Another Year, Another Chapter in my life.

Wow. So it's my birthday, and I'm choosing to blog. And I am snowed in on today, so I've postponed my plans.

I wanted to share some quotes that I saw on one of my social media accounts that are encouraging to me, and I wrote them down.

1) "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."
2) We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail."
3) Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you!"

I saw another one just a few moments ago so I'll post it as well:

4) The woman you're becoming will cost you people, relationships, spaces, and material things. Choose her over everything.

I believe I'll share a out being myself. As some may know, I've dealt with low self esteem for many years. Not liking or loving myself. Thinking that I needed to be validated by everyone but God. Trying my hardest to please everyone in my ever so tiny circle. Yet the circle of friends that I now have is one that I wouldn't trade for the world!!! I've made the decision to be myself. Choices can be changed. Once I've made a decision, there's no turning back.

I believe that the second saying fits perfectly for this particular day, because it's snowing and for other times in my life when I might feel a bit down or discouraged and feel that I can't go on. I know that God is always with me, yet truth is, it's sometimes easier to just lay flat on your face for a while and do nothing rather than trust the God that will never leave or forsake you. At some point I always come to this realization , and I'm ready to move forward!

So when the winds of life are being directed by the power of God, I can adjust how I react, and how I respond. Will I be all in? Or all out? This part is not a decision, because as I say, lots of the decisions that we make in life are one sided Choices are optional. We get to choose how we direct the sails of our lives.

I'll skip a couple of the quotes and move on to the fourth one.

This one is important. Everything that I am, every choice AND decision that I make will cost me. Three is a price to pay for the relationships that I keep, the space that I keep - whether in my own home or with other people- our personal space is important and YOU have the choice of who and what enters into your personal 'space".  My material things that I have, I have the choice to have them, make a choice to invest in my possessions, or to not have them at all. At this time, I'm choosing to not have to take public transportation much longer. So, I've made the choice to take the steps to get my drivers license for the first time in MANY years. I took the written test. I didn't pass this time, but of course, I can try this again. This step for me was HUGE. It's a part of my "adjusting my sails". I've finally realized that it's time for me to begin driving myself to where I need to go when I can. and for me just making the step and trying with this test I can pat myself on my back today and say I've made a step. But I absolutely cannot stop here. I've got to keep moving forward.

I don't know why I've written a lot about my written test, but for me, it's an accomplishment of trying that I haven't done before.

I've also started a small business. It's not where it needs to be right now, but I think if I keep at it , I will gain customers and long term people who will invest in me. It's only been a year, and from what I understand, most small business fail within the first 5 years. I'm praying that mine doesn't fail.


May you have big dreams and wake up fulfilling them.

With purpose in my mind,

#iAmSkyyblue365

The Solar Eclipse 2017... and the Word

Today was not only a day that we haven't seen before and one that we'll never see again, but this was also a day that the solar eclipse happened- something that I havent seen before, and will most likely not see again in my lifetime,

Today was the day for the Solar Eclipse (August 21, 2017)

Today I had the opportunity see some of the eclipse online from NASA's TV channel this morning. Since Seattle is partially in the "path of totality" as NASA calls it, this is what I actually saw outside without looking directly at the sun: the sky turned darker for about a good half hour or so at around 9:30 a.m. Pacific time. (You can check NASA.com for more details regarding their viewpoints on today's solar eclipse)

 Of course at this time of day, you normally don't see what looks like the time would look like at around 6:30-7 pm - at 9:30 in the morning. To me, that was an amazing sight to see, as well as watching the moon overshadow the sun on livestream.

So there were some who were having posts such as "the sky shall unfold..." and "the sun shall run into darkness and the moon into blood..." etc., etc.

With this blog I will share my own viewpoints on what actually happened regarding the Solar Eclipse and what Bible declares WILL happen.

Joel chapter 2 verse 31 of the New King James Version says:
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord."

Acts 2 verse 20 of he New King James Version says:
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord."

Notice that neither of these verses stated that the MOON was going to COVER the sun... this is what happened with today's eclipse. It truly is an amazing thing to see, and God COVERED the SUN with the MOON.

Was the SUN turned into darkness?

Not yet.

THE MOON COVERED THE SUN. There was darkness because GOD caused the MOON to cover the SUN.

Did the moon turn into blood?

Not yet.

Again, the MOON COVERED THE SUN.

Where was the sun?

THE SUN STAYED IN ITS PLACE.
God caused the MOON to travel and COVER the sun.

According to NASA, the sun was traveling quite fast for this eclipse to take place, even we might have thought for it to be quite a slow process.

The only thing that MOVED between the sun and the moon, was the MOON. The MOON went away and the sun REMAINED IN ITS PLACE as the eclipse happened.

The sun didn't turn into darkness. At least not today. But God's Word declares that it will.
The moon did not turn into blood. At least not today. But God's Word declares that it will.

For now, let's just be reminded of the words from Charlie Wilson in one of his songs that he wrote:

"What an Amazon God You are..."

Selah.

What does a New Year Hold for me?

What does a New Year hold for me? I can actually answer that I'm one sentence.

I don't know WHAT the New Year holds, but I know WHO holds it.

Is there optimism in view? Of course.

Are there changes and adjustments in our lives to be made? Absolutely.

Yet these things should be happening in our lives on a daily basis~ not just because another 365 days have come and gone. So here we go with the infamous "New Year, New Me" resolutions, right? For me, not so much.

There are times that we can get so caught up in the hype of it being a new year that we forget (or for some odd reason have already forgotten?) that blessings are always right in front of us.

Take a look around you. Take a look outside. And take a look WITHIN. We are always afforded the daily opportunity of perspective and introspective. Look no further than yourself for vertical and horizontal change. Vertical change is my relationship with God. Horizontal change is my relationship to other people,whether it be my supervisor, my family (natural and spiritual), or people that I meet.

How those relationships surface as I move forward in the New Year as well as the years ahead will help me to grow in all other areas of my life.

So, what do I mean by that? I'm begin with myself. If it is to be, it's up to me. Whatever adjustments I need to make to see better, to believe better, and to make positive changes in my life, it's up to me to seek God and put my faith to my feet~ in  other words, DO something!

The change that I'm looking for in my life is not happening by osmosis...

This new year hold a lot, and I've just entered into it! Will there be some rough spots along the way? Of course~ that's life. There will also be personal, emotional, mental & spiritual victories that I'm looking forward to.

Change is not silent. Change speaks. So I speak change, and am ready to go through the process for the change to literally take place in my life. I've got the next 364 days to testify about this thing...

Always remember, no matter what the situation is in your life, THE SKY IS ALWAYS BLUE.

I thought I'd share that with you because this is how I came up with my profile of Skyyblue365. Are there cloudy, grey days? Yes. Even though the sky color changes from time to time, the INITIAL color of the sky is blue. So, you can look up & rest assured that change is always on the "whether" report: "whether" you speak life, or not.

Until next time, "be the change that you seek."