Good morning!
I keep seeing posts that tell me that I am worth it, I am enough, I deserve more ....
Those bother me. It is not that I feel unworthy, or less than, or cheated ...

I think they bother me because they focus on ME. They become a very selfish way of thinking, a self-centered lifestyle.
The truth is Jesus is worthy! He is enough! He deserves all praise!
Me, I am only as good as He makes me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, but anything I do on my own is considered wood, hay, or stubble!
When I become proud of "me" and my accomplishments then I lose my humility and God resists the proud. I certainly do not want that!
I absolutely do NOT want what I deserve! Goodness! I deserve hell! I fall so short and beg for mercy!
When I am in Christ, I receive His inheritance, power, and mercy. Because He is able, I receive ability. His worthiness gives me worth. His sacrifice enables me to have more than I ever asked, thought, or imagined!
When I focus on and live for ME, I will always come up lacking and disappointed. When I focus on and live for Jesus, I will never be put to shame. I will have and be more than enough!
Why don’t I remember this? Why do I go down the pity trail and find myself in the mully grubs? Ugh!!! I don’t want to be there!
Blessings as you get your thinking right and accept all that Jesus has given you for His glory, honor, and purpose! There is no greater way to live!

Good morning!
When I was active in mlm the question was asked frequently, what is your "why"? Why do you want to do what you do?
I always came up with good, lofty, answers .... get out of debt, leave a legacy and inheritance for my grandkids, travel .... you know the answers that make you seem noble but also cringe.

Those goals and "why"s were not enough to keep me working to succeed and sell to all my friends, family, acquaintances, strangers ... (btw I only sold stuff I used and believed in, and I still use the products!)
But, to share Jesus is to share life, eternity, heaven. That is my true "why". It is about Jesus. Our goal in life should be to spread the gospel, to enlarge the Kingdom of God, to make disciples of Jesus! It looks different in everyone. Some look like pastors, teachers, evangelist. Others look like intercessors or givers. Some are businessmen, homemakers, stylists, secretaries ....
Don’t get me wrong. I certainly believe we need to work. We need money to live. There is nothing wrong with making money and being wealthy. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children and grandchildren. I do not fault anyone for wanting to make money or sell anything (unless it’s to sell drugs or themselves). I am not a salesman or business minded. Ha! Steve can confirm that!
What I have is a passion for what I do. I have a love for helping people be all they can be. I have a desire to see people whole, healed, healthy ... spirit, soul, and body.
Jesus came to give us life abundant. He came to seek and save the lost. He came to heal the broken hearted and all their diseases. He became poor so that we may become rich. He came to make a way where there is no way!
If we keep Jesus at the head, make Him our "why", follow and obey Him, seek His face we will not be put to shame. We will come out of the storms, trials, wars, and battles as victors!
Live life fully persuaded that your "why" is much bigger than you ever imagined! Seek to find that place of passion that you just can’t keep it to yourself! Jesus will enable and empower you to do what He created you for.
Blessings as you walk in your "why". It may be a stretch, but DO it! You won’t regret it!

Good morning!
Even when you can’t see Him, God is still with you.
Even if you have never "heard" Him, God is still speaking to you.

Even if you have never felt Him, God is still reaching for you.
Even if you have lost faith in Him, He is still faithful!
Even if you deny Him, He still loves you.
Even if you are still sick, God is still the Healer.
Even if you are broken, God is the Restorer.
Even if you are tormented, God is the Deliverer.
Even if you are lost, God is the Savior.
These are truths that are revealed and provided in the life of Jesus. He offers all that we will ever need to us.
Believe! Receive!
Blessings as you receive all you need in Jesus!

Good evening!
We can choose our destiny by choosing our words. We can determine who we are and what we will be by words. We can agree with what God says about us.
it is our choice. We can accept the lies, the put downs, the disappointments or we can reframe who we are by focusing our thoughts on what God says about us.

We don’t have to believe the lies of the devil telling us we are nothings, nobodies, defeated, losers, dumb, ignorant, lost, useless ...
We can believe that we are who God says we are. We are created in His image with a purpose and a plan. We are seated in the heavenlies with Jesus and so we are overcomers and victorious.
We can determine what our focus will be. We choose our life by our thoughts, what we say, and what we allow.
Today I decided to focus on being loved, understood, understanding, and disciplined. So far so good..
Tomorrow I can choose other words to define me and live them out.
I am not stuck in being who anyone says I am except God and then I agree.
It was one of those defining moments for me ....
Blessings as you call forth, from inside, who you are. You will be amazed and amazing!

Good morning!
Life is interesting to say the least!
I have been blessed in so many ways. As I look back, I am overcome with gratitude. I had amazing imperfect parents who did the best they knew how. They gave me what they could, and even things they really couldn’t. I also received some things I didn’t want! Ha!

At times I was not kind in my evaluation of their parenting. It seemed unfair, too strict, archaic, unreasonable ... I was looking at it from my selfish, ignorant, lost perspective. I only saw that I was not getting my way!
Looking back, I see they were loving me, guiding me, protecting me, providing for me the best way they could. It is so easy to sit in judgement and think that if it were ME, I would do ...
That’s the thing ... we don’t have all the knowledge, answers, understanding of situations. We only see things from what we want, need, expect. When it doesn’t go our way we get offended, critical, judgmental, mad ....
I see that in so many arenas.... like politics, families, churches, businesses ...
My prayer is first for forgiveness for my thoughts, actions, judgments. Then I pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that understands. May I walk in love toward God and man. May my words and actions reflect who Jesus is and not my stupidity!
Blessings on your eyes, ears, and heart!

Good morning!
Times and seasons ...
Plans and purposes ...
Interests and passions ...
Dreams and goals ...

All these change! We may think that THIS is what I will always want. Or, we may imagine that we always do this.
In God’s mercy, He gives us passion and love to do His will and walk in His plan.
We will walk that path, do that thing, accomplish much. In His time.
However, we will continue. The road changes. Needs, desires, people... these come and go, grow, change. And so do we!!!
As a child I loved Barbie. As a young adult I loved my babies. As an older mom, I enjoy my adult kids and grandkids.
What involved me then, is much different than what involves me now. My life and their life evolved.
It is still good, fulfilling, and comforting. But I don’t want to go back. At that point in my life I could not see it getting better or changing.
Like the old proverb ... don’t make a permanent decision based on a temporary passion or lack of passion. Don’t decorate the pit!
Some things are forever. Jesus is the One who will never change. But He changes us.
I look back at things and am thankful I am not stuck in that career or place. I have changed. You have changed. We will change again! Hopefully from
glory to Glory!!!
Blessings as you embrace change and become fully who you were created to be!

Good afternoon!
I am always amazed at the goodness of God. I shouldn’t be, but His goodness can be overwhelming!
He always knows exactly what I need, when I need it. I may THINK I know what I want and need, then He shows up and suddenly, my need is met!

I often get stuck in a rut. I allow circumstances and situations to determine too much of my life. I can get caught up in all the "what if" scenarios and play out my life on vain imaginations!
Then a friend calls ... brightens my day, gets me back on track, speaks truth ... and then I am back to reality!
I have found more often than not, that what I need is never what I consider or think I need. God has such wonderful plans, blessings, and gifts for each of us. What He gives is always better than anything we could imagine. His plans far exceed whatever I come up with. Plus, it never is expected or like I thought it would be.
Israel’s King came as a baby. Our deliverance came on a cross. We cannot know how God will fulfill His promises to us, but we can be assured that He will and we will be astounded! Astonished! Amazed!!!
So ... rejoice and be glad when things don’t look like you expect because God is working!!!
Blessings as you praise and receive the goodness of God in the Land of the Living!

Good morning!
We don’t always understand things. The whys, the where’s, the when’s, the whos, the how’s .... we just don’t know!
For goodness sakes, I don’t understand ME! I look in the mirror and wonder what happened? Who is that old lady? Where did my youth go? When am I going to learn ...? Why did I do that? How am I going to do this?

Then, I realize that life is never an answer, but always questions, growth, learning, accepting, believing...
I don’t have to know all the answers. I just have to know who to ask! Jesus IS the Answer!
I can only have perfect peace when my mind is set and focused on Jesus! I don’t have to know anything but Him and He has all the answers. I can trust in Him!
In the middle of chaos, confusion, and uncertainty we can trust in and rely on the Word of God, the blessing of God, the Son of God, and the provision of God. He is always with us. His peace, His answers, His wisdom is available .... ASK! SEEK! KNOCK!!!
Blessings as you find what you need!

Good morning!
Late starts mean rushing ... it also not getting sidetracked and dilly dallying around.
It seems the more I have to do, the more I accomplish and the happier I am.

Then there are days that I just shut down and must have nothing to do. I am also happy doing that.
This season of my life that I imagined being slow, quiet, sitting turns out to be quite different! I seem to be busier now than ever ... well, since the days all my kids were home playing ball and all their activities.
It is true ... we need someone to love, something to do, something to hope for. When we have these things going on, life is satisfying.
But, the real meaning comes from serving God. Doing His will. Fulfilling our calling, doing what we love and enjoy is a gift of life from our Father.
That’s my prayer for you. May you know the hope of your calling and walk worthy of it. May you continue to live every day of your life. May you find satisfying joy in whatever you do!
Blessings as we live in fullness!!!

Good morning!
It is early ... I've been up for over 2 hours already ...
You know God never sleeps! He is always up and ready to talk. He is wanting time with us. He has so much to share and teach.

Just wanted to encourage you to listen to Someone who loves you more than you could ever imagine. ❤️ (No matter when or what you are doing, He is waiting for you!)
Blessings on your ears that HEAR!

Good morning!
I am so thankful for a new day, a new beginning, fresh!!!
Some days you just blow it! You just mess up! You just barely show up! You haven’t done your work! You can’t seem to focus and get it done! Your hair is a mess ... your makeup is running ... and your outfit looks dumpy!

You try. You think you are doing well. You give it what you have.
Some days it is perfect. Some days it’s "okay". Some days it flies back into your face. Some days everything you say is awesome and heard and received with gladness. Some days your words come out all wrong and fall on deaf ears causing misunderstandings and pain.
What happened? What is the difference? Why?
The good thing is that mercy from God is new every morning. He is steadfast in His love. His Word is truth, light, health, and wisdom. We can rest in Him. His peace is there for us to receive.
He can take my imperfections and flaws and heal me. Where I am weak, He is strong. Where I am broken, He restores me. He is the only one who fully and truly understands and then He works in me to become who He created me to be. He enables me to be willing to do His will. He heals the broken ... broken hearted, broken spirit, broken body ... He is the healer!
So even if you have done it wrong your whole life, God can redeem it. He can use you in your imperfections, flaws, and mistakes. He won’t leave you there, but will work in you to do His good pleasure. You are not alone. You are not forgotten. You are not too bad.
Rejoice! And as Paul says in Ephesians, again I say REJOICE!!! He (Jesus) is able to fix it ... whatever it is, He is able!
Blessings as you rejoice in the God of your salvation, healing, fixing, restoring, whatever the need ... receive it and rejoice!

Good afternoon!
Some days it’s a little harder to get it together! .... obviously!
Memories
Questions
Regrets

Some days those bring so much pain because the answers are not there.
Silence can break a heart.
Then there are times when you give all you’ve got, do all you can do, love with your whole heart and it is received.
I’m thankful for the love of Jesus that cleanses, heals, restores, reconciles, redeems. His grace is sufficient. His mercy abounds.
In the celebrations of life, we rejoice. We cling to the good. In times of trouble we run to the High Tower. In the struggles, battles, wars, we know that in all things we have Jesus. Every thing else is temporary.
I’m thankful today for all God has given me. I cherish His gifts. I walk in His promise! Everything will be all right!!!
Blessings on your life, the good, the bad, and the ugly! Ha! God’s love never fails!

On the horizon are good things coming!
Oh, we may see some storm clouds, but they are temporary and will pass.

Storms, trials, problems all pass ... there is an end date. We may not know that date, but it is there.
So, forgive, rejoice, give thanks ... relax!
In due time a new day is coming. We can trust and believe that everything will be all right! (Not in our time or our way for sure!)
Our job is to pray, stand firm, trust, remain faithful and we will see the salvation and deliverance of our God!
Blessings as you continue through. Victory really is just around the corner!

Good morning!
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and soul searching. I have also been trying to reconcile past, present, and future. I can’t.
Most things in my past are absolutely wonderful and I’m so thankful that they happened. They changed me. But I can’t go back.

There are other things in my past I’d like to forget and wish never happened. They changed me. But I can’t go back.
No matter what ... I am who I am today because of my past. I may not be able to change what happened, but I can accept that it did and accept my part in it. I can be thankful and rejoice. I can be thankful I made it through. I can be thankful I’m not there now.
I cannot change the past. I can change my perspective of the past. I can change how I feel about the past. I can move on to the future!
I can be thankful for where I am now. If I don’t like it, I can change it. It is now. I am here. My future depends on my choices now. I can make my future brighter by decisions today to be better, do better, make better choices. I can choose to love, forgive, work, rest, study, be kind, be happy, be who God created me to be.
You can, too!
Blessings today! You made it this far, so rejoice and be glad!

Merrie Posey, ND 333, LLC

It has been quite a long time since I blogged.  That seems to be how I start my blogs of late!

I have been busy!  Busy doing lots of stuff and busy doing nothing!

Since I started Facebook, I sort of quit blogging because I seemed to be posting daily there.  Not as many words, but it was easier and faster to get some feedback.

Here I am,  69 years old,  about 9 months away from being 70!   This past year I started a business.  You see, I had wanted to do this for many years.  I prayed and worked and received my doctorate of Naturopathy (ND) about 8 years ago.  Yes, I was over 60!  It was a dream that I had. It was important to me.  However, after I received my degree, I did nothing with it!  Nothing!  I pretended to be healty and eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle.  But ...

Then, in December 2017 I decided to go ahead and take steps to do what I wanted to do.  Yes, it was a very costly investment.  Yes, it scared the padookey out of me!  Yes, I was 68 years old!  Yes, everyone thought I was crazy!  Nobody understood!

I did it anyway!    I. DID.  IT. ANY. WAY.

It was the hardest thing I've ever done (besides raising 4 awesome children).  The learning curve is huge.  My education had laid dormant for 8 years without being used.  The training takes lots of time.  The understanding was difficult.  The investment of money and time was more than I imagined.

The rewards are wonderful!  I absolutely LOVE what I do.  It is a good thing, because I have not made any money!  But, I have grown immensely!  I have developed skills, confidence, knowledge, understanding, and perseverance that I would never have had.  I have made friends.  I have helped others.

I feel like I am finally walking in my calling.  I feel like I have something to offer.  I feel satisfaction, contentment, peace, and purpose.

My regret?  That I did not jump sooner!  That more people don't know about it and take advantage of it.  That I don't have the opportunity to help more people.

There are days I sit and wait for someone to call and schedule an appointment.  There are days that I question my worth and value.  There are days that I want to quit and walk away.

BUT, there are also days that I can hardly wait to get up and get going.  I am so excited about what I am learning and how I can apply it and help others walk in health and healing.

You see, I am a health advocate.  I see my job as helping to determine what is going on in your body.  I see the potential for supporting and helping to keep the body balanced and healthy.

I cannot diagnose anything.  I cannot treat a medical condition.  I can, however, help to see where your body is struggling and suggest some things to help support and build up that part of your body.

I think that is awesome!  I think it is beneficial.  I think that it is very significant in living a healthy body and lifestyle by suggesting diet, exercises, supplements, and lifestyle changes.

I wish that I could help you!  I believe that I could ...