Blessed Mess-enger Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lola Jarman
Stale Bread
We take the trouble of going to the store and buying a loaf of bread.
We bring it home and we do everything possible to protect that loaf from the air outside of the bag so it won't go stale
Why don't we do the same thing with our children. I've been told so many times that I'm overprotective when it comes to raising our son.. I'm sorry I just don't want him to spoil or go stale . I don't want him to be spoiled by the air of the outside world . The world will do that soon enough.i know I can't protect him for ever , but it's my duty to protect him and to guard his heart. Proverbs 4:23 Says to guard your heart, But he isnt old enough to know how to guard his heart responsibly so I will . I feel that way because he is 11. He is not old enough to know all the dangers. He does know right from wrong. But like I tell him all the time, be careful of what you listen to and what you watch because you can never unhear it or unsee it, and some of those things can change who you are and will become. I knew too much too soon in life, I wish I had been a child a little longer. I wish i didn't want to grow up so fast or go against my parents will so much , but I did. I know I can't protect him forever but while he is in these extremely impressionable years and the times that we are living in , I want him to know who he is in God's eyes before the world tells him who they think he is. Well that was on my heart before I even thought about the devotional today, so I am writing what I feel like the Lord put on my heart. Maybe there is a parent out there Like me, who feels like their children are missing out. I want them to know sometimes what the world sees as missing out is actually what God sees and knows as the waiting for something better , Let our kids be kids while they can. poor love and value into them and let them know they are loved. a changed world starts at home. I love yall remember be blessed and be a blessing.
Scripture reading Psalm 11:1 I trust in the Lord for protection
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Romans 8:28 all things work together for good
The power of your expectations
Proverbs 23:18 for surely there is an end and thine expectation shall not be cut off KJV
I woke up this morning at 4:00 a.m. nauseated I mean mouth watering nausea I laid back down and this time I didn't tell God about my nausea I told my nausea about my God I drifted back to sleep for a few minutes and that knows you to turn into excitement the nausea was gone and there was something put in its place excitement pure excitement like God had something in store for me today I can't wait to see what it is I'm not looking for God things if I'm not looking for God things in my life I will never see them if you're not looking for something how will you ever see it I am not saying something miraculous what happened today or maybe it will but I see the little things and acknowledge them maybe just maybe it will add up to bigger expectations ful14filled
TRUTH BE TOLD LYRICS
Lie number 1 you’re supposed to have it all together
And when they ask how you’re doing just smile and tell them “never better”
Lie number 2 everybody’s life is perfect except yours
So keep your messes and your wounds and your secrets safe with you behind closed doors
Truth be told
The truth is rarely told
I say I’m fine, yeah I’m fine oh I’m fine, hey I’m fine but I’m not
I’m broken
And when it’s out of control I say it’s under control but it’s not
And you know it
I don’t know why it’s so hard to admit it
When being honest is the only way to fix it
There’s no failure, no fall
There’s no sin you don’t already know
So let the truth be told
There’s a sign on the door saying “come as you are” but I doubt it
If we lived like it was true every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
But didn’t you say the church should look more like a hospital
A safe place for the sick and the sinner and the scarred and the prodigal
Truth be told
The truth is rarely told
Am I the only one who says…
Can I really stand here unashamed
And know that you love for me won’t change
Oh God If that’s really true
Then let the truth be told
Good Morning, sorry y'all for not recording yesterday, I wish I could blame it on technical issues like, my phone wasn't working or the episode wouldn't upload, truth be told I was having technical issues. I broke a promise to myself , I promised myself I would record an episode Monday thru Friday
Well I broke that promise to myself and a promise to you guys, a promise I'm not even sure I publicly made to you. But I did and I'm sorry.
I woke up at 2 30 am yesterday morning and for the life of me couldn't go back to sleep. And instead of going to God I went to work. Working on wreaths. I prayed but it was a rushed prayer. I talked to God but it was half hearted.
And my routine was out of whack. But as I woke up this morning, with a rested soul. And I was writing this. The Lord laid these words on me.
The wreaths can be your worship. I have found so much joy in making these wreaths, peace and calm And it was the lack of sleep that my day couldn't get back on track. It was the lack of sleep that I couldn't do my best. See I felt that because my routine was out of whack And I kept putting off the devotional I was being punished. I know better than that But that was yesterday today is today.
2 scriptures come to my mind as I'm writing this.
The 1st is .
Whatever you do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not for human Masters since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward it is the Lord Christ you are serving Colossians 3:23 through 34.
And the second is Lamentations 3 :22 through24
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;...
So along with those two scriptures the moral of the story is make sure you get your sleep…lol. I love you guys and thank you for putting up with me.. be blessed and be a blessing.
She is a Hypocrite, Look at her, Did you hear what she just said? And she calls herself a Christian !
Yes I do call myself a CHRISTIAN . I am NOT proud of the following things , But, yes I do smoke cigarettes... I slip up and cuss once in a while ...I take medication... and love my caffeine... I have strong holds and I have vises... But , Yes . I AM A CHRISTIAN ! I am not perfect . But YES I AM A CHRISTIAN ! There it is I laid it all out. .. I said what some are thinking..And those may think that I can't be a witness for Christ because of those things , some may think that I have to uphold a certain image to be a Christian, or to be as though I am righteous and make people think that I have my mess together to bring others to Christ. Well I tell you now. I DO NOT think those things. I'm going to tell you why, I think Christians should seem broken to the unsaved.This coming from someone who has seen it all and done most of it. I never felt good enough to be a Christian, I always thought that I had to be perfect to be a Christian. Or i thought that Christians were boring , uptight and didn't know what fun was. Now for someone who has never been to church or been told about a relationship with Christ . NOT A RELIGION, but a relationship with Christ, They think all these things . Church seems unapproachable to the unsaved. But if we get real with ourselves and take off those righteous masks that we put on for the world, then maybe then just maybe. the unsaved will see us as humans that make mistakes, instead of the hypocrites they think we are. Maybe they will know they can go to Christ broken. because after all didn't Jesus go to the unsaved to teach His word and not the righteous Pharisees. Maybe I shared too much for some, but in James 5:16 the bible says to confess your faults one for another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed... So pray for me like I will pray for you. I am just an imperfect Christian trying to spread the perfect word of God .. So with that said... I AM NOT PERFECT, BUT YES, I AM A CHRISTIAN. I love you and God bless you all..
AfterI dropped my son off at school today, I was driving home watching the yellow and white lines on the road pass me by, The thought came to me that God's Laws and commandments are much like those lines. They are there as a guide and if you stay between those lines you are most likely to be safe, but cross those lines and destruction will come. God gave us a Guide for life to go by and when we go outside of His will there will be consequences much like the guides on the roads we travel . Of course we have the will to go outside those lines just like God gave us free will. There are times when others cross the lines and come in our lane and it is no fault of our own, and we get hurt, see sin is the same way, yes others hurt us and we hurt others but god gave us a type of insurance called grace and as long as we repent ( stay on the right tracks ) we are forgiven. I am so glad we have Jesus as our savior he is our accident forgiveness.
So as they say around here Keep it between the mustard and mayonnaise,
And Until next time be blessed and be a blessing.
Know that everything you have, are or will go through is not in vain. All of these things are to mold you into the person God has intended you to be. The things are a struggle now. I know, I have been where most of you may be, But I promise one day you will see that all of these things were necessary for what God has planned for you. These things will make you more Christ-like believe it or not. You will no longer look upon others with judgement. You will have empathy and understanding for others situations. You will have compassion for others struggles. You will be quicker to forgive and most of all you will still love them in spite of them all. Because you will see yourself in them and you can look them straight in the eye and tell them “ I understand , I’ve been where you are, I know the struggles are real, But this too shall pass”
Your world may be dark now, but I promise.. stick it out, you will one day help to bring light into someone else's life.
No matter what you may have been told or how you may think of yourself.
You are not a mistake.
You have worth.
You are loved.
and
You have purpose.
Be strong you have one hell of a fight on your hands…
But it is worth it..You are worth it..
The devil’s a lie. He came only to kill, steal and destroy.
Don’t let him win this fight..
This is a spiritual war.. so put on the Armour of God and FIGHT…
You have had to fight all your life..So fight for what counts this time.
YOU…
Fight…
The Lord has your back..
I love you and most of all your Heavenly Father loves you !
Today I have a snippet of a devotional by Pamela Crim of Big Life Devotions
If you’d like to hear more from Pamela Crim visit www.biglifehq.com
You know what makes every garden grow stronger, faster, bigger ?…
crap.
John 16:33, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Trouble is guaranteed. Not maybe, not if you’re unlucky, not if you’re being punished … you WILL HAVE TROUBLE. But Jesus has offered us peace in knowing that he has already overcome it all. Whatever trouble you woke up with this morning, it’s already been overcome by Jesus.
And because of that we can greet the trouble that comes our way with a renewed perspective. It’s just crap. And crap is good for you. Crap is just fertilizer for your Big Life. You’ve been looking at it wrong.
~Pamela Crim
Today's devotional can be found in Karen De Beus' Devotional
Simply Living For Him.
Less Clutter More Joy
SCRIPTURE READING
Deuteronomy 6:5-6
May the Lord bless and keep you.
Love, Lola