HELLO and HAPPY MONDAY HEART PARTNERS! I hope and pray all is going well in your neck of the WORLD!!! IF NOT, not to worry, as YESHUA tells us to CAST (HURL) all of our cares upon HIM 1Peter 5:7 Amplified (“casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all]on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. {Psalm 55:22}…so if that’s YOU right now…take this PAUSE and HURL AWAY…YOU are way too important to HIM to be in a state of anxiety, worry, panic, upset, or whatever word YOU want to put on it!!

Okay, hopefully you did not hurt yourself while HURLING AWAY those CARES!! DETAILS RIGHT?? Well, we do get caught up in them quite often, and suddenly we are spinning out of control into a space we had never dreamed of going! Let’s take an HONEST LOOK…we could be the most empathic, thoughtful, and kindest heart, yet details of a situation can grab a hold of us and cause us to question every thing we have ever done that was good in our lives! You may be asking yourself…REALLY are we going here today? YES! Because as I have transitioned into a WHOLE NEW CAREER and brand NEW adventure in LOCATION, there still are DETAILS of my OLD LIFE being worked out, and some are not currently in my CONTROL! HERE is what I can tell YOU if any of this resonates for your current situation…I get FRUSTRATED, make a poor choice to activate, and then I have to FOLLOW THROUGH as that is how I am created, but GOD!!! HE sets MY FEET BACK ON HIS PATH as I look to HIM and say WHOA I am sorry for that move…SO here is the scenario…I SERVE the BEST GOLDENS ever, they are PURE LOVE…they speak LIFE into me each moment I am with them, and when I leave them they don’t hesitate to tell me how much they will miss me…but it is not a glamorous job, or anything one would really hope for in their bank account…but it is the MOST IMPORTANT JOB I COULD DO RIGHT NOW!!! I LOVE THEM WITH MY WHOLE HEART! So, you guessed it, I went on yet another interview (such a waste of time) but I might have at least gotten up and out on my day off…ANYWAY, I LOOKED up to heaven after circling the streets 3 times to find the parking lot…and I opened my hands (literally) and my heart and said, “FATHER, THY WILL BE DONE! Please let me be a vessel of encouragement to whomever I get to meet this morning!” AND, that HE DID…YOU see YESHUA delivers…even in my frustration, and my upset, and GONGS, and rude nature, HE SAYS, I LOVE YOU AND I HAVE MORE! I am sobbing as I type today…as I do know the LOVE OF YESHUA, but I get LOST in the CRAY CRAY DETAILS of life instead of just LETTING HIM HANDLE ALL OF THEM! Please take my advice if you can…SURRENDER and BE FREE from the CRAY of the DETAILS…HE HOLDS them ALL! HE knows the person who is trying to hurt you, HE knows the unkindnesses done to you, HE knows your messes, HE KNOWS…LET HIM WORK! YES I am PREACHING TO MYSELF TOO!

Some of us let DISTRACTIONS take over and then we simply IGNORE the people in our midst, the hearts breaking right before us, the one suffering from our selfish ways, etc…HOW is your current DISTRACTIBILITY? LIFT UP YOUR EYES and SEE OTHERS!! SEE their NEEDS, as simple as they might be…get out of ME MODE and tend to the hearts of others! I saw a Mom and little girl sitting on the back of a pick-up truck yesterday at the coast, they looked so beautiful and sparkly in the warm sunshine…but Mom looked up at me, I saw something in her eyes…I said, “YOU two look so cute sitting and having your snack in the sun!” She smiled…and I said, “HAVE a WONDERFUL MOTHER’S DAY…”. Her “THANK YOU” told ALL…she was SEEN! YESHUA had so many reasons to get DISTRACTED but HE ALWAYS saw the NEEDS of others even the smallest to the greatest and HE activated to MEET THEM! REMEMBER, DISTRACTIONS can be something as simple as wanting to be “liked” or “noticed” so we must BE CAREFUL to always reflect on WHO WE ARE HERE FOR, and WHO WE ARE SERVING? One can even lose their GIFTS and TALENTS by getting DISTRACTED, so if YOU find yourself here, grab a hold of the TRUTH…HE is right there with you to help you regain your FOCUS!

DETAILS and DISTRACTIONS can lead to GREAT DISAPPOINTMENTS because we set ourselves up for them! Unfortunately we are often quick to BLAME others for our “not so much” life when in truth YOU have the FREEDOM to make YOUR OWN CHOICES MOMENT TO MOMENT! Right or wrong, good or bad, YOU still get to choose! So, after living this many years, I sooooo get this concept, but my heart desires to ENCOURAGE those of you struggling in this zone! LIFE just didn’t turn out the way you had HOPED, PRAYED, DREAMED etc… NOR DID MINE! So, now what do we do? CRY, GIVE UP, CRAWL BACK INTO BED, well…we could, but I believe WE HAVE EACH OTHER to listen too, watch, learn from, and gain GODLY insight from as HE LEADS! THERE is most assuredly a PLAN and a PURPOSE for everything that is transpiring in your life right now! I had been very frustrated with a process I am having in another state, but DIVINE wisdom came to one of my family members, and he shared that he believed GOD was stalling it for PROTECTION FACTORS…HMMM, the more I thought about it and prayed I could see GOD’S DIVINE fingerprints! YOU see, this DISAPPOINTMENT was HIS DIVINE DISRUPTION set in place for PROTECTION for many reasons that I am sure I have any clue about! What if I had not listened to this heart friend? DO you tune out those who desire to instruct or help you on your journey? Do you go into attack mode and think they are out to get you? BE HONEST…it will help you HEAL, and GROW! I only ask because I care…as ONE DAY those heart friends may give up and then what? TRY to PAUSE and really listen to the heart of messages coming your way…I PRAY YOU DON’T MISS OUT! WE NEED EACH OTHER in YESHUA!!!

So, Let’s get PRACTICAL as we begin our week…focus on an area YOU can activate GROWTH for yourself and OTHERS…LET GO of things that are OUT OF YOUR CONTROL…YOU might first need to acknowledge they are not in your CONTROL…TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART…SEE GOD’S BEAUTY in your midst! Below you will see that I was SUPER BLESSED to go over to the COAST and REDWOODS on SUNDAY…YES my MOST FAVORITE!!! MY NEED WAS SEEN and MET! I am SO VERY GRATEFUL!

I PRAY this post speaks to some part of your journey right now, and is a rescue for your heart! KNOW I AM HERE journeying with YOU and PRAYING YESHUA will LEAD YOU ONWARD! YOU MATTER!

SHALOM,

DanaKae