How Do You Handle the Hard Stuff?

Give It To God.

I know . . . this sounds way too simple. But it’s the best way I know to handle those seemingly impossible sticklers of real-life. Do what you can . . . give what stumps you to God. That’s truly how I’ve come to live my life.

Do you remember, as a child, when you picked up something that could harm you, your mother would say—“Give it here! Give it to me!”

Do you remember that?

Well, there are still times when we insist on picking up and holding on to things that we’re better off without. Things that we don’t understand the workings of. And heavy things that we’ve carried for so long, and become so familiar with, that we don’t realize they’re creating holes in our womanspace and making us act other than who we truly are.

Today . . . sit in Spirit for a time. Think about that thing that’s worrying you, dominating your thoughts, and determining the color of your days. Give this thing that is broken, cracked, dirty, wrong, too hard, and too tiresome . . . to God. Give the impossible thing that sits heavy in the middle of your mind, and in the middle of your life, to God . . . and let God deal with it. Let Spirit do what Spirit does—work things out Divinely. Have that much faith. And keep reminding yourself that this is no longer your battle to fight. It’s Spirit’s battle now. Refuse to give so much thought to it anymore. Pray about it. Leave it alone.

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My God,
Today, I am thankful . . .
for the health I do have,
for the strength I do have,
for the hope I do have,
and for the wisdom I do have.
For the family you’ve given me,
for the friends you’ve given me,
and the love you’ve placed in my life.
For the peace you’ve given me
and for the clarity you’ve given me.
For answers to prayers,
and for solutions to problems
(especially those I didn’t expect).
For fullness of heart on some days
and for my aching heart on other days.
For the experiences that stretched me
and for the experiences that bled my heart clean.
I am thankful, Lord,
for your reasons,
and your purposes.
For the things I understand
and the things I don’t.

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From Trouble to High Places: Meditations for Women Who Are So Ready to Cross the Bridges That Lead to Joy!

What change does your spirit-woman want to create?

Re-inventing your womanspace has everything to do with honoring your creativity. Imagining new things. Dreaming and envisioning. Exploring your passions and your wonder. Taking every opportunity to bring new, good things into existence!

How can you spark your creativity? (Creativity is always needed to approach the path to your High Places.) You can start with these questions:

What in your life is already good and right?

What would you like to see more of?

What do you fancy? What do you really like doing?

What could you do in your little corner of the world, today, that would make your inner-woman smile?

Could you make one little change?

What small thing could you create today?

What small change could you create?

Do you know that positive change is sacred?

When you move a chair, or place a flower, plant a seed or make a skirt, speak your truth or give some love, you are creating change. You are causing something that never was to be. You are creating something where there was nothing. You are moving energy from one state of being to another. You are focusing your power, like a laser, to create change.

Change begets change.

Little changes can make you think you could make bigger changes.
You are up and moving forward.

Start with this thought: You are moving forward.

This is a new day for you.

You have decided to commit yourself to creating a better life for yourself.

Hug yourself. (Really!)

Celebrate. (Really!)

Be thankful that you’ve come to this place of mind.
Make it real to yourself by saying it aloud . . . and then writing it down and tucking it away for safekeeping—

“Today, I am taking a step toward re-creating my life.

I am walking toward the many bridges that will lead me to Joy!

I am reaching for my High Places. “

Are you keeping your dreams waiting?

Are you thinking one life in your womanspace . . . but living another in your day-to-day reality?

Do you feel as if your outer-Self is walking way out of tune with your spirit-Self?

Are you feeling as if your inner-spaces are not settled, and not at peace?

And have you been wishing you could make some changes?

A good place to start? Ask yourself— “Is my High Places life full blown and blooming in my imagination? Am I beginning to get a sense of who I am as my Highest Self?”

If so, this is a good thing. The fact that you feel unsettled and dissatisfied with your day-to-day reality is also a good thing. Your inner-woman is trying to show you some ways in which you’re not living your best possible life . . . and she wants you to pay attention.

We all have a little Voice of Protection. A spirit-voice that persistently suggests that we could have a life with more peace, more courage, more love, more strength . . . and that we are entitled to occupy a wealthy and abundant space of being. It’s time to listen to that voice as she dreams up dreams and joyful visions. Stop drowning her out! Stop shushing her! Her willingness to dream is your Blessing! God never said you couldn’t have dreams. In fact, we were created to dream and envision.

Realize that you can stand right now, by faith, already empowered, and in a state of grace. Let that thought be your new mindset and your new confirmation of the power you were born with to get yourself to wherever you want to go.

Stop, Feel, Look & Listen

At some point in every day, we need to be aware and in the moment, spiritually, to see what kind of energy surrounds us, what kind of energy we’re feeding on, and what kind of energy we’re radiating, right at that moment.

So … take this as your cue to STOP!

Close your eyes for just a few seconds. Now, spend a few minutes deep breathing. Deeply inhale through your nose, letting air flow slowly into your abdomen, then into your mid-section… finally filling up your chest. Exhale slowly through your nose… first emptying your abdomen, then your mid-section, and finally pushing the last bit of air from your chest. Do this a few times.

Breathe and FEEL your gratitude… for your life… the people in your life… your coming blessings, and this present moment of your journey.

LOOK around you at the manifestation of this moment. What kind of physical space are you in? What kind of emotional space are you in? Spiritual space? Are you where you want to be or have you been dreaming about moving in some other direction? Remember that you are mainly SPIRIT! Look around you and KNOW that you are exactly where you are supposed to be right now… even if it’s a space that you’re not really feeling too positive about. Know that wherever you are right now and whatever you’re feeling is just a tiny part of a process that God is totally involved in, a tiny piece of your story… not your total journey.

Sit quietly and LISTEN for just a moment, to find out what you need to know. Discern the spirits of the people around you. Are they working and moving with you or against you?

PRAY, right now, about what is shown to you… about who or what comes to mind.

And KNOW THAT YOU ARE BLESSED!

Love & Light,
Esther

Do You Know Your Job?

God moves in our lives, always . . . in ways both big and small.
What we have to learn is that we should always be moving, too—always taking action in accordance with our prayers for the hopes and visions we have for our lives. Until we begin to move and act in ways that reflect our new high-beliefs, these new beliefs—and even our faith—won’t avail much.

Once you are truly believing higher for yourself, you will find yourself walking a different path than you have in the past.

When you are truly ready to leave your Trouble, you will find yourself standing—refusing to sit and rest—in your troubled state of being, any longer.

“Faith without works, is dead.” and “ . . . By works was faith made perfect.” (James 2:20,22), are two of the most profound statements in scripture because they address our natural human tendency to want to watch God do it all for us. While most of us have come to realize that every change we desire for our lives must be orchestrated by the hand of God, we also need to understand that unless we are moving our-selves into a position to be blessed—praying/moving/ listening and aligning ourselves with spirit, along with, and in anticipation of, God’s moving—nothing much will happen for us in this realm.