A Plate Of Cookies

I cannot return a favor to the person who helped me or gave me something, but I can pass the kindness on to someone else by doing something helpful for another. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus tells us that whatever we do for others in need, we do for Him. By expressing my love and concern for others through my making cookies, I am showing love for Jesus. They gave my hubby something and were moving, so I took them a plate. They were exhausted from moving, but could not stop thanking me.

Giving is like a boomerang; whatever we give usually comes back, just like this plate of cookies...always comes back full!!!! Enjoy your Thursday! I send my love and prayers!!!

James Robison Taping Of Life Today!!!!!!

Last night I had the privilege to meet a girl I have blogged with for four years. She is going to be on the James & Betty Robison's "Life Today" program. Oh, she did a phenomenal job giving her life's message. Plus we met some awesome staff members that put his program together. They taped four shows in one night, so there was no time to talk to him or Betty, but my hubby and I thoroughly were blessed seeing what happens beyond the scenes. And we met some great people who we sat by. Our friend Anne Jackson did an incredible job answering James' questions!!! We are proud to know her. She recently authored a book called "Permission To Speak Freely" (Essays and Art On Fear, Confession, and Grace). I have a book to give away if you should want it. Enjoy your Wednesday. Can't wait to see Beth Moore since we saw part of her taping! Wow! we were blessed!!!!! God is so great!!!

Give Attention To The Holy Word!

Proverbs 4:20-22......For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh!

Have you ever sought the Lord?

Do you remember His marvelous works?

How about the wonders He has done?

You know there is nothing too hard for God to fix! Just recently our daughter became extremely busy at work and really we didn't have our always checking in with each other time....so I only got to talk with her one hour on Sundays. I sought the Lord constantly because I remembered the days I worked at a place where I hardly received a lunch hour and now the company is closed down. All that for nothing...so I understand where the demands are placed on staff! It's healing to get to connect with family because the Lord will give you many years of prosperity for staying close. I wouldn't trade it for anything! It is of necessity! Just stay in the Holy Word when the void is there and never forget what Jesus Christ has done to give us love and understanding with our precious kids. Even when we communicate with our Son also; it's so fabulous! I wouldn't trade it for anything! God definitely has given us wonders He has done, especially when we talk to our kids and hear how "cool" things are going! Same as God's Word...so "cool" and soothing!!!!

Great Admonishment!!!!!

Take the time to make another person feel important.

Spring Beauty

Job 37:10-12

I love the beauty of fresh spring. The leaves (green) coming on the trees and the periannuals opening up as well as other planted flowers!!! I meditate on God's sovereignty and on the paths our life had taken through periods of summer, winter and then spring!

We have chosen to trust God through a year of heartache and uncertainty as we walk down paths with couples that have never been taught LOVE. We pray, God, give us hope in your steadfast love. Enjoy the spring beauty and let God's immediate faith and love surround you to help you find answers to life's problems!

What about you? Do you like spring?

There Is Nothing Beyond His Power!!!!

For me, God's Word is the final authority in all matters. I do not look to religious doctrine or how things turned out with someone else. My belief in healing is based solely on what God says in His Word. I know I have much more to learn and there are things I do not understand, but Iknow this for certain: the God that I know and LOVE does not cause me or anyone else to be sick. He is a compassionate, caring heavenly Father and there is nothing beyond His power!

Do You Have A Relationship With Very Many Christians?

Before searching the scriptures, I had a very dim view of God's promises and all that Jesus provided for me; I did not know the Word of God for myself...what a mistake! I began to see who I was in Christ Jesus and what my rights were as a child of God.

As a Christian, through my relationship with jesus, God made a way for me to enter into His presence, confident and free from all sense of unworthiness, guilt and condemnation. He had provided His only Son as an eternal payment for all the sings I have ever committed and also for the ones that I now ask forgiveness for.

How about you? Do you have a relationship with very many Christians? That sounds odd, but some women I know identify with non-Christians so that they can lead them to the Lord! That's awesome!

Ultimate Healer

I thank God for doctors and medicine; thee is no doubt that He uses medical science to heal. But I believe God to be the ultimate healer. John 6:33 "I have come to do the will of the Father." After reading this scripture, it became very clear to me that Jesus' ministry of healing and wholeness was God's will for me and fr all mankind. His ministry was God's will in action.

Jesus revealed the awesome beauty of what God the Father is like. I never read anywhere in scripture that Jesus put sickness on someone to teach them something or perfect their character. Only that He healed all that came to Him.

I John 3:11 - We should love one another!

Your love for one another will prove tot he world that you are my disciples.
John 13:35

I am grateful that God gave me a daughter and son who loves me. And I am grateful for the daughter and son He has given me to love. I pray that he will be always revealed in our love for each other.

How about you? Do you really love? Your daughter? Your son?

Mothers & Daughters

The relationship between a mother and her daughter is as varied, as mysterious, as constantly changing and interconnected as the patterns that touch, move away from, and touch again in a kaleidoscope.

I'm blessed because my daughter and I are extremely close. Although she has the character traits her Dad has, still we are just very connected. I see so many Mothers and Daughters who don't even speak to each other and they are always putting each other down, I get very upset when I see it, sometimes there is nothing that can be done about it. Stay close and always respect each other. It's a very deep love between us and we are happy together!

Together we form a chain, a chain of love reaching from the past into the future.

****Please Note*********

I'm taking this week off beginning today for my blog. See ya next Monday 3/21. It's hard for me to do this, but I need time to renew my love to write!!

Spend Time In God's Word...........

Do you spend time in God's Word?

As I have continued to spend time in God's Word and plant it deep inside me, His peace rises within me all on it's own. Fear will try to cme, but my spirit has grown stronger and peace quickly floods my mind. There have been times when I have been so calm that I have wondered, 'do I even care'? Of course, I knew that I cared and that I was obviously experiencing God's incredible peace right in the middle of the storm.

His promises stick with me. Read Job 11:13-18....if you devote your heart to Him and stretch out your hands to Him, if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm without fear. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by. Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will be like morning. You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

time change...........

How do you like this time change?

I love it!

It's light outside in the morning sooner and some lighter at night.

How do you respond to change?

I'm good at that.

The Lord gives me direction when things come up to change or I have to get used to something. I totally depend on God and I can feel Him so close to me helping me.

Proverbs 3:5-6 is a life saver!!! Trust in the Lord....with all thine heart. I fully rely on God. How about you? Happy Sunday, the Lord's Day!!!!

Oooo I love this Scripture!!!

John 14:26 - "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

He is our comforter. What does it give us?

PEACE

Prayers For Japan!!!!!

Wow! A devastating earthquake. So sad looking at it on the news. Both of our kids have taken trips to Japan before. Lots of people everywhere and buildings so close together. They've brought me back small chickens because I collect them, so I think a lot of all the shops they had to find for a chicken!!! I was always so appreciative.

What do you collect? Please comment and tell me. I pray for Japan and the people that are rescued! Have a very happy weekend and spring break everyone! Yea!!

Do We Love God Because He First Loved Us?

Of course! I John 4:15

Pass it on is what we as Christians need to do. I believe this is the message of Christ. We cannot pay him back for what He has done for us, but we can show our gratitude by passing on Christ's love and doing good for others.

I can't help but think of those who suffer because they don't feel the power of love from Christ or anyone! It's sad.

How about you? Do you love Christ and it's because He first loved us?

His Merciful Kindness Toward Us!!!!

I am often so occupied with my day-to-day business that I forget that Christ wants close relationship with me so that He can show me His kindness. he wants me to find rest and peace in the assurance that He is near me in EVERY experience, both big and small, each day.

So it is important for me to start every day with an open Bible and to give the day over to the Lord before the busyness begins.

Jesus said, "Come to me all you that are weary and are carrying heavy budens, and I will give you rest." mathew 11:28

Do you have a difficult time to "rest?"

Stay Around Happy People!!!

Recently I was "caught up" in a conversation with someone that wanted me to participate in what I call "being mean" like her behavior had been. I'm not judging; it was the truth...she was out to break up a marriage. It was tough to deal with because she doesn't see the damage she could cause. My heart is sad for her to even think of it in the first place! Ladies...that is wrong in any way and don't get caught up in it. Stay around happy people!! You'll feel so much better and do not have to worry about the question, Am I involved? That's a serious question because they will NEVER admit they are involved! Why own up...it will make her look bad. She already looks bad but she's too stubborn to own up.

My advice. Be happy someone is getting help with their marriage!!! And stay out of the problems; especially because you are not even involved!!! Just stay away from negative and hang on to happy that a couple will want to find answers.

I Peter chapter 4 talks about loving your husband!!! Enjoy your Tuesday!!!

Spirit Powered!!!

I Cor. 12:7 "To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good."

The disciples were ordinary people, living ordinary lives, until they met Jesus. At His last supper with them, Jesus promised that after His death, they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that they must wait for the Spirit of Truth, who would guide them into all truth! John 16:13

It suddenly dawned on me that we feel the same way if we don't have God's spirit in our lives. We need the power of the Holy Spirit to be effective in our Christian lives. The power!!!! Oh yes!!!!! Call up on Him. It works!!

Friendship is Such a Gift!!!! Random Comments

I truly loved the comment Angie made yesterday on my blog. I am still living on "yesterday's blessings" and I love it! Friendship is a gift and I appreciate that so much!

One of the greatest joys in my life is our friendship...I don't think either of us suspected, when we first met, that we would stand whre we do today....that goes with any friends....sharing the close harmony of our abiding friendship. I have another close friend, Geneva who always encourages me to share myself fully, my hopes, my dreams, and at this time she has to get so many things accomplished at work.

No one knows what path tomorrow will find us walking who to help in their marriages, but a lifetime friend will always encourage, pray, and share their joys, etc. That's our goal. (Jim and mine). God is so good. I am claiming His promises as we serve Him. Philippians says "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Friendship makes us soooo much better!!!! Keep itup!!!

To A Friend!!!!

It is a satisfying feeling just to know that you're my friend,

That no matter what's the trouble, that on you I can depend.

For the world can be full of sadness, and life's path is full of stones,

And a person's only comfort is the few real friends she owns.

When I hear your words beside me then my troubles start to mend,

And it's then I'm very grateful that I can truly call you friend!

For my life has been much sweeter since I've had you as a friend.

Morning Here Already!!!!!!

Everyone knows me to be a "Morning Person." So true, but today this was an interuption night where someone called and needed us. Whew!!! I found out I'm a person who goes to sleep and stays asleep, but when there is interuption, it makes me wonder is morning really here?

We never stop serving.

Only the Lord knows the dedication in our heart to help.

How about you? Do you serve others? How does it feel?

Become Stronger Each Day!!!

As we wait upon you, Lord, we become stronger and take heart. I see goodness in all of this. We can praise Him for His everlasting love. He has been our hope over and over again, and so Sovereign. He has the power and authority to work things together for our lives.

Become stronger. Fully Rely On Him!!!!