JUST TWO THINGS.........#AndThat'sIt!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Today's Mona Girl Blog is a Corporate Word.  And what is a Corporate Word, some of you may be asking? Wellll, it means that what Our Lord is having me share with You today, applies to ALL of Us.....not just Mona, not just You....it applies to Everyone reading Mona Girl Blog....and that's a GOOD THING becuz we can ALL get in on the Blessing!!

This morning as I was chill-laxin in Our Heavenly Father's Mighty Presence, (my Fave place to be), He said two things to me which were "repeats/reminders/confirmations" from what an Awesome Man of God (shout out to Angel Kenneth) said to me a few weeks ago. OK!! Are you ready?!?........Wait for it......Wait for it..........

#1: KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON GOD

#2: DON'T LET GO OF GOD'S HAND

So, what do you think? Are you excited about this important Revelation, this powerful Instruction, this mighty "To Do" that applies to ALL of us? or not so much - LOL!

I get the feeling deep in my heart and soul (Thank You Holy Spirit!), that some of US are getting ready to step into, transition into some **BIG STUFF**!! Meaning, the Time, Sacrifices, Obedience, Humility, Commitment, Generosity, Patience, Endurance, Training, Equipping, Perseverance, Preparation, Transformations, Genuine Forgiveness to those drinking Hater Aid, that we've put in......the Heavy Lifting that we've been doing has Our Heavenly Father moving Us into New Territory!  WE are being Promoted!!! WE are being Rewarded!! WE are being BLESSED beyond, beyond!!  And hence, the **TWO THINGS** that We are to do, that He requires of Us, as We Step Into our NEWNESS..........as We Step Into our BLESSINGS.......

#1: KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON GOD

#2: DON'T LET GO OF GOD'S HAND

Oh Yeah!! And because Our Lord ALWAYS makes sure I have a couple Scriptures riding shotgun with me that back up HIS Instructions.....HIS "To Do's'":

"But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33, KJV) 

And  

"So be content with who you are, and don't put on airs.  God's strong hand is on you; he'll promote you at the right time.  Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you." (1 Peter 5:6-7, Message)"

So, no matter how overwhelmed We are with the *BIG STUFF* that's coming our way....we Must Not let it overtake Us......consume Us.....distract Us.  We Must continue to Keep Our Focus on the BLESSOR and not the Blessing. We Must continue to Hold On Tight to HIS Loving Hand.  This way, Our Transition, Our Promotion will be smooth, effortless and void of DRAMA!!! Just like today's Title says..........JUST TWO THINGS.....#AndThat'sIt!!

Family, as I close out today's Mona Girl Blog, I need you to REALLY get that this Corporate Word (this Important Prophetic Word) Our Lord is having me share with YOU is not from Mona!! I am ONLY His Channel, His Vessel, His Conduit, His Messenger to get and give YOU His Mighty Message of Instruction and Blessing!!

I am sooo Excited for what's NEXT for some of Us.  For what's On the Horizon for Us based on this Powerful Corporate Word!! I can feel in my spirit, Lots and Lots of Testimonies and Praise Reports will be shared this Sunday, May 31st and beyond on the Prayer & Praise Line (details below).

Rinse & Repeat: 

#1: KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON GOD

#2: DON'T LET GO OF GOD'S HAND

OK!!! **JUST TWO THINGS**......... and WE are good to GO!!!! Thank You Jesus!!  Thank YOU!!

Continued Success and Blessings!!




Also Family, FYI.............

Our Lord has put on my heart to start a Prayer & Praise Line!  And YOU KNOW ME, I am uber **Obedient** when it comes to His Suggestions, so I AM ON IT!! The calls will be the last Sunday of the Month, with the next call being Sunday, May 31st.  Dial-in anonymously, give your name at the prompt, join in for a few minutes or the entire hour......however you choose to participate is completely up to you :) 

Time: 7:00p - 8:00p ET

Dial-In Number: (605) 477-2100

Passcode: 343645#

**Feel free to email me at wincty@aol.com if you have any questions prior to the call.

EYES WIDE OPEN???

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Welllllll, today's Mona Girl Blog was going to be a LOL! Take 2 but Our Lord has something else in mind (smile).  When I went to check out the Jokes I was going to include in LOL! Take 2, Holy Spirit led me to the following Joke that has now morphed into today's Post - EYES WIDE OPEN???

There was a Preacher who fell in the ocean and he couldn't swim. When a boat came by, the captain yelled, "Do you need help, sir?" The Preacher calmly said "No, God will save me." A little later, another boat came by and a fisherman asked, "Hey, do you need help?" The Preacher replied again, "No God will save me." Eventually the Preacher drowned and went to heaven. The Preacher asked God, "Why didn't you save me?" God replied, "I sent you TWO boats!"

LOL!  Yeah, now that's funny but at the same time.....oh so sad.......and a Preacher no less!! And aren't we sometimes just like the drowning Preacher?  We are asking God for His Help, for Him to rescue us, for Him to save us, for Him to make everything all right.....while at the same time our Eyes are Shut to His Answer..........to His God-selected form of Help.

Whewee!! I can raise my hand (actually both hands...way up high) in this class!! There have been times when I've been desperate for Our Lord's Help, for Him to show up and show out in my situation/circumstance and after looking back.....I've realized (more like He's told me just like He did with the Preacher), HE DID ANSWER MY PRAYER!  It was just not the way (person, place or thing) or in the manner by which Mona thought how My Heavenly Father would answer me. Oh Yeah!! Adds a whole new meaning (Thank you Jesus!!) to the Scripture:

"For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts more than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9, Jubilee)

I was expecting, thinking, assuming Our Heavenly Father would show up and Answer my Prayer/Help Me/etc. by Mona's limited, finite vision, by the way I saw Him working in my life.  In other words, my Eyes were Shut to Our Lord's way of handling my situation.  I was so focused on how Mona would handle the circumstance, I did not see My Sovereign Lord's Mighty Hand when He showed up.

Family, don't know if you've been where I've been......felt what I've felt......but I want to share with you that Our Lord ALWAYS Answers our Prayers...our S.O.S. cries for Help.  But in most cases, the life raft Our Heavenly Father sends our way may NOT look like what we expected.....may NOT be what we had hoped for.....may NOT be exactly in the manner or timing we envisioned..........but if we look at our circumstance/situation with our Eyes Wide OPEN (instead of being closed to or unaware of any other resolution besides our own), I guarantee your Prayer will be Answered by **THE ONE** in THE BEST WAY........HIS GOD-ORDAINED, PERFECT TIMING WAY!! Which is ALWAYS better than anything we could come up with on our own.....#HE'sPerfect!!

"As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him." (Psalm 18:30, NKJV)  

And having learned this Lesson (after a few times around my self-inflicted mountain - LOL!), I NOW am chill-laxin in the space of understanding that Our Lord and Savior will use ALLLLL sorts of people, places or things to come to my aid...to move Heaven and Earth for Mona!!  I have NOW learned to expect HIM with my Eyes Wide OPEN!! I don't want to be like Preacher Man and miss His life-saving boat!!  So my mindset has changed to watching and waiting for HIS Way.......to being on alert for HIS Solution (which, Again, is ALWAYS THE BEST) for handling my life stuff. And knowing that Our Heavenly Papa LOVES surprises......Oh Yeah!!  No telling how He's going to show up and surprise You with His mind blowing answer....so keep your Eyes Wide OPEN!!

Well, my Loves, as I close out today's Mona Girl Blog, it's clear that when it comes to Our Lord's Blog, I am operating with my Eyes (and ears for that matter) Wide OPEN or we wouldn't have ended up here today.  Sooooo, maybe next week we'll revisit LOL! Take 2??  Hmmmm but WE know, that ALL depends on Him :)

Also Family, FYI.............

Our Lord has put on my heart to start a Prayer & Praise Line!  And YOU KNOW ME, I am uber **Obedient** when it comes to His Suggestions, so I AM ON IT!! The calls will be the last Sunday of the Month, with the next call being Sunday, May 31st.  Dial-in anonymously, give your name at the prompt, join in for a few minutes or the entire hour......however you choose to participate is completely up to you :) 

Time: 7:00p - 8:00p ET

Dial-In Number: (605) 477-2100

Passcode: 343645#


**Feel free to email me at wincty@aol.com if you have any questions prior to the call.


Continued Success and Blessings Family!!

PSALM 23.................#Powerful!!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

For today's Mona Girl Blog, Our Lord just said - "share Psalm 23." Soooo, I am going to be *Obedient* and share with you one of my top 3 Fave Scriptures from THE BOOK - The 23rd Psalm.

The 23rd Psalm was written by my favorite Man of God - King David!! OH YES!! King David was a warrior from birth and Our Sovereign Lord predestined David to be HIS Humble Servant before David was even formed in his Mother's womb.

What I LOVE about David is that he, just like us, was flawed in many ways....made mistakes.........made some bad choices that had dire consequences, etc. We learn from David's life that even though he messed up (and whewee!! did he mess up B-I-G at times), our compassionate and caring  and loving Heavenly Father ALWAYS forgave him, just like HE does with us.  Here's a link to read a summary on David/King David's incredible life: Life of King David

As you know from reading about King David, he was A Man After God's Own Heart and because of his LOVE and the INTIMACY he shared with his Lord, David wrote the Awesome and Humbling Book of Psalms in The Bible. And here's where the Spirit of God is leading me today......to share with you one of King David's most famous Psalms.....one I am sure you are familiar with.......The 23rd Psalm.

Family, as I close today's Mona Girl Blog, I ask that you Really, REALLY take time to get quiet and still (phone off, TV off, music off, i-pad, i-pod, laptop off.....ALL distractions off) before the Lord as you soak in each and every beautiful and intensely heartfelt word of this Magnificent Psalm. King David truly knew what he was talking about when he wrote this Love Letter to his Sovereign Lord, to his Mighty and Loving God!! Please let each and every syllable be a deep, penetrating, calming balm to sooth your mind, heart and soul.......to encourage you at the depth of your being....to empower you.....and to remind YOU, that just like King David, YOU are One of Our Lord's treasured and loved sheep.

Our Lord is **OUR SHEPHERD** and when we REALLY get that....when we REALLY understand how Wonderful and Powerful that knowledge is.......when We Know, that WE Know, WE ARE HIS.....OH YEAH!!!  We can do this life thing with Confidence and Assurance and Peace and Grace!  WE WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE!!  The 23rd Psalm is **Our PROMISE** from Our Loving Lord to Us!!

Continued Success and Blessings Family!!

PEACE OUT!!!!!!!

Hi Family.  Happy Wednesday! In today's Mona Girl Blog, Our Lord is having me chat with you about something WE ALL NEED!! We NEED this to function.......WE NEED this to keep our sanity..........WE NEED this to walk out our daily lives..........WE NEED this to interact with others..........WE NEED **PEACE**!!!!

Dictionary.com defines PEACE as: "a state of tranquility or serenity".  Hmmmmm, is a state of tranquility or serenity how you roll?  Is a state of tranquility or serenity how you walk out your daily life?  Is PEACE something you have, NO MATTER WHAT life throws at you?  It's easy to have PEACE when things are going along smoothly and effortlessly.....but what about when the road gets a tad bumpy.......when life's stuff starts to mess with you?!?  Do you have PEACE in your life then......do your actions reflect a PEACE of mind, body and soul?

Yeah!! That's a toughie - LOL! And being a T-shirt holder of Many, Many PEACE Tests, I have to say that getting to the point where PEACE is a part of your life is more than necessary.......it is absolutely ESSENTIAL in order to function.......in order to live :) And how do you acquire this PEACE I speak of, you ask??  For Mona, it came as a package deal as a result of my Faith.....as a result of me continuing to grow and mature in my personal relationship with My Lord!  I tried to find PEACE in the external things of life (i.e., my company, money, family, friends, material possessions, etc.) but that's not True PEACE. External PEACE can only take you so far.......it only lasts so long........it's based on things and people who are constantly changing.  OHHHHHHHH but the PEACE that Our Heavenly Father offers......the PEACE that He Promises to ALL HIS Children.......the PEACE that NEVER goes away........the PEACE that NEVER changes....only gets betta and betta as we grow closer and closer and deeper and deeper in relationship/fellowship with Our Lord.  This, my Loves, is the only kind of PEACE that I seek....that I treasure!!

"I give you PEACE, the kind of PEACE that only I can give.  It isn't like the PEACE that this world can give.  So don't be worried or afraid." (John 14:27, CEV)

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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." (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV) 

Awww, but here's the catch.  To get this kind of PEACE, to live in this kind of PEACE space, is not achieved overnight.  It is a process that requires us to allow (ALLOW) Our Lord to lead us down the narrow path......the road less traveled......the come out of our comfort zone......the can we face and conquer life's challenges/trials.....all the while permitting Our Loving Lord to TEST, PRUNE and DISCIPLINE us. Yeah!  It requires some "heavy lifting" on our part to get to this place of PEACE No Matter What in our lives. It requires consistent effort.  It requires us to be an active participant in a Loving partnership with Our Heavenly Father as He gently guides us to this treasured place of existence. And the Good News is that when we are obedient and do the work He requires, we have Our Lord's **PROMISE** (His Full-proof Guarantee) of PEACE......a Blessed state of tranquility or serenity.

And as my friend Shellie says when something is really important: Rinse & Repeat -- WE MUST KNOW OUR LORD PERSONALLY AND REST IN HIM INTIMATELY TO HAVE HIS PEACE!!

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect PEACE, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee." (Isaiah 26:3, JUB)

"The LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you PEACE." (Numbers 6:25-26, NIV)

Family, there is soooo MUCH Our Gracious Lord can teach us about PEACE....about living in a state of tranquility and serenity if we would only be willing (WILLING) to allow Him to step into our lives and become our Private PEACE Tutor. And when we begin to excel and pass our PEACE Tests.......whewee!!!, we can say with LOVE, JOY and CONFIDENCE, just like King David did:

"I will lie down and sleep in PEACE, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8)

Oh Yeah!!  Now that's the kind of PEACE I'm talkin bout!!  Hallelujah!! Thank you Jesus!! As I close out today's Mona Girl Blog, I leave you with a cool Comparing Peace Chart by Paul J. Bucknell and a beautiful, PEACEFUL video entitled Prayer for Peace of Mind.

WORLD'S PEACE	GOD'S PEACE
1. Dependent on feelings	1. Dependent on trust
2. Must be seen	2. No need to be seen
3. Does not allow for troubles	3. Allows for troubles
4. Feels must manage situation	4. Need not manage situation
5. Tries to control	5. Trusts God to control
6. Ultimately fails	6. Always endures
Do you want a peace that fails you just when you need it the most?	Or do you desire God's peace that keeps you calm in the most threatening situations?

Continued Success and Blessing!!

WOW........REALLY?!? #Humbled!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Because of my emotions of gratitude......today's Mona Girl Blog is going to be a tad all ova the place. But if you hold on tight, just like HE ALWAYS does, Our Lord is going to take us some place special today, so here we go.......

Today is the 22nd Post to Mona Girl Blog and I have been BLOWN AWAY by the encouragement, support, LOVE, knowledge, wisdom, friendship and overall **WONDERFUL** things folks have said to me personally and written to me via email about how the Blog has touched their lives.  Whewee!!! Family, I told YOU when we started on this Blog Journey together, that the Blog IS NOT ABOUT MONA!!  It's ALLLL about Our Heavenly Father speaking through Me to YOU!!! And for 22 Wednesdays and almost 15,000 views later......HE's done just that!!  IT IS ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING!!

"People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron." (Proverbs 27:17, GNT)

I looked back and re-read a few of the Posts and had to bow my head in absolute HUMILITY because I KNOW that I KNOW that I KNOW that I'm NOT penning Mona Girl Blog......I'M GOOD (LOL!!) BUT I'M NOT THAT GOOD!! I'm a Continual work in progress. #AlwaysGrowing!

And hasn't Our Lord had us together on an Interesting Ride for the last 22 weeks?!?  We've learned about the Biblical Meaning of Birds in I'M A BIRD WATCHER; had a good belly laugh in LAUGH OUT LOUD #LOL!; discerned if we are walking the walk and talking the talk in "ARE YOU FAUX REAL OR FOR REAL?";  taken an uber close look into Mona's soul with "WHY? OK, I'M COOL WITH THAT"; taken flight in "WHEELS UP!!!; and relished in the glory (with bragging rights NOW!!!) of Mona being a loyal New York Mets Fan in "PLAY BALL!!!! #LetsGoMets!"....to name just a few :)

Family, if you really think about it......ALL the above mentioned Posts and more were penned for the Sole reason for Our Lord to inspire, encourage, educate, care, and LOVE on YOU!!! I am humbled and honored and just beyond words HE chose Mona to convey His Messages to YOU!!!!  It has TRULY been an AMAZING 22 Wednesdays and I can't **Wait** to see where Our Heavenly Father takes us in Post #23, #24, #25........ WOW!! I LOVE how HE works (Thank you Holy Spirit!!). OUR LORD IS SO VERY, VERY AWESOME!

And to be COMPLETELY honest (which you know by now is easy for me to do - LOL!), YOU have been more of an encouragement and inspiration to MONA!!  I get MORE out of penning and sharing Mona Girl Blog than YOU do!  It's like the Scriptures in the Bible that talk about when you share your "life stuff" with others.....you come along side them as an encourager ....you build others up instead of tearing them down. When you share your Faith Walk with others, you GROW in Faith together. You end up experiencing Joy and Peace and LOVE!!

"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (Ephesians 4:29, JUB)  

"Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other.  None of this going off and doing your own thing.  And cultivate thankfulness.  Let the Word of Christ - the Message- have the run of the house.  Give it plenty of room in your lives.  Instruct and direct one another using good common sense.  And sing, sing your hearts out to God!  Let every detail in your lives - words, actions, whatever - be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." (Colossians 3:15-17, MSG)

Besides our Mona Girl Blog Family in the U.S., there are folks who are part of our Blog Family in Ghana, Germany, France, Sweden......Oh Yeah!!  LOOK AT GOD!!! Like the title of today's Post says.....WOW!! Really?!?  #Humbled!!

Family, as I close out this Wednesday's Mona Girl Blog, I want to THANK YOU AGAIN for your continued LOVE, SUPPORT, WISDOM and for YOUR EYES & HEARTS this way EVERY Wednesday!!  I LOVE being an Encourager and consider it a VERY, VERY important Assignment and Honor from Our Lord Jesus. After all, that should be our goal in life...to be **MORE LIKE JESUS**.....cuz, believe it or not, WE are sometimes the ONLY Jesus others see!!!

Father God, I come to you Right Now, THANKING YOU for each and every person who reads Your Mona Girl Blog.  I Pray Father, for Blessings over their lives.  I Pray for their families and friends. I Pray for them to have a personal relationship with you.  I Pray for them to seek You Lord in their daily lives in order to have ALL their needs and desires met.  I Pray for Healing, Prosperity, Peace, Joy and Love to chase them down. I am Grateful to You Lord for stopping by Every Wednesday to speak to and Love on US, your Mona Girl Blog Family.  In Jesus' Name. Amen. Amen. Amen.

**If you have not Prayed THE PRAYER OF SALVATION to accept Jesus as Your Lord and Savior, please email me at wincty@aol.com.  I would be honored to Pray with YOU :)

"The purpose of life is not to be happy.  It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)



Continued Success and Blessings FAMILY!! 

THANK YOU & MUCH LOVE!!

THE MASTER POTTER

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Today's Mona Girl Blog is a quickie.  I wanted to share with you an Amazing Video that I posted on my Facebook Page.  It is so inspiring I just had to share with the Mona Girl Blog Family!

As I noted on my FB Page, this is a beautiful Video about Master Potters.  Reminds me of US being the "clay" on Our Heavenly Father's Potters Wheel. And even though sometimes it hurts or is uncomfortable when He is designing, shaping, molding, TRANSFORMING us........we emerge His Beautiful and Authentic Masterpiece.....ready to fulfill the Purpose and walk out the Destiny HE has for our lives!

"But now, Lord, You are our Father.  We are the clay, and you are our potter.  We are the work of your hands." (Isaiah 64:8, GW)

Family, I hope you enjoy the Peace and Wisdom of this Video. Like the quote below states, if we are **WILLING** to get on Our Father's Potter's Wheel........Oh Yeah!!!! We will not only be His Masterpiece on display for ALL to behold but we will do a Mighty Work as a result of His personal and loving craftsmanship.

"When we are in the Potter's hands, feeling His pressures, feeling the molding of His fingers, we can relax and trust Him, for we know that this Potter has suffered with us and knows how we feel, but is determined to make us into a vessel useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work." (Mission Venture Ministries, November 28, 2011)

Continued Success and Blessings!

P.S. Have you seen who's THE BEST TEAM IN THE NL EAST?!?  Their colors are Orange and Blue.  They play their home games in THE BEST Ballpark in New York!! They're Gifted & Talented and Shining Like Stars!!  Yeah, MY Metsies!!  I DON'T believe in jinx's so I'm saying it LOUD AND PROUD!!  **LET'S GO METS**!!!!  Oh Yeah! You aren't jinxed when you're STATING THE FACTS!! YOU BETTA GO BOYYYYYYYZ!!!!   #JustWatch!!

LESSON.........LEARNED???

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Well...........Hmmmm........I don't know EXACTLY how today's Mona Girl Blog is going to play out but I am here waiting on what Our Lord has to say to US :)

I was chatting with a dear friend over the weekend and he was in a tad of a funk about walking out a trial, tough circumstance in his life.  We've ALL been there, right?  The feelings of..... "Why MUST I go through this?!" "I don't like this!"  "This is uncomfortable!" "Is ALL of this necessary?!?" You know....whining and complaining to Our Lord, to family, to friends......to anyone who will listen.....seeking some type of **immediate** relief. AND as I told him (speaking from my own experiences of being in the same boat, because after all, it's just a part of life)........There's a LESSON in it.......Get the LESSON and get out!!

Oh Yeah! That's the hardest part sometimes. We spend so much time whining and complaining about our situation/circumstances, that we don't even notice, discern or want to admit - LOL! there is a LESSON Our Lord wants us to learn from our situation.  There is a  LESSON Our Lord feels is necessary/critical to our Growth......to our Maturity......to our Promotion.....to our Next Steps in life. And I KNOW from first hand experience (been there, done that and have many, many Tshirts), that when you don't get the LESSON the first time around the mountain?!?  Oh Yeah!!  You best get your hiking boots on, cuz Our Heavenly Father is going to take you around, and around, and around that mountain until the LESSON is Learned!!

This is not a new concept (it's actually quite Biblical) for how Our Lord "schools" us when we are ungrateful, complaining or whiny about our circumstances, instead of taking the positive approach and immediately being open/receptive to learning the LESSON He's trying to teach us.  Take the Israelites for example.....because of their rebellion, lack of maturity, not heeding the advice/knowledge/wisdom of their God Appointed and Anointed Leader Moses, their arrogance, their over all sour attitude........it took them 40 Years to take an 11 Day Journey. And because of their constant D-r-a-m-a, some of them didn't even get into the Promised Land. (Check out this link for the Full Story: Israelites' Journey)

Whewee!!  Like I said to my friend this weekend......Get the LESSON and get out!! If Our Loving Lord led you into the circumstance, you can best bet He has something for us to learn that will be beneficial to us....that will be helpful to us/others.....that will make us into a better YOU and a better ME :)

Jesus answered, "You don't understand now what I'm doing, but it will be clear enough to you later." (John 13:7, MSG)

Family, raising my hand in this class!! This is NOT ALWAYS an easy thing to do.....it's NOT ALWAYS easy to "see" the LESSON but if we pause, take time to seek Our Father *FIRST* regarding the LESSON (instead of entering the "complain/whiny room" and staying there), HE will make it clear as to what HIS Will is.......what HE wants us to learn in the midst of our circumstances.  And *AGAIN*, having been there, done that and Got the Tshirt - most times YOU will NOT like the answer you receive regarding your personal LESSON.  Most times YOU will NOT like the person or situation the Lord sends to teach you the LESSON but my loving advice is to bite the bullet, learn the LESSON from whomever/whatever and pleeeeez don't even think about entering the "complain/whiny room".  You'll have more problems trying to get out of there once you enter.  Remember: Israelites......11 Day Journey = 40 YEARS!!

"We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God - those whom he has called according to his plan." (Romans 8:28, GW)

In closing (Thank You Jesus!!) this Wednesday's Mona Girl Blog,  I know today's message may have turned out to be kind of a "prickly" one but I know it served as a reminder to Mona how important it is to Get the LESSON and get out!!  It's not good for You, Me, our Family/Friends or anyone we come in contact with to be a part of our "they'll be coming around the mountain, they'll be coming around the mountain, they'll be coming around the mountain" routine. And when you Get the LESSON and get out!! YOU will Thank Our Lord (Yes, I said Thank Our Lord - LOL!) for the LESSON because you will emerge Stronger, Wiser and Happier.  You will have a deeper relationship with Our Heavenly Father and You will walk in even more of His Awesome Blessings.......I Promise!

"I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13, NKJV)

I leave you with a pix quote on Lessons Learned from one of my Fave people.....an inspirational sage who I feel has one of the Greatest outlooks on life :)

Continued Success and Blessings!