DON'T YOU KNOW??!!

God has truly been dealing with me today about life...my life in particular. I stated on my FB status this morning that I want to leave a footprint on this earth...I want my life to touch the lives of others in any and every way, and I believe God made that possible by helping me to write these blogs. I want to encourage someone today who may not know their value and how their life can impact the lives of others. God wants you to know today that YOUR LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING...why? because He lives.

Don't you know that you are more valuable than rubies & gold...you are priceless?! Don't you know that you were created for a purpose...you are not just a space-filler in the earth realm?! Don't you know that you were beautifully & wonderfully made...you were hand-picked and fashioned & shaped after His own image...no matter what YOU see in the mirror?! Don't you know that you weren't a mistake...no matter if the pregnancy was planned or unplanned...you were always in God's plan?! Don't you know that God has plans for you...I don't care what the doctor's report says...whose report are you gonna believe?! Don't you know that you are loved...He loves us when we're up & when we're down, He loves us when we're right & when we're wrong, He loves us more than we could ever ask or think...and I love you too?! :))

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE?!

I thank God that He taught me how to appreciate not only my life but the lives of the people he has entrusted to me...my husband, my children, my mother, my family, my friends, my FB fam (holla!), my clients, my coworkers...and anyone else He allows to cross my path.

I have learned through good times & bad how to appreciate life because there was a time when I didn't value my life...I didn't think I was good enough, I didn't think anyone loved me, I didn't think my life had meaning...BUT GOD stepped in & rescued me from the depths of my own self-hatred! He told me how much He loved me, He told me how much I was needed on the earth, He told me I should live & not die and declare the works of the Lord, He told me "DON'T YOU KNOW?!" I'm so glad that now I KNOW...Hallelujah!!! (Oh Lord...I'm gettin tears on my keyboard. LOL) Unless, you've been there...you won't understand the emotion that I'm feeling right now!

I wish Doug had've known...I wish he knew how valuable his life was...I wish he knew he was created for a purpose...I wish he knew that he was beautifully & wonderfully made, hand-picked, fashioned & shaped after God's own image...I wish he knew that he wasn't a mistake...I wish he knew all the plans God had for him...I wish he knew how much we loved him...I wish he knew how much we miss him!!! If he had only known...he wouldn't have taken his own life! It's been five years (I believe?) since my wonderful baby brother-in-law, Douglas Murry at 22, took his own life with a gun-shot wound to the head! If he only knew...if he only knew!!!! :(( However, I am grateful for his life because upon his death he touched the lives of so many others!

Don't wait until it's too late to realize what your life really means...it means more to so many others than you'll ever know! DON'T YOU KNOW??!!

**Please feel free to pass this on to whomever you think needs to know!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Well here we are...another year to get it right! :) I figured I would start off the New Year by starting back up with writing my blogs...its been a very long time. Well let me start by saying that 2010 was truly an amazing year! It was filled with excitement, drama, challenges, accomplishments and happiness. I'm grateful for everything that I experienced in 2010 because thats how I grow...experiences can either make or break you and I choose to let them make me.

So as for the New Year..I truly plan to become a better me...I know you didn't think I could get any better right??!! LOL Well truth is I need to grow spiritually, I need to be a better wife and mother, I need to be more organized, I need to be a better business woman...and of course, I plan to lose more weight (whispering...oh and I need to spend less money...sshhhh LBVS). I am so grateful for who God made me and grateful for the things I have accomplished but none of us are ever at a point in our lives where we don't need to make improvements. Its not about making New Years resolutions but its just about what can I do this year differently?, what can I improve about myself? At the beginning of each year I make an analysis of myself, look at my surroundings and try to come up with a plan. Now, of course, it doesn't always go the way I planned it but it always goes the way God planned it! I make mistakes, I go the long road when I could've just went down the street. LOL But its okay, that's how we progress...mistakes hopefully make us stronger and wiser. Its not about being the best but its about being the best you that you can be. So, here's the key...make sure whatever you plan line up with the plans of God because without Him we cain't do nothin no how!

I get very excited when the New Year comes because its opportunity...God gave me another opportunity to get IT right. Now my IT may not be the same as your IT but whatever IT is thank God for IT...LOL!!! I truly thank God for my past and my future...my past was a template to shape my future! My future holds many opportunities so I try to take advantage of them...and you should too. A New Year means New opportunities because some people didn't make it, some people don't have a concept of what New means, some people don't know how to grasp a New mindset...so I take every opportunity to find out what needs to be made New in my life.

This is a joyful time, a time of excitement, a time to focus!!! I just wanted to share with you my excitement for the New Year...I hope you're excited too, you should be! Please have a very Happy New Year...the New Year will be whatever you make it to be...with Gods help! So make it a literal statement...HAPPY NEW YEEEAAARRRRR!!!!!!