Spiritual Sundays

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Today I am joining in Spiritual Sundays to be blessed and be a blessing to others !

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.—Psalm 118:24

O GOD of peace, By the might of your Spirit lift me, I pray, to your presence, where I may be still and know that you are God; Help me to be more humble, kind and show your love to someone today.
Amen.

YOUR FATHER KNOWETH

He knoweth the need of my life
For shelter and raiment and food;
In each trifling care of the day
The word of His promise is good;
He knoweth my thought from afar,
The wish that I never have told,
And every unspoken desire
His wisdom doth grant or withhold.

He knoweth the way that I take;
Each step of that way He hath planned;
And, walking through sunshine or storm,
I walk in the shade of His hand.
In deserts untrodden and drear,
Where foes in the darkness may hide,
He leaveth me never alone;
He sendeth me light and a guide.

He knoweth the need of my soul ---
The trial that calls for His grace,
The weakness that leans on His strength,
The fear that looks up to His face.
He knoweth what sifting is best
To scatter the chaff from the wheat
And lay all my self-righteous pride
Low down in the dust at His feet.

~ Annie Johnson Flint ~

Roses...

A Dozen Roses: stand for "there are dozens of ways I care about you."
Two Dozen Roses: stands for the 24 hours in a day and tells that

"you think about them every hour".
Three Dozen Roses: signifies a deep love unlike any other.
Four Dozen Roses: means unchanging and unconditional love.

Makes one wonder how much love is in a garden of beautiful roses ?

Lord I come before You, desiring to provide thanks.

Father, I have so much to be thankful for, things unseen and seen,that

Thank you for the beautiful roses and the gift of sight to see them.

Lord, I desire to be thankful, to appreciate everything that comes across my path.

Thank you for so much for your Love.

I thank you and Praise you. Amen.

Lovely spring

Genesis 1:11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

SPRING

The alder by the river Shakes out her powdery curls;

The willow buds in silverFor little boys and girls.
The little birds fly overAnd oh, how sweet they sing!

To tell the happy children

That once again 'tis spring.
The gay green grass comes creeping

So soft beneath their feet;

The frogs begin to rippleA music clear and sweet.
And buttercups are coming,And scarlet columbine,And in the sunny meadows

The dandelions shine.
And just as many daisiesAs their soft hands can hold

The little ones may gather,All fair in white and gold.
Here blows the warm red clover,There peeps the violet blue;

O happy little children!

God made them all for you.

~by Celia Thaxter

Have a blessed day !

~ Think Like a Tree ~

Soak up the sun

Affirm life's magic Be graceful in the wind

Stand tall after a storm

Feel refreshed after it rains

Grow strong without notice

Be prepared for each season

Provide shelter to strangers

Hang tough through a cold spell

Emerge renewed at the first signs of spring

Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky

Be still long enough to hear your own leaves rustling.

~ by K.I.Shragg

Dear Father,

I thank You for mercy, for forgiveness, for purity, for providing for my needs.Thank you dear God for our beautiful nature, the trees, the moon, the stars, the ground we walk on. Help me to not take any of these and so many of my blessings for granted.Thank you for the blood of Jesus, your precious lamb.

Amen

Hello sweet friends ~

Hello my dear blogging friends ! I hope this post finds you all warm and well. I have missed you all.

We are still so very cold ! Just clearing from winter snow and lots of ice and they are calling for more winter weather for us later in the weekend.

Not sure of many of you, but I am really so ready for some warm spring weather.I do enjoy the comforts of winter, a warm fire, staying and watching movies and throwing snowballs but am ready to put up the coats and gloves and bring out a light jacket.

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow."- ~ Proverb

I recently received some wonderful awards and wanted to share them with you, sorry it took

me so long to get some of them posted. I am very thankful for each of my blogging friends

and for the awards you have given me.

My friend @ http://heartnsoulcooking.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html presented me with the Happy 101 award.

The rules are to post the award image and then list 10 things that make you HAPPY

~ 1. Spending time with family and friends.

~ 2. Blogging and reading blogs.

~ 3. Trying new recipes

~ 4. Hot bubble bath on a cold night

~ 5. A good back rub, foot rub, shoulder rub... from my husband

~ 6. Family game time ~ love to play scrabble with Matthew

~ 7. Good home cooked comfort food

~ 8. Forgiveness of my sins

~ 9. Cuddling with our dogs

~ 10. Freshly shaved legs on fresh clean sheets

Of course, I could go on and on....simple things make me so very happy !!

I also received the Prolific blogger award from my sweet friend Andrea and her Sitka @

http://andrealuvsallgodscreatures.blogspot.com/ .

Please stop by and visit both ladies, they have wonderful blogs.

Thanks again so much ladies.

If you are a follower, please take both awards, I would be honored. Blessings to you all !

Taking a short break from blogging.

Praying for my family and friends.

God bless you all.

Hello to all !

Haven't posted in a while, we have been really busy with homeschooling, boy scouts, preparing for Christmas. I have missed visiting your blogs. Thanks for those stopping by and checking on me and thanks for the great awards that some of my fellow bloggers have left for me, I will be posting those when I get back to blogging after the holidays, just taking a break for a while.

Praying you all have a very blessed merry Christmas and happy new year !!





JOY TO THE WORLD ~~~ One of my favorite Christmas hymns.
Joy to the world! the Lord has come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.



Lord Jesus, Wise men traveled for miles to bring you the first Christmas presents. So may we, too, remember with thankful hearts the love that comes with each present we open. We also thank you for the amazing love you have for each of us, and we thank you for the many gifts that you give us. Amen

The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

~Thomas More

Enjoy your weekend !

Adventurers Between Adventures
Norman Rockwell

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. Colossians 4: 2

I pray that you have a blessed day.

"Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know,by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown."
~Corrie Ten Boom

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Romans 5:9

Gods Love ~

God is so big He can cover the whole world with His love,
and so small He can curl up inside your heart.
~ June Masters Bacher

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12 :9

What a wonderful gift - Gods grace !

Today is WFW !

The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word through photo’s & a Bible verse!

Today our sweet hostess is Susan @ http://susan2956.blogspot.com/

Have a blessed day dear family and friends !

A careless word may kindle strife,

A cruel word may wreck a life,

A bitter word may hate instil,

A brutal word may smite and kill.

A gracious word may light a day,

A kindly word may keep loneliness away,

A timely word may lessen stress,

A loving word may heal and bless.

(Author Unknown)

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,

that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Colossians 4:6

"It's only forgetting yourself that you draw near to God."
~ Henry David Thoreau

James 4:8 ~ "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you."

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

Today I have some special prayer requests, please join me in uplifting them in your prayers.

Please pray for my dear sisterinlaw Susan , her baby girl was due to be born a few days ago, and they are still anxiously awaiting, she goes back to the Dr. today. She is such a lovely mommy to be !

Please pray for me dear Aunt Carolyn, she has breast cancer, she is doing well with her treatments, pray that she continues to do so.

Please pray for my dear Aunt Sue, she has recently finished breast cancer treatments, and is doing well.

Please pray for my dear Aunt Geraldine, she is not doing well, she has ovarian cancer.

Please pray for my dear brother, who does not know Jesus as his saviour, he knows he is lost

and the holy spirit is dealing with him. I pray that he is saved before it is everlasting too late.

Please pray for my dear blogging friends dealing with health issues, they are such special ladies !

My husbands precious cousin, Diane : http://auntdisexperimentallife.blogspot.com/

Dear Debra : http://kayemercury.blogspot.com/

A dear lady : http://ladymslavendercottage.blogspot.com/

Sweet Denise : http://shortybearsplace.blogspot.com/

Dear Aleluabelles husband : http://alleluiabelle.blogspot.com/

Jesus died your soul to save;

For your life He freely gave

All He had in heaven above,

Just to show His wondrous love.

Wondrous love so rich, so free--

Can it truly be for me?

Yes, dear friend, 'tis true, 'tis true,

All Christ did, He did for you.

--Jennifer R. Leaf

Thank you for praying, may you have a blessed day ~