I saw this video yesterday by Kristina Kuzmic. Kelly, Claire’s mom, showed it to me while our grandsons competed in various sports. We had so much fun together! The video reminds us how easy it is to listen to the negative voices surrounding us. Those negative minions only talk smack to our brains, and often, one of those negative comments turns our focus away from all the positive ones in our lives. It reminded me of a #SundayMessage I posted in 2016. I’m reposting it below in hopes that today you will look for only the positive ones in life and remember, always, you are loved!
Marie’s Sunday Message
February 7, 2016
As I set up my dolls this week, I included these “Ruby Red Slippers,” or shoes, that my daughter Rachael blinged for me; they even have the yellow brick road on the bottom arch. They were made for a new music video I’m shooting that will be coming out soon. These shoes are so symbolic for me. You see, I have loved The Wizard of Oz since I was a very young girl.
I was a big fan of Judy Garland. There weren’t many people I could relate to growing up as a child performer. Still, the first time I looked into Judy’s eyes on screen, I knew she understood how I felt as a young girl being an entertainer. I felt a “loneliness” in her eyes when I was away from home touring on the road.
You know, it doesn’t matter who you are; we all feel lonely when we want to return home, right? Home is that place in your heart where you find peace and contentment. There’s also the spiritual home we came from, where we lived before this life as God’s spirit children.
Jeremiah 1:5
God knew us ALL! There is always a home with God our Father and peace with Christ.
A yellow brick road has been placed before us, simply following God’s commandments. When we take that road, one thing is for sure: it will always lead us back home to our Father in Heaven’s presence.
Will we keep following the golden path home, or will we take shortcuts (the way of the world) and fall asleep in those poppy fields? Yes, there will be apples thrown at us, some witches along the way, and even some flying monkeys that will try to torment us, but staying determined to keep on our yellow brick road, we will only be refined by our trials so that we may come off conqueror and return to our heavenly home to be with Him!
I wore these shoes in my video because they symbolize that God is my path. His unconditional love has kept me on that road through all my many challenges and trials. I know God wants to be with us and wants us to succeed on our path back into His presence and, yes, even make a few trustworthy friends along the way to help with our journey. Maybe that’s why Judy Garland’s role in The Wizard of Oz spoke to my heart so profoundly. I’ve always had one foot in this life and one foot ready to go back home to my heavenly parents, who I know love me and YOU…unconditionally!!!
Following God’s yellow brick road makes me stronger and wiser and banishes all loneliness from my heart. So this Sunday, I pray we will keep God as the center within us and continually strive to have Him be our companion, our compass to always help us find our way back home!
Happy Sunday!
#WizardofOz #NoPlaceLikeHome #RubySlippers
