selective items that I was eating and now having crackers and salad and I found it hard to even drink water. I had to have a gallbladder removal Surgery and that went well and I was told that I would be back to my normal self, or so I thought.

You see, between the hernia and the gallbladder issue the devil was planning and scheming against me. I was already having struggles on the job with a new nursing agency coordinator which was not mine but she came intending to fire me by any means necessary, so she was already nitpicking at the one day that I could not work, but by me getting sick while she couldn't find a reason, and my patient now needing round the clock care, She refused to add 4 more hours and shift me to night, she wanted to just fill the day I couldn't work and she didn't care that I was available 6 days. I had to be home for a while while waiting to be placed with other patients to take care of. So this coordinator decided that she was going to try to dupe me out of my unemployment, but I am meticulous in keeping notes so I got my unemployment while trying to take care of my medical health to get back to work.

During all this time something else popped up, and this was before the gallbladder removal surgery. I started having swelling of my big toe on the right foot and also on the bottom of both feet, so I was now limping. Just before the swelling of the big toe, I had to walk on it because I couldn't walk on the bottom of my foot because of the swelling there, so I started getting treatments of my foot being wrapped every two weeks (which was no fun and the smell was not nice, let alone the itching). The swelling of my left foot went down, which helped to bring some relief and saved me some taxi fares.

Then the toe swelling began because I was walking on it most of the time( my weight gain didn't make things any better), but the cane a got from previous knee problems helped and caused new problems     (elbow pains from not being instructed of which hand to use to stay balanced).

While all of this was going on, I found myself kept going back to the hospital every week with chest pains which was from bronchitis(diagnosed as a child), and it would get more and more intense until the medicines were no longer working for me. My Primary Care doctor suggested that I should go and get it checked out by a specialist because it seemed like I was having more than just a bronchial attack, so I went and while I was there I was having an asthma attack and the doctor diagnosed it right away as such. I got my first inhaler right then and there. Now the podiatrist figured that what was going on with my right foot had got to be serious because the same thing had started with my left foot, but the right foot wouldn't heal, so he then sent me to see a specialist to take some tests. What he was thinking he didn't want to diagnose until I took these tests. These tests were nerve tests and some others, the diagnosis came back as Rheumatoid Arthritis, so I had to be treated by a specialist in that field who also diagnosed me with Psoriatic arthritis.

         Not to worry you with the minute details of my day-to-day life, but I had to start taking monthly infusions which was so worrisome, seeing that I had to go to the hospital and lay there with needles in my veins and oxygen tubes for 4 hours each visit, and my health was not getting any better. My life was now not my own and I felt like I was imprisoned by my weekly activities, which included going to physical therapy multiple times every week And also multiple doctor appointments. I was so exhausted daily from the journey and activities in the different clinics and hospitals. I was having terrible Chronic back pains ( caused by a childhood injury), aggravated by the strain of lifting patients, the task of the job, the constant asthmatic attacks, and the regular housekeeping routine. I was now wearing an uncomfortable back brace.

Things just seem to be going downhill and happening so fast. I had an injury to the disc in my neck (Herniated disc- diagnosed in 2014, which prevented me from being able to turn my head to one side )that was going on for ages and now it was worse, so I was getting multiple shots for different parts of my body some every three months some every two months. I had shots in my hands and braces for both hands that were no longer working the way they should(Carpal tunnel) and (Trigger Finger or Stenosing Tenosynovitis), shots for my back which was always hurting to the extreme, a shot and boot for my right foot.

       I was trying to figure out what was going on with my health, it was getting worse and it got really bad. Through it all, I learned over time to build my faith and how to trust the almighty. The enemy tried to isolate me in sickness, temporarily taking away my ability to be mobile and touching my sight (Cataracts). I became a walking pharmacy and more crippled even inside, but my commitment to my kingdom faith made me too stubborn to quit, to lay down and fade away, so I started listening more, reading for clear understanding, and worshiping differently. God moved mightily in my life and the healings and the deliverance came the breakthrough hit, and I experienced a big miracle that I didn't think of.  Won't he do it?😄

Hebrews 11:1(NIV) "Now faith as the confidence in what we hope for, the assurance about what we do not see". 

        On August 22 of 2020(which was my birthday) my faith went to another level, you might say, a deeper level. I was supposed to see the surgeon that coming week about having surgery done to correct the problem with the disc in my neck and so I asked for the brethren(church members) to lay hands on me and to pray for me, but before they prayed for me I also asked that everyone believe with their whole heart that I would receive a complete healing, that when I went to see the surgeon there would be no evidence of the Herniated disc in my neck and there would be no evidence of it on the MRI or ultrasound that was sent to him, he would find nothing on examining me. The brethren laid their hand on my shoulder near my neck(it was hurting too much for them to touch my neck). By faith, minutes after, the pain started going away and I started turning my head. With every turn of my head, not my body, I felt less pain until there was no pain. I went for my appointment with the surgeon and just as I prayed, everything went as I requested. I was out of his office in minutes to return home, he could not figure out what happened, nor did he find my ultrasound and MRI results that were sent to him. Until the present day, I have not had any pain, I didn't have any surgery, therapy, or anything related to having a herniated disc in my neck.

I'm still rejoicing in the miracle of the Lord in my life. Proverbs 16:20(AMP) "Whoever gives heed to instruction prosper, and blessed is one who trust in the Lord".

Stay tuned for Part 2- MY UNEXPECTED MIRACLE

STARTING OVER?

 

If given the chance to start life over, would you? Why or why not?

 

                          Starting life over seems to be a great solution to many things if given the option. There were times when I wished I could live my life over again and be someone else. Those were times when life was kicking me very hard. Times when I cried inside, and I thought I deserved everything bad or negative thing that was happening at those times. I would refuse to talk to God about the issues pressing me so hard (my stubborn will- Ephesians 2:8 ESV; 5:17 NIV). Some of the problems were not hitting me directly, but whatever affected my children, affected me deeply. At times I did nothing but worry, sometimes I would cry, a few times I wanted to give up on life. There was always something to pull me back to the realities of God’s word and a story of our brethren (men and women of the Bible) who passed so very long ago, who faced the same issues and overcame to do great things. Sometimes the Holy Spirit caused me to reflect on something the Lord rescued me from. There were times the Holy Spirit led me to be in someone’s presence who needed encouragement or hearing of a stranger’s story (going through worse situations), it’s when I have to ask God's forgiveness for not taking everything to him in prayer, apologizing for my thought process, my weakness, not allowing the Lord to lead my path in the situation.  Forgiveness for wasted time (time that I didn’t spend praying). Forgiveness for the times I force-fed myself ice cream and/or worked myself into chest pain, asthma attack, or swollen eyes from crying. Forgiveness for not being progressive or productive (I was jumping and swimming in my own conclusion of how God felt about me, and why I was into the problem I was in Romans 12:2 NIV; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV).        

If given the chance to start life over again, would I? No. I would not like to live my life over unless I can change or omit certain things and keep some things I now know and experienced (so I thought). 

As I grow in my faith in God and learn more about his Kingdom and myself, my thinking has elevated to realize that everything happens for a reason. Although God only wants good for my life, I had to go through some maturing experiences, testing, and pressing. If as a child I did not experience picking fresh vegetables and fruits, I would only know going to the grocery store to buy food. If I didn’t fall and scrape my knees occasionally, and had minor accidents, I wouldn’t know endurance or that childish resilience, and neither would I have stories to tell my children of the scars that show today. If I didn’t spend extensive time to myself, I would not know how to play alone when friends were too busy to play with me and mom was busy sewing or cooking. I would not have time for such creative imagination and desire to start my dreams. If I had the option to start my life over, I would not have had the years of solo traveling experiences from the age of five and get to talk to many people of different ages about God. If I were not abandoned and raised as a foster care child I could not empathize with others in that category and have the curiosity to know more of God’s agape love. There would have been a strong possibility that my father would have had custody of me, and he might not have had a relationship with God that would influence me to choose and allow the Lord to be the (master Romans14:8- 9; Matthew 23:7 NIV) of my life. I would not have known that there are consequences for my negative actions. I would not be the person I am today, not have a lively conscience, I would not care to measure my ways by a Godly standard, by the words of The Holy scriptures. I would be a careless individual. I would not have learned how to be cautious in everything I do due to good and bad experiences. There is no way of knowing if and when I would have experienced God’s permissive will over the order of my life’s mishaps. Although the path was not chosen and the perfect time planned within God’s will for me to have children and marry, yet his permissive will was extended and experienced at a young age, so I began to learn about love in a relationship and forgiveness on another level (I became a young grandmother of 14 children).

Without the presence of the Holy Spirit in my life,                       

I would not have learned and know that God is in control

of all of my decisions,

and he has worked out everything in my life before it began.

 He knew everything I would have to face, he saw and went to the ending of it all before my birth in him, before the earth was formed, putting things in place for me to trust the process, take his hands, and make up my mind not to throw in the towel, because I have more rounds of life’s battles to fight. I learned the terminology of surrendering, vulnerability, waiting, moaning, groaning, and tightening of the heart muscle to deflect fiery darts. If I had the option to start my life over, I might not be alive today, because I would not have survived the bulk of life’s heaviness that weighed me down early in life, that caused me to consider giving up. I can say, now, after learning, acknowledging, understanding, and overcoming why I had to go through the challenges of life, and those experiences, I am so grateful that God guided me and many times, pulled me through it all. It would take a long time and many pages to tell of my many experiences and reasons why I would not want to start my life over again. Although it has not been a perfect life or one that was always happy, it’s mine and one that God is constantly working on and improving.

If given the chance to start life over, would you? Why or why not?

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STARTING AND BALANCING MY DAYS

My almost daily routine

A.      I wake with a spiritual song on my heart and my lips: That song usually stays in the forefront of my mind all day or until another is placed within my spirit (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16 ESV.) (Often, after meditating and having an outward flow of joy, it would lead to dancing). 🎜🎶

B.      Most mornings start with praying to God: Being grateful for everything (small and great, even the things that I haven’t received or seen yet), asking for forgiveness for habits, understandings, and mistakes(sins), and blessing my family, friends, and world(mankind, including the government), also (praying for healing, recovery, and deliverance(1Thessalonians 5:16-18ESV), or reading my Bible first (the combination equals, morning devotion). 🙏

C.      Reading my Bible: Sometimes for a committed 20 to 45 minutes picking a topic or reading randomly, or till my soul is satisfied(filled)if studying (depending on the plan for the day). Taking time out of my day to read the word of God is essential as a Kingdom citizen(Deuteronomy 32:47; John 6:63; Deuteronomy 6:4-9;Revelations 1:3;Matthew 4;4NIV) Therefore, I prefer to start my day with a committed reading of the word or when I have a whole day to myself, I would go into deep studies and stay as long as I want or need to, reading the word. 📖

D.      Quick Dental care and face wash  🦷🪥

 (Depending on what is occurring in my life at the time, I-IV are constantly steadily in the same order daily).

E.       Make Breakfast:or Brunch While working out and singing, or dancing, sing and then eat. Most of the time, I'm doing intermittent fasting or I've missed breakfast. Lunch is rare. 🍳💃

F.       Workout for a few minutes: Between 15-30, or 35 minutes for 3-5 mornings. Sometimes I work out for 15 minutes while cooking breakfast). 🏋

G.       Shower: It’s here that I spend some private time talking to the Lord about my secret thoughts and worries, sometimes receiving revelations (Deuteronomy 29:29AMP). 🚿

H.      Get groomed and dressed: I do my facial care after dental care, moisturizing and hydrating my hair and styling it, if it’s not already in a protective style. 👗🩰

I.        Journaling or writing notes: I often write my mood for the day. I write my “To Do” list if I didn’t do so the night before. 📘

J.      Check my “To Do” list: Go on a trip, or to an appointment, or start to homeschool if not going out, or work on other projects and or housework before or while teaching, some days evening shopping. 💻

K.      Cooking dinner: Having family meals and conversations. 🍳

L.       Reflection: Relaxing while reflecting on the day, if not getting ready for church study or my music lesson and practice or language lessons, grading and preparing homeschool work for the next day, maybe watching a movie or videos. 🤔

M.     Meal planning and/or prepping: Preparing some quick meals overnight (Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14 NIV) and cleaning the kitchen. 🥗🍝

N.      Get ready for bed: Nightly routine. 🩳👕🦷🪥

O.      Workout: 7-15 minutes of low-impact exercises. 🏋

P.      Prayer: Thanking God for the day and everyone that comes to my memory. 🙏

GRIEF

 

What is Grief? How Do You Deal With grief? 

(Physical, Emotional, Spiritual)

Grief; deep sorrow, misery, sadness, anguish, pain, distress, agony, torment, affliction, suffering, heartache, heartbreak, woe, desolation, despondency, dejection, despair, mourning, bereavement, blues, lamentation, remorse, regret, pining, mortification, dolor, dole, angst.

What the word grieve mean in Hebrew? adab-to languish, grieve; yagah- to grieve, to torment; atsab-to worry, have pain or anger.

What the word grieve mean in Greek? lupeo-to distress; to be sad. 

      When you think of grief, people often think of death, but there are different kinds of grief or different reasons for grief. There is grief over the passing of a loved one, a sick friend or family member, the ending of a relationship, the loss of a job, the loss of something cherished, even one's own illness, and grief over an unfortunate situation.    

        I've experienced the loss of childhood friendships, due to relocating and growing differences of opinions over the years. I've had strong attachments to some of them due to clingy feeling(needy) behavior towards those individuals. I was always pulled away from what was normal as a child and had people leave after promising to always be there(available for or stay with) me. As a teenager I would often spend most of my days alone and separated from friends and family, always crying, grieving one loss after the other. As an adult things were the same. I had to learn that although people come and go out of my life and I feel lonely as an introverted individual, I'm never alone. As I'm writing this passage, I'm pondering over the loss of a family member, whom I heard passed before when I started writing. It's not easy to accept or to know what to say in the moment, to those closest to the one who passed on. Nothing takes away the pain of death that has freshly happened, but as we the family receive words of comfort and encouragement, it often soothes the soul and in time, as we ponder the person's life, especially remembering the things that make us smile, it hurts less.When we have the loss of a loved one, we often spend a long time grieving and feeling sorry that the person or persons have died. We too often stop functioning in our daily task, overeat, or stop eating, some people sink into depression(that can look different, depending on the person). Some people ask God, "Why?" It's ok to remember the loss and feel the sadness for a "time". Jesus' mother and others wailed for him at his crucifixion(Luke 23: 27NIV " A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.")  After crying, my heart feeling heavy, and needing some comfort, I often think of (Matthew 5:4 NIV "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.") Only God knows why our loved ones pass at the time that they do, one day we will understand too. I also took comfort in various gospel songs that tell of God's love, his comfort, and not walking alone. If you experience this kind of loss or the loss of a relationship, Those are the types of grief that last longer in one's mind, people tend to dwell on them. These two types of loss can consume your life, causing drastic and traumatic changes to one's physical, spiritual, and emotional life, also destroying one's health. It's important to have positive emotional and spiritual support close by, in the form of confidential friends, family members, and a spiritual and trusted church member or leader, to receive encouragement. No one expects you to suddenly forget about your loss and turn off your emotions, but it is important to go through the vital stages as quickly as possible:

1. Denial, numbness, and shock: Disbelief and numbness is a normal reaction to death or a loss,(not meaning to not care).
2. Bargaining: Constantly wondering what could have prevented the loss or death.
3. Depression: Realizing and feeling the full extent of the death or loss.
4. Anger: This is a common stage that occurs when one feels powerless and helpless. It can stem from a feeling of abandonment.
5. Acceptance: One comes to terms with all the emotions and feelings caused by the death or loss.

        Writing is one of the steps I'm currently doing and the aforementioned steps in the previous paragraph, to move forward in my life. I can tell you that it's not easy and only time, plus consulting my God, through his word, I know that I can have complete healing. (Isaiah 41:10 ESV "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.") (Psalm 34:18 ESV "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.")

       Let’s look at grieve(atsab), to anger. Who is on the Lord’s side? God's chosen people rebelled against him by building and worshipping a golden calf in their impatient will. (Exodus 32 NIV) Many died as a result. King David, although a man after God's own heart, out of his human emotions, sent his soldier to death after taking his wife and having a failed attempt to conceal her pregnancy. Because of his position as King, David thought that he was in the right to do as he did (2 Samuel 11-2 NLT).  His first son from Bathsheba died, even though King David asked God for forgiveness and also fasted for the boy to recover from his illness. God was grieved, (angry, not pleased) with the King's actions, so as a result of King David's wicked and willful actions, the boy died, causing his mother to grieve(to mourn). (Ephesians 4:30-31 NIV "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with womb you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.")

      We at times do things we think are right without seeking a clear understanding of the Lord Jesus, nor do we wait for God's timing and decision on different aspects of our lives. We plot and plan things and events as if we have no one to answer to. When our plans fail and things are going or have gone wrong, it's when we turn to God for answers. Our efforts can be in vain if we don't seek the Lord for direction and answers to his will and plan for our lives. (Proverbs 27:2 KJV "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts)." As I push through on my Kingdom journey, I'm reminded(Proverbs 3:6 KJV " In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." I can hear this scripture echoing in my spirit as I go through all of the motions: 

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."  I'm still learning.

THE PURPOSE OF MY JOURNEY

       

My purpose is to fulfill the expectations of THE KING(Jesus Christ), by obeying his rules, and being identified with him (displaying his character documented in Galatians 5: 22-23, as his representative/ambassador) wherever I go, therefore giving glory to him in what I do and say. I’m also learning and enjoying the perks/blessings of the Kingdom of God while studying and learning how to spread the same message Jesus came to teach. Although not perfect and apt to make mistakes, I'm to learn how to pivot and turn to the King through his word for the answers that will solve issues and correct all mistakes. As I abide in him and he abides in me(John 15:7 AMP If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you), I must get better in my understanding of the Kingdom of God and my lifestyle must improve as the Holy Spirit guides me daily until he(Jesus Christ) returns.

First published 12.24.22(9:45 PM) Republished 8.4.24(12:54 AM)

WINTER'S COLD WARM HEART

 Winter's cold: the uncertainty, the hardships we face as we take a look at the past, at particular locations, amongst individuals or groups leading to the present, looking at things that made life uncomfortable(difficult) during specific occasions.

    There were times when life seemed as if it was at a standstill, nothing good seemed to be taking place in my life. Having had that experience, I felt all alone in sadness and I felt unloved. In those times my journey seemed hard and I was often discouraged by my own thoughts, lack, words, and actions of others. At times I felt defeated and isolated physically and mentally, therefore my spiritual life suffered as well. At these times I had no friends or family to turn to for encouragement or help. My immediate family was suffering also. We were surviving by the bare minimum and feeling the sting of failing to move forward to where we needed to be in life for that moment or the future. Religion was all that I knew and that had put a limit on my life(with the message of “Do as I say and don't do as I do”, that was almost always heard or implied).

      Things were escalating all around me, and all seemed very hopeless as if God was not even hearing me when I was praying. Other times it was hard to pray because I couldn't find the words—just the right words to say. I didn't understand why I was looking for perfect words but it seemed like I needed the perfect thing to say to God, when he's not looking for perfection. He is looking for a true heart that will come and speak to him, about the worries and things that weighed me down. Still, I kept waiting and trying to find the right words. All the while, in the back of my mind, I thought my burdens were too much for him and maybe I was just wasting my time because he had so many more people to care for.  Often I thought that my worries and my burdens were trivial in comparison to others and that I was simply just being a burden to God. So, I kept them to myself and It didn't help because. They were there and nothing was being solved. Stress lent a hand to my worries which added sickness and anxiety. This did not occur just once in my life but repeatedly. You see, there are times that we the imperfect people of god, forget that he is always there, ready and waiting to help us. We work ourselves into sickness and sometimes bring ourselves down to rock bottom before reaching out to him. You have to understand that as human beings, with the ability to choose, we often choose to try and fix situations ourselves without knowing where to start, how to, and what do we need to fix things. Therefore, we get to the stage where we're feeling backed up in a corner, and as said, “Caught between a rock and a hard place”. Some of us when just hitting rock bottom, realize right away and recover by crying out to God and others for help. Others don't realize it immediately and struggle for years to recover while being stagnant in their position. As for me, there are times that I feel stuck in the position that I'm in at the time, and I struggle to find my way out. It’s then I realized that there is help if I only reach out. Then, I turned to God and simply said, "Help me! Lord I need help"!

        It's now that I get to the point where I start remembering some gospel songs and hymns that are so soothing and fitting for the situation that I was in, after which, Bible scriptures come to my mind to comfort me, and help me find my way out of being stuck. Such as:

Philippians 4:6-7 says, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus". 

        I was not presenting and requesting, but worrying and stressing. I found out that there's nothing too hard for God and there's no problem too great that he cannot solve.

 Jeremiah 33:3 NIV says, Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

        I learned through the Bible(the Word of God) that God will answer my prayers, teach me how to handle my situation, and show me things I've never seen or heard of. There were so many things that I didn't understand, that he caused me to understand through reading his word and asking for his wisdom to share and apply to my life and my family. Never misunderstand me, I don't know or understand it all, but I'm learning as I go, how to tap into the source(Christ Jesus) to achieve the benefits of the Kingdom of God, but it starts with understanding what it's all about. There is so much more to know and understand. I learned that it takes a daily prayer life[Thessalonians 5:17 NLV Never stop praying. (AMP-be unceasing and persistent in prayer;) ] and reading the word consistently.

Warm heart: Once you start to learn how to read for the understanding of the word, you will know what to do when troubles and trials come into your life, and things seem overwhelming. There is no greater feeling than the joy that Jesus gives through a song, words of encouragement, and most of all, the word. You can now think clearly and even hear the still small voice of the Lord, guiding you out of your troubling situations, out of that corner you are stuck in. 

Side Note: Sometimes the Lord will send help without you lifting a finger or saying a word because he knows your heart and he sees its posture(what you are thinking, deep into your spirit). 

Stay faithful! Keep your heart warm.