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Carletta's Calling

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I wake up every day to new opportunites, new adventures and new possibilities, but how often do I accomplish anything new?

I am a creature of habit, but I don’t want to be.

Life is not meant to be boring, but I sometimes get stuck in a rut and get a humdrum mindset.

My comfort zone attitude sucks me into a lazy boy position and my mind sets itself on pause.

There are certain daily activities, that are routine, that I do accomplish, however, I want to create space in my life for the unexpected and "spur of the moment thrills.”

I want to break out of my shell and cultivate a furrow of fresh spiritual

growth and ideas to enhance my mind and soul.

I pray that God will endow me with a ravishing hunger for the Word;

so I can experience the Holy Spirit annoiting to live a victorious God filled life and to share it with others.

I desire an "egg-citing” life that involves a renewal and revival in my supernatural journey, to give me the strength and energy to break out of my shell of complacency.


God grant me wisdom, knowledge, understanding and creativity to read the Word and to devour the meat of it. Renew my mind and spirit and set me on fire for You. Open my mind to comprehend the Word and to live it daily.

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My mom has a tendency to walk around the house in the dark, she has no fear of darkness. She will color at the table with no lights on and enters her room at night, never bothering to flip the switch. For some reason she has an adversity to turning on lights. My major concern is when she walks up and down the steps

in total darkness.

My husband and I have had frequent calamities at night while maneuvering our way to the bathroom in cave like blackness. He has has frequently stubbed his toes, and I have collided into doors, neither site is very appealing or pleasant.


Darkness is the absence of light. It can be dangerous and frightening at times and can cause someone to get lost, get hurt, stumble and/or fall. Pitch blackness prevents us from visualizing what exists in our immediate presence.


Crimes like burglary or vandalism, may occur more frequently at night due to the cover of darkness. "Suicide prevalence is 3 to 6 times greater during the night than any other time of day;” states Michael Perlis, possible causes could be insomnia, nightmares, depression, and the lack of positive social encounters at the time.


There are so many people in the world who are lost and wandering in the dark. They cannot see because they are spiritually blinded. They search for happiness, truth, and light in all the wrong places. They have the appearance of being joyful but their minds and hearts long for a glimmer of hope and contentment to obliterate

their personal emptiness and despair.

The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are

spiritually discerned. 1Cor. 2:14


The Bible gives us specific direction and wisdom on dealing with darkness.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. 1 John 2:10-11


Love is a characteristic of light, and hate is a characteristic of darkness.


Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. “ I have

come into this world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” John 8:12-13

Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Eph.5:8


I remember when I was in the dark, spiritually. I felt lost, abandoned, depleted and alone. I knew there was more to life than what I could see and feel. Amazing grace was a song I loved to sing, when I was straight or when I was drunk or high, because it brought me peace to know that I was lost now but I could be found. I was blind but I would be given sight to see. I knew of God from my childhood but I didn’t really know God, till I began my search for Him. When I accepted Jesus as my Savior, I learned that God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all. As I began my fellowship with Christ, I started walking in the light and I developed fellowship with other believers. My life was transformed and and my mind renewed by the Word of God. I was found; wandering aimlessly no more, and my eyes were opened; no more darkness or blindness for me, I now could see. I knew I had a purpose and I knew that I was totally and completely loved. There was no darkness that God’s light would not, nor could not, pierce through to rescue me.


I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am a light and the dark is afraid of me. Eph. 5:8



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Updated: Feb 19


My girlfiend, Carrie, and I went out to Peppermint Thai to celebrate her birthday. We treasure each others company and Peppermint Thai is our favorite restaurant, and there just happens to be an ice cream parlor about 4 doors away. We both try to eat healthy and watch our weight but when it comes to birthdays, we say, "carpe diem!"

So after lunch I asked Carrie, “Do you want some ice cream for birthday dessert?” We knew neither of us needed or really wanted it but I said, “Life is so short, we could be gone tomorrow, so let’s enjoy an ice cream together, today.” We got to spend another hour talking, laughing and making fond memories.


The next day my girlfriend Diana and I got together to celebrate her birthday. I have a lot of friends and family with birthdays in February, (thank God most of them live out of town or I’d be as big as a house by March). We ended up going to Culver's they serve delicious hamburgers, chicken, fish sandwiches and again ice cream. We had a tasty lunch, lots of laughs and a free ice cream sundae. You can't pass up free!


Celebrating each other on our birthdays is something we are intentional about doing. We also try to spend time together each month, to encourage, uplift each other, pray for each other and to laugh a lot, and FYI not every gathering includes food. I am excited and thankful that I can enjoy each day of my life, my family and my friends and live each day as if it were my last.


However, about 8 months ago, I iwas informed that I should stock up on food, withdraw cash from the banks, invest in crypto and buy gold and silver. So, I bought and hoarded extra food and supplies to store away in case of disaster, tried to save money and only bought food I needed nothing frivolous, didn’t go out for dinner and was very cautious about every penny I spent. I realized all of these thoughts only caused me to experience anxiety, depression and isolation. I was investing so much energy and thought on, the 'what was to come,' that I wasn’t living joyfully in "the here and now."


Instead of trying to make my own preparations for the future, I turned to God and surrendered my present and future life into His loving hands. God is the only One who can bring me true peace for all situations and in all times. He is the ultimate provider. I had to be reminded, that my God will be in my future and He owns all the cattle on a thousand hills. Psalm 50:10-12

And all the gold and silver is the Lord’s Haggai 2:8 and we are valuable and precious to God. He will meet our financial needs, physical needs and any other need that we may ever have, no matter what is happening in the world. He is not only in our past, but in our present and in the times to come.


I am so free now as I rest in God and trust Him. I am free to celebrate my friends, free to enjoy life without fear of financial ruin, free to be still in His calm assurance and confident that in any trial I experience, He will be with me. So I live each day to it’s fullest. I seize the day and try to make the most out of the time God gives me.





























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