Gems of Insight – love by the drop

Today’s Gem of Insight #160

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018Leave a comment

Today’s insight journey led me to the idea that there is no harm in admitting that something is hard.

Admitting when things are hard has been a challenge for me over the years. I guess I grew up believing that I had to be the absolute best in every way, and that part of being the best meant that I should not admit that anything was hard. I had to give the impression that everything came easily and naturally to me.

How foolishly I perceived things at times back then.

The ironic thing, though, is that no matter how much I have matured and come to know that I was not created to be perfect and that admitting that something is hard does not take anything away from me, occasionally, I still have a hard time admitting that something is hard. And in turn, I also have a hard time admitting that I need help.

The beautiful thing about it now is that I no longer allow that challenge to hold me prisoner. Instead, I face it and press through it, telling myself that it’s ok to say that something is hard, effectively removing unnecessary pressure from myself.

It may sound rather simple, but sometimes it’s the simplest things that yield the greatest benefit. be blessed. #lovebythedrop

Today’s Gem of Insight #159

April 8, 2017Leave a comment

Today’s insight journey led me to the idea that today is the perfect day to make God smile. We spend enough time doing things our own way, with ourselves and our loved ones in mind. Is what we are doing going to benefit us? Our families? Our friends? The companies for which we work? Our church? And is what we are doing going to make us happy?

And those are only some of the hundreds, even thousands of questions that flood our minds on a daily basis. But in all of that thinking, do we ever think about how what we are doing is going to affect God? Sure, sometimes we do, especially when we do something that we know displeases Him. As a matter of fact, it’s probably in those situations that we are the most aware of how our behavior affects Him. We realize that we have messed up, and somehow our messing up puts our focus squarely on Him, if only for a few moments sadly.

Yet, we tend to often go throughout the majority of our days with our focus devastatingly fractured despite lifting a prayer here and there.

And really, I can’t speak for you. But I can speak for myself. Though I do think of God more throughout the day than I used to – taking moments to thank Him, to pray for others or myself, to talk to Him about whatever is on my mind – I don’t usually think about whether or not what I am saying, thinking, or doing is bringing a smile to His face.

I mean, after all, He created all of the emotions, and He created us, knowing full and well what bumbling, stumbling, creatures we would become as a result of our own choices, which I must admit, probably does cause Him to shake His head sometimes, because even though He knows all, part of Him still thinks “wow, they really did do that…they did.”

And given the way that some of the things that we say, think, and do crack us up, I find it hard to believe that He doesn’t crack a smile at least once in a while. And the thought of that excites me. And it makes me wonder. If. I. Make. Him. Smile. I hope that I do. And on That Day, when I stand before Him and the evidence of my life is reviewed and weighed, may there be remnants of gentle moments when He smiled and thought “Yep, she is mine.” #lovebythedrop

Today’s Gem of Insight #158

March 25, 2017Leave a comment

Today’s insight journey led me to the idea that it’s never too late to see things anew.

Life, though new everyday, oftentimes consists of aspects that can be rather routine and redundant. We’re used to the typical flow of traffic, we’re not surprised by the usual pitter-patter of feet throughout the office at work, and we can almost finish the sentences verbatim of the actors in our favorite shows before their statements are even halfway spoken.

Yet, one of the most endearing aspects of life is the fact that we determine our perspectives, which means that we can choose to view the monotonous, mundane, and routine aspects of our lives with fresh eyes and new vision. And in doing this we are, in effect, experiencing new beginnings in a time in which they are pressingly needed.

So, to the usual, the same old same old, and the things are always the same, it’s out with the old and in with the new, and boy does new vision look good on you 😉 #lovebythedrop