Sowing seeds

First of all, sorry I missed a few days. Things have been busy here. We've had something almost every day. This week is going to be much more quiet, but still a challenge. I'm giving up caffeine after today. I've been tapering off and now I'm ready to take the plunge. My BIL has the coffee pot in his room now. I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm ready. I'll keep telling myself that too. Today's message in church started with Pastor praying for the breaking of addictions. The first one he brought up? Caffeine. Talk about getting the message. lol

After the word about quitting caffeine (which is funny since Pastor is self-admittedly a coffee addict), he, another guy and another pastor, talked about the power of words. Words are seeds that you sow in your life and in others. Talk about convicting after this past week. I've been so focused on the problems in my life, and talking about them, and worrying about them, it's been really hard to be postive. I'm going to go on a negativity fast. Yep, you read it right. I'm fasting negative thoughts and words. Today, I'm getting rid of worry to prep myself.

It was an incredible time today in service. We had a Word about the seeds we sow in the next three days are going to be very important. We've been having messages about it getting ready for a new season in our lives. This is now the beginning of the new season. Have you ever thought about the power of words? So many people talk about putting positive thoughts out there, but don't really know what it means. Some think it's a "name it and claim it" deal where you can just say you are going to be rich, or thin, or whatever, and have it fall in your lap just because of those words. Some think it's a big "karma" thing. You put positivity out there and you get positivity back. Isn't there some secret book out there about this? The reality is that you say things that affect (good or bad) God's blessings. Why is He going to bless you if you say that your miracle will never happen? I know I didn't start getting well until I knew that God was going to heal me. I didn't have a spontaneous healing like one moment I'm sick and the next moment all my problems were gone. God gave me specific things to do to get better. Yes, He healed me, but I had to do my part.

Now, I've probably lost some of you but hear me out. I was sick, very sick. The doctors couldn't find anything that would definitively explain what was happening. I finally told people what was happening. I had friends and church members praying for me and over me. At first it didn't work. The problem wasn't that God wasn't listening. The problem was that I didn't want to hear what He had to say and come out of my comfort zone. Then, I started listening to the voice of God. I had heard it before. That voice He has inside us telling me things like "Get in shape, stop eating all the stuff that is making you sick, be proactive about your health". The hard one - "God is under no obligation to heal you if you are going to throw it away." And I was, totally. I'm this sick, and I decide to have dairy (something I already knew I was allergic to) on Christmas Day. I can barely stand up straight, and have such severe pain that it was hard for me to breathe in, and I'm having dairy? COME ON! It wasn't until I wiped out all the stuff I wasn't supposed to be eating and believed I would be healed and followed His word that I started getting healed.

Fast forward four months. My doctor is amazed and pleased with the progress I've made. I'm down 15 pounds since March 1st, and I'm feeling great. All of the Glory goes to God. If I listened to myself, I'd have at least one less internal organ and I'd still be eating myself further into illness. The power of words. I finally said I was going to be healthy, and now I'm on my way. I didn't say I'm going to be sick. I didn't say I'm going to have the surgery. I said I'm going to be healthy. He has placed the tools I need in reach and given me all I need to succeed.

The power of words. I want my husband to be successful. I want my children to be faithful servants of God and fulfill the purpose He has for them. I want my own life to be a testament to Him. I want to be a Proverbs 31 woman. I want my husband to be in health with me. I want all problems and issues to disappear. I want to go through learning the lessons of life that I need to be effective in my witness. I guess I never really thought about the power of words the way we heard it today. I am honestly and prayerfully going to submit to God and start confessing His will for our lives and His plans for our future. I'll share some of them over the course of the next two days. First of all, I know that I have a family of sold out people for Christ. That's my #1 seed. My family!

Feel free to bust me if you catch me talking negatively. I'm not going to cheat. Honest! lol I want to tame this tongue of mine. Proverbs 18:20-21 says

20 From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled;
with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

21 The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.


Wow! I want the harvest of the seeds of my mouth to be good and just. I want to have my stomach, spiritual, physical and mental, to be filled with good fruit from a good harvest. It's like our garden. We're starting with good seeds, good soil and work. The seeds grow in the good times, like the warm summer with its blessing of sunlight. The food will be harvested and preserved and will carry us through the cold of winter.

Well now, it's getting closer to 10. I'm keeping to my bed at 10 plans this week. Last week, I stayed up late several days, and it really did make a difference. Here's my challenge to you. What are you going to say? What are your thoughts going to be? What kind of seeds are you planting?