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Trust Me

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

I don’t know why you won’t trust Me, I’ve proven Myself to you.

I know that you can’t see Me, but I am in everything you do.

I have shielded you from the storm, kept you from hurt and harm.

I am just a prayer away, trust Me, I was there forming you in your mother’s womb.

Trust Me to lead you safely, for I know what is best.

You are created with purpose, and I’ve ordered every one of your steps.

Trust Me My child, I am your Father from up above.

My thoughts are to prosper you, and surround you with My everlasting Love.

I Am a Woman

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

I am a woman, my complexities run deep.

I might seem alright on the outside but inside my true emotions I keep.

I am a woman, no other human is like me.

God took the time to fashion every intricate part of what you see.

I am a woman, I pour out myself to everyone that is in need.

Nothing is held back, nothing in reserve, I give unselfishly.

I am a woman, born to be free and born to lead.

There are many skills I have to do what is needed of me.

I am a woman, unashamed of who I am.

I may fall down many times but when I get up, I rise, I stand.

I am a woman this is true.

God created me to help my man, to stand side by side with him, this is what I do.

I am a woman, my heart is tender and it must be guarded.

When you hurt me I bleed, not outwardly but inward, and healing is the hardest part.

I am a woman, God ordained me.

He created me to bare children to raise my family, love others, and be happy.

What Does Beautiful Mean

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

When I look at the very definition of the word, “beautiful” it means pleasing to the senses or mind, of very high standard, excellent. Is it possible that we have gotten this “beautiful” thing All Wrong? We often view beauty with our eyes only which is only one aspect of the word. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, is one phrase I’ve heard my entire life.

Beauty only viewed by the eyes is ever changing, daily. One day I might think a picture is beautiful and the next day I may not find it so appealing. Our view of beauty has been shaped by a culture which glorifies one standard of beauty which hasn’t evolved much since its inception. This is only one aspect of beauty! Beautiful can be used in so many faculties, so many different facets of life.

For instance when I hear a song my sense of hearing says “Beautiful music”, because it is pleasing to my sense of sound. Or I have tasted a plate of food that was “Beautifully prepared and presented”, yes my sense of sight said beautiful, but my sense of taste also said “Beautifully delicious”! When I touch a soft fabric, my mind says this fabric is so beautiful it is pleasing to the touch.

We have reduced a word, “Beautiful” to a singular meaning when it encompasses so many different senses. We have to broaden our approach to beauty as a whole society. We must recognize the young man who assists an elderly person as a “Beautiful human”. No matter what they look like, the act of compassion is “Beautiful”. A child who looks at their parent with love in their eyes believes they are the most beautiful person in the whole world. Getting back to those things, the totality of the word encompasses more, and we do that word a disservice if we don’t acknowledge All of it.

We were perfectly created in His image of Beauty so who are we to decide who is “Beautiful” and who isn’t? We Are All Beautiful! We Are All Beautiful!

Blessings~

We Are Still Fighting to be Free

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

We are still fighting to be free.

The task is still in front of me.

What is the part that I can play?

There seems like there is nothing that can make a difference, nothing more to say.

We keep trying to go forward when we never addressed the pain of the past.

We can no longer forget when our government we can no longer trust.

There should be a difference between yesterday’s pain and today’s hurt but it is all the same.

Pain is still here, hurt still reverberates through generation after generation visiting each one of us not caring about our name.

We are still fighting to be free in spite of how far we have come.

One day, I know for sure, God will Right the wrongs and Freedom will be Won!

New Eyes

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Sometimes we see things differently than how we should see them. Our eyes show us things that we want to see sometimes and hide the things we choose not to see. This is the difference in perception and reality.

Recently I started wearing glasses and believe me, the journey to glasses has been a long arduous one. It’s not that I didn’t need them, it’s that I wouldn’t admit that I needed them. I happen to love my face without the addition of glasses, no matter how nice they looked or how I looked in them.

So I decided to put my opinion aside, rather I decided to “see” better! I got my new glasses and wore them as needed. Well anyone who knows about vision understands that when you wear glasses, your eyes become dependent upon them and in most cases your eyes progress each year to need a little bit more prescription. After about a year of wearing my glasses I noticed that things that were once clear were now becoming blurry again.

My eyes were becoming more dependent on my glasses but eventually they “weren’t working” for me anymore. I went to an optometrist and she told me that this was a natural progression and although my vision was changing it was only a slight change that needed a tiny bit more of a prescription. As I listened to her talk about my changing vision I couldn’t help thinking about how our vision changes about life over time. It isn’t an abrupt change that happens but it is a slow, gradual change that takes place.

It is almost like we now “see” through different eyes. The Bible says; For we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)

We “see” what we choose to see, but as we mature our level of understanding broadens our scope of things and we”See” better! We understand Better, and therefore we should Do Better, and ultimately Be Better.

Take some time today to See Better, Do Better, and Be Better!

Blessings~

Sanding Out Rough Places

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Recently my husband and I embarked upon a few “home improvement” projects. Now in theory this was going to be Great! In reality, it would prove to be a Great deal of work! We decided to change the pantry closet and the linen closet by adding new shelves made of wood. The picture we copied on Pinterest was very beautiful and looked simple enough for two amateurs to handle.

We got our supplies and began to work. My job was simply sanding, staining, and painting, and my husband would assemble, measure, and mount. I was ready to go! I know how to sand well due to my years of practice on fingernails. Starting out was the easy part because I had my coffee and my adrenaline to keep me pumped. First I sanded the wall for painting and next the boards for staining.

We used plywood which is very good for this kind of project but it does tend to splinter a great deal. As I looked at each piece, they were all so different. Some had lots of ridges that needed a lot of sanding, and some had really rough spots that needed extra attention. Even the parts that looked smooth still needed more sanding so the surface was even. The more I sanded, the better the wood looked and felt. When I finally finished sanding and staining the cheap plywood looked like expensive custom shelves! We were very proud of our hard work.

This reminded me of life. We all need some “sanding” of our rough places at times. Although we are not sanded with a sander, our rough places are made smooth through our tests and trials. Everyday new “rough” places in our lives are being made smooth, and although we don’t like the feeling of being made new when the process or tests are over God beams at us with pride! He knows we can be better, or do better, so He gives us the chance to shine bright every day. That is our “brand new mercies” we receive, not because we are worthy but because He is gracious enough to give us chance after chance.

Sanding is hard work on both the person doing the sanding and the object being sanded. Both feel pressure and pain during the process but the result is something so Beautiful that it is “Custom Made”.

Blessings~

Your Fight

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Your fight is not a physical fight it is in another realm, another dimension which is why you are sometimes so physically tired. You are trying to fight forces you can not see.

Every move you make toward God will bring more enemies against you. Expect resistance, expect delay, expect trouble, but Push through. Declare Your Freedom through speaking the word of the Lord through prayer.

Open Your Mouth and Speak Your Victory! Your Freedom! Your Now!

It will Manifest! If you speak and declare a thing, It Shall Be!

See yourself Whole. See yourself Prosperous! See yourself Free!

These forces Can Not Stop the plans God has for You!

Blessings~

The Privacy of Life

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Each one of us shares our lives with others but sometimes we keep things private. This is our choice to allow someone to fully know who we are, what we feel, or how we hurt. All in all it is our choice to let our deepest feelings be exposed at the risk of being misunderstood, or taken lightly, or no feeling of relevancy at all.

Our lives are private even when we allow someone to come as close as a spouse, or as close as a close friend. Our private lives, or thoughts, or feelings are not private to God. He is the only one who knows and understands who we are in our deepest parts. So when we look for encouragement, or comfort, or peace of mind why would we think we could rely on anyone who doesn’t know us privately? We have only shared a portion of who we are inside yet we expect others to know how to react to our private lives.

There is a lot going on inside each one of us always but how can we trust anyone to heal our hurts, pain, sadness, sickness when we keep those parts private? We can only expect God to do all of these things for truly He is the only one who sees and knows our most private lives.

Blessings~

Promises

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

You took your vows, you swore your oath, “til death do us part”:

You never knew the words you said would come back to haunt.

Never wanting to be alone, never wanting this kind of life you did things right.

You never thought you would have to face the world alone without him by your side.

All you have left is cherished memories they now play in your mind like the pictures on the screen.

Finding strength to carry on seems like a mountain climb every where you turn it seems so hard to breathe.

You are stronger than you know, stronger than you think.

Yes your life looks different now but it is still unique.

Take your time, day by day, and pray for God’s help along the way.

You will make it, Yes you will! Your love in your heart will keep you straight.

People may try to tell you what to do, how to heal the brokenness that you feel. Only you and God above can show you how to see the light to heal.

So take your time, cry your tears, cherish the love you hold for it is real and find your peace inside.

Always remember to listen to your heart, lead with love, and find a place of comfort knowing your loved one is safe in the arms of God awaiting for you to one day arrive.

Promise

The Incompleteness of Life

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Have you ever found yourself feeling incomplete?

Not broken or open, just incomplete? I have, definitely.

Recently while putting together a puzzle with my “mini me” we got almost all the way finished a 500 piece puzzle and there were three missing pieces.

This was such a let down especially because it was one of the hardest, most intricate puzzles we had ever done, ever.

Still, the fact remained it was incomplete.

It was a blow to us and we sat wondering, where could those pieces be? Maybe they fell out in the closet or under the couch? Who knows, but it sure left us feeling incomplete.

When we started we were going to glue it together and proudly display our work, but when we realized what we were left with we simply took it apart and threw it away.

Isn’t that how we sometimes react to our lives? In fact don’t we react that way to many areas of incompleteness we encounter? We just throw them away, but unfortunately life isn’t that easy to just discard. Sometimes the incompleteness is a time we would rather forget, or a personal struggle we just keep wrestling with.

Whatever your incompleteness is know that when you decide to complete, or face that area it will bring up feelings of old. Some feelings that were inside like buried treasure or some deep hidden pain that you thought you dealt with. It will hurt, for a while, but soon, very soon, it will start to feel completed, finished, overcome.

Soon it will not be an area of incompleteness but an area of Victory over the past. Take the time to complete your incompleteness, and the reward you find will be Great!

Blessings~