Fifi's Muse

Do you believe that God understands how you feel? Do you believe He feels your pain? This verse is a reminder that He does. It's part of the story of Jesus visiting Mary and Martha after their brother passed away. He told them that God would get the glory and that their brother would rise again. They didn't understand that He meant that he would rise again based on his command. Jesus didn't go ahead with the miracle to prove himself to them, instead he stayed with the sisters and their mourners. His soul was troubled. Jesus wasn't more interested in proving that He was the son of God who could work miracles than he was in connecting with Mary in her pain. It's the same way with us. Sometimes we just don't understand what God is saying but He still feels what we are feeling and weeps with us. 

My notes from Women's Prayer Banquet "Become a Better You" September, 2021. There were so many wisdom nuggets being released at this online event. I just got to write down a few. Men out there will find this information useful as well.  Kids need hands on play-time: puzzles, lego, creativity from drawing e.t.c. This allows them to build creativity. On the other hand, always watching TV will create hyperactivity. (My kid's pediatrician actually taught us this at a yearly checkup, so this is standard medical information as well). This is the reason why a lot of adults cannot meditate, our minds are not calm enough. Excuses are made whether they are valid or not.The 1st person you have responsibility to is yourself. Age, marriage and children are not excuses to give up on yourself. No one is better than you, they just know something that you don't know. Prayer is not a substitute for building skills and building up yourself to establish wealth. Some peopl...

Have you ever had a moment when you realized that you have grown through bad experiences? Yes, bad experiences can mature you. Negative people can make you learn to not get upset about people's opinions.#encouragement#positivequotes #positivity#fifismuse#fifismuse.blogspot.com

If today is not great, tomorrow will be better; If tomorrow is just sad  Next week will be looking up, If next week is bleak, Next month the sun will shine If next  month is gloomy  Maybe wait till next year  I mused over these words recently after they just fell into my head. Resilience is a great quality to possess, so is tenacity. To really be consistently positive, optimism must be stubbornly clung to. Some may say that the train of thought above is a little naive. I can understand this line of thought but without hope the things life throws at us could easily sink our emotional ships, blissfully sailing in carefree seas. I wrote a blog post about Job a few months ago and while looking at the topic of hope in a bible search I realized that Job, who had a very bleak experience in life, spoke so much about hope. Hmm,....way to hold on Job! He said, "At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new sho...