Being Eve

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) 

Well since I mainly use iTunes...I had a podcast pop in too...here goes.

1. Here We Go Again- Angie Stone (The Art of Making Love-2007)
2. Knocks Me Off My Feet- Stevie Wonder (At the Close of a Century-1999)
3. You Haven't Done Nothing- Stevie Wonder (At the Close of a Century-1999)
4. These are the Reasons- Angie Stone (The Art Making Love-2007)
5. Last Time- Men of Standard (Surrounded-2006)
6. Happy Being Me- Angie Stone (The Art of Making Love-2007)
7. Soulful- Friday Favecast
8. Work it Out- Keyshia Cole (Just Like You-2007)
9. Ain't Nothing Like Me- Joe (Ain't Nothin' Like Me-2007)
10. Let it Go- Keyshia Cole (Just Like You-2007)

iTunes isn't very good at shuffling...lol.

Later...

Show us something you believe in.

Loveconquersall

Later....

...lies poetry

Voluntarily Impaired

destructive soul ties
trifling physical entwines
for that moment in time
going from this one
to that one
emotional heists
not meaning harm
yet causing it all the same
you claim you want it
spiritual, emotional, mental and physical contentment
yet you continue to play
asymmetric alignments
giving goods away
in blindness
open your eyes

evelyn d

©2007

Evelyn D.
© 2007

One of my friends sent this to me...she always sends things just when I need them. Have a wonderful weekend!!

5 Reasons GOD Permits Problems

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you--depending on how YOU respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how God wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.

Here are five reasons God May have Permitted the problems you experience in your life:

1. God permits problems to DIRECT you. Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God allowing this situation to get your attention? "Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways" Proverbs 20:30

2. God permits problems to INSPECT you. People are like tea bags ... if you want to know what's inside them, just drop them into hot water! Has God tested your faith by allowing a problem or two into your life? What do problems reveal about you? "When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience." James 1:2-3

3. God uses problems to CORRECT you. Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It's likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something...health, money, a relationship...by losing it. "It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws." Psalms 119:71-72

4. God permits problems to PROTECT you. A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem-but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management's actions were eventually discovered. "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good"... Genesis 50:20

5. God permits problems to PERFECT you. Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you're going to take with you into eternity. "We can rejoice when we run into problems...they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady." Romans 5:3-4


** Here's the point:

God is at work in your life-even when you do not recognize it or understand it.  But it's much easier and profitable when you cooperate with Him.

Today's inspiration is about courage to change. As I read it...I thought..I love change...it's one of the things that keep me going. Yet as I read on...I had to be honest with myself...I stick more to the area of "accepting" change than "creating " change. Man...that sucks. Ah welll...I guess that comfort zone is bigger than I thought. Have a great day!!

Courage

As I read this today...I thought about myself. I am soooooo good at helping everyone else and uplifting others yet I find it soo hard to accept the same encouragement from myself. I talk the negative out of my mind daily...yet I always seem to have a rebuttal for my thoughts. It's hard to look at all the hard work I've done and the progress that I've made big and small when I'm NO WHERE near where I want to be. The good thing is that I acknowledge that I am right where I need to be...I don't like it...LOL, but I acknowledge it nonetheless.

Have a great weekend!!

Praise

I needed this encouragement today. It really helped me put some things in perspective. Thought I'd share with my friends. Have a great day!!

Direction

One of my good friends sent me this this morning. She always seems to send the right stuff at the right time and I wanted to share it. Have a great day!!

Prosperity

Inspired by my seester. I really liked this one. It said some pretty accurate things about me.

Check it out...

http://friends.imagini.net/vdna.php?uid=305338-9f1e&srv=iwebcl4