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My name’s not Lisa

My Name’s Not Lisa

For a good part of my life people have confused my name Julie with the name Lisa. It does not happen that often today but when I was younger it happened a lot! If the names sounded alike I could understand. When I would correct them and say my name is Julie, I would occasionally get the response of well you look like a Lisa. The really funny thing is there is an actual song, ‘I’m not Lisa’ by Jessi Colter. I had my own personal theme song and I was not famous!
There was another time in my life where there was confusion about who I was. This was when I had moved to stay with my grandparents because my grandfather had a stroke. At one point he would say to me you are Julie but you are not Julie Ann, you are not Roy Lee’s daughter. We went through this daily for almost a month. His sister was visiting and when I had come home from one of my jobs I stopped to say hello before I got ready for my second job. Well the ‘You are Julie but not Julie Ann’ started again and by this time I was questioning who I was, but thankfully his sister told him, ‘That is Julie, she is Julie Ann and she is Roy’s daughter’. He turned to me smiled and asked, ‘Where have you been? I thought you moved back to California’. His sister explained that because he saw me everyday going to one job and coming home and getting cleaned up to go to my second job that in his mind I was two people. My day job I worked construction and then I worked as a cocktails waitress at night. So even my work clothes were very different. My identity was not defined by either of these jobs but to my grandfather it was confusing.
We have enough problems about learning who we are but when others add to the confusion they are not helping especially when we have found our identity and know who we are. I am still learning a lot about myself but I know that I am a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a granddaughter, a niece, mother, aunt, grandmother, a friend, and I am a woman. None of these did I create, but what I was created to be, because my Father in Heaven created me. I am His, I am a child of God, a royal priesthood, and I am the head and not the tail because of Him. We are living in a world that is confusing the people about their identities let us not add to their confusion with hatred and condemnation, but let us love them as God loves them. This does not mean you agree with anything they believe, just love them the way God loves you and them. Let His love flow through you.
I would like to share a link to another blog and their wonderful post on identity and then my theme song.
Enjoy
Post by Malcolmsmusings

My Mixed-Up Identity


I’m Not Lisa Lyrics/Jessi Colter/Produced by Waylon Jennings and Ken Mansfield 1975
[Chorus]
I’m not Lisa
My name is Julie
Lisa left you years ago
My eyes are not blue
But mine won’t leave you
‘Til the sunlight has touched your face
[Verse]
She was your morning light
Her smile told of no night
Your love for her grew
With each rising sun
And then one winter day
His hand led hers away
She left you here
Drowning in your tears
Here, where you’ve stayed for years
Crying Lisa, Lisa
[Chorus]
I’m not Lisa
My name is Julie
Lisa left you years ago
My eyes are not blue
But mine won’t leave you
‘Til the sunlight shines through your face
[Outro]
I’m not Lisa

Thank God for the ones who give

Matthew 6:26-34 New King James Version
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

God is our provider and He provides for our needs through us.

Life is not easy for most of us. We all have things in life we struggle with, needs we don’t know how they will be met. We worry and stress not knowing how we will pay the bills and at the same time feeling bad when we do not have the means to help another. I have been discussing this topic with someone I know who cannot understand why people they go to church with know that there are people who are struggling to put a roof over their head, food on the table, etc… yet don’t offer any physical help, only empty words.

This is a very giving person who has taken in a single father, his two daughters and his disabled mother and has now taken in another person. She also gives help to others with what she can. She has been trying desperately to raise money to help get an RV she found to house the woman she brought into her home on using Facebook. Unfortunately she hasn’t gotten any help there. A few people she knows outside of church have given her a little money to help but she still needs a thousand to purchase the RV. She actually has a goal of buying land to put RV’s on to help people who have become homeless to give them a place to live.

I am thankful to call her both a friend and sister in Christ. She is one who even helps me when she can. Even though she lives paycheck to paycheck. There is another person here who has been sending me help even though we have not met. I want to thank them, and they know who they are. ‘Thank you!’

God provides for His children through His body, His children. These are the people that don’t just go to church but are the church. When they see a person in need they do not hesitate to give. It has been difficult few years for me and I am still waiting for a decision on my disability case, so I understand the importance of being the arms and hands of God. I think about the widow with two mites who gives that last of what she has, and how Jesus acknowledged her gift. The the widow who made Elijah food out of the last her her flour and oil, and how God made sure that her and son did not go hungry the rest of their lives.

So thank all of you who give and meet the needs of others. You are evidence of God’s love and provision. I thank God for you and all you do. May He bless and prosper you all the days of your lives.

James 2:12 KJV So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Matthew 25:36-40 English Standard Version 36 I was naked and You clothed me, I was sick and You visited me, I was in prison and You came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 And when did we see You a stranger and welcome You, or naked and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to Me.’

These scriptures describe you who love and give without concern for yourself.

A Speech By Catherine (Wood)Marshall

In her biography of her husband Peter Marshall which was turned into a movie called, ‘A Man Called Peter’. One of my favorite scenes is when at a rally she got up and addressed the crowd. In her speech which she had not pre-prepared, her focus was on the young women and what she said spoke volumes to me. So I want to share what she spoke that day.

This is the speech from the movie “A Man Called Peter”… it’s SO raw and honest. And true.

And no, it’s not chauvinistic.

(Catherine Woods gets up to speak at a rowdy youth rally and is met by claps and cheers from the boys….)

“If that’s because I’m a girl, thank you boys.

“And now, if you’ll let me, I’d like to talk as a girl, to the girls here this afternoon. I know if you boys will listen, they’ll listen too. And I’m just as sure that the reason they’ve been just as rude and silly as you’ve been, is because they had the mistaken idea that you wanted them to be.

“I’d never thought much about being a girl until two years ago, when I learned from a man what a wonderful thing it is to be a woman. Until that Sunday morning, I considered myself lucky to be living in the 19th century. The century of progress and emancipation. The century when, supposedly, we women came into our own. But I’d forgotten that the emancipation of woman really began with Christianity. When a girl, a very young girl, received the greatest honor in history. She was chosen to be the mother of the Savior of the world. And when her son grew up and began to teach His way of life, He ushered woman into a new place in human relations. He accorded her a dignity she’d never known before, and crowned her with such glory, that down through the ages, she was revered, protected and loved. Men wanted to think of her as different from themselves. Better… made of finer, more delicate clay.

“It remained for the 20th century, the century of progress, to pull her down from her throne. She wanted equality. For 1900 years, she had not been equal. She had been superior. To stand equal with men, naturally she had to step down. Now, being equal with men, she has won all their “rights and privileges.” The right to get drunk. The right to swear. The right to smoke. The right to work like a man. To think like a man. To act like a man. We’ve won all this, but how can we feel so triumphant, when men no longer feel as romantic about us, as they did about our grandmothers? When we’ve lost something sweet and mysterious? Something as, as hard to describe as the haunting wistful fragrance of violets?

“Of course, these aren’t my original thoughts. They’re the thoughts I heard that Sunday morning. But from them, some thought of my own were born. And the conclusion reached, that somewhere along the line, we women got off the track.
“Poets have become immortal by remembering on paper a girl’s smile. But I’ve never read a poem rhapsodizing over a girl’s giggles at a smutty joke. Or I’ve never heard a man brag that his sweetheart or his wife could drink just as much as he, and become just as intoxicated. I’ve never heard a man say that a girl’s mouth was prettier with a cigarette hanging out of it, or that her hair smelled divinely of stale tobacco.
I’m afraid that’s all I have to say… I’ve never made a speech before.”

In the world today there is so much confusion and anger about equality and self identity, I want to share that it is a wonderful thing to be created a woman. I am special because HE created me.

Nobody puts God in the corner

Most people know the movie, ‘Dirty Dancing’, and remember the line when Johnny says, ‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’ It has been over 20 years since this movie was released, and this line is still quoted today. So this line became a quote and it is not scripture, but it made me think about how we can treat God. Some people treat HIM like a decoration that we bring out during the holidays. Others can treat HIM like an outfit that they put on to look good. The examples go on, but I am focusing on how by doing these things we are in our own ways putting GOD in a corner of our life. You have included HIM, so that you are not lying when you are saying HE is in your life. If we would be honest with ourselves we have put HIM in a corner (not that GOD could actually be put in the corner). God should always be front and center in our lives, making HIM the focal point and not the things of ourselves or the world. God is everywhere, and HE sees everything and HIS eye are focused on us. HE loves us so much HIS SON and our SAVIOR died for our sins, so that we will not perish but have everlasting life. So I ask you to ask yourself, ‘Where have you placed GOD in your life?’

Blogging Prompt: My First Name

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

What does Julie mean; as a girls’ name is pronounced JOO-lee, ZHOO-lee. It is of French and Latin origin, and the meaning of Julie is “youthful; Jove’s child”. Diminutive of Julia. Imported from France in the 1920s. Strindberg used the name in this 1888 tragedy “Miss Julie”. Actresses Julie Andrews, Julie Harris, Julie Walters, Julie Kavner; cookbook author Julee Rosso; pop singer Julee Cruise. Also form of Giulia.

https://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Julie

I do not know the reason why my parents chose this name for me, I only know about my aunt choosing my Japanese name Reiko.

Many people including my Mom called me Jules(Jewels).

What Scripture Comes To Your Mind?

There are many things that inspire me to think of scriptures. In nature, the sky and clouds, mountains, trees, rivers, lakes, the ocean, flowers, and animals, etc… In art, photographs, paintings and drawings. All I have to do is open my eyes and look around me and HIS words speaks to me, even cartoon strips have spoken to me. So I want to start sharing some pictures of things that speak to me and ask for you to share what scriptures come to your mind in the comments.

Here is todays picture, I will share the scriptures that it inspires in me tomorrow.

Lookin forward to reading the scriptures you have to share.