tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80272756572071415582024-03-14T00:50:11.101-07:00Having the victoryChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-54949458821502857522011-04-19T08:03:00.000-07:002011-04-19T09:00:46.634-07:00FlutteringsGood <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Morning</span> all,<br />I am trying my best to be diligent again in my writing now that the Full Moon has taken effect.<br /><br />We travelled this weekend.<br />Took the long way to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stockbridge</span>, Mass.<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Through</span> the woods and back roads.<br />Alongside the overflowed rivers and the embankments of mud.<br />Looking through the tall pines.<br />Watching the sun peak out from the branches.<br />Listening to the wind.<br />Rolling to the blues tunes on the CD player.... <br />A weekend so sensual and relaxing!<br />Not to even mention the music!<br />(That's another blog)<br /><br />But upon our return, I lay on my bed <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reminiscing</span> through the entire trip.<br />My heart racing with delight.<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error">Flutterings</span>, I call this.<br />When your mind brings up a situation and then <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">transfers</span> it to you heart.<br />When the thought makes you flutter within.<br />Several times today, I have had <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">flutterings</span>.<br /><br />Especially when the roar of the waterfall whispers in my ear again.<br />When I can feel the midst across my face.<br /><br />When I realize love can be translated in soooooooo many ways.<br /><br />I never took LoveLesson 101.<br />I've attended Caring 101 briefly but never mastered that either.<br />But in my current situation, I am being taught by a Master Teacher.<br />Someone who knows his Love(n) (v) <strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;">:)</span></em></strong><br /><br />He is patient and kind and quite giving of himself.<br />All in the same breath.<br />All the time.<br /><br />I am learning the qualities of being patient.<br />The way it effects others.<br />The affect of using all your senses to be patient.<br />When I stop to smell the situation, yes, sniff out what is taking place, when I "look" at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">situation</span>, when I get a taste of what might come to a situation that I am not patient with....<br />I am far better off than not being patient.<br /><br />Being in the surroundings of water leaves me so calm.<br />A by product of Patience.<br />When I am patient I can catch that "glimpse" that stikles me at the right moment.<br />I can feel my heart beat.<br />I can transfer that Love(n).<br /><br />When I touch the water I find myself in prayer most of the time.<br />Asking God to Protect our minds and bodies.<br />Having Him ease our pains, nourish us all.<br />this trip it was to teach our children.<br />We, as parents have Knowledge because of our years accumilated.<br />On the other hand, our children are (still) learning.<br /><br />I have gone all around the pond with this blog this morning.<br />Probaly because through the depths of the water is Peace.<br />I experienced so much Love(n) this weekend.<br />Thru music and Nature and friends and Time.<br />Patience is Time (n).<br />Water is healing.<br /><br />My heart flutters again to know I have been exposed to such a cleansing.<br />To know I am so loved.<br />Each time I think about where I have been and how I have gotten here I smile.<br />My heart flutters and I thank God, one more time.<br /><br />Take your time to gather up your Flutterings.<br />FLUTTERINGS FLOW DEEP.<br />They are free and most comforting.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-63520402134540606632011-03-18T06:43:00.000-07:002011-03-18T07:03:25.469-07:00Hold onI love the fact that I am able to ask God to help me.<br /> Thank you GOD.<br />In the midst of all that is going on in my Life, I have to stop and realize there is an answer to all this chaos.<br />It is to "be still and know that I am God", so the scripture says.<br />When I am still enough to listen I find so much to be grateful for.<br />I hear folks in their well wishes to me.<br />I feel their LOVE and concern for me.<br />I recognize the time they are taking to ask how I am feeling is their time.<br />Of which they have shared with me.<br />Sometimes a simple story can change the way one feels.<br />I started out in gloom this morning, having not slept well for the last couple of days, I am exhausted.<br />It is hard to focus, hard to think positive and hard to keep a pity party from coming on strong.<br />This morning I was blessed with so many helpers.<br />Folks who offered to take my pain, give me a new hip, get me some ice, fill up my teacup, hug my beaten down body and make me whole!<br />God is good.<br />HE knows I love music.<br />Last night, for the SECOND time I was graced with some great shots of my friends playing music at The Georgetown Saloon!<br />It made me feel soooo good, even tho I wasn't there ~ I was there in spirit!<br />So my point here is to be patient.<br />Good things are coming.<br />If today seems to be challenging, tomorrow will be easier as you have almost made it thru the day....Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-15182300630237668702011-03-15T11:52:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:27:00.934-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v7ZXTzqJgV0/TX-1tA742UI/AAAAAAAAALI/JMMn677Udsc/s1600/lilinonah.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584381847912634690" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v7ZXTzqJgV0/TX-1tA742UI/AAAAAAAAALI/JMMn677Udsc/s400/lilinonah.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Lake <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lilinonah</span></div><div> </div><div>I went to Lake <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lilinonah</span> last night.</div><div>It was a total surprise!!!</div><div>I haven't been there in a season and the ability to reunite and become part of the Nature there was remarkably easy.</div><div>But I have to say, it crept up on me....</div><div>As we ventured nearer to the water, the air changed.</div><div>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Spirit</span> of Sadness which had grown heavy on my heart had lifted gently.</div><div>As the angels in the night lowered themselves down into my Spirit I laid back and took everything in.</div><div>It was so quiet.</div><div>Everything was so still.</div><div>We rounded the corner and the in the darkness was my bridge.</div><div>The entrance called my name and welcomed me with open arms.</div><div>I saw the sky first.</div><div>I smelled the water.</div><div>In the distance I felt my Daddy, hovering gently over the skies; its colors of pinks and yellows.</div><div>In between the mountains lie a patch of time.</div><div>It looked like a day that one might have tucked away in their heart, a time of celebration, hope and peace.</div><div>It kept me last night.</div><div>Held me tight.</div><div> </div><div>I had forgotten the devastation I had endured <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">earlier</span>.</div><div> </div><div>My heart had hurt so badly way back then, hours earlier.</div><div>My mind, crumpled and sore.</div><div>I sunk deeply in a mass of funk.</div><div>A grey of clouds.</div><div>A questionable place somewhere between hell and home.</div><div>It seemed I had failed again.</div><div>I had failed twice this time.</div><div>As I knew I had failed, but exactly <em>how</em> I had failed left me clueless and angry.</div><div>That gut feeling that gnaws at you, leaving you listless and confused.</div><div> </div><div>But the beauty of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lilinonah</span> had me.</div><div>So I simply, forgot. Forgot what had troubled me so deeply.</div><div> </div><div>I left that time zone to join my Dad above the mountains.</div><div>To hear my favorite words round about my head.</div><div>The I love yous and I miss yous chanted loudly at me.</div><div>I responded; in pain as it wasn't always that I could tell my Dad how I felt.</div><div>He is one of my true heroes.</div><div>He watched me at Lake <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lilnonah</span> last night.</div><div>He opened the heavens for me so God could hear my prayer.<br /></div><div> </div><div>I ended up remembering my pain.</div><div>My physical pain, emotional pain, metal anguish.</div><div> </div><div>I cried forcefully all the way home with desperation and fear.</div><div>I wondered just how long would it take me to get Life right?</div><div>Or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">would</span> I ever come to know?</div><div> </div><div>This morning I dreamed I was awakened in the middle of the lake.</div><div>Swimming and floating and paddling in the middle of the lake.</div><div>I don't swim.</div><div>But I do dream.</div><div> </div><div>I will hold on to last nights journey to Lake <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lilinonah</span> in my heart.</div><div>Whether I accomplish my goals or continue to work on them will take a great amount of trust, truth and Love... </div><div>But I know there is a place I can go </div><div>before I go to Heaven and know I am loved.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-63301039165975956712011-03-15T11:50:00.000-07:002011-03-15T11:50:00.470-07:00Finding my way homeI'm a little confused as to why I ever stopped Journaling and blogging and writing and just limited myself to talking. <br />Because all while I was talking I was not listening, at all..<br /><br />This is Journey has been a tough one for me.<br /><br />At this time I need to heed the New Moon and the new beginnings it brings and start a new project.<br />So here we go...<br /> New project.<br />Im gonna keep God in my heart and truth in my Life and maybe soon it will all come together.<br />Be well.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-44707435355633646652010-10-27T10:24:00.000-07:002010-10-27T10:44:53.451-07:00Pain pain go awayI love the fact that I am able to ask GOD to help me.<br />My sciatica is yelping at present.<br />The pain feels like when I was little and had a toothache.<br />A kind of dull repetitive ache.<br />But I can't help to thank God that I have a hip.<br />I went to a Blues event recently and met a fella with only two stumps.<br />He was a jolly bearded fella.<br />Had a cap on and a flannel shirt.<br />He sat upright in the wheelchair.<br />He could manuever that thing like it was a race car.<br />His name was Stephan.<br />I remember somewhere between him busting thru the back door at this resturant we were at and the first couple of chords of the song, Walter shouts out" This one is for you Stephan!!!".<br />He smiled and nodded running his hands against the wheels looking as if he was gonna pop a wheelie any minute.<br />Down the aisle he raced, stumps jumping in the wind.<br />I sorta got sad and then I said to myself, "Self, Does he any better? Does he care?"<br />He was just as happy ... out partying just like us.<br />GOD has a wonderful way of showing us things.<br />Stephan is one of them for me.<br />I can't even think to complain right now.<br />I thank God for the words to write and to be able to blog.<br />Some months ago I couldn't get to this site to blog.<br />I love writing and this has taken my mind off the pain.<br />Someone will read this after I post it on FB and comment about my writing or maybe even Stephan.<br />They will relate to the situation or if not it will open their eyes.<br />We can be grateful for more than we know these days.<br />Most times we are not.<br />Folk used to say I had beautiful legs.<br />Not dancer's legs by any means, but short lil stubby "thick" legs as Roberto calls them.<br />I am blessed for that.<br />I made some man happy one day in my Life to be able to view my legs and hips.<br />Even tho they hurt right now I can trust GOD will hear my plea and heal me.<br />That IS what HE does!<br />In the meantime maybe I can get my Love to massage me.<br />On a day like today (its raining) I would love that treat!<br />So no matter what, stay positive folks.<br />Its the better choice.<br />Be well.<br />~ChristianChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-75120342853944520502010-10-01T13:20:00.001-07:002010-10-01T13:21:14.277-07:00Several postsThere are several posts for October 1st..<br />I'm so far behind....Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-59576783644293495872010-10-01T13:14:00.000-07:002010-10-01T13:19:43.913-07:00Happy Birthday Nonnie!It's my Mother-In -Law's birthday.<br />Yes, I said it.<br />My "then" husband's mamma.<br /><br />She is one of my favorite people.<br />She was (is) married to my late Father in law, Norman.<br />Just like my (another) Daddy that Norman!...a very wonderful man.<br /><br />Today she is a year older than last year and we are still late with the birthday cards<br />but I love her...we all love her..she's NONNIE!<br /><br />So for every raindrop that fell today Nonnie, is another well wish to you.<br />We got over 3 inches... I do believe.<br /><br />Love you Non.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-62691008872974253952010-10-01T12:29:00.000-07:002010-10-01T13:13:00.836-07:00October 1stHey ya'll,<br />Sorry to have so long getting back to the blogspot.<br />Lots has been going on at my ranch.<br />But nothing God can't take care of...<br /><br />I have several topics to cover.<br />Green Day for Wanda, CAP Homeworkin', Jesus is Waching you, and Rain.<br />That's just for starters.<br /><br />The rain is intense here today.<br />The droplets are full and silvery.<br />I told my partner, each time the rain hits him, know its a kiss from me this morning.<br />He stayed in at work all day.<br />Oh well.<br /><br />I got lots done today.<br />I was surfing thru the clouds, soaking up the grey skies.<br />Today reminds me of a Jimi Hendrix day!<br />Listening to his tunes just fits so nicely with the day.<br />The Wind Cries Mary huh?<br />Or Earth Blues?<br />Two Ships...?<br />Kinda romantic this weather we're having.<br /><br />But I digress.<br />Hmmmm. That would be the Prez's saying...<br />How<em> is</em> the President 2040 doing?<br /><br />So anywho.<br /><br />I'm doing homework last night with Tyler.<br />Ked bails out at the constant sound of the short vowel A.<br />I pick up where she left off and she makes hamburgers for us all.<br />Words ending in "ap".<br />Cap Nap Slap.<br />Yup, in that order.<br />By the time we was done we was all knocked out.<br />Bathtime. Bedtime.<br /><br />Wanda has all green on.<br />Some great shades melted in to some pearly silky materials.<br />She a warm shade of chocolate brown with gorgeous skin and a wonderful smile that greets you with love.<br />She's bubbly and wise.<br />I wanted to just touch her all over but I thought that might have been inappropriate, <em>at work</em>... Hehhehe.<br />Wanda has a way of transmitting joy thruout the room no matter what color she has on.<br />She has become a treasured staple to my friendship pantry.<br />Nice to know Wanda.<br /><br />Now to discuss Jesus and Him watching us...<br />Never, I repeat, never, loose your religion.<br />(As my Daddy would say)<br />I'll tell you why tomorrow.<br />Have a good night and know you are loved.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-63729706575037865032010-09-24T09:47:00.000-07:002010-09-24T10:20:21.194-07:00BlessingsToday I was so surprised to see my youngest son appear in The Lobby at work.<br />It was such a pleasure .<br />I am so proud of him.<br /><br />I am proud of all my children.<br /><br />GOD gives us such beauty in them all.<br /><br />I can't even write for the tears today.<br /> Thank you GOD for all I have especially when it comes to family!<br /><br />Every little morsel.<br /><br />Nourishment for today?<br /><br />LOVE YOUR FAMILY. ..and don't forget your friends.<br /><br />I am so blessed to be loved.<br /><br />Have a great weekend.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-89780467184341887302010-09-17T09:54:00.000-07:002010-09-17T10:40:12.014-07:00Down and DirtyLately, maybe for the last few months, my road has been travelled hard.<br />It seems the journey I have taken might have been taken on unchartered soil.<br />The road was somewhat bumpy and dark.<br />The curves in the road came up on me too quickly; causing me to swerve and hit a pothole nearly causing me a blowout in Life.<br />But I am fortunate to have BIG Angels looking after me.<br />Folks keeping me in prayer, lifting me up, encouraging me.<br /><br />I blogged about Success the other day.<br />I thought about POSITIVITY.<br />How it is important to stay positive in this Life.<br /><br />In the midst of my tears I asked GOD for direction, for clarity.<br />He is always so Immediate in my trials.<br />He always brings something or someone to me for Comfort.<br /><br />My daughter was in such need the other day.<br />Nothing, seemed to be in any kind of order for her.<br />I longed for the same Peace God has shown me to shine her way.<br />In my most humorous voice I said to her,<br /><span style="color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="color:#333399;">"It might smell like sh*t, but it is only brown dirt."</span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Her eyes took to the sky and her mind wandered.</span><br />She came back to me with the following:<br />Dirt and soil are different.<br />The brown dirt could really be the fertilizer one creates.<br />Compost is made by adding garbage together to get some of the most purest soils.<br />Good soil makes things grow with fullness.<br />This brown dirt just might be what one needs to bring the calm and settle the fears.<br />(Hence, thinking you might have steeped in doo~doo)<br /><br />Stand strong, be positive and remember,<br />The dirt you stand in today may be the soil in the garden you pick from, tomorrow.<br /><span style="color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span>Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-72677762901558101942010-09-16T06:31:00.000-07:002010-09-16T08:37:33.272-07:00SuccessSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.<br />~Henry Thoreau<br />What a statement Mr. Thoreau has made!<br />When you are doing what is in order and in line it seems the rest will fall in place.<br />No matter what you are applying it to it seems to be true.<br />Whether you are reaching out and trusting God Almighty, listening to the words of the<br />Dalai Lama, or applying the Secret or the Law of Attraction, you gotta' be busy and not just on the sidelines nodding.<br />If yours dreams are in motion and you are striving for your goal you are too busy to be negative and therefore only positivity will come into play.<br />Just like love...<br />As long as you are striving to do for your loved ones and not centered around yourself, only good will appear out of any situation given.<br />Remember all the times you "gave" of yourself and felt no strain in doing so?<br />It was the giving approach, the reaching out from the bottom of your heart that made you feel so good.<br />So when it was your turn to be down, ( yes we have struggles and trials) WHOA! Here comes God (in my case) to deliver <strong><em>you. </em></strong><br />There He is as your Provider, your Teacher, your Healer...<br />He sends the most unlikely things before your Path, reminding you He is is control.<br />Giving you the richest Comfort, direction , peace , clarity and wisdom...All in one Divine hug.<br />He is the same yesterday, today and forever.<br /><br />My prayer today is that I will be still enough to receive God's blessings for me so that I may be successful in His works.<br />May you also enjoy the Promises of God; The success of your journey.<br />I pray this in Jesus' Name... because I can.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-49996322881058530982010-09-15T12:10:00.000-07:002010-09-15T12:30:56.027-07:00AdversityI had a great morning and got lots of work done so far today.<br />The new position gives me a lot to look forward to.<br /><br />I am late on this entry.<br />Sorry if any of you are daily readers and have checked the site earlier today only to find a blank canvas.<br /><br />On my way in this morning I had the pleasure of catching my morning radio show.<br />Yolanda Adams preaches her Points iof Power and they are always on point!<br />It is times like this that I really need to keep the Word in my heart.<br />Most of my spare time is spent praying for many friends and a numerous amount of sicker folks altho I claim them healed, healthy and whole some have not made that manifestation in their Journey yet.<br />I am sure it is to come; My prayers are good.<br /><br />This morning was particularly important to me.<br />She spoke from Matthew chapter 5.<br />The Beautides I do beleive.<br />The message was quite powerful but still most soothing for me.<br />It spoke about how we are so blessed even when we are struggling and have adversity.<br />You see, it is in those times that we reach the farthest.<br />Those are the times we wake up and get rid of the outside interferences and settle down to face Self.<br />Do that Internal Audit thing I was talking about in the last post.<br />Checking in with the Higher Power and letting it take care of whatever is needed to be fixed.<br />Its hard to do that sometimes.<br />We feel the need to or think we can do it ourselves, but we can not.<br />This is when we go deepest into the center of it all.<br />Adversity can make one become most patient.<br />Struggle can be blessings.<br />Because once you make it thru the trials of today, the next event will be easier.<br />Your strength increased and your Faith new and improved.<br />Enjoy the day and do realx and let GO and let GOD.<br />Hugs.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-11774597915188329162010-09-14T10:07:00.000-07:002010-09-14T10:20:39.323-07:00Lunch TalkI have just returned from the New Leaf Cafe at work.<br />I was not certain what I felt like consuming today but I knew it had to be healthy.<br />With the regimine I am on now I need to check all four corners of my map so to speak.<br />What good is a healthy meal if you go to sleep on it.<br />So now that I am mastering crunches and walking...yup walking again!...<br />I need to eat properly.<br />I want to be able to not take insulin any more.<br />That is probably a little farther off than I know but I can dream, right?<br />So I am in the line and I hear folks counting carbs and checking out the grilled chicken vs the salmon.<br />I am not really a fish lover.<br />But I overheard one coworker say "moderation."<br />I started to think.<br />For those of you who know me, I am a thinker.<br />(Sometimes a good thing, sometimes bad.)<br />But, I digress.<br />So now I have a new course, main course, hehe that was a funny folks! to add to my list.<br /> Moderation.<br />Stay healthy.<br />Hugs,<br />The Christian HeirChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-90967815484972568972010-09-14T08:10:00.000-07:002010-09-14T08:14:04.957-07:00January28th 2010I posted a great piece from Rick Warren on January 28th 2010.<br />Please go back to that day and review that post as I can not copy and paste for some reason.<br />It is more than encouraging!<br /><br />Time for my lunch!<br />Gonna eat something real healthy today.<br />I've lost 7 lbs!<br />Got to keep up the good work!Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-24295322448492553992010-09-14T07:57:00.000-07:002010-09-14T07:59:10.430-07:00Yesterday today and foreverYesterday's post was lost.<br /><br />But that was yesterday.<br />and that was a simple posting.<br /><br />Today is now.<br />Enjoy it.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-73119437400599871912010-09-14T07:01:00.000-07:002010-09-14T07:57:03.545-07:00Where I like to beToday I woke up wondering if I opened my eyes and blinked them three times if I could be somewhere other than under my down comforter.<br />I blinked three times and all I got was dizzy.<br />Even thru the soothing hot shower I still was pondering why I had that thought.<br />Why would I need to be somewhere else?<br />Now I was thinking; Why would I <strong><em>want </em></strong>to be any where else?<br /><br />Here, all the sudden was fine.<br />Here, if I was to be real, was GREAT!<br /><br />No where else could I have the things that are taking place in my Life as they are today.<br />Somewhere else would be totally new and uncharted.<br />I would have new problems and new folks who I'd have to get to know and love and that takes time...<br />I wouldn't be able to go to my favorite place without coming back to here, hehe...<br />I wouldn't do the things that make me happiest here and now.<br />I would be taking a risk that this new place could offer me good music and great food.<br />I would leave behind my promotion..mo' money yippee! and I would be taking the easy way out. Out of this Internal Audit.<br />Going somewhere else would not give me time to check myself here and where I stand now.<br /><br />I have made several mistakes in my past before.<br />I have made mistakes in this Journey ~we all have.<br />But this time the mistake I seem to have made is not clear to me.<br />So it is imperitive I stay on this ground where I am and find the treasure I am seeking.<br />It is important to find Peace and Understanding.<br />It is my place and duty to not let Satan or anyone else rob me of my joy.<br />It is my job to figure out what needs to be fixed.<br />All things are possible to those who wait on the Lord.<br />(That's a combination quote from two great folks who have come into my Journey/Life.)<br />So I guess I will stay in the place I am.<br />In my heart, in my Spirit and my soul and just redecorate.<br />Clean house so to speak.<br />Get rid of the excess.<br />Keep the good.<br />Polish up those stored treasures.<br />Release those emotions that hurt me, hold me back and keep me from going forward.<br />Trust God.<br />Weep if I need to.<br />ONE GOOD TIME ONLY.<br />Cause I won't let the devil think its cause he has me down.<br />I haven't forgotten my title...<br />The Christian Heir.<br />I have Promises that need to be kept.<br />And since God is a Faithful God, I trust His decisions.<br />His decision to answer my prayers.<br />To lend me His Promises.<br />My answer my questions, my concerns.<br />Fix me, Dear God so I can be a great testiment of Your Love.<br /><br />Have a great day folks and stay where you are...<br />Just make sure your place is in order.<br />HUGS.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-50633564172621738522010-03-01T13:39:00.000-08:002010-03-01T13:47:56.289-08:00Still crazy after all these yearsI haven't given up the blog.<br />I am just probably, lazy.<br />I was recently scared into the gym again, oh well.<br />My sugars need to be stable and my gut needs to be shrunken.<br />My support calls it the shrunken treasure.<br />I suppose that is funny?<br />After a few sit ups and crunches, maybe.<br />Spring will be here in 19 days.<br />Hallelujah.<br />I can't wait.<br />So I guess all this hype for the gym is a good thing.<br />I got a question for ya'...<br />Do you "back up" when your friend is down and in need or do you "come forth" with help?<br />Enjoy this day,<br />ChristianChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-81328647836194711412010-01-28T06:15:00.000-08:002010-01-28T06:16:38.155-08:00> > <br />> This is my sermon for the day! It made me stop to think. Wanted to <br />> share with<br />> the ones I care about!<br />> <br />> You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now <br />> having<br />> cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an <br />> absolutely<br />> incredible short interview with Rick Warren, 'Purpose Driven Life ' <br />> author and<br />> pastor of Saddleback Church in California.<br />> <br />> In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:<br />> People ask me, What is the purpose of life?<br />> And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were <br />> not made<br />> to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.<br />> <br />> One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my <br />> body-- but not<br />> the end of me.<br />> I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions <br />> of years<br />> in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants <br />> us to<br />> practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity..<br />> <br />> We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life <br />> isn't going<br />> to make sense.<br />> Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just <br />> coming out<br />> of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.<br />> The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character <br />> than your<br />> comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in <br />> making<br />> your life happy.<br />> <br />> We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of <br />> life. The<br />> goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.<br />> This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the <br />> toughest, with<br />> my wife, Kay, getting cancer.<br />> I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark <br />> time,<br />> then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that <br />> anymore.<br />> <br />> Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of <br />> like two<br />> rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and<br />> something bad in your life.<br />> No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something <br />> bad that<br />> needs to be worked on.<br />> And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always <br />> something good<br />> you can thank God for.<br />> You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:<br />> If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, <br />> which is my<br />> problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of <br />> pain is<br />> to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.<br />> <br />> We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of <br />> thousands of<br />> people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has <br />> been very<br />> difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given <br />> her a<br />> ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her <br />> closer to Him<br />> and to people.<br />> <br />> You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.<br />> Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For <br />> instance, this<br />> past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it <br />> made me<br />> instantly very wealthy.<br />> It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with <br />> before. I<br />> don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for <br />> you to live<br />> a life of ease.<br />> <br />> So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, <br />> notoriety and<br />> influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what <br />> to do,<br />> II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.<br />> First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our <br />> lifestyle<br />> one bit.. We made no major purchases.<br />> Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from <br />> the<br />> church.<br />> <br />> Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace <br />> Plan to<br />> plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and <br />> educate<br />> the next generation.<br />> <br />> Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years <br />> since I<br />> started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be <br />> able to<br />> serve God for free.<br />> <br />> We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? <br />> Popularity?<br />> Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? <br />> Or am I<br />> going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?<br />> <br />> When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, <br />> if I<br />> don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love <br />> You better.<br />> God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more <br />> interested in<br />> what I am than what I do.<br />> That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.<br />> <br />> Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.<br />> Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.<br />> Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.<br />> Painful moments, TRUST GOD.<br />> Every moment, THANK GOD..<br />>Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-52599583066551063972010-01-22T09:17:00.000-08:002010-01-22T09:18:02.444-08:00Inspiration from New Life ChurchToday's Word<br /><br />Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. ~Prov. 4:23 (One modern translation puts it this way)......Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts..... <br /><br />Today's Thought<br /><br />The title on your business card may prompt people to lend you their hands, but only your moral authority will inspire them to give you their hearts. <br /><br />Moral authority is established when it becomes clear to all that progress, financial reward and recognition are not your gods; that you value something more, something you refuse to sacrifice on the altar of profit or popularity. <br /><br />With moral authority comes influence. You can manage people without moral authority but you can't influence them. <br /><br />Wake up! Talking one way and living another "wounds" you, and depending on time and circumstance, you may or may not recover from it.<br /><br />You can tell yourself that how you conduct your private life is nobody's business, but if there's a perceived difference between what you demand of others and what you do yourself, it'll erode people's respect for you. While your position may make you secure, your influence and moral authority will always remain fragile. At any given time you're only one decision, one word, one reaction away from destroying what took years to build.<br /><br />There can be no high civility without a deep morality. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson <br /><br />"Why is it important to know this?" you ask. Because the fastest route from where you are today to where you'd like to be tomorrow, isn't always the most honorable one. Leading, and being the person you want to be, don't always line up. It's in those moments, however that you discover a great deal about yourself - you find out what you value most!<br /><br />Today's Prayer<br /><br />Father In Heaven; I don't want to "Just" lead my family or those around me I want to "Influence" them for You and Your kingdom. I am determined to become a Moral Person, a person of Integrity. I know I need Your help to become this. So touch my life, my heart, my mind with Your Power & Presence. In Jesus Name. ~Amen.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-69991579956582220012010-01-15T13:24:00.000-08:002010-01-15T13:44:29.836-08:00new inventionsOk.<br />No, OKAY!<br />I am gonna be rich.<br />Last night I yell to my grandson, who is so comfortably propped up on the day bed watching TV, eating chips and laughing heartily.<br />"Eric" , I say, why is there garbage in the bathroom?<br />Well, how stupid a question was that Grandma Mimi?<br />Having been the Christian Heir for some time now, my patience as well as my knowledge of all things should be impeccable.<br />But....<br />As I rambled on about the garbage needing to be emptied by him daily the lilt in my voice disappeared and the by the time I was done the voice had gone down at least one octave.<br />This morning I woke up and proceeded on my way into the bathroom I noticed the trash was overflowed. <br />FAST FORWARD.<br />4 pm EST.<br />Eric,why is there garbage in the bathroom?<br />It is your job to empty the trash.<br />Did you think I was just randomly mentioning some FUN FACTS to you when I TOLD you the trash was full last night?<br />"YEAH", he replies.<br />Excuse me?<br />"YEAH".<br />****The correct answer here was, "Yes, Mimi".******<br />I have the rights to a new product now.<br />You may download this application at a mere introductory low price of $29.99.<br />It will snatch the living doo doo ( check yesterdays blog) out of anyone you wish.<br />Grabs their azz straight thru the cellphone.<br />One minor technicality; it may slow down your scroll.Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-40398620890022438282010-01-14T13:27:00.000-08:002010-01-14T13:49:04.154-08:00I doToday folks I do.<br />Yes, I spent my lunch hour redeeming my Spa coupon from my support. I did me. <br />I enjoyed a wonderful massage and then rested my bones in the massage chair for the remaining 15 mins.<br /><br />Yesterday almost had me frazzled enough that I needed to redeem my coupon.<br />But thanks to my many musicians I was able to maintain our gig each Wed night!<br />It was a very successful night...<br />I do say.<br /><br />I have to say I do more now than I have in a long time.<br />From managing music to working a 9-5, to continuing classes to learn to sign to wanting to spend Saturdays swimming, or trying to at least...<br />I do.<br />I do alot.<br />I am glad I do.<br />Because for years I didn't.<br />I never took the time for me to really reach down deep inside of me and enjoy and savor the real insides of my Life.<br />I do a Journey now.<br />I do Karioke too, heheee.<br />I do love, me.<br />So I do take this woman to be my best friend and heir of Christ, to have and to hold<br />in sickness and in health ...OH! BTW I am feeleing much better since the new year has approached.<br />I do need to shed some pounds tho~.<br />and get rid of all the doo doo (still) in my Life.<br />I am beginning to look my age.<br />However, I do know curvy is the new skinny,(so they say)<br />and I am sooooooo do~able oops. sorry....fresh.<br />I do need to breathe.....<br />I do need to enjoy today.<br />But I do do.<br />I'm doing right now.<br />I do!...everyone.<br />So thanks and if you want you may do with me.<br />I love you, I do....Christian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-90448333469436733212009-12-30T10:14:00.000-08:002009-12-30T10:16:40.165-08:00Happy New Year!Happy New year to all.<br /> I wish you all GOD's blessing.<br /> I thank those who followed this blog and would like to let you know I will no longer be blogging.<br />I kinda ran out of thoughts.<br />But in the meantime, be safe, be kind, and know God loves you.<br />Christian HeirChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-74713910982153663362009-12-15T07:57:00.000-08:002009-12-15T09:02:13.407-08:00The end of this yearThis season is not the most productive time for me.<br />I don't like the change of seasons, the cold, the bullsh*t folks display with their false emotions,ignorance, assumptions,the feeling of being obligated...not feeling obligated and folks getting mad, I could go on forever.<br />I think it comes with the time change.<br />But that is in the natural. <br />Spiritually, I am blessed to know God is Almighty and any of the things I let come into my Journey can be taken away in a heartbeat, both good and bad.<br />I was meditating the other morning and the thoughts of UTs came to mind again.<br />I wondered just how many UTs had passed me by while I spent time trying to rationalize the things which currently cluttered my head.<br />For those of you who aren't acquainted with the Christian Heir, UTs, are unexpected treats.<br />My most recent UT was spectacular!<br />I am not a spring chicken, altho I would never choose to be exactly that but the term means a younger person, I do believe.<br />Well while shopping in the BIG CITY, NY city, my musician reminded me of a very special Christmas party that I had totally forgotten about. <br />Dressed in a pair of play jeans and a High School T shirt which bore the school emblem and the year no less! My hair was newly washed, and for some reason, today, my natural beauty was my choice look for the day. Just a tinge of red lipstick and spray of Isime Miyaki.(Spelling?, ah... these days my musician has woooed me in with the French language...ask me how to say, Thank you for your musical touch, in French, merci!!! ...hehehhehe. <br />I digress.<br />So it's now too late for me to go home, shower put on my sexy little red dress and heels and I'm looking like Farmer Jane.<br />UT.<br />Fast forward to the resturant.<br />Apparently,everyone loves to garden.<br />and Ferd appriciates, me. Farmer Jane or not.<br />GOD is so assuring.<br />His Perfecting Grace is forever.<br />You would have thought I was dressed for the Queen with the response from everyone.<br />The real UT was the Tshirt.<br />Is that your son's T shirt? someone asked.<br />Yeah buddy, from 1973, uh huh.<br />UTs are awesome.<br />But the power to feel great about yourself is even better.<br />To know who you are and why is a gift from GOD, HIMSELF.<br />To know that who ever looks you in your face is looking at a honest,trusting, loving,sharing,giving person.<br />I am someone who can appreciate you after many years of separation.<br />I am someone who can love you for the help you have given me when I was down.<br />I am someone who is a true friend.<br />I am someone who takes the attention given with open arms, then stores it away for later, the needy one that I am.<br />I am the Christian Heir and only because God loved me first.<br />God is so Perfect in His Plan.<br />I graced the arm of my musician/ friend thinking I was dressed like a hot mess.<br />It is the HOLY SPIRIT which rises up so gracefully and leads your every step.<br />It is the love of Jesus that shines thru the Farmer Jane attire.<br />It is GOD, who knows exactly what is needed for us all.<br />I got a few emails from Friday night expessing how I had enlightened some folks.<br />Thanking me for my smile, my tenderness, my energy shared.<br />My regards to them, for they haven't a clue how this season treats me and what a joy it was to be in their company.<br />I was just being me, but thanks to those unexpected treats, I am now even more right in my mind to know I am fine just how I am, Dede, the ChristianHeir. <br />The party was great.<br />The music my favorite.<br />I even got a special concert of my own thanks to my dearest: <br />A wonderful rendition of TENDERLY, my Dad's favorite song to strum on his acoustic guitar when he was alive.<br />An appropriate song for such a heartfelt moment.<br />Remember what is current in your Journey.<br />Not tomorrow, not next week, an especially NOTHING that will upset your flow from the past.<br />Some memories are to be stored away, not lost or forgotten, but stored away.<br />They can be like a radio frequency that has so much static one cannot hear the music.<br />Better suited to be called distraction.<br />Live today and enjoy your Journey!<br />I am.<br />Love you all.<br />~CHChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-41425197855710069502009-12-09T06:59:00.000-08:002009-12-09T07:24:50.475-08:00Quotes of the DayGod is a Master tailor and He knows what suits us best.<br /> -2040, from Thoughts of THE HOLY SPIRIT...<br /><br />LET IT GO... LET IT GO... LET IT GO...<br /> -Heard sung to the favorite Christmas tune, LET IT SNOW.<br /><br />If we fail to learn our mistakes, we are doomed to repeat them.<br />*Was it really a mistake? And what did you learn?<br /> -Annonymous <br /><br />What is time?<br />A measure. A minute. A moment. A Decision. A Lifetime.<br /> -DeDeChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027275657207141558.post-53265769824145824782009-12-07T06:07:00.000-08:002009-12-07T06:24:45.648-08:00Pray for meGoodmorning Folks,<br />Back on the battle field.<br />I need order in my Sanctuary.<br /> The Enemy thinks he is has arrived and has control.<br />If you know how to pray please pray for me.<br />If you have no idea what to ask God, the Universe, Spirit, or Creator, I will tell you what to say.<br />First, please give God the Glory in this situation (really, we should do it all the time).<br />Second, pray in Jesus' name please.<br />Third, Praise Him for Him giving us the chance to come forward to Him, for His listening ear and His kindness, understanding, Wisdom, power and Love.<br />Fourth, please ask Him to help me to hear, see and realize where I am in my Life; Please thank Him for the fact that He has my back if I just continue to move forward.<br />Thank the Holy Spirit for guiding me.<br />Then be in agreement for whatever God has for me I will appreciate, obey and give thanksgiving for.<br />Thank Him that you are here reading this and will add your affirmations so I can get to the other side of these tremulous times!<br />I am sure this is no more than what He has in His Mighty Plan for me.<br />Later down the line I will be writing about how tremendous a God He is and how He brought me thru it all...again.<br />I will be sure tho thank Him for your words, thoughts, love Faith and friendships.<br />Be still and know that He is God.<br />Thanks.<br />~CHChristian Heirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081936927139644656noreply@blogger.com0