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!