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Friends, please join me in the #amplifymelanatedvo
Friends, please join me in the #amplifymelanatedvoices challenge this week. I’m pausing the #LifeOnLife regularly scheduled content due to the ongoing devastating climate in our country. Like many of you, I will take this time to LISTEN to people of color, to sympathize with those who have first-hand experience with what brought us here, and I will PRAY for God to move. In an effort to #amplify the voices of my sisters and brothers of color, I’ll share their posts in my stories this week. I’ll be back June 8th with #LifeOnLife regularly planned content. In the meantime, please listen, please pray, please check your own heart and keep looking to Jesus. He. Is. The. Answer. xo – P ❤️

God created men and women in His own image…peopl
God created men and women in His own image...people of Different sizes shapes and colors. Beautiful colors of varying shades, with absolutely no hierarchy of color assigned. Just beautiful colors of beautiful people, created in His beautiful image, all dearly loved and “precious in His sight”. . . But we have become blinded by our hearts, refusing to see what God created as good and beautiful and perfectly colored. Yes, we need our eyes fixed. We need new vision. Not a kind of new vision where we don’t see color, but true vision where blindness has been removed. . It’s blindness that has kept us from seeing people as they really are: God’s image-bearers. But it’s a blindness of the heart…the dullness of heart that Jesus describes in Matthew ‪13:14-15‬ that hardens the heart and blinds the eyes like spiritual cataracts. The issues at the center of our present circumstances are a matter of the heart. And the only way the heart can be changed is by the One who made it. The only way our sight can be restored is if our heart is circumcised of blindness and captivated by the love of Christ for his image-bearers. We have to start with our own hearts, y’all. Do it! Start with your own heart today and pray as David did, “Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” Psalm 139:23-24. And whatever He tells you to do, do it. I love y’all! xo - P♥️. . Photo credit: @meshali @hope_writers_ #hopewriterlife #writer #LifeOnLife #alllivesmatter #LifeOnLifePodcast #unity #racialjustice #peace #jesus

Jesus is the Only One who can do anything about ev
Jesus is the Only One who can do anything about everything that concerns us. xo P♥️. . #unity

#Repost @ohhappydani
・performance won’t end ra
#Repost @ohhappydani ・performance won’t end racism. change your heart. change your home. change humanity.♥️ . Thanks for sharing @kbignon

Growing up in Orlando, FL I saw so many rocket lau
Growing up in Orlando, FL I saw so many rocket launches— but nothing like this! #launchamerica 🇺🇸 God speed Dragon crew!! #falcon9 @spacex @nasa @elonrmuskk @elon_musk_official_______

Let me explain: There are lots of good works to be
Let me explain: There are lots of good works to be done out there, but good works are not necessarily “God works.” AND, not every “God work” is a work God has assigned to you or me. Just because we’re asked to do some God-worthy work doesn’t mean that we’re called to it, or called to do it now.⠀ ⠀ For me, I know I've been called first and foremost to be a follower of Christ, to be a wife, stepmother, grandmother and daughter. I've also been gifted and therefore called to teach, to speak to and disciple women. Because I know this, I then prioritize those things and set up some boundaries around them so that when other good things come knocking on my door, I can pause to pray, seek counsel, and see if this “good thing” lines up with my “God things” before I answer “yes” or “no".⠀ ⠀ I'll give you an example… Several years ago I got a call from a friend who's on the board of a very wonderful non-profit organization. This group is very near and dear to my heart and my friend asked if I would serve on their board.⠀ ⠀ I know that when I say “yes” to something, it means I’m saying “no” to something else, so I said to my friend what I always say. “Thank you so much for asking me. I will get back to you. And I promise in the meantime to pray about it, to look at my schedule and to talk to my husband about it, and then I’ll let you know.”⠀ ⠀ I did those things because I didn't want to say “no” off the bat, even though I knew I couldn't say “yes” off the bat. As it turns out, I did end up saying “No.” If I hadn’t, I would have committed myself and my time to a wonderful, good, God-honoring organization… but it would have meant saying “No” to a lot of what God has clearly called me to do (teach and disciple women). And so I turned it down and I had no regret. This was a great “ask” and I was honored to be included, but it just wasn't my particular “calling.”⠀ ⠀ If I hadn’t previously done the work on Step 1 (Be Intentional) and Step 2 (Get Focused) I might have missed my opportunity to see and know my calling as well as give it the appropriate time necessary to fulfill it. See how that works? Listen to more of the #LifeOnLife Online Bible Study using the links in profile!

I think this quarantine time has shown some of us
I think this quarantine time has shown some of us what we can do with less, and that we can do with some things, less. Maybe it has shown you that you don't need to be doing a whole lot of things that you’ve been doing. Maybe this time of sheltering-in-place has clarified things for you… and you've seen what needs to go. ‘Cause, sister– some 👏 things 👏 need 👏 to 👏 go 👏!!⠀ ⠀ So let’s GET FOCUSED. That’s #2 of the practical steps I gave in Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Online Bible Study. What needs to go in your life? What do you need to do LESS of? What do you need to do MORE of?⠀ ⠀ Focus is critical here. If you aim nothing, by golly, you're gonna hit it absolutely every time! So, let’s get focused on the things that help us become more intentional and more effective in living the best life God intended us to live and has called us to live.⠀ ⠀ Listen to more of Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Bible Study online at http://punkytolson.com/podcast or YouTube (links in profile).⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #biblestudy #bible #contentment #encouragement #comfort #prayer #power #anxiety #worry #goodness #mercy #love #steadfast #psalm23 #Jesus #trust #godisbigger #biggod #abide #abiding #getbacktobetter #focus

Several years ago I read about a neat gift idea ca
Several years ago I read about a neat gift idea called “The 936 pennies.” I’ve given them at baby showers or baptisms (and you can apply it to your life, too). The 936 pennies represent one penny for every week of a child’s life, from the time they are born until they are 18 years old (and theoretically, plan to leave home).⠀ ⠀ So, what you're supposed to do is every week (like on Sunday after church) take one of those pennies out of the jar and put it in another jar so that you have a visual reminder of how much time you've got left with your child.⠀ ⠀ That visual reminder helps us to live more intentionally! With children, you have them for such a short period of time at home. On average, you have 18 years to intentionally invest the things that you want (or as I like to say, “pack their backpack” with everything that you want them to have when they leave home).⠀ ⠀ So what is it that’s important in your life? Be intentional with it. If it's important, you'll be intentional with it. If you need help, listen to more of Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Bible Study online at http://punkytolson.com/podcast or YouTube (links in profile).⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #biblestudy #bible #contentment #encouragement #comfort #prayer #power #anxiety #worry #goodness #mercy #love #steadfast #psalm23 #Jesus #trust #godisbigger #biggod #abide #abiding #getbacktobetter

In Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Online Bible Study
In Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Online Bible Study I gave a few practical steps to consider as you emerge from quarantine and plan to finish out this year. The first step is: BE INTENTIONAL.⠀ ⠀ We’ve been forced into a slow-down with Covid-19 and have had several things taken off our calendar. Some we may have welcomed, some we’ve mourned the loss of. As you settle in to your new normal, remember– you cannot say yes to everything.⠀ ⠀ If I say yes to everything, then I will be good at nothing. I will just do a little bit here and a little bit there, because I cannot do a thousand things to the glory of God. BUT, I can do a few things really well… things that God has called me to (and you).⠀ ⠀ Priorities are what make the difference. Today, take some time to pray and write down what is important to you in your life (spiritually, relationally, physically). Then pray again and ask the Lord how you are going to intentionally invest in those areas. Share it with a friend, and start living with intention!⠀ ⠀ Listen to more of Lesson 7 of the #LifeOnLife Bible Study online at http://punkytolson.com/podcast or YouTube (links in profile).⠀ ⠀ I love y’all!⠀ xo – P ❤️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #lifeonlifepodcast #discipleship #lifetogether #bettertogether #biblestudy #bible #contentment #encouragement #comfort #prayer #power #anxiety #worry #goodness #mercy #love #steadfast #psalm23 #Jesus #trust #godisbigger #biggod #abide #abiding #getbacktobetter

#GeorgeFloyd, your life will continue to matter.
#GeorgeFloyd, your life will continue to matter.


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