🌊'May the Tide Turn in '20❣️'

👊🏼 "YOU CANNOT REACH FOR ANYTHING NEW - IF - YOUR HANDS ARE FULL OF YESTERDAY'S JUNK‼️" - author unknown ☺️😘🙏🏼 Have you ever ATTEMPTED to, unlock and open, your car 🚗 door, with both of your arms FULL of "STUFF," and, "in the process," DROPPED ALL of the "STUFF"⁉️Well, I have, and, more than once‼️This is an illustration ("if you will") of what happens in one's life, whenever, he/she, obsessively continues to abnormally "dwell upon" the PAST (especially, negative things), which, cannot be RELIVED, REDONE, CHANGED, ETC. He/she, unintentionally, usually, ends up, inadvertently, MESSING UP his/her PRESENT situations, relationships, circumstances, etc....LIFE‼️I, for one, sincerely desire to QUIT repeating this DESTRUCTIVE behavior, in my life in "2020," with the SUPERNATURAL (which, IS what it will take) assistance of My Lord Jesus Christ❣️🙏🏼✝️...I aggravated the "ole bad back," the day before 'Thanksgiving Day,' getting ready to have a bunch of people here at our home on 'T. Day,' and then, I aggravated it, again, about a week and a half ago, getting into the passenger seat of our van, whenever, David and I, were out on our 'annual Christmas/shopping/etc. day'‼️😔 So, I'm ending "2019" with intense back/right hip pain ("imagine that"‼️)‼️😩🙏🏼PLEASE, agree with me for the complete healing of my back, if, you are a person, who, prays, and also, believes that, God still heals "today," in Jesus' name❣️☺️ And, I'm fighting an old cold, also❣️😩 THANK YOU, for your prayers❣️🙏🏼 💔 "2020" shall be the first year, in which, I'll "face," without my wonderful mother, after fifty five years of "ushering in" many new years with her ❣️💔 Her birthday is January 8th., and, mine is the 12th. (I'll be 56 - head'n toward 60 - with no time to waste), so, we won't be celebrating our birthday month together this year, either❣️❣️As a "matter of fact," we won't be celebrating anything TOGETHER this year❣️💔😭 Today is Thursday, Dec. 26, '19, and, SOMEHOW, Tina and I, and, our family, made it through Christmas, Eve and Day, without our Anna Faye❣️💔🙌🏼 It was sad, but, as she would have wanted, we all chose, to not dwell on her being gone from us, and, rather on, enjoying each other, and, the true meaning, etc., of Christmas❣️🎄✝️💚 The Good Lord, enabled and comforted, us through all of it❣️So, as much as, a part of me, desires to leave the past behind, and, commit to having a fantastic "2020," the grieving part of me, knows better than to do that, and, fights against me, knowing that, "my safety net, ETC. (mother)," is not going to be around to "catch" me - ever again, in the dependable way, in which, she always has been❣️This fact is a very unfamiliar reality for me, and, shall take a LONG time for me to accept, and, shall probably never completely do❣️💔😪 There is a part of me that, wants to BELIEVE that "2020" is going to be an AWESOME year for, me and all of my "loved ones," HOWEVER, there's also, another part of me, which, is HESITANT to "take the plunge," making the commitment to actually BELIEVE for this, because of the losses, pain, brokenness, etc., of the past, especially the past few years❣️I also, have some fear of the future, knowing that, I'm probably "facing" surgery, in order to "deal with" a hernia (or, whatever it is), along with some other issues, which, begins January 7❣️I, first noticed it protruding from my stomach, a the top of my belly button area, around the time of my father's passing, which, was back in October "2006," and, it has continued to grow‼️😏 It is pretty big now, and, I am quite self conscious of it‼️Thankfully, it is not painful‼️I am fearful of dealing with it‼️😳 So, if, you believe that, God answers prayers, I'd really appreciate your prayers of faith about this❣️Thank you❣️😃 I DO realize that, evil forces are trying to use these fears, etc., of mine, to keep me from moving forward in VICTORY, thriving in life, in Jesus' name, instead of JUST "SURVIVING," as, I've sadly been doing the past few years❣️I am praying for The Lord to supernaturally assist me with this❣️With ALL of that being said, I'd like to ENCOURAGE each of us, as we enter "2020," to, examine the past, learn from it, apply the lessons learned to our "present daily lives," and, march forward in FAITH, EXPECTING our glorious LORD to assist us into the DESTINIES, in which, HE planned for us, even before the foundation of the world was a reality❣️If, you are a BELIEVER, a child of God, through faith in Christ Jesus, and, HIS finished work of Salvation, then, there is NO reason to FEAR the possibility of ANYTHING that life may "throw at you," period❣️OKAY, SO, ALL of us have some OBSTACLES to overcome (through Jesus), BUT, we can "GETTER DONE"❣️😘 HOWEVER, one must be 'SAVED' by JESUS - FIRST - before HE can help one to be a REAL WINNER - in this life, and, the next life (in Heaven) (ROMANS 10:9+10)❣️😘✝️💚 I suppose, after "hitting" "MY ROCK BOTTOM" (HOPEFULLY❣️), somewhere in the past few years, I'll now, CHOOSE, to go forward, ATTEMPTING to expect VICTORY, with, hope and trepidation⁉️❣️The only way, in which, I know how to describe where this 'child of God,' finds myself presently in life, is that, I am COMPLETELY living in, by, through, with, for, because of, ETC., HIS GLORIOUS GRACE (the foundation of it is the finished work of Christ Jesus - on and through - Calvary's Cross, and, HIS resurrection from the DEAD)❣️✝️ I have, heard and read, that, "SUCCESS is how high one bounces AFTER one "HITS" "ROCK BOTTOM"‼️" I don't know IF this is accurate, or not, but, it "RINGS TRUE" to me, and, I'm trying to believe that, "2020" shall be my "BOUNCE BACK" year, and that, the "BOUNCE" shall be VERY, high and enjoyable❣️❣️🙏🏼😘💃🏻💞 The following "thought" is really encouraging to this "ole gal"..."Not seeing results? Feel like giving up? Consider this:  the LAST thing to GROW on a fruit tree, is the FRUIT‼️‼️🌳🍏🍑🍒🍋❣️Therefore, I'm also, praying and hoping, that, "2020" shall be the year for "this here" "fruit tree" to BEAR MUCH "FRUIT" (JOHN CHAPTER 15, HEBREWS 12:11)❣️❣️❣️ I am believing for this to happen for MANY of US, including any of you, who, are reading this blog-post, whom, are needing "the such," also❣️🙏🏼💜 LET'S, commit in prayer, and, expect this to "come to pass," for one another, okay⁉️❣️I realize that, for me to "get on wid it," I MUST "jump a couple hurdles," first, which is, also, part of the preparatory process required for my "path"❣️Only you can figure out what is necessary for you to DO, in order to go forward unto VICTORIOUSLY living God's perfect plan, if, you aren't yet doing so, and, desire it❣️😘 By the time I recover from the medical treatment required to rid my body of this "hernia" (or, whatever it is). I am trusting my magnificent Lord to have given me back the, desire and motivation, for life, in which, "once upon a time," came so easily for me❣️"IT COULD HAPPEN," right⁉️ 😘😂 NO, "in all seriousness," I am sincerely trying to TRUST HIM (by faith) to give me back these things, so that, once again, for HIS, glory and honor, and, mine and other people's, good, etc.❣️🙏🏼 The truth is that, no matter HOW MUCH any of us would like to RELIVE anything GOOD, or, UNDO anything BAD, in our pasts, IT CANNOT BE DONE, because, the past is IN THE PAST❣️Therefore (LIFE LESSON FOR THIS POST), AS WE WELCOME "2020," BECAUSE, THE PAST CANNOT BE CHANGED, LET US ALWAYS, PUT OUR FEARS, ETC. BEHIND US, AND, SET OUR MINDS WITH DETERMINATION - PUT OUR, HOPES AND DREAMS, WHICH, CORRELATE WITH GOD'S WILL, IN FRONT OF US, AND, CONTINUE RUNNING OUR PERSONAL RACES (only competing with who I WAS - YESTERDAY), FOR JESUS', HONOR AND GLORY (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Hebrews 12:2, Philippians 3:13+14 )❣️Because, IF, we don't put our PASTS behind us, they shall surely MESS UP our, present and future❣️🙏🏼✝️🏃🏻‍♀️💞 Although, the following statement is true, which, I read somewhere on social media..."NOT LOOKING BACK IS THE HARDEST PART ABOUT MOVING FORWARD" (author unknown), NEVERTHELESS, I say, to myself, and, to anyone reading this post..."CARPE DIEM" ("seize the day"), every single day in "2020"...STARTING...TODAY❣️We cannot do it by ourselves, individually, HOWEVER, we CAN do it with the assistance of Christ Jesus (Philippians chapter 4)❣️✝️🙏🏼📖🕊💜 I just listened to 'The Hopper's' song (via 'You Tube'), entitled, 'I've Come Too Far,' which correlates with the message of this post, in my opinion❣️🎶💖 It really ministered to me❣️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I recommend that, you listen to it - after - you read this❣️😘🎶🗣👂🏼After the two worst years of my fifty six years of  "earth dwelling" life, I am believing, through FAITH, that, in "2020," "THE TIDE IS GOING TO TURN" in my favor, and, yours, also, dear reader (of, you need it to turn for you, too)❣️✝️💖🙏🏼 "HAPPY NEW YEAR, YA'LL"❣️One of the main reasons, in which, I'll be happy whenever "2019" is over, and, we are experiencing "2020," is because, we'll no longer be living in the year that, my momma "passed away"❣️😘☺️🖤 "By the way," I find it difficult to believe, but, this is my #98 blog-post (writing my blog (writing and sharing it) is like "therapy sessions" for me, and , hopefully, you, also 🤣)❣️(1 Thessalonians chapter 5, Ephesians 5:14-47)❣️😘🙏🏼💜 May 'the turn of the tide' be in, your and my, favor,  in "2020" (with our spiritual "20/20 vision" concerning life)❣️😘🙏🏼🌊...until next post...👋🏼