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 ...

New Life, Old Calling

So, at age 68, I am jumping into a new career ...  What in the world made me do such a thing?  Most people are retiring at this age.  Me?  ha!  I am just beginning .... sort of!

It all began in 1977.  We were on our knees by our bed praying for God to use us.   We wanted to be a part of the move of God.  We wanted to share what we were learning with the world.

I was pregnant with our second child.  We had moved to pastor a rural charge in South Georgia.  We had just learned about divine healing.  We were learning about the Gifts of the Spirit and one is the Gifts of Healing.   My heart was full of desire and raced at the thought of bringing healing to a lost and dying world.

In the middle of our prayers we felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit.  He touched me.  I felt a warmth in the palms of my hands.  He told me that He had imparted to me the gift of healing.  I wept!

We experienced miracles.  We had children.  We moved.  We experienced life ....  trials, tribulations, victories, overcoming, blessings ....

Many years later a friend shared some things with me.  I began to learn about healthy eating, supplements, herbs, and natural health.  I was intrigued.  I was fascinated.  I was drawn to all that knowledge.   I wanted to know more.   I dabbled in it.  But, my resources were slim and it was not easy getting others on board with the new healthy guidelines, so I reverted back to the old ways.  I did maintain 2 things, kombucha tea and natural progesterone cream.

Again, years passed.  I became a distributor for a health conscious weight loss company.  The more I got into the program and the more I learned, the deeper my hunger grew for health, wholeness, wellness.  I began to search for schools of natural health.

We moved to a new church.  While we were there, I learned of a lady who did a scan with her computer that measures the energy of the body and determines stress and recommends natural means to support and balance the body.   I visited her and while I was there I knew that I knew that I knew that I wanted to do this.  It was my heart's desire. A passion was reborn.

She recommended Trinity School of Natural Health for me to get my doctorate of Naturopathy.  So, I prayed and prayed and prayed....  God opened that door and I began the process.

I have always prayed for healing and seen God do wonders in the lives of people.  But, I felt this was also important because while it is nice to receive a miracle, it is better to not need one!  I knew that these two avenues went hand in hand!

I worked hard and received my ND early in 2011.  I can say that no one really believed in it.  No one cared that I achieved it.   No one celebrated it.    .... but me.      I can also say that not much changed about the way we ate or lived because, it was radical, different, odd, alternative ...  definitely not the main stream.

I did what I could to teach, lead, and show the benefits of natural health, God's plan for health, and of course, praying for healing for others.

In the back of my mind, I always had the dream of owning the Zyto program to scan and give people concrete evidence of their body and things to help balance it and keep it healthy.  I talked about it to anyone who would listen and showed the least bit of interest.  I asked people to pray with me about it.

I found out last December that Zyto was having a sale.  I prayed.  I asked.  I prayed.   Once again, God opened the door for me to step into this path of health, healing, and wholeness.  For Christmas I received the program!!!!!

I was overwhelmed!   I was lost!  I was so ignorant of business and all that it involved.  I had so much to learn about the program and how to interpret the scans.    My expectations of jumping into it were quickly dashed as I realized I had to ease into it one little toe at a time!  I had no idea the learning curve.  It had been almost 8 years since I received my degree and I had not used it.  So it was stagnant and stale.

I did not even have a name!  One night I was tossing and turning, trying to figure out business details.  I prayed, "Lord, WHAT can I name this?"

I rolled over and it was 3:33am
He said, "That's the name"

Merrie Posey, ND 333

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Health, Healing, Wholeness

Spirit, Soul, and Body

Jeremiah 33:3  Call unto Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.

He told me to claim that.  He told me to pray over my system.  He told me to pray over everyone I scanned.  He told me that He would use me to bring healing to their spirit, soul, and body.

He told me that His calling is without repentance.  He has plans for me.  He has not forgotten that He called me to bring healing to His people.  He said, I have come full circle.

He has also told me not to despise small beginnings.  He will open doors.  He will bring health, healing, and wholeness through me.

The road has not been smooth.  The way has not been easy.  The information has been overwhelming.  The response has not always been positive.  The understanding has not always been there.  The acceptance has been questionable.   The income has been sparse.  The expense has been huge.  BUT!!!!!  The blessings have been awesome!

I covet your prayers.  I will be 69 in October.  I know that I have been called and ordained to do this.  I pray that I will have the energy and attentiveness to learn and understand and then apply this knowledge to be able to help people receive and keep their healing! 

I rest in and rely on God's faithfulness to me.  I trust His goodness, mercy, and provision in all matters concerning this.

Thank you!!!!

Life, Aging, Beauty ...

We are at the beach.  I LOVE the beach!  The sun, the wind, the waves, the sand, the colors .... all these things bring refreshing to my soul, peace, refreshing, and color to my skin!  They make me happy!

However, the years are beginning to show on my body.  I'm more hesitant to put on my bathing suit and walk out of the door!  It's not that I'm larger than I used to be.  It's not that my legs show roadmaps complete with elevations and colored lines.  It's not that the chicken skin shows in my bat wings when I wave, or my neck has the ability to flap in the wind.  I really do not mind growing older.    

I just remember the glory years ... Years when I had a young, fit body.  Years when I did not concern myself with size, shape, wrinkles ....  Granted, they were many years ago and they were few.  But, I remember. I grieve over them at times because I didn't appreciate them. I took them for granted.

Now, I want to cover my body for fear of grossing others out.  I dread the judging stares from the young, lean, beauties that decorate the beach.

However, I am thankful for my body!   It may not look brand new, but it is NOT!  It has served me well.  It has carried me through thick and thin, child bearing, labor and delivery.  I have not taken good care of it.  I have mistreated it with over eating and lack of exercise.  I have been embarrassed by it because of my choices and my lack of discipline.

So now, at 66, my body shows the wear and tear.  But, inside, I am still me.  I don't feel old until I look in the mirror.  This "earth suit" was given to me at birth and it is my responsibility to cherish, protect, and care for it.  So the way it looks is a reflection of the way I have cared for it .... Mostly!  I'm not discounting heredity, accidents, or injury ... Those do affect us.

But, God gave me a perfect body that He created for my use!  I am blessed to live this long.  I plan to live much much longer so I'd better get with the program and take better care of my body so my stay here on earth will reflect the goodness of God!

I'm thankful!  I'm blessed!  Life is good!  

What We Do .... and ...

I have been young and now I am old.  I was a child.  I had parents.  I grew up.  I became a parent and had children.  My chidren now have children.

When I was a child, I didn't always understand why I could or could not do things.  Even though I don't doubt that my parents loved me, I never felt they understood me.  I felt they were afraid of who I was and what I wanted to do.

So, I became rebellious and judgemental.  I hid things from them that I felt they would not approve of me doing.  I acted one way around them and another way around my friends.  I lived a double life ... a lie.  I knew how to act religious.  I knew the right answers to give.  I could play the game well!

Then, one day I had a real relationship with Jesus and my right actions became who I was.  I no longer lived the double life.

As an adult, I determined that my parents didn't know what they were doing as parents and so I did not allow them to keep my children.  Of course, the fact that we didn't live close to them helped.  I was very critical of them.  They were human.  They made mistakes.  They were not perfect.  But, they did the best they knew how to do.  Even though they have never been anything but loving and kind to me and my children,  I made a life judgement and decision that was not right!

I was blessed with four children.  I did my best to raise Godly children that knew right from wrong.  I did my best to shield them from evil.  I tried every way I could to show them I loved them.  I failed miserably at times.  I made many mistakes.  I was far from perfect!

And .... the seeds that I sowed came back to me. .... hahahaha

Don't get me wrong!  I have very very good children, who are now adults!  I am very proud of my children and who they have become.  I couldn't ask for more!  They are doing a good job as parents.  I do get to keep my grandchildren. That is such a joy and blessing! 

Of course, they disagree with some of the way we did things.  That's okay because I might disagree with they way they do things!  But, the thing is, I have learned to let them be the parents.  To let them make thier own mistakes.

What I have seen and learned through the years is that there is much much truth in what goes around, comes around.  What you do WILL come back to you.  Judge not, because you will be judged for the same thing with the same measure you judged.

We don't realize the cost of our judgements.  We don't realize the value of grace and mercy.  We can't calculate the enormous impact that our actions, words, judgments, criticism, love done today, will have on our future and future generations.

So, let me encourage you.  If you have been judgemental, critical, mean, foolish, etc, it is extremely important that you stop.  It is imperative that you repent and ask for forgiveness.  It is necessary that you don't continue.  This is the only way that you will stop the cycle and the curse from coming to land and bearing fruit that is undesirable.

If you want a life of blessing and love, it is possible.   All you have to do is live that way.  Offer understanding.  Offer acceptance.  Offer forgiveness.  Offer love and blessings!  

You will not have regrets!

I'm Back .... maybe ....

I have been on Facebook too much.  I enjoy the instant gratification of posting something and receiving feedback.  I like that people can "like" something and I know it!

However, I do miss the ability to ramble on and on and wax eloquent - or maybe not so eloquent!  

Today I was trying to post something.  I wrote about 5 posts and deleted them.  Somethings just don't need to be put out there on Facebook.  Somethings are too easily misunderstood.   I found that people take things personally when in reality, it has nothing to do with them! So, I try to filter a post through my list of issues going on and try to determine if it can be misinterpreted!    

So, if you think this applies to something - you can rest assured that it more than likely does not!  hahaha   (that is my discaimer!)

I have been thinking about unity and getting along.  We all know that if two don't agree they cant walk together.  So what if you are trying to work with someone and they have a different vision or different desire or different process?  What if you keep going around the same mountain and can't move forward because of disagreements?

When is it time to walk away and seek peace?  When do you decide to go in a different direction?  (Im definately not talking about marriage!!!)  I have people who love to shop together.  I enjoy shopping with others.  At times, though, they like to go to stores or places that I don't want to.  I mean, even going to walmart can cause issues.... they want to look at frozen foods, I want to look at CANDY!  LOL  Or I want to look at flowers and they want to look at toys!  

But, what about people who want to live your life for you?  They want to direct your actions.  They want to sit in judgment of what you do and say?  They have set themselves up as your "god" to determine your actions.   I'm sorry, but I have lived my life under such controling people in the past and it is just not right!  There is no pleasing them.  Frankly, it is not their business.  They are way out of bounds.

Who gives them the right to judge me and my actions?  They don't know all the circumstances.  They are not privy to all the facts.  People have a tendency to take things personally when it doesn't involve them!  They get offended or their feelings hurt.  They love to listen to the negative reports and then spread the gossip.  Most issues in life would take care of themselves if others would stay out of it!  I know of something now that is stirring because someone took it upon themself to straighten it out.  It did not involve them.  But, they took issue... they determined they knew best.  

I have found that when I know "best" I know least!  I have found that when I want to get involed, the best way I can help is to PRAY!  Anything other than that is out of bounds, unless it is directed by and ONLY by the Holy Spirit!!!!!!   

Family rifts, church splits, marriage breakups, lost friendshiips, company divisions, and on and on the pain and heartbreak of lost relationships can be traced back to misunderstanding and someone else getting  involved in "fixing" what is not their business!

Human involvement and intervention causes more pain because it is dead works of the flesh.  It is not life giving help from the Holy Spirit that will bring healing, health, wholeness, life, love, reconcilliation  ....

I want to scream from the house top .... PRAY!!!!!    If you see something you don't like, don't understand, don't agree with .... STAY OUT OF IT!!!!!   It is NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!!!! Just PRAY!!!!!

People do more harm trying to "fix" something than if they would stay out of it and allow God to work!  

The best way to help is to PRAY!  The only way to help is to PRAY!  When you don't know what to do, PRAY!  But, do not pray directive prayers telling God what to do.  Pray for wisdom.  Pray for understanding.  Pray for His will to be done.  Pray that YOUR will not be done!  Pray that love will abound!  

People bring division.  The Spirit brings unity.  Where there is agreement and unity then there is power and God can work.

I know people think they are helping.  I know people think they know best.  I know people are seeking to bring about peace and change.  BUT, that is not in their power.  It is not their job.  It is only the job of Jesus to change people and bring them peace.  He came to bring peace, after all.  And, ALL POWER is His!  So, let's let go and let Him work!

As I said, if you think you know what I'm talking about, then you are wrong!  Please don't read into this anything about anything you think!  My life is my life and it is full.  I also have a large family and lots of friends.  I counsel lots of people.  So, you can assume nothing.  You can be assured that it is not what you are thinkng!

However .... you may feel free to apply any of this to your own life and learn from it!  (insert smiley face!)

So, having said all that .... have a good day!  Stay out of other people's business.  Stop gossiping and start praying!  You will be simply amazed at how good and peaceful life can be!  Love you!