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| It's Time to Celebrate Life! "L'Chaim!" |
Good things come
to ex-Prodigals! Oh yes… You just have
to believe it! It is so easy to stay in
a “head hung down” position. But THAT is
not your calling! Once a prodigal does
not mean ALWAYS a prodigal! You know,
once the son returned home the Father killed the fatted calf! They celebrated! They had a party! In other words the son was loved up mighty
much! Hopefully he was able to enjoy it!
“But the father said to his
slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on
his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened
calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was
dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they
began to celebrate.…” (Luke 15:23-24)
If you have made
your way back home, it’s time to stop looking behind you, and look ahead. A prodigal journey is not one that should
last you ALL your life. It was a
season. Seasons change and now it’s time
to move forward, wiser with the information you have gained. Stop beating yourself up, let go of what has
already been let go. If God’s not holding
you for it, why should you? Get out of
that “time out corner” that you have put yourself in and begin a fresh. You can’t go back, you can’t change the past
BUT you can go forward. Straighten up
that back, raise that chin high, lift those eyes up, they’ve been focused down
too long. YOU are a child of the UTMOST
HIGH God. You are royalty. You belong to Him. It’s time to move forward. Close the doors on 2014 and wait with baited
breath and joyful expectation for all that He has in store for you for 2015.
I have learned
from my experience with cancer that life is too short. That you must savor every moment! That each
day we are given is a gift from God, a blank sheet of paper to write fresh
upon! So write well! He has given you gifts – discover them and
use them! There is no greater joy than
using your God given talents to glorify Him!
Try something new in 2015. Is
there something you’ve always wanted to try?
Something you’ve never done before?
As I have stated in my previous posts, I bought a quilted board that I
call my “Bucket Board.” I have begun to
list things I plan to do in 2015 on it.
Things I had put off for one reason or another. What desires has God put into your
heart? Maybe take a moment to write them
down and list them. You might find yourself
giggling over them as I did, because some of them things that came to mind,
were funny! For instance, I plan on
trying to ride one of those stationary bulls.
I’ve always wanted to try it! So why not?! If anything it will be a
crack up and who knows? Perhaps I will actually surprise myself by being able
to hold on longer than I imagine! J
Wrap your arms
around life and hug it REAL tight. These
are the memories that later on, you’ll look back on. Don’t let ol’slew foot keep you stagnant in a
pool of prodigal regrets that you have already come out of, if you’ve made your
way back home – your outta there! Don’t
stew in it. Life is a journey with peaks
and valleys and you need to keep stepping!
When I went
through cancer, I gained an inch scar where they took the cancer out, right
where you would place your hand to say the pledge of allegiance. I gained a huge scar underneath my left arm
pit. They did what they had to do to
save my life – and they did it well.
Compared to what some of my beautiful Pink Sisters have gone through,
physically my body has changed little (most of my scarring from my experience
is more predominan upon what cancer did to my life and the wounds show up more upon my soul). My
body had gone through a war – and by the mercy and grace and love of God, I
came out of it victorious, my life in tack, but I felt as though I wanted
(needed) to take my body back. Claim it
as my own once again. Hence, I made a
decision to do something I never thought I would do – get a tattoo as a
birthday present to me, for me with love.
Around my left ankle I got a pink ribbon tattoo (like an anklet) with a white
ribbon entwined with it that says, “Survivor.”
I claimed my body back as MINE. Later on I got another tattoo of a butterfly
with my favorite quote from the movie
(musical) Fiddler on the Roof. “L’Chaim!”
Which is Hebrew for “to life!”
At that same
time, I found a quote by my favorite poet, Maya Angelou:
“My mission in
life is not nearly to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion,
some compassion, some humor and some style.”
Next to writing
for the Lord, which is my calling – the above quote is my mission in life as
well. Find out what your gifts are and
use them. They were given to you for a reason, not to squelch. There is a purpose for your life that God
intended you to utilize when He created you. Perhaps if you don’t know what
that purpose is it should be the top item on your “bucket” list for 2015. Celebrate Prince/Princess of the King. There
is a party being thrown in your honor! It’s time to close the door on 2014 and
walk through the open door of 2015. The
BEST is YET to come.
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