The best way to know life is to love many things.
Vincent Van Gogh
THE FOUR SEASONS OF A SOULS DAY......
MENTALLY
The last two days I've had enough relief from my pain to do a few things around the house and it felt wonderful! The diminished pain allowed joy to be all around me and I felt creative for the fist time in a long time! I worked on some design projects, did some little spa treatments on myself, cleaned, decorated, wrote and rested. My mind felt free and clear to explore and to create! I saw "in color" for the first time in a long time and it was phenomenal as my thoughts felt so alive!
EMOTIONALLY
I've had an opportunity to start a study with my husband and its steps are allowing us to discuss and share different viewpoints of areas of our relationship. It's funny how we think we know what another person is thinking or why they do or react the way they do. I'm finding that my husbands reactions are not aloof or uncaring but just the opposite, his quietness and calmness is many times just thoughtfulness or helplessness. He feels intimidated by the depths of my physical pain and emotional feelings so his response is to do acts of service by keeping everything together. We are seeing how gracious God is to bless one with the other! We are each others, other half! Can you imagine two of the same kind of people trying to co-habitate! We're learning to appreciate the differences and to listen to what the other person needs to say. It's a good thing :)
PHYSICALLY
A wonderful blessing happened this past week when I finally found a Holistic doctor that is helping me to recover health in my body again! Last year was miserable but I can look back and see the deep healing that God brought to my mind and soul through that down time. This year though, is a time for me to get my body healed and working again at a higher level! I'm excited about the new changes and I'm looking forward to a new facet of my life being revealed. I know that as my spirit heals so my body will follow, Proverbs 17:22 states, "A cheerful heart is good medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." I carried a crushed spirit for a long time but now it's time for a cheerful heart! We are praying that my symptoms will begin to heal and stop progressing. By changing my attitudes, my diet, my reactions.........we're hoping that a healing process begins to afford me a more full and joyful life.
SPIRITUALLY
God wants your soul clean and healthy but so many people are not willing to clean that closet. Trust me, it is much more harmful to you and those around you to keep those coals burning in your soul than it is to ask God to reveal and heal them. The hard part is all the tremendous anxiety that we put ourselves through because of the fear we have regarding having to deal with it. The easiest part is opening that dark closet, turning on the light and seeing, that that step was actually the hardest part! The rest is just small steps in grace, as we get rid of the junk and only put back the good and healthy things.
Has someone crushed your spirit? Is there a dark closet in your soul? Do you have an issue or issues that you've just brushed aside but they are truly not resolved or at peace? Do you just bury your sorrows thinking that they can't hurt you now? They can and they will rot a hole in you! They will be at the root of who you are and how you act! Ask God to begin to help you deal with those issues and you will rise out of the dark and into a life in the light!
This year try to see yourself as four parts that make up a whole being with a soul. My dad used to say that if you would just keep those four things (mental, emotional, spiritual and physical) healthy and in balance then you would be a content and healthy person. He also told me that if we disrespect one of those areas then the other's would suffer and be weak. My dad was wise that way and it would be smart of us to heed his wisdom as we enter a new year. Take a look at each area and find what is good and what is not, then, smile at the good choices that you've made and begin to change (with God's help) the things that have been ignored. Make this a year of healing, smiling, joy, understanding and peace, not just for yourself but for those in your life too! GO, AND LOVE MANY THINGS, FOR JOY GROWS FROM LOVE!
Check each area of your life and soul against these fruits......
.....the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Galatians 5:22,23
Vincent Van Gogh
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| Picture your soul looking like this! Four different areas but all beautiful together! Unlike the seasons....our soul lives all four at the same time. Isn't God amazing! |
MENTALLY
The last two days I've had enough relief from my pain to do a few things around the house and it felt wonderful! The diminished pain allowed joy to be all around me and I felt creative for the fist time in a long time! I worked on some design projects, did some little spa treatments on myself, cleaned, decorated, wrote and rested. My mind felt free and clear to explore and to create! I saw "in color" for the first time in a long time and it was phenomenal as my thoughts felt so alive!
EMOTIONALLY
I've had an opportunity to start a study with my husband and its steps are allowing us to discuss and share different viewpoints of areas of our relationship. It's funny how we think we know what another person is thinking or why they do or react the way they do. I'm finding that my husbands reactions are not aloof or uncaring but just the opposite, his quietness and calmness is many times just thoughtfulness or helplessness. He feels intimidated by the depths of my physical pain and emotional feelings so his response is to do acts of service by keeping everything together. We are seeing how gracious God is to bless one with the other! We are each others, other half! Can you imagine two of the same kind of people trying to co-habitate! We're learning to appreciate the differences and to listen to what the other person needs to say. It's a good thing :)
PHYSICALLY
A wonderful blessing happened this past week when I finally found a Holistic doctor that is helping me to recover health in my body again! Last year was miserable but I can look back and see the deep healing that God brought to my mind and soul through that down time. This year though, is a time for me to get my body healed and working again at a higher level! I'm excited about the new changes and I'm looking forward to a new facet of my life being revealed. I know that as my spirit heals so my body will follow, Proverbs 17:22 states, "A cheerful heart is good medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." I carried a crushed spirit for a long time but now it's time for a cheerful heart! We are praying that my symptoms will begin to heal and stop progressing. By changing my attitudes, my diet, my reactions.........we're hoping that a healing process begins to afford me a more full and joyful life.
SPIRITUALLY
God wants your soul clean and healthy but so many people are not willing to clean that closet. Trust me, it is much more harmful to you and those around you to keep those coals burning in your soul than it is to ask God to reveal and heal them. The hard part is all the tremendous anxiety that we put ourselves through because of the fear we have regarding having to deal with it. The easiest part is opening that dark closet, turning on the light and seeing, that that step was actually the hardest part! The rest is just small steps in grace, as we get rid of the junk and only put back the good and healthy things.
Has someone crushed your spirit? Is there a dark closet in your soul? Do you have an issue or issues that you've just brushed aside but they are truly not resolved or at peace? Do you just bury your sorrows thinking that they can't hurt you now? They can and they will rot a hole in you! They will be at the root of who you are and how you act! Ask God to begin to help you deal with those issues and you will rise out of the dark and into a life in the light!
This year try to see yourself as four parts that make up a whole being with a soul. My dad used to say that if you would just keep those four things (mental, emotional, spiritual and physical) healthy and in balance then you would be a content and healthy person. He also told me that if we disrespect one of those areas then the other's would suffer and be weak. My dad was wise that way and it would be smart of us to heed his wisdom as we enter a new year. Take a look at each area and find what is good and what is not, then, smile at the good choices that you've made and begin to change (with God's help) the things that have been ignored. Make this a year of healing, smiling, joy, understanding and peace, not just for yourself but for those in your life too! GO, AND LOVE MANY THINGS, FOR JOY GROWS FROM LOVE!
Check each area of your life and soul against these fruits......
.....the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Galatians 5:22,23
1 comment:
Dee, haven't been to your blog in a while. Your Dad certainly was a wonderful man - and his wisdom has stayed with you! I love all you have to say for each "season" and I'm happy you are feeling better this year. Spiritually I need to work on my soul - my spirit has been broken at times, thus I'm not at peace some times. It's so much easier to bury it. Thank you for your wise words - they've given me a boost to work closer with the Lord! Love you, Gail
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