Everything has changed nothing stays the same, everyone will change no one, stays the same. The young became the old and mysteries did unfold for that is the way of time no one, and nothing goes unchanged. There are not many things in this life one can be sure of except, rain comes from the clouds, sun lights up the sky and hummingbirds do fly. Winter turns to spring, the wounded heart is now healed, no one and nothing goes unchanged. Yes, Everything Must Change.

The problem with being a leader is that you can't be sure if people are following you or chasing you. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a prime example of a person who had accessed the ultimate spiritual power. In all of her service to mankind, she continually turned toward God. She was not concerned with the comforts of the world, for she had chosen a path of complete selfless service. This appears to have been Mother Theresa’s creed. We could all benefit from following her guidelines. “The Final Analysis” People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. St. Matthew 12:34-35 NKJV But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. St. Matthew 15:18-19 NIV

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. (Frank Outlaw) Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, for it determines your Destiny. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Remember “There Is Hope”

Be the change you want to see in the world! (Gandhi)

St. Matthew 12:34. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brunet forth evil things. 36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou salt be condemned. KJV

Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it for death or life. AMP

Jeremiah 17: 9. The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? 10. But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve. NLT

Ezekiel 36:26. A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. AMP

James 3:8. But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison. 9. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in God's likeness! 10. Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. 11. Does a fountain send forth simultaneously from the same opening fresh water and bitter? 12. Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water. 13. Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his good works with the unobtrusive humility which is the proper attribute of true wisdom. 14. But if you have bitter jealousy envy and contention rivalry, selfish ambition in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth. 15. This superficial wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual animal, even devilish demoniacal. 16. For wherever there is jealousy envy and contention rivalry and selfish ambition, there will also be confusion unrest, disharmony, rebellion and all sorts of evil and vile practices. 17. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous considerate, gentle. It is willing to yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity. 18. And the harvest of righteousness of conformity to God's will in thought and deed is the fruit of the seed sown in peace by those who work for and make peace in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts. AMP

Traits of the regenerated heart are different from those of a wicked one. God searches and knows all hearts. All species of animals have been tamed by man, but the tongue can not be tamed by any influence of man. Salvation is the only way for man to control the tongue. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, and by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt condemned.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.

Allow me to share this poem with you….Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end, yet the days go by and weeks rush on, and before I know it, a year is gone. And I never see my old friends face, for life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well, as in the days when I rang his bell. And he rang mine but we were younger then, and now we are busy, tired men. Tired of trying to make a name. "Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on him just to show that I'm thinking of him." But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, and distance between us grows and grows. Around the corner, yet miles away, "Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today." And that's what we get and deserve in the end. Around the corner, a vanished friend. Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell them. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay close to your family and friends, for they have helped to make you the person that you are today.

Peace & Blessings
The Encourager
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