Hey there lovely people and Happy Monday to you! I hope you are having a fantastic day, wherever in the world you may be.
It’s that time of the week once more – when we aim to inspire and uplift. I love to write these inspiring posts and I love love LOVE to read the inspiring posts that people choose to link up with us.

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Well, what I have to share is something that God has been teaching that is not necessarily fun. I have two “past men” in my life (an ex-husband and a best friend) that were very controlling and told me all sorts of things on a regular basis that were not true. I have struggled to shake these “old tapes” in spite of the fact that some of these tapes are nearly twenty years old. And this week all those horrible things came back to haunt me.
I was rear-ended on Thursday as I picked my daughter up from school. On first look, it was just a minor dent. I assured the lady that there was no problem. And so I did not get her information (my bad, for sure!). When I got home, I opened the trunk, and that is when I discovered the true problem. Now I cannot close my trunk. We tried to find the lady who did it, but we have been unable to do so.
So Thursday night, I truly had a mental breakdown that rivaled any I had in quite a while. All the old things these men had said came back to me, and I wished I could die to end everything all at once. God reminded me that I needed to listen to what He was saying, not what these men had said. I was unwittingly letting them control me.
When your mind wants you to think such horrible thoughts, you need to replace these “old tapes” with God’s Word. I highly recommend it.
Now it’s time for our featured linker of the week. I really love that people come over here and link up each week with us, and as a little thank you I like to feature one of the lovely linkers whose post really spoke to me. Would you like to be featured? All you need to do is to link up below – I pick out a different post to feature every week. This week I’d like to feature this post by the lovely Barbara at My Life As An Adventure. Such a touching post about living life to the fullest and truly appreciating who and what you have in your life.

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Now, before we get to your chance to link up I’d like to invite you to tweet all about this hop – I would love to see the numbers of people posting something inspiring on their blogs increase, and I’d love for all of those kind of posts to be linked with us each week. The more linkers we have, the more friends we get to make and the more inspiration we are spreading around the blogosphere! Just click on the little picture below to send your tweet out into the world 🙂

Now it’s your turn! Link up all things inspirational below. We can’t wait to read your inspirational words of wisdom. Don’t have a blog but would like to take part? Tag an inspiring photo on Instagram with the hashtag #inspire to be featured here 🙂
Have a great day people!
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I could not agree more. We have to be careful to think the right things – not thoughts that will harm and damage us. Good luck with getting your car fixed hopefully it won’t turn out to be too bad.
Thanks for linking up!
