Fall for the Perfect Treat

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Love Never Fails

Josh's aunt forwarded this song to me. 

I love it.

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Enjoy!

The More I seek You

We sang this song at church yesterday. I love love love the way it stirs His spirit in me.

His love for me is amazing. Thank you Jesus!

The more I seek you,
the more I find you.

The more I find you,
the more I love you

I wanna sit at Your feet
drink from the cup in Your hand.
Lay back against You and breath,
hear Your heart beat

This love is so deep,
it's more than I can stand.
I melt in Your peace, it's overwhelming.

The more I seek you,
the more I find you.

The more I find you,
the more I love you

I wanna sit at Your feet
drink from the cup in Your hand.
Lay back against You and breath,
hear Your heart beat

This love is so deep,
it's more than I can stand.
I melt in Your peace, it's overwhelming.

  

http://youtu.be/NI_1YliutzA 

Weather Report

WEATHER REPORT
~BJ Gallagher

"Any day I'm vertical
 is a good day"

...that's what I always say.

If you ask me,
"How are you?"

I'll answer, "GREAT!"
because in saying so,
I make it so.

When Life gives me dark clouds and rain,
I appreciate the moisture
that brings a soft curl to my hair.

When Life gives me sunshine,
I gratefully turn my face up
to feel its warmth on my cheeks.

When Life brings fog,
I hug my sweater around me
and give thanks for the cool shroud of mystery
that makes the familiar seem different and intriguing.

When Life brings snow,
I dash outside to catch the first flakes on my tongue,
relishing the icy miracle that is a snowflake.

Life's events and experiences
are like the weather -
they come and go,
no matter what my preference.

So, what the heck?!
I might as well decide to enjoy them.

For indeed,
there IS a time for every purpose
under Heaven.

And each season brings its own unique blessings.

AND I GIVE THANKS!

How true it is! We all face adversity in our life. However, it’s not the adversity, but how we react to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During tough times, do we spend too much time feeling sorry for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?

It almost sounds too simple to feel important, but one word…gratitude, can change your attitude, and thus your life, forever.

"When we choose not to focus on what's missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present...we experience heaven on earth."--Sarah Breathnach

“Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”--Vivian Green

The Christian Mother

Being a mother is a very important role that the Lord chooses to give to many women. A Christian mother is told to love her children (Titus 2:4-5), in part so that she does not bring reproach on the Lord and on the Savior whose name she bears.

Children are a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3-5). Caring for our children, nurturing them, affectionately embracing them, meeting their needs, and tenderly befriending each one as a unique gift from the hand of God.

Several things are commanded of Christian mothers in God’s Word:

Availability – morning, noon, and night (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)

Involvement – interacting, discussing, thinking, and processing life together (Ephesians 6:4)

Teaching – the Scriptures and a biblical worldview (Psalm 78:5-6; Deuteronomy 4:10; Ephesians 6:4)

Training – helping a child to develop skills and discover his/her strengths (Proverbs 22:6) and spiritual gifts (Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Corinthians 12)

Discipline – teaching the fear of the Lord, drawing the line consistently, lovingly, firmly (Ephesians 6:4; Hebrews 12:5-11; Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15-17)

Nurture – providing an environment of constant verbal support, freedom to fail, acceptance, affection, unconditional love (Titus 2:4; 2 Timothy 1:7; Ephesians 4:29-32; 5:1-2; Galatians 5:22; 1 Peter 3:8-9)

Modeling with Integrity – living what you say, being a model from which a child can learn by “catching” the essence of godly living (Deuteronomy 4:9, 15, 23; Proverbs 10:9; 11:3; Psalm 37:18, 37).

The Bible never states that every woman should be a mother. However, it does say that those whom the Lord blesses to be mothers should take the responsibility seriously. Mothers have a unique and crucial role in the lives of their children. Motherhood is not a chore or unpleasant task. Just as a mother bears a child during pregnancy, and just as a mother feeds and cares for a child during infancy, so mothers also play an ongoing role in the lives of their children, whether they are adolescents, teenagers, young adults, or even adults with children of their own. While the role of motherhood must change and develop, the love, care, nurture, and encouragement a mother gives should never cease.

October Treats



THEY WERE  YUMMY  TO MY TUMMY!!!!





10 Ways to love

Saw this on Facebook today. 

Love it.



Stand Firm

 If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. - Isaiah 7:9

Many of us know a parable that Jesus told about a wise man who built his house on a rock. Throughout storms and floods and winds, his house remained secure, for it was built on a firm foundation. Another man built his house on sandy ground, without a foundation. At the first sign of water, his house collapsed and crashed to the ground, for it had nothing to stand upon.

When Christ describes the man who built his house on a firm foundation, he is not speaking of those who are “good people;” he is not even speaking of Christians, those who claim to know him as Lord. The man who remains secure is he who hears the word of Christ and follows it. Likewise, the man whose house crumbles does not represent those whom we view as horrible sinners, but those who hear Christ’s word, and know it, but do not follow it. Not only will these people lose what they build; Christ says that “the ruin of that house is great.”

God is asking each of us to serve him with all of our heart, all of our mind, all of our soul, and all of our strength. He has given each of us different abilities and desires, that we may use them to glorify him.

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. - 1 Peter 5:8-9

You’re Always There for Me

 When the world comes crashing in
And chaos rules my mind,
I turn my heart to you, Lord,
And pure, sweet peace I find. 


You lift me out of trouble
You comfort me in pain;
You nourish, heal and cleanse me,
Like cool, refreshing rain. 


In times of joy and bliss,
When things are going right,
You lift me even higher,
And fill me with delight. 


You listen to my prayers;
You hear my every plea;
I’m safe because I know
You’re always there for me.   


By Joanna Fuchs

Our Core Identity

God does not define us by our roles or by our relationships.  He knows us by our hearts, our characters, our in intrinsic enternal selves. Our souls are what identify us to God.  We look to our labels;  God looks to our core. Labels like child of..., mother of..., wife of..., beautiful woman,  teacher,  businesswoman,  or  patient only describe where we have been and not who we are!

We can lose many identities in life, but in the end, our souls remain. We are so much more than our labels. We are more then our beauty or our life's achievements. We are more than any defining relationship. We are more than our image or what we are perceived be. We can lose every drop of perceived specialness and still, soul --- that deep intrinsic, individual identifying specialness ---remains.

God remains as well. Nothing can change that. A shift to internal values away from an external perceptions is sustaining. A woman who cares more for her soul than she does about the labels she has acquired, who is focused on the work of becoming God's friend, has an abiding immutable center.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory -Colossians 3:2-4

We are not to look at ourselves but at Him the author and finisher of our faith.- 1 Hebrews  2:2

Keep dreaming.

• God gives us our dreams
• God changes our dreams so that He will receive the most glory
• With God, our dreams go from crazy to possible
• Not everyone will believe in our dream
• And sometimes dreams happen so quickly, it takes our breath away
• But most times, dreams don’t happen overnight or even in a decade
• But with faith and patience and hard work, they do happen

Keep dreaming. Don’t give up.

At the feet of Jesus

We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
We cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
Is the lamb

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:25-34

 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Matthew 6:33-34

 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

1 Peter 5:6-7

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

I leave all my worries at your feet, dear Jesus.  I need not ask you more than once.  Thank you for your amazing power and glory.

In Your Holy Name, Amen.