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Building Beauty Out of Ashes
To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” NKJV On December 30th, 2022, I released my book “Building Beauty Out of Ashes.” I wanted to share a little about the book. A few years before I began writing, God kept nudging me to write what I was my inner healing experiences from my journal entries. I had already had my blog site up and running. After a few months of blogging, I…
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Let It Go Before It Destroys You
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 KJV If your like me and love to watch all kinds of different movies than hopefully you will understand how I ended up watching this movie. Before I get into the movie and the details of it, I would like to first ask you a question? How hard has it been for you to let go of something that was hurting you so much? Would you say it’s been easy to let go of something that caused you great pain, such as betrayal, divorce,…
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Take the Limits Off!
““Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?”” JEREMIAH 32:27 AMP Ever felt limited? As if you can’t do anything right? Everything around you just seems to be going wrong and than you ask the question…..God where are you? I have, and its such a horrible feeling to have. I woke up one morning feeling the three “D’s”. Defeated, Disappointed, and Discouraged. I also felt restrained, as if I had something wrapped around me that wouldn’t really let me move. This feeling of restriction was on me and I couldn’t understand why? One thing I did know, was that I was…
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The Heart of Stone
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 A heart of stone? Me? No way, not me I like everyone. Eventually I found out, that yes me! I had to find out through certain seasons and trials in my life, that I, yes me, was suffering from a horrible heart problem. The problem? A calloused and hardened heart. What did it mean to even have a calloused heart? How was my heart hardened? and what caused it to be hardened? (Biblically speaking of course) The Webster…
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The Pile of Laundry
Ever look at the pile of laundry waiting for you to be washed and folded, and you say an inner prayer, Jesus help me? I do…. As I enter the laundry room and look around at the mountains of clothes that are just waiting to be washed, folded, and put away. I ask myself, “How did I get here?” Where did all this clothes come from? Isn’t there only 4 people in this house? As I start to sort the clothes from dark’s to whites, from towels to socks, I start to moan and groan. The more I focused on the amounts of clothes the more overwhelmed I got. It…
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The Father to the Fatherless
Father to the fatherless, defender of widows–this is God, whose dwelling is holy. Psalms 68:5 As many of us know Fathers Day came as quickly as it went. To all the Fathers reading this post, Happy Fathers Day and I pray that you were filled with love, honor, and appreciation. As I spent Fathers Day with my own dad and husband, all I can do is be thankful to God for all the men He placed in my life, including my stepdad as well. Once the day winded down I took some time to browse through Facebook and see all the shot outs that were made to all the “Good…
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Let God be the Gardner
“But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.”Matthew 15:13 NKJV Can you believe that we are already half way through the year? It feels as if this year has just been flying by. The days are just going by so fast. Before you know it summer will soon be over and the fall weather will be among us. (I actually love the fall). So before the summer arrived, I noticed that a few plants that I had planted last year began to grow beautifully. But, there was one problem! The weeds also started growing. My flowers were covered with weeds. I…
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What’s in the Bag
Ever find yourself carrying so much stuff in your purse that your shoulders start to hurt from all the weight of the purse? If your like me you find yourself walking around with unnecessary stuff in our handbags. In my purse you will find all sorts of stuff that at some point start to make the purse heavier and heavier. In my purse to give you an idea, I have 3 different lotions, 5 chap sticks (cause one is not enough) expired makeup, about 10 pens, and an endless amount of receipts and much more. No matter how many times you try to organize and keep your purse neat it…
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While I’m Waiting (A Story of Infertility Loss)
“~‘For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the LORD, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 AMP My name is Melly Martinez, a daughter of God and Pastor of the Resurrection Center in Springfield, Mass. My story begins when I met my husband 16 years ago, in who I have had the pleasure of being married to for 14 years and together we share a beautiful 15 year old daughter. I met my husband at the young age of 16, and within a couple of months of dating I got pregnant. Here…
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Embracing Change (A Metamorphosis Journey)
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 AMP What is actually a Metamorphosis? Metamorphosis has several definitions, such as: 1- any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. 2- a form resulting from any such change. And can also be defined as the transformation of a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. A couple months ago I found a short…
