Ready To Roll

Hello everyone! How are YOU today?

  Rolling with the punches of life can
be very difficult sometimes

but so WORTH IT. (eventually!!)

So I'm back today and ready to roll and hope

you are ready to roll right along with me.  I want to

encourage YOU my friend, because I know

first hand the power one encouraging word,
phone call, email or deed can make.  

Don't ever take for granted, that even your 

smallest word or action, can make a huge difference

in the life of someone else because
IT DOES!!!!!

Let's continue on to roll here with

Beth Moore's book,

SO LONG INSECURITY

Everything here is from the thoughts of Beth Moore

(just some in my own paraphrasing)

These past chapters have been deep and uncover the

downside of life somewhat but it's important

to evaluate where we are,  so we can be free to
enjoy the wonderful life 

God alone can give and wants for us.

Anyway.....rolling on...

God knows that it's scary to be us!  

He knows and sees where some of those

insecure root systems begin.

Such as if there is:

 Instability in the home as child or as an adult.

Significant Loss - no matter what the size of the

loss, if it is huge to your heart, it is huge to God on

your behalf.

Rejection - anywhere there is relationship there

is potential for rejection. And since we were

created by God for relationship we have to

be very careful not to let this one disconnect us

from  others but rather work towards restoration

if possible.

Dramatic Change - "a history of unwelcome

changes can be a breeding ground for insecurity,

because it invites you to become addicted to dread." 

If not careful, you could give into your constant

expectation that something bad is about to

happen. And eventually because life is life,

bad things happen to everyone and your insecurity

could falsely deepen your commitment to 

forecasting doom.

Personal Limitations - such as a learning disability,

physical handicap, abnormality of any kind that

makes us feel different or inferior.

"Attitude is everything when it comes to limitations,

and the way you view yourself will acutely shape 

how others view YOU.  Nothing is more impressive

than a person who is secure in the

unique way God made her." 

Personal Disposition and Temperament - God is all

of the temperaments, so one is not better than the

other, but people who are especially tenderhearted

are more vulnerable to insecurity. 

(cough cough-wouldn't ya know it!   I still cry watching

Little House on The Prairie reruns)

But it's not a matter of weakness.  It's a matter

of personal sensitivity. God gave each of

us our own personal temperament for a reason, and

that reason is to glorify HIM.  

Beth Moore has covered so much in just a few 

chapters that I've shared with you today. YOU must

get the book to read for yourself to see all of the

other major points that I didn't even touch on. 

I want to encourage you
to take an inventory and then
 pull up those false roots that have kept
you bound. God wants YOU to BE YOU, the one

GOD designed SPECIAL and UNIQUE.

  The very one He DELIGHTS in every moment

of every day.  The one He never takes His 

eyes off of ~ Not even for one moment!

The one He loves so much 

that He died for YOU and ME. 

"The Lord takes pleasure in his people."

Psalm 149:4a  (TEV)

Let's continue to ROLL....

 I'm rolling up and down the same hills with YOU!
(just like the rolling game I played in the yard as a kid) 
 Maybe we will bump into each other and I promise
 if we do, I will stop and giggle, maybe say excuse 
me and then ask you to get up and play tag or 
something.  OKAY?

Hugs,