BEYOND THE GAME......BEYOND WORDS!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Whewee!! Today, Holy Spirit STILL has me a tad overwhelmed and emotional from the
Baseball Game that transcended Baseball on Monday evening......My New York Mets vs. the Miami Marlins!

It was MORE than a Baseball Game, it was a Celebration of Life and the Presence of the Lord, Our Heavenly Father, was ALLLLLL ova, up and in Marlins Park! I watched the Game Live on TV, can't even begin to Imagine what it felt like to be sitting in the ballpark, watching this God-Ordained, Miracle unfold! YES! Our Heavenly Father and His Beautiful, Strong, Gifted and Humble Angel - Jose Fernandez were In The House!! LARGE & IN CHARGE!

For the full back story and the surreal details of Monday Nights' Game: In Miami, Mets' solidarity 'deeper than just baseball'

It's NOW Wednesday and I Still can't shake Monday evening's events. As I was falling asleep Monday night, Holy Spirit kept bringing to my mind (front and center), Jose Fernandez's Amazing, Beyond Life Story (and so many others like him) who STEPPED OUT IN FAITH TO LIVE THEIR DREAM of Playing Baseball in the Big Leagues in the US!  Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox; Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers; Aroldis Chapman, Chicago Cubs; Yoenis Cespedes of my Beloved Metsies and many many more!

During Monday's Game, when the Announcers/Reporters referred to Jose Fernandez, and so many times before when describing the Now MLB Players who've defected from Cuba, I keep hearing the same things: "He plays with such Passion, such Joy, he truly has a Genuine Love for the Game. Nothing seems to rattle him. He comes up Big in critical situations, He's a Game Changer. He's so Calm and Confident. He's had a major impact on the Game and how it's played."

Well, of COURSE Jose played with Joy and Passion for the Game he LOVED! Of COURSE, Yo comes up BIG in Critical Situations. Of COURSE these Men are Game Changers!! Look at what they ENDURED, SACRIFICED, WALKED OUT IN **REAL TIME** TO EVEN GET TO THE STATES!!

For Jose, Three, THREE attempted defections from Cuba that landed him at 15 years old in a Cuban Prison! Then saving his Mother who went overboard while on the boat coming to the US!! Yoenis' warrior-like journey and his families "horribly-gone-wrong", death defying journey to join him!!  Each of these Men, These COURAGEOUS MEN, and so many others like them, have incredible, Nothing But God Testimonies of their Journeys to America!!

NOT being able to say Good-bye to their Families and Friends, NOT knowing what would happen to their Families they left behind, NOT knowing WHEN if EVER they would be able to return to their home land Cuba, NOT knowing what lied ahead of them on their Life or Death Journey, NOT KNOWING anything but the aching deep in their Hearts and Souls for a Better Life for them and their Families, and to LIVE THEIR DREAM OF BEING A MLB PLAYER!!

When you WALK THROUGH what these Men and their Families have WALKED THROUGH......when YOU **SURVIVE**.....when YOU SEE God SHOW UP BIG & BOLD IN YOUR LIFE TO KEEP YOU, SPARE YOU, GUIDE YOU, COMFORT YOU, PROVIDE FOR YOU, **BLESS YOU**!!!

OH YEAH!! Coming up to the plate in a Baseball Game in the 9th Inning with Bases Loaded, Tied Score and hitting a Grand Slam........or Pitching Your BEST GAME and Breaking Franchise and MLB Records EACH TIME you take the mound.....or having to face the media, not speaking Good English and Still NEVER being short for Words of Wisdom........or having to answer the haters who say your ego is out of control, that you "show up" other players with your enthusiastic, flamboyant style of Play.......Oh Yeah!! No Problem, No Worries, No Stress......PIECE OF CAKE!! IS THAT ALL YA GOT?!?  NEXT!!!!!

What we, as Americans, need to remember when we see these Courageous, Bold and FREE Spirited Men (from Cuba, Latin America) is that WE WERE BORN HERE!  We were BLESSED to be birthed on American soil.  These Men and soooooo many of our Brothers and Sisters all over this World, had to ESCAPE to Get Here! Had to LIVE and PERSEVERE through things, conditions, circumstances, *Life Stuff* WE can't even begin to imagine!! Had to wake up each day wondering how much more money will I need to pay the smugglers, the "escorts"........how to get my Family with me once I am FREE....Who can I Really TRUST...am I SURE I'm making the right decision.....will my DREAM come true.......will I spend the rest of my life in prison if I don't make it......WILL I DIE TRYING?!?  Yeah Loves, These are just some of the gut-wrenching. bigger-than-life questions YOU and I will NEVER, EVER have to ask ourselves!! Because WE WERE BORN HERE!!

So Family, as I close out today's Mona Girl Blog.......you can tell I feel very passionate about this Message! Thank You Holy Spirit!  It's near and dear to my Heart what these Courageous Men and Women and their Families have Endured, Sacrificed , Exhibited Walk On Water Faith to get HERE.....to the Land of the Free and the Brave!

And I get why they walk with such Freedom, such Boldness, such God-Confidence!! I get why they are Game Changers, not only in Baseball but in Life!!  I Get It! I See It! Cuz, Family, when you Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death and come out **HIS**....COME OUT **HIS**!!! You are a Bright Light that Nothing or No One can extinguish!! You Truly (Hallelujah!) are Living (Thank You Jesus!) an "All Things Are Possible" Life. Whewee!! Glory to God!!

Watching these COURAGEOUS Men and Women on their Bigger-Than-Life Platforms, move with such Grace and Humility, I don't judge them or question their Gifts, their Talents, their ABSOLUTE JOY FOR LIFE! And I hope, when you Stop and Ponder, You will also not question but CELEBRATE LIFE with them....let their infectious Love, Genuineness, Authenticity, Comfortable in their Own Skin Behavior over take YOU!! Let it Consume YOU!! Oh YEAH Family! What a Wonderfully Magnificent, REAL Way to LIVE!

"Now may God, the inspiration and foundation of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable  joy and perfect peace as you trust in Him." (Romans 15:13, TPT)

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!





Mets Gushing Moment:
My Metsies Men have such Class! They radiate Class, Respect, Kindness, Warmth , Compassion & Love!!!!

And They can PLAY some Baseball Y'all!!

I am **WILD** FOR THE WILD CARD!! #BackToWinItALL!!!

INTERESTING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family!

Holy Spirit dropped this Wonderful Message in my lap this morning and I thought YES!
I KNOW INTERESTING PEOPLE **EVERYWHERE** and so do YOU!

Like Madisyn says "Everyone Has A Story", and I LOVE sharing my life, my stuff, my journey with Others......and learning about Who they Are, What Makes Them Tick, What's Their LIFE STORY!

I Pray You read this Encouraging Message and STEP OUT and begin to Ask, Learn and Listen to the LIFE STORIES of the folks Who are in Your World, Who Cross Your Path, Who You are Blessed to Know!

There are truly INTERESTING PEOPLE **EVERYWHERE**!! And YOU are One of Them!! Love you LOVES!


INTERESTING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE - EVERYONE HAS A STORY

by Madisyn Taylor

Every person on this planet has a story to tell, something that makes them unique adding to the whole.

It's easy to forget sometimes that everyone has a story to tell if we take the time to listen. We are so accustomed to hearing the stories of people in the news that we sometimes lose track of the fact that the random stranger on the bus also has a fascinating story about where they came from and how they got to be where they are. The sheer variety of paths taken in this world, from farmers to CEOs to homeless people to world travelers, is indicative of how much we can learn from each individual. Sometimes the shy, quiet person at work has the most amazing life story and the biggest dreams, it is up to us to take the time to find out. 

Some people travel a path of wealth and privilege, while others struggle with only themselves to rely on, and both have great stories to tell. Each person learns lessons, makes choices, and develops a unique perspective, which only they can claim and share. Even two people who have had very similar lives will have slightly different experiences, leading them to a different point of view, so each person remains a treasure trove waiting to be explored. When we take the time to ask questions and listen, we find that every person has a fascinating story to tell and an utterly unique perspective from which to tell it. 

Bearing this in mind, we have the opportunity to approach the world around us in a new way. There is never any reason to be bored at a party, or on the bus, or in a conversation with a stranger. When we retain the spark of curiosity and the warmth required to open someone up, we always have in front of us the makings of a great story. All we have to do is ask.

Mets Gushing Moment:
Mr. Bruce..........Jay......IGNORE the Noise!  IGNORE the Drama!! And DO YOU!

My Beautiful Mets Men!  WE GOT THIS! Say it With Me......WE GOT THIS!! One more Time Please with *PEACE* in Your Heart........WE GOT THIS!!!!

Oh Yeah!! God Speed! #TakeCareOfBiznessRightNOW!

A PRAYER & A SONG!!

Hi Loves,

A tad on the fly this Wednesday BUT Nothing or No One will Ever, EVA stop me from popping by Mona Girl Blog with Our Shout Out! from Holy Spirit!!

Sooooo today: A PRAYER & A SONG :)

Father God, I come Boldly and Humbly to Your Throne of Grace Praying and Lifting Up ALL Your Mona Girl Blog Family. You KNOW Each and Every one of Us by name......You KNOW the Exact Number of Hairs on Our Heads......YOU KNOW US INSIDE & OUT because YOU Made Us in Your Image! So I come today saying THANK YOU Lord for what You are Doing in Our Lives. THANK YOU Lord that We are growing closer and closer and more intimately connected with YOU every second of every day. THANK YOU Abba Father for Your Love, Mercy, Grace, Kindness, Gentleness, Discipline and FAVOR in Our Lives! THANK YOU Father God for the Talents and Gifts You've Blessed Us with so that we may Bless Others and Be Your Light!  You KNOW what Seasons We are growing and walking through because YOU either Ordained It, are Allowing It or Stepping into It to Help Us if we've created our own chaos...our own mess..bringing the Good out of the Bad. YOU, Our Sovereign Lord, are The Master Fixer of EVERY problem, situation, circumstance in Our Lives. We say THANK YOU for Your Promise to ALWAYS be with Us (**if we've invited You into our lives**).  THANK YOU for Your Promise to NEVER Leave Us.  THANK YOU for Your Promise to Provide ALL Our Needs according to Your Glorious Riches in Christ Jesus!! I KNOW without a doubt YOU have ALLLLL OF US in Your Mighty and Powerful Hand of Love and Care and Provision and Healing! Honoring YOU as THE ONE and ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD.......Our Heavenly Father......Our Ride or Die........Our All and All!! THANK YOU for being YOU in Our Lives. THANK YOU for Your Presence in Our Lives.  And THANK YOU for uniting and bonding Your Mona Girl Blog Family all over Your Magnificent World. In Jesus' Name. Amen! Amen! Amen!

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!




Mets Gushing Moment:
SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT....WATCHING EACH & EVERY PLAY OF MY MIGHTY AMAZING METS MEN!!!

You Go Boyz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHINE STARS SHINE!! #NoMatterWhat!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Holy Spirit dropped a Pic Quote in my lap over the weekend and it's been Riding Shotgun ever since. Posted it to my Facebook Page, Twitter and Google+.  Just can't get it out of my Head and Heart sooooooo guess what?!? YEAH!! Posting it here, this Wednesday, for our Mona Girl Blog Family.

Before I share the Pic Quote, want to share what Holy Spirit put on my Heart when I first read it. For those of You who read what "Thus Saith the Lord" every Wednesday on Mona Girl Blog, it's clear I've had some "Prickly Seasons" in my life (smile). But It's ALL Good because these "Prickly Seasons" have been Required, Necessary, Essential, Right On Time, in Equipping Me for My Life Purpose. So I am NOT Complaining I am Praising Our Daddy God for His God-Ordained Lessons. Whewee!!

Anywho, as I opened my email over the weekend, and as I was getting ready to delete a file - BAM!! There it WAS, Big, Bold and in Real Time!! I had to read it a few times to Reallly let the words sink in.....and as they did.......Deeep into my Heart and Soul.......with Tears of LOVE streaming down my cheeks.....I said out loud: "Yes Lord.  I will continue to PRAY For & FORGIVE Them ALL.......no matter what".

Family, As YOU Know....when life gets a tad gnarly and We, for whatever reason, are Living and Growing Through Prickly Seasons, it will involve other folks as well. Folks (family, friends, strangers, etc.) who will either come along side us and Understand, Encourage,Help, Speak Holy Wisdom (not theirs y'all but the Lord's Wisdom).....or come along side us with Drama, Judgement, Complaints, Negativity, Disrespect, all the while passing the pitcher of Hater-Aid round to others to join in to toast our demise.  When This is what they should, In Brotherly and Sisterly Love Be Doing:

"Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you are also doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:ll, NKJV)

But Loves, Again, It's ALL Good because It's ALL Required, Necessary and Essential to What God's Doing in Our Lives, to What God's Allowing in Our Lives, to What God's Orchestrating in Our Lives for Our BIG NEXT...for Our Life Purpose! And We MUST Remember: We Serve a Great, Good God and His Hand of Correction and Love and Discipline (no matter how cray cray it looks) is Always for Our Best!

So I say ALL this to say......Not Everyone will Celebrate and/or Cry with us as we Grow, Navigate and Move through our "Prickly Season" nor will Everyone UNDERSTAND!! And I've learned that some folks tried to get as far, far away from me during my Season of Prickliness....cuz they didn't' want to go through the Growth Process themselves, Put in the Time to get Equipped and were Scurred....so the further away from me the better and sadly the further away from a Life of Authenticity, Transparency and Freedom (smile).  And some of You KNOW first-hand, because You've Walked the Walk....it takes time, effort, tears, humbling of pride, dying to self, not all fun & games stuff to pay the Costly Tolls on this "Yes-Lord-Send-Me-Road"...No E-ZPass allowed.

"But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it." (Matthew 7:14)

But Ohhhhhhhh FAMILY.....Who We Become, Who We Are, and Whose We Are after our Prickly Seasons?!?  PRICELESS!

"But he knows the way that I take; when he as tested me, I will come forth as gold." (Job 23:10, NIV)

"I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.  Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of His Victory." (1 Peter 1:6-7, MSG, emphasis added).

OK!!  OK!! I can just hear you......"Enough Mona!! And SHOW US THE PIC QUOTE ALREADY!!!" LOL!! Sorry Family, I just get soooo fired up when I think about **Us Decreasing so HE can Increase in Our Lives!!**

And Loves, PLEASE join Me in PRAYING FOR & FORGIVING THOSE Who don't Understand, Who would rather gossip about Our God-Ordained Journey than come along side, Who may be Afraid to take the Plunge towards Freedom and Authenticity and Who sadly have Decided it's easier to remain on the Shore than Step out into the Deep with Us and Jesus.....and to LIVE, Really LIVE, in the "ecstasy of spiritual liberty" (Yeah! "ecstasy of spiritual liberty"....That's God Stuff from "Small Straws in a Soft Wind" by Marsha Burns).

****P.S.****
My Loves, I just want to Pause and THANK YOU for Who You ALL Are in My Life!  I soooo LOVE being on this God-Ordained Journey with YOU and I APPRECIATE Each and Every One of YOU from all over Our Lord's Beautiful World!  THANK YOU for Your Presence and Your Energy Every Wednesday!! LOVE You Much Much!


Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!






Mets Gushing Moment:
OK. Gotta catch my breath and slow down so I can get All this Out so it makes sense!! OK. Breathe Mona.........

NOW! I asked you last Wednesday if You'd been Watching?!? 

Well, I just want to Let You Know, Put You on Alert, Bring It to Your Full Attention...........

MY AMAZING METS MEN, THE **GIFTED & BLESSED TEAM** ARE ON FIRE & ARE GOING BACK, RETURNING TO, MAKING ANOTHER APPEARANCE in the World Series.  

Yeah I said IT!!  "For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)

WHEELS UP!!! #Encore!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Over the past couple days, Our Lord's been Showing Off for Mona in His Friendly Skies!! I've had a couple Amazing Flights (day and night flights) that have been Nothing But God! And Holy Spirit brought back to memory a Mona Girl Blog He penned through me waaaaayyyy back on April 8, 2015.........so here's an Encore Read!!

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Today's Mona Girl Blog is about FLYING!! Sometimes I get tickled when Our Lord puts on my heart what to write about each Wednesday and today's message prompting is **FLYING** - LOL!  Sooooo, please make sure your seat back is in the up right position, your tray table locked, cell phone/laptops and all devices with an on/off switch turned off, seat belt securely fastened...........and Here We Go!!

Since I was a little girl, I have Always LOVED to FLY.  I remember taking family vacations and I would get so excited the days prior in anticipation of  getting to ride on an airplane with my family!!  And when I took my first solo flight as a teenager to see relatives in Los Angeles - whewee!! My excitement level was off the charts!! I LOVE watching the pilots do their standard security/maintenance checks of their plane, the flight attendants greeting as you board, the baggage handlers loading passenger luggage (fingers ALWAYS crossed that my luggage makes the flight), ground traffic control, air traffic controllers in the tower, and the many, many other folks who are an integral part of this precise and strategically orchestrated Flight Team.  I am obsessed with details and organization (hence why I'm a Meeting/Event Producer) and I LOVE watching all the pieces of this grand flight puzzle come together for one final action.......one end result.......WHEELS UP!!

Whether it's a puddle/island jumper in the Caribbean, a Heavy (757) or any size plane in between, I LOVE every single exhilarating moment from take off to landing.  As a child, I would lay flat on my back on the grass and watch the planes fly wayyyyyyy up in the sky, watching the exhaust of the engines leave a long white trail that would eventually morph into the design of the clouds.  And as an adult, I will ALWAYS take time to glance up or out a window during the day when I hear a plane overhead or spend a few peaceful moments at night watching a plane with it's jewel-toned navigation lights move smoothly and effortlessly across a dark night sky. When I'm watching my Metsies at CitiField, I enjoy seeing the planes take off/land at La Guardia as they thunderously skim a few hundred feet above the Stadium.  Oh Yeah.....#Goosebumps!

I know one of the main reasons I LOVE to FLY is that FLYING puts me in a Peaceful place!  Once I'm airborne, music on the my ipod, the plane's engines humming - it's Nap Time for Mona!! And throughout the flight, My Lord will give me a little nudge from time to time to get me to open my eyes and see HIS AWESOMENESS.....HIS MIGHTY WORK in the Heavens.  Big puffy billowing pillows of white against a brilliant blue sky, reflecting little diamond shimmers of bright yellow sunlight, with vibrant green patches of land thousands of miles below.........Oh Yeah!  It's like having a front row seat with God whispering in my ear: "here's a birds eye view of my Mighty Handy Work.......an Amazing Masterpiece created just for your viewing Mona"!!  And don't get me started on when it is raining on the ground and as the pilot navigates our climb to the designated altitude....BAM!!  We instantly burst through the dark clouds into the magnificent, radiant sunlight.......once again revealing Our Lord's AWESOMENESS in the Heavens!! "He is the maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them -- he remains faithful forever." (Psalm 146:6, NIV)

I know there are some of you saying.....Really Mona!?!  Is it that serious!?! And my reply is an emphatic YES, IT IS!!  When you approach and experience FLYING this way.......you can't  help but be elevated (literally) to a whole new level in your *Seeing God in Everything*......in your "touchy/feely" time with Our Heavenly Father. One my dearest friends (Hi Christopher) has been a flight attendant for United for eons and he LOVES, LOVES what he does (flawlessly working the 1st Class JFK/Paris route). And to listen to him talk about going to "work"......you can hear the Joy in his voice (despite some flaky passengers from time-to-time) that he gets from his time in the friendly skies :)

Family, as I close out today's Mona Girl Blog, if you are not a fan of FLYING, I encourage you to give it a different look/another chance next time it's WHEELS UP for you.  There's truly nothing like being up in the Heavens in God's Country!! And just you watch.......Our Heavenly Father will give you a private show of His Mighty Handy Work in the skies.......an Amazing Masterpiece created just for your viewing. 

"I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could." 
(Evel Knievel)

Continued Success and Abundant Blessings Family!




Mets Gushing Moment:
DO YOU SEE MY MIGHTY METS WARRIORS?!? 

Have YOU been watching?!? 

OH Yeah!  #BackToWinItALL!!

DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

For the last few days, I've been feeling a nudge in my Soul (Thanks Holy Spirit), that the Message Today and Beyond is to NOT GIVE UP! DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!

Whether it's regarding Your Family, Your Career, Your Relationship(s), Your Ministry, Your Exercise/Gym Regime, Your Education, Your Diet, Your Marriage, Your Faith Walk, Your Finances, Your Healing, Your Peace & Joy, Your Playoff Run (#LGM!!), YOUR DREAMS......YOUR LIFE!

There's sooooooo MUCH Stuff Life brings our way to Distract Us, Discourage Us, Delay Us, Dishearten Us, Dismay Us....regarding Our Life Purpose....regarding *WHO* Our Lord Made Us to Be... *Our True Self*! And if we get sidetracked, and start looking at what the World is saying about Us and Our Life Walk, if we allow the Dream Killers (aka Haters) to infiltrate our Hearts and Minds and start hanging out in The Land of Self Pity, it could lead us to getting Off Course which could lead Us to loosing Site of the Prize (OUR DREAM) and Settling for what's in front of Us.

Geeez!  Just typing the word "Settling" gives me Hives!! LOL!  NO SETTLING for any of the Mona Girl Blog Family (Agreed?!?)......THAT'S NOT IN OUR DNA!!!

So today Loves, I want to ENCOURAGE US!! To Keep On Pressing In.  To Keep On Reaching for Our Dreams.  To Keep on the Quest for Our Authentic/True Selves.  To Keep On running toward Our Heavenly Father, cuz HE IS FAITHFUL! He's a SURE THING! He's The ONE who planted Our Dreams/Desires in Us from the git go!  And when Our DREAMS/DESIRES line up with HIS for US........Oh Yeah! DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!! No Matter What.......Pleeeeez..DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!

"So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he would't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to  point a finger?  The One who died for us - who was raised to life for us! - is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us.  Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us?  There is no way!  Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one. None of this fazes us because Jesus LOVES US.  I'm absolutely convinced that nothing - nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable - absolutely NOTHING can get between us and God's LOVE because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us." (Romans 8:32-39, MSG, Mona Emphasis Added)

Wheweee!!!! I can DROP THE MIC and hit "Send" after that Y'all!  Now That's POWERFUL! That's nothin but God-Ordained, God-Inspired ENCOURAGEMENT!!! Biblical Style!! 

Now, YOU want to make that Scripture even More Intense?!? Read it AGAIN but this time Insert Your Name in place of "Us"!!! Oh YEAH! Takes HIS Word, Romans 8:32-39 to a WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL!!

YES!!!! I'm Walking Out this Word of ENCOURAGEMENT from Holy Spirit right along side You Loves.......Hold On!  I Just Gotta Read It One More Time!!!

OH YEAH!!! Family, Family....Are You Listening....Do I have Your Attention?!?  

Three Important....Critical **Takeaways** for Us before I let you go today.......

1. DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!! 

2. **DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!**

3.DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!

“Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.” 

- Florence Scovel Shinn

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!





Mets Gushing Moment:
OH MY!! **IMPRESSIVE** MY MIGHTY METS MEN!! 

#STILLDrinkinTheKool-Aid!!!

"For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)

ALL IS FORGIVEN.........

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Well, today, Holy Spirit has us checking in on a Mighty Word from our Wonderful Friend.... Rabbi Eckstein.  This is a Devotional I read on July 3rd at Holy Land Moments and like Always, Rabbi Yechiel DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!

I know **FORGIVENESS** is one of the hardest things to Do and to Receive, not only for Others but for Ourselves!!  But Loves, if We are to Truly Walk in the Fullness of the Destinies Our Lord Jesus has for US, if We are to Truly Experience His Beyond Blessings, if We are to Truly "Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself" (Mark 12:31), if We are to Truly Love like Our Abba Father LOVES.........Yeah! We gotta get this **FORGIVENESS** thing down (smile).

So let's Read and Re-Read and Re-Read Again if necessary this Encouraging and Heart Warming Word from Rabbi Eckstein....so we can Lovingly Walk Out this thing called **FORGIVENESS**!


"Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD...." (Psalm 130:1, NIV)

There is a story from Spain about a father and son who had Become estranged. The son ran away from home, and his father set out to find him.  The father searched for months, but to no avail. As a last-ditch effort, the father took out a full-page ad in a Madrid newspaper. The ad read: "Dear Paco, meet me in front of the newspaper office at noon on Saturday. All is forgiven.  I love you.  Your father."  The next Saturday, 800 men named Paco showed up, all looking for love and forgiveness from their fathers!

How many people in life are walking around looking for love and forgiveness from their Father in Heaven?

If you're like the rest of us, you have probably messed up once or twice in your life.  We all make mistakes!  As it says in Ecclesiastes 7:20, "Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins." (NLT). However, there is also a danger in thinking that you are only a sinner. Every time we fall, there is the risk that we will be too discouraged to get back up again. The next step after sin is repentance; yet sometimes, we find it hard to move on.

In Psalm 130 King David exclaimed, "Out of the depths I call out to you..." The Jewish sages explain that the "depths" David was referring to was the depths of sin. Sometimes when we sin, we feel so low and so far from God.  We feel like we are deep in the gutters of life.  How can we possibly climb out?  How can we face our God again?  We feel distant, unlovable, and unworthy.

The sages caution us, "Do not consider yourself wicked in your self-estimation!"  If we give in to those feelings of unworthiness, we will never be restored to our true selves.  In Psalm 130 David also reminded us that God is forgiving.  He implored us to "put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption" (v.7).

God is waiting for us, loving us, and anticipating our return so that He can forgive us. We just need to return to Him.

Imagine that you open the newspaper today and you see an ad with your name on it: "Dear ________. Meet me in church on Sunday at noon.  All is forgiven.  I love you.  Your Father."

Believe it - God is sending us this message every day! We just need to turn to God in repentance, and He will do the rest.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein

"But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your sins too." (Mark 11:25, TLB)

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!





Mets Gushing Moment:
OH YEAH!!!!!! 

Me want **MORE** of what y'all were Serving Up Last Night Pleeeeez!! 

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!!!

#DrinkinTheKool-Aid!!