If We HUMBLE Ourselves.....and PRAY!

In the last 26 days...there has been terrible stories of tragedy and violence against children.  What makes a "mother" kill, stab, slit the throat, drown, ABUSE HER CHILDREN!? 

PEOPLE this is why it is so IMPORTANT to recognize the "red flags" of potential abusers before your BECOME EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED. 

Take your time and UNDERSTAND that if a person is not showing GOOD CHARACTER as just a FRIEND.....it does not CHANGE!

They are what they are, and you need to do your RESEARCH on the front-end before becoming involved with them.  The enemy is definitely on his job when are we going to get on ours and EVERYONE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

JOIN ANGELS IN DISTRESS IN A PRAYER VIGIL TO PRAY DAILY FOR ABUSERS, VICTIMS, CHILDREN IN ABUSIVE HOMES, HEALING FOR THE ABUSERS......HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE!

THE CYCLE MUST BE BROKEN....TOO MANY LIVES ARE AT STAKE!

When Did Domestic Abuse and Violence Become "NORMAL!?"

The past week has been overrun with articles, news breaks, murder-suicides, mother killing all of her children and the community does not seem to be effected by these deaths.  What has really happened to "human beings" caring about each other and showing respect for HUMAN LIFE?

The news CHANNELS break the news, but never do you hear if they followed-up on the family who lost their mother, father, daughter, son, nephew, niece, friend, co-worker or associates.  Today we have media in place that can BLAST repeatedly violence but not SOLUTIONS or proposals to rally together as a community and say 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!'

It is very disturbing to see a statement of an unnamed pastor respond to the death of an entire family that was wiped out "it was just normal stuff!"  There is not ONE thing NORMAL about domestic abuse and violence!  This spirit operating within families and relationships diligently work at DESTROYING FAMILY and RELATIONSHIP FOUNDATIONS and the WELL BEING of  LIFE. 

The desensitize mindset that it is not my business is also fueling this epidemic.  Domestic Abuse and Violence is everyone's business and should be concerned about the damage that it is constantly exhibiting...what are you willing to do to SPEAK UP and OUT AGAINST ABUSE!

To be in a place of hopelessness is a very dark place and because domestic abuse and violence is kept secret in most cases this allows the enemy to move among US in FREE WILL to perpetrate itself on anyone in it's path.  The goal is to steal, kill and devour!

Once you see the "red flags" pay attention they are RED for a reason to get your attention.  Hurt people hurt people and until the hurt is healed...jeopardy is always around all of US!

You may ask, "What's the point?"  The point is this, we all have family, friends and people that we generally care about and all of these victims are loved by someone and their lives should not be so easily set aside as someone else issues.....they are societal issues and will and can effect YOU!

Speak UP and OUT against domestic abuse and violence...you may SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH-ABUSE AND VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER!

Scars Of LIFE......

•   A friend shared this with me.....Thanks Chyna!  I SHARE it with YOU.

   

  SCARS OF LIFE
  
  Some years ago,
  
  on a hot summer day
  
  in South Florida ,
  
  a little boy decided to go
  
  for a swim in the old swimming
  
  hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into
  
  the cool water,
  
  he ran out the back door,
  
  leaving behind shoes, socks,
  
  and shirt as he went.
  
  
  
  He flew into the water,
  
  not realizing that as he swam
  
  toward the middle of the lake,
  
  an alligator was swimming toward the shore.
  
  
  
  His father, working in the yard,
  
  saw the two as they got closer and closer together.
  
  
  
  In utter fear,
  
  he ran toward the water,
  
  yelling to his son as loudly
  
  as he could.
  
  
  
  Hearing his voice,
  
  the little boy became alarmed
  
  and made a U-turn
  
  to swim to his father.
  
  It was too late.
  
  Just as he reached his father,
  
  the alligator reached him.
  
  
  
  From the dock,
  
  the father grabbed his little
  
  boy by the arms
  
  just as the alligator snatched his legs.
  
  That began an incredible
  
  tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the
  
  
  
  father,
  
  but the father was much
  
  too passionate to let go.
  
  
  
  A farmer happened to drive by,
  
  heard his screams,
  
  raced from his truck,
  
  took aim and shot the alligator.
  
  
  
  Remarkably, after weeks and weeks
  
  in the hospital,
  
  the little boy survived.
  
  His legs were extremely scarred
  
  by the vicious attack
  
  of the animal.
  
  
  
  And, on his arms,
  
  were deep scratches
  
  where his father's fingernails
  
  dug into his flesh in his effort
  
  to hang on to the son he loved.
  
  
  
  The newspaper reporter
  
  who interviewed the boy
  
  after the trauma,
  
  asked if he would
  
  show him his scars.
  
  The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious pride,
  
  he said to the reporter,
  
  'But look at my arms.
  
  I have great scars
  
  on my arms, too.
  
  I have them because
  
  my Dad wouldn't let go.'
  
  
  
  You and I can identify
  
  with that little boy.
  
  We have scars, too.
  
  No, not from an alligator,
  
  but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars
  
  are unsightly and have
  
  caused us deep regret.
  
  But, some wounds,
  
  my friend,
  
  are because God has refused
  
  to let go.
  
  In the midst of your struggle, God's been there
  
  holding on to you.
  
  
  
  The Scripture teaches that
  
  God loves you.
  
  You are a child of God.
  
  God wants to protect you
  
  and provide for you in every way. But sometimes we foolishly wade into
  
  dangerous situations, not knowing what lies ahead. The swimming hole of
  life
  
  is filled with peril -
  
  and we forget
  
  that the enemy is waiting
  
  to attack.
  
  That's when the tug-of-war begins
  
  - and if you have
  
  the scars of God's love
  
  on your arms,
  
  be very, very grateful.
  
  God did not and will not ever let you go.
  
  
  
  God has blessed you,
  
  so that you
  
  can be
  
  a blessing to others. You just never know
  
  where a person is in his/her life
  
  and what they are going through. Never judge another person's
  
  scars, because you don't know what they are going through or how they
  got those scars. Also, it is so important
  
  that we forward
  
  this message
  
  to someone else. Right now,
  
  someone needs to know that God
  
  loves them,and you love them,too. --enough to not let them go .
  
  
  
  
  
  ...love one another John 13:34b

  
  

GRATEFUL "MOTHER'S DAY"

I am coming up on another "Mother's " day and thought about how many years of service in that area.  I use the term service with humbleness because all of my children are still with me and are in good health and doing well.  My place as a mom, mommy, mama, , moms and mother all has different meanings to each one of them.

As a mother we have desires, goals, for our children but at the same time raise them to be themselves and question sometimes what happened to"our" dreams when they differ with the child's dream.  However, when a mother sit, back and actually reflect on what her desire was for her child when they change and be independent and take their course......we are to be grateful for that as well.  Our son's we want to be good men, community oriented, love and be a good husband and father.  For our daughters we want them to meet one of the sons of another mother who has raised him to be what I want my sons to be.

However, sometimes the challenge comes when our children take the path less traveled and make their own paths and although it looks a lot different from what we envisioned, at the end of the day; if they are happy it is a good place.

I am called blessed because of my children and their place in the world, each of them will have a indelible mark on this earth and my prayer is that it will be to make a difference in someone's LIFE!  My prayer is that they are compassionate, giving, caring and genuine in what they do for others.  My prayer for them is to make a difference in the world and be willing to stand and make change.  It is not easy to wear the "bulls-eye" but taking the hit in the center radiates so much farther out in radius to benefit others and not only themselves.

On this "Mother's" day, I can look around and see that each of them as different as they are, make an incredible difference in someones life and that difference is in MY LIFE!

I want to"THANK YOU"  for the love, kind acts, thoughts, hugs, kisses, and special things you personally do to tell me that you love me.  YOU ARE THE VERY BREATH THAT I BREATHE....AND MY PURPOSE TO LIVE TO WATCH YOU LIVE.  GOD has been good to me....all are grown and living your lives to your own beat!

I LOVE YOU TO LIFE!

RESPECTFULLY,

Your, mom, moms, mama, moms, mother

Janie Deadwyler  <3 <3 <3 <3

"ARE YOU HAPPY FOR THE BLESSINGS OF OTHERS?"

This is a question that I am asking but actually want to express how important it is to be "HAPPY" for other people who are being blessed.  Recently, I was reflecting on how I see GOD blessings are in abundance over my friends and I SMILE in agreement of happiness for them and with them!  It is exciting to see the things we have discussed and prayed about come to fruition.  Affirm your blessings in your prayers....

How do you respond when you hear of someone else being blessed?  Does your spirit agree in that place with them for their blessing?  Often times with some people there are feelings of jealousy, envy, bitterness and anger when someone else is in a season of receiving blessings.  It is important that you keep the right mindset when this occurs.

Why?  Because you do not know what the person has been through receiving blessings from GOD and know that it did not always come as easily as your eyes see it to be.

Blessings come forth out of a process as well,  seeds that struggled hard and long from in a very dark place to reach the sunlight. 

When you see someone else dreams come true understand that they too have watched others be blessed and seemingly move forward and they stood still or had obstacles in their way.  I personally feel that in receiving any blessing there was a struggle and/or hardness attached to it.  This is why it is very important to give GOD all the glory and praise! 

It is truly a blessing to me when the friends around me, associates, colleagues and strangers share a blessing with me of theirs......what a beautiful place of hope, anticipation, confirmation that blesses are around you, and know that you are in line because they are in your NEIGHBORHOOD!

Be happy for others and their happiness and blessings because you may not have been able to go through what they went through to receive their blessings.  There is "PRESSING" in "BLESSINGS!"


For everyone that is in a season of blessings I bless GOD for you and SMILE with you!  WALK IN YOUR SEASON AND KNOW THAT IT IS YOUR JUST REWARD!  GOD GETS THE GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE!  HALLELUJAH! 

FOR THE HALLELUJAH ANYHOW'S THAT YOU  HAD TO ENDURE! AMEN


Peace n Blessings in Abundance