You may not be where you want to be mentally, emotionally, financially, geographically, spiritually. The situation may actually be bad, but it could be worse.

God still feeds you, you can read this post, you walk, you hear and can touch.....most importantly you still have an opportunity to get up and do better, to let go, to pursue, to forgive, to redo or start. You can still hear from the Holy spirit, your heart isn't hardened... there are people around you that love you....People look up to you, and admire your strength and perseverance, for some things that are weaknesses to you, they are encouraging to others, that you feel emotion, that you are a giver... you just need to learn the balance, you need to embrace what you have and work with it.🌼

It could be worse. You could have been murdered, more could have been taken from you, you might have failed... better yet, there are people around us that have to strife to get what we have, there are people around us with dire situations, there are people in all parts of the world that 😢... it's hard to say... trust me, YOU ARE DOING BETTER THAN YOU THINK🌼

“If you love me, keep my commands. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” John 14:15‭, ‬21

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5

Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Psalm 97:10

To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Proverbs 8:13‭, ‬17

There is a saying that goes "if the devil doesn't make you bad, he will make you busy"!

You will have conflicting thoughts and feel sad and hopeless,

But don't meditate, dwell and speak much on this

Don't let your heart doubt or fear

It may be taking long, it may be that one (last or only) thing that will change everything

You have put in your all, made promises or plans around it

You have kept the faith, believed and declared...

They promised you and assured you countless times

You've had dreams, visions and prophecies about it

It surely is aligned to God's will.

But it does not mean if it has not happened yet, it never will.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

1 Corinthians 10:23-24

. Apply a different standard for yourself, we are free to do anything but we don't have to.

Remember child of God that you have to indulge and spend your time and efforts into building your spirit, faith and character.

While you wait work just as you would while waiting to earn your salary. A delay is not a denial and God has not changed his mind just because it is taking a little longer. He is patient. Your journeying continues as you wait.

Don't respond in retaliation.

Respond in wisdom & love.

Don't take offense, the key learning from/of the offender's diction is what's important. Focus!

That joke, those questions, comparison, mockery or rhetorics.

Our statements, actions and judgements come from a perspective and beliefs.

That by now, we should know we all have and that they differ.

It is offensive and by no means right. However...

often we speak in defense and it warrants more vacillation.

Silence/ witholding responses somewhat seem like validation for their behavior, like 'it's ok, they're right'.

But i tell you today, receive the offenders message and note their stand point. That's what you need to walk away with.

What you say from this revelation will not require a response from them, your statement of fact that is. Throw it back to them and wish them luck. Merely state that you're glad to know how you are perceived, who they are and what their true behavior and intent is. Don't be vindictive but make them aware that the inhibition of their offense is to them, not you. And wish them luck.

#1Corinthians13:5

#Proverbs19:11

#James1:19

#Matthew18:15-17

While we get strong convictions of the toxicity and wickedness of those who God 'has removed from our lives', we never discern and take heed to when infact we are the ones removed for our short comings from someone's life. Something to meditate on.🙏🏽

Take a listen at a reflection on some of the most listened to episodes as Ode'lites celebrates. 🌟 A humbling journey it has been and amazing as time passed so fast. Cheers to my listeners, current and future, as you continue to witness the Word God deposits in my heart. A big shout out to those that have dropped messages and contacted me directly on the impact some of these enunciations have had on you. The journey continues, let's keep talking and deciphering these heavy conversations and keeping things lite🙃 Much Love❤

The Journey to 1🌟