Captain's Blog

"Whereever I go that's where the party's at!" First thoughts? Sound Cocky? Of course it could if you walk around proclaiming it loudly from the highest hills of Edmonton! I want you to know deep down that where ever you go that's where the party's at. God has designed you to be fun, to live loud and to laugh and cry hard.

So think your not fun? Well I have heard something recently that was very cool. "Stop listening to yourself and start talking to yourself." At the leadership class I took recently they discussed this. We were to complete a receipe card sized paper with things that were positive about ourselves and we were to speak it 3 times a day out loud to ourselves.

We receive the first negative comment we hear right away and yet we need to hear positive things way more to believe them. Try this exercise.

So if you need me to say it....

You are fun.

You are fun.

You are fun.

YOU are fun.

You ARE fun.

You are FUN.

YOU ARE FUN!!

Jean Brand said "Did you know that sausages and beans taste different if the person serving them is glad to do so, or if they are hating it?"

Ok so what do beans and weiners have to do with anything. Well lots! Very often our perspective and attitude determines how we see the day and how things taste and how we feel about ourselves.

I encourage you to spend some time asking God to show you how He sees you and what He has for your life. It may not be the direction you are currently walking. Maybe you know that and don't want to surrender because you want to go that way. Ladies please trust me it will end in disaster. You will experience stress and unrest. All that to get where you were heading and realize it's not all everyone said it would be. You are left with that empty feeling that you thought would be fulfilled when you reached your goal. Don't waste your time and energy. Life is too short.

What God has for you is pure, right, holy, perfect and is truly the deepest, original desires of your heart. When you trust Him,God may surprise you in a huge way with revealing to you what you truly desire or may just simply confirm that the desires that are already there are from Him.

Get into his love letter to you, everyday. Read it and let Him tell you what he thinks and remember what He thinks is all good. A story that is our family favorite and I encourage you to buy is "You Are Special" by Max Lucado. (the long version). I can't read that book without choking up with the overwhelming feeling of love from our Maker.

Blessings and you learn to that whereever you go that's where the party's at.

Alanne.