'Kimmie Sue's "LIFE LESSONS"'

✝️👩‍👧‍👦 Although, I am writing (actually typing) this post during the month of MAY, "2019," I won't be posting it until JUNE❣️Easter was early this year, which, is fine with me, because, last year it was later than usual, and that, seemed strange to this ole girl❣️Ha❣️🏊🏼‍♀️🏊🏽 Our pool's been open for a few weeks now, and, I'm praying that, The Lord shall, answer my prayer, and, give me back the strong desire, in which, I once had for, swimming and outside activities, and the such❣️The chronic back pain, as well as, a couple of other culprits, are to blame for my diminished desire for these‼️👩‍👧‍👦'Mother's Day' is this Sunday, which, has me thinking about HOW very blessed I am, because, GOD, gave me a loving mother, and, many other "like - second mothers," and, also, entrusted me with the GIFT of being a mother myself, ALL of which, are TREMENDOUS BLESSINGS in my life❣️Well, it is now, Monday, the day after 'Mother's Day,...

💖✈️🚘🎥💃🏽😎"WORLDLY SUCCESS," was what I THOUGHT, as a girl, that, I would achieve, "one day," as an adult❣️😗As a child, what did you imagine that your future held? 🤔HOWEVER, for me, instead, it's been, one INTENTIONAL, SURRENDER and SUBMISSION (I'll be using "S/S" to represent this, in this post), after another, throughout my journey, as an adult Believer, which, is the complete opposite of the first nineteen years of my existence❣️This has left me "in a tailspin," which, typically, lead to me "crashing and burning," oftentimes, as an adult‼️😱The definition of SURRENDER is:  (verb) Cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and SUBMIT to AUTHORITY (GOD is the ultimate AUTHORITY - may I add)‼️The definition of SUBMISSION is:  (verb) SUBMIT (sub-mit) to align my WILL with GOD'S to find FREEDOM, DIRECTION, and TRUE PURPOSE‼️Throughout my childhood, I basically did, anything and everything that, I really desired to do, whic...

🎉🎈🤗 HAPPINESS 💖 "The BEST part about LIFE?  EVERY morning YOU (and I) have the OPPORTUNITY to become a HAPPIER version of YOURSELF (and myself)"❣️(t-u - 'Happsters' and 'Pinterest')❣️💖 Monday:  I "FEEL" happy this morning, because, it is Spring, I'm back out on my deck, the sun is shining, a heavenly breeze is blowing, I've seen - two Cardinals, a Hummingbird, two Butterflies, as well as some more of God's cute, "lil" creatures❣️😃 I did my Bible reading out here, this fine a.m., which, made it even better than usual, for me❣️Oh, hallelujah, another beautiful Cardinal just fluttered across the yard, which, upon seeing it, assisted me, in maintaining my "HAPPINESS" (soulishly)❣️😘🐦❤️ I'm always "HAPPY IN THE LORD" (spiritually)❣️✝️🙏🏼🙌🏼😃 And, I almost always - TRY - to be HAPPY (soulishly), although, sometimes, I fall short❣️😔😏🤣🙏🏼 Later, this afternoon, my eighteen year old grandson, Darius,...

✝️💜⛪️ 'Render therefore to ALL their dues...HONOUR TO WHOM HONOR.' (Romans 13:7) 📖  My father-in-law, Ralph, aka "Jiggs," shall be celebrating his ninetieth birthday, the end of the month, which means, whenever, he and I met, I was nineteen, and, he was fifty three (two years younger than I am presently), which, is "craziness" (the quickly passing of time phenomenon)❣️GOD is obviously blessing him with a long life (Proverbs 3:1+2, Psalm 91)❣️First of all, let me write that, I am very grateful to, our new pastor, and, his wife, Brent and Ana, for having a birthday celebration/night of honor for "Jiggs," who is our church's emeritus pastor❣️I honor them for honoring him❣️I also, honor our church's leaders, whom, wanted to have a celebration for, David and I, in, recognition and honor, of David being, assistant and/or interim pastor, and, me as the church's "First Lady/pianist," intermittently, for the past twelve years, whenev...

💔😻 INSATIABLE hungerings - for a multitude of things, in which, I observed, that, life and "the world," "had to OFFER," describes, a part of me, in my twenties and thirties (1 John 2:16+17)‼️😳💍👠🚗🌇🍸🍺 GOD only knows WHAT I would have "gotten into," IF, HE had not had HIS loving, providential, disciplinary, ETC., "hand," upon ME⁉️😏 I, NOW, KNOW this:  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS FOR ME, AND, THOSE CONNECTED TO ME, IF, GOD had, permitted and/or given, me, EVERYTHING, in which, I thought that I, desired and/or wanted‼️😔 SO, throughout the years, as my spirit (because, HIS SPIRIT was working inside me), was desiring to be what I understood that, my LORD wanted me be, and yet, trying to SATISFY the LUSTS in my soul, I was, oftentimes, living with a sense of frustration within my being‼️My physical body, which is "neutral," would obey, which ever part of me (spirit or soul), was in control, at any given time‼️The Holy Spirit, and, s...

🖤💔 SUFFERING, in various forms (such as - illnesses, hardships due to poverty, relationship problems, addictions, ETC.) (physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, etc.), is being, "SERVED" and endured, by thousands of souls, in many ways, all around the world (exposed and unexposed), individually and corporately, DAILY‼️ 👁👁 And, IF, one shall only, OPEN one's "eyes," look around, and, observe, then, he/she, who has a heart, shall "SEE," empathize, and, hopefully, DO, whatever, he/she, is able to DO, to, relieve and lessen, the SUFFERING❣️This "fact of life" (the existence of much suffering), can be, mentally and emotionally, overwhelming, IF, one dwells upon it too much, especially, concerning such things as - hungry or ill, children, for example❣️Every time, one of us, "reaches out," compassionately, in order to, help and EASE, someone else's SUFFERING, it is multiplied, and, TOGETHER, WE can put a "BIG dent, ...

🖤🎹🎼🎶 PIANIST (I am, basically, a self taught one - except for a couple years of lessons - back in grade school - around -1st./2nd. grade / (?) age)❣️ 🎹🖤 For the past twenty four years, I have, intermittently, played the piano at various churches, whenever, I was needed, and, The Lord impressed on my "heart" to do so, always, in HIS name, and, for HIS, honor and glory❣️Furthermore, I have enjoyed, and, been BLESSED, by doing so (1 Corinthians 10:31)❣️Throughout the past twelve years, I have been the pianist at my home church, on and off, until I regrettably, "stepped down," a year or so ago, due to various, personal reasons, but, predominantly, because of symptoms attributed to having 'Degenerative Disc Disease,' which, has caused (progressively more intense) chronic, BACK and body, PAIN. 😔 This was a very, heavy and difficult, situation and decision, for me, especially, due to being a "RECOVERING - PEOPLE PLEASER," being concerned about, whe...