Appetizer #2 Mental Attitude Cont'd

Let everyone see that you are unselfish and considerate in all you do. Remember that the Lord is coming soon. Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to Thank Him for His answers. If you do this you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:5-7 (TLB)

All is well in our thoughts, our minds and our attitudes when we pray. I know from my own experience how easy it is to get frustrated and dreadful about a situation before it happens. I know that many of us women have a pap smear annually. About a month before we are scheduled to have it, we begin to have anxiety, remorse in being a woman and sometimes we put it off hoping that will ease all of the emotions that are connected to this annual necessity. I don't know if I ever became comfortable in having this procedure; however, once it was over and I was on my way home, I do remember feeling relieved and overjoyed,

knowing I do not have to do this again until next year! UNLESS it comes back abnormal!

This is what it means to pray about everything, tell God your needs and don't forget to Thank Him for His answers ~ ~ ~ Yes even in having your annual pap smear, you can pray for courage or deliverance from dread each time you have it done. Many times the thing we fear the most is not truly the actual thing itself, but how we feel having it done; or our mental attitude towards it. 

Having a pap smear is necessary, as we all know, to prevent precancerous cells in the cervix. However, this is an example of how our mental attitude can change our whole demeanor and many times, what we are fearing is not life threatening or damaging to us in anyway! That is what is meant in Philippians when it says don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything and you will experience God's peace, which surpasses all understanding! Have a Blessed Weekend!

Mental Attitude Cont'd

Within ourselves, it is easy for us to reflect back on our mistakes, our failures, and what we feel , is our successes. Who is keeping track of all of this? No one ~~~~~ we are the only ones that are keeping track of our accomplishments and failures and judging ourselves harshly, because we look at what the world is doing and feel we are not succeeding at all!  Ugh! I know I have compared myself and what I have done or not done in life and when I realized why I wasn't happy or successful, I took a long look at me and decided it is time to truly evaluate what it is I am doing wrong. And when I did that I found out through God's word that NOTHING is wrong with me. There is more right than wrong!



Many of us women, and there are very few who do not, tend to compare ourselves. We look at this woman who is thin, or this woman who has long flowing hair, or this woman whose teeth is straight and white, or this woman whose is built nice - - - - - - - -- -Who said we had to be perfect to achieve anything good in life and to receive anything good in life? When we compare, first of all ladies, we set ourselves up for failure. God molded us into who we are today and in His eyes we are perfect and wonderfully made. I am not saying we should become haughtly or conceited; but I am saying we should love ourselves enough so that we can have healthy relationships with others. Constantly having a negative attitude will keep us down, unhappy, and at times, depressed. Who are we trying to please, man or God?

To be on this path of a good mental attitude about ourselves does not happen overnight, in fact, it does not happen at all without effort on your part, and to want to live a healthy God-filled life, we have to want to grow, change and become all He wants us to be! Take a good look at yourself tonight before you go to bed and truly look at yourself in the mirror and evaluate you! Do not look at what is wrong with you, but focus on what you do like about you and keep going from there! It's a mountain you are going to climb, but with God's help, you will not climb it alone!

Appetizer # 2 -Mental Attitude ~ a state of feeling or mind about a person or situation

WOW! I know that I have had some bad attitudes in situations that were not necessary to even entertain. I can recall one of my many times I developed an attitude before I allowed myself a good attitude about going to a community dance in my hometown. I just knew it was going to be boring and the people that were going to be there, I had nothing in common with (or I thought),  many of them there were not my age; and I did not have anything nice to wear, I needed to make sure my children were sleep first, and on and on and on - -  "Geez" I kept coming up with excuse, after excuse, after excuse!! My negative attitude about going to this dance could have kept me - - -- well, what many of us pass up - - - it's called "living"; IF, I would not have regrouped and decided to go anyway. 

I found a babysitter, obviously found something to wear with a pair of my many fabulous shoes I am always buying ~~~ and to my amazement, showed up on time. Of course I went solo. I can't recall where my husband was at the time; because I was still married then.


Once I got to the event, I was able to sit at the table with my parents and some of their friends. I am currently giggling because they were a blast to be around and these young folks, I call them, knew how to have a good time and they danced the night away. They got out on the dance floor and showed us some dances we did not know how to do and still to this day do not know how to do! (SMILING) It was an evening of dancing, laughing, talking, eating and truly socializing with some of the most Blessed crowd I could have been around. When I left the event, I felt  - - - -well I'm almost afraid to say it, but GOOD! As I reflect back to other times I have not gone because of my attitude, I do ask myself- - - would I have had a good time? I don't beat up on myself too bad; however, I do give myself a good talking to and remember, life is happening all around me and people are enjoying life daily - - why can't I?
 

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Ambition Cont'd

It's been a week of trials, however, I am determined to overcome them. I had a severe reaction to something (Only God knows what) that myself nor the doctors were able to figure out what caused my face to swell beyong recognition. After I finished the meds, which took about two weeks; I developed a severe sore throat in which I could not even swallow-------after a few home remedies, I thought it would go away, but NOT! A severe cold developed that is now FINALLY going away. At the moment just a few coughs and sniffles remain! :)  It feels good to FEEL GOOD! I tell you the devil is busy, but not lasting!

Whereas, I can still find the good in life, get back on track and be "Ambitious" about promoting women. Several wonderful events will be coming ladies so please check back often. With God's help, there is going to be:

A concert
A benefit event to raise money and encourage viewers and the attendees of the event to donate tampons, pads, or anything that women in Ethiopia could use for their menstruation cycle (more will be posted that will give you information of the event and about the women).
Craft conference that will involve talented women of all ages,  and ethnic backgrounds.

Hope everyone has a Glorious week!

God Bless you all and look forward to sharing with you what God is doing in our ministry!

Appetizer #1 Ambition

I can't express first how Happy I am to introduce my Menu for Success to all women who want to have success in every area of their lives.
The menu consists of:

• Appetizers -food for thought
• Sandwiches - challenges and struggles we have 
• Main Course served with self-esteem, knowledge and self discipline 
• Desserts - extra curricular activities, such as hobbies or a great getaway
• Drinks -Satisfaction to wash it all down

 So as not to bore you with all of my small talk, I am going to start as we do in a restaurant, (if some desire) with appetizers. The first appetizer (and there are thirteen in all) for discussion is Ambition. Ambition is defined as- a strong desire to succeed. 

If we so desire, we can be ambitious about obtaining a degree, or pursuing that perfect job; once we get the degree, or -----------