CREATE JOY Joy's my blog.....

40th anniversary trip pictures.  A trip of a lifetime.  Time spent just enjoying each others company.

Being born a woman.... I was born into a family of 11 surviving children.  We were taught to be respectful  and be quiet. I never remember being held and told I was loved. I was one among many needy....  When something traumatic happened, whether it was to me or someone else in the family,   it was NOT talked about.  I came to you today in this blog,  To say, we must stop suppressing conversations about hard topics. I was raped when I was sixteen, and had absolutely no one to talk to about it. Not understanding what that did to my heart combined with no one to talk to began a long cycle of self loathing. I felt like a dime store toy. Cheap and tossed aside only to be picked up every so often and then tossed aside again.  LISTEN TO ME A SECOND.... Every woman I know has some similar kind of trauma. Now, as an adult,  left to figure out who we really are and to fight for ourselves to be authentic. What I am about to tell you is how I began to be healed.  Alone, just me and Jesus, I began

God has moved in my life in such a way that leaves little guessing to His will (that doesn't mean I didn't try do my own thing, or buck sometimes)! I have no doubt He will do the same for anyone searching for it.... He doesn't lay it out as some grand plan, No, one day at a time He urges you forward in a particular direction.  Thank you God for caring enough to give  direction.  Help me receive it with thanksgiving and count the many blessings you've shared with us.  I love you Lord Psalm 145:8-10 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!

  The difference between what is real and what is fake... People have become very good at making themselves look good....some of these transformations I see on Youtube are amazing😲👀 But what about us?  Have we become so good at making ourselves look good to the world , lying about who we are that we deceive ourselves?...... resulting in NO LOVE, no depth, no desire to help?   God sees who we really are.  YIKES!  Repentance brings us back to that place of honesty and fellowship with God.   Dwell on the Word of God Monitor your thoughts Be real with God ~jackie   Romans 12:2,3 "And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God........think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."  

Letting your husband lead.....and follow Jesus, takes submission. Not necessarily a fun word to hear or do. That doesn't mean you don't have a "say" in life..... It does mean believing God's plan for mankind is correct, and aqueiesce to it. It's ultimately relenquishing your will to God's and believing He loves you so much,  He has your best life in His plan. Listen..... I get it. It sounds terrifying.  Actually,  it is. God's Word is clear. If I am reading and following His Word, He will direct my path. Resting In Him is where we need to be. Trusting in the Lord with all your heart...... 21] Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. [22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Preaching to myself,   With love, Jackie

Well, 2023 is almost half over.  We have seen knowledge increase,  innovation and information more accessible,  and yet we also see more anger, anxiety,  and depression.  What do you  think the problem is? Maybe we are as a "people of God" not in the Word as much as we need to be...... Maybe we aren't listening to preaching as much as we need to be..... Some people are unstable in their Christian lives because they do not have a core of biblical principles in their souls. They constantly vacillate from one experience to another.  When principles of the Word of God become our way of life, we stabilize our souls. Moral of the story.... Read your Bible Go to church ~Love jackie