“PROCESS!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 743

July 8, 2025///

As I share with you this morning, we are finally having the repairs started on the damage to our house back in May! Could it be any slower? I am not sure!

I believe that as I have been told, it will be quick now!

The preparation that had to be done with estimates and schedules and many other things was a process. As that process was in progress, I felt like I was in a process of patience.

We are all in the process of being formed. Some of the formation is for good and some will be not for our good or anyone else’s good.

Every day of our lives we are being formed in some way: we spend time in prayer and the word, and we grow closer to our savior, and realize how blessed we are, or we walk in frustration at delays and roadblocks to things progressing as we think they should.

We listen to all the bad news and negative comments around us and become one of those spreading doubt and fear and the more we are part of that the more we take it to heart and walk with defeat and no Joy!

We get caught up in the culture of this world and find ourselves walking in compromise and dealing with the guilt of it.

We are absolutely influenced by those people and things around us, so it is important to commit our day, our way, and our life to the Lordship of Jesus every day and allow His presence to lead us in the right thoughts and actions.

But we must also remove ourselves as much as possible from situations and people that bring us down. In situations such as the workplace where that is not possible, we need to guard our minds and hearts by meditating all day and/or night on the promises in the word and allow the word to not only protect us but affect those around us!

Our Heavenly Father is the Potter, and we are the Clay and when we allow it, He will lovingly mold us into a beautiful vessel to be used to bring others to the best life which is life surrendered to Jesus Christ!

We are all in process and we are all influenced by something every day. If we are being influenced by the Bible and our relationship with Jesus, we can then be the influencer to all those we meet, work with, etc.!

We should pray this prayer from Psalm 19 every morning and then allow it to manifest as we go through our day!

As we fill our minds with the truth of the Bible, we stand fast in the Power of His might!

Psalm 19:14 (KJV)

Let the words of my mouth,

and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,

O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

WILL WE BE THE INFLUENCER OR THE INFLUENCED TODAY!

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Father in Jesus name I come asking you to strengthen each of us in the truth that is in your word and as we meditate on it, we can show those around us the best way to live! Forgive each of us when we get frustrated or begin to look at circumstances all around us and change us from the inside out! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!