HOPE

Lord, help make my life a life of blessing to someone else who is hurting and in need of hope.  (Charles Stanley)

When You Walk Through a Storm

During this time of recovery from such devastion caused by the hurricane, we still must remember to keep our faith. I rememered this song " You'll never Walk Alone". Interesting how it starts out, when you walk through a storm. For all of us who are walking through the aftermath of this storm, please do keep your head up high and know you are not walking through this alone.  Sincerely yours,
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It is always good to have a Big Friend by Your side

Hardly ever do I think about my age.  Hardly ever do I think about how life has gone by.  But for some reason today I thought about it.  Maybe it is the wind blowing outside my windows, the hurricane at my door, that gave me pause to think.  It has occurred to me today, if I take the sum total of everything in my life, the joys do outweigh the sorrows. I guess that is because through wisdom of age, there is no reason to keep in my heart that which no longer brings joy.  It feels good to empty my heart of all that does not matter. Sincerely yours,

Hear O Lord

Here O Lord and answer me for I am in need. Guard my life, my soul, for I am devoted to You. You are my God and I trust in you. Have mercy on me Lord, for I pray to you only. Bring joy to my soul, health to my body, for to You I lift up my soul. Here and listen to my prayers.  In these days of my trouble I will pray to You. For I know you will answer me. There is none like you O Lord, nothing I seek more then You. I come, pray, and worship before You. For You are great and do maravelous deeds and miracle.  You alone are God. Teach me Your way: O Lord, let me walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart. Never let me be so distressed that I should forge Your name. Let me praise You with all my heart. For great is Your love toward me. Deliver me now from the depths of my trouble.  O Lord, You are a compassionate and gracious God. Abounding in love and faithfulness. Keep me always faithful to You no matter what may befall me. Turn to me, have mercy on me, grant me Your strength. Teach me to number my days a right so that I may gain a heart of wisdom. Give me a sign of Your goodness today please. O Lord, help me and comfort me for to Your I pray every day of my soul's life here on earth. I do believe I will have what I ask for according to your wisdom and by the promises of your word.  Amen.
Sincerely yours,

"I AM"

" I AM" Living a spirit filled life that attracts others to Jesus.
" I AM" by the surrendering to the power of the Holy Spirit using my God given talents  and abilities to create and bring Love, Joy, and Harmony to all who seek it.
" I AM" creating an income of more that I could ask for or imagine.
Sincerely yours,

            Don't really know what all the panic is about. I am just going to lie here and wait out that
        darn old hurricane.

A Storm is a Coming

A storm called Sandy is heading to the East Coast and should hit by Sunday.  How do we prepare, well, water, batteries, can foods, pet food, rushing to buy all the things we think will keep us safe and secure.  Which we all should practice those things, of course.  But, every day there is someone who is going through a storm in their life.  Someone who is on bended knee asking God to save their child, help with finances, cure an illness, bring love back into their life.  Every day we face a challenge, a storm, a sorrow. For me before I race to the store, I race to get down on my knees and ask the Lord above to keep us in His care, to watch over each and everyone of us, daily, not just when the storms of life hit, or the physical storms of hurricanes, but each moment,  with each breath, with each heartbeat.  It is only by the Grace and Love of God will we be able to weather any storm.  God Bless, be safe.  Sincerely yours,

THE FUTURE IN NEW

Forget the former things: do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a NEW thing. I am making a new way. I am the Lord, your Creator.  Isaiah 43.

Yes, it is really time to stop lingering in the past of old hurts, sorrows, rejection, etc. Time to let the Lord make all things NEW again. Someone once said, "stop looking for me in the past, you won't find me there." It is high time I can  now say the same.
Sincerely yours,

Do not let discouragement be in control of your life today.  Look to what you have left in your life, not at what was lost.  Rebuild from a new foundation of God's strength and His love for you.  Yes, You!  Discouragement does not have to stay long in your life. Look up to God in Heaven with prayers of thanksgiving for what we still have. Don't look back at what has been.  Discouragement can have its say, but God has a greater and stronger voice during our times of troubles.  God will support us as we move forward and away from a discouraged heart.  "For God knows the plans He has for us, plans to help us, not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future."  Today look ahead and plan with God your next steps. Sincerely yours,

After the teardrops of rain leave our heart there are still rainbows.

WHERE OR WHEN DOES IT MATTER NOW

Who was it that I was meant to be?  What was I suppose to do here? Why did it all come out this way?  Where was I meant to go? Who was I meant to meet along the path of life?  Was it I that made a wrong turn or perhaps the right turn?  How did I wind up here? Did I not listen correctly? Did I miss a sign along the journey?  Life ...Love ... all lost now for the sake of who, what, where, when?  Funny, I no longer remember any of that, as I just sit here thinking, wondering, dreaming of what was.
Sincerely yours,

Heartache, heart break, the cry of the heart leaves nothing to the imagination.

The heart in emotional pain is raw, revealing, honest, open and above all forgiving.

The heart that forgives the hurt is a heart that lives on to love again.

ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, MY FRIEND, MY DOG

                         After the storm the birds still will sing and so must we.

PUT A LITTLE HUG IN YOU HEART

Everyone was meant to share God's all-abiding love and care; He saw that we would need to know a way to let feelings show.... So God made hugs.  (Jill Wolf)

A LITTLE LOVE GOES A LONG WAY

Love the soft, sweet music from heaven that finds its way into our heart at just the right time, the right place, the right moment in time. Dogs, God's way of showing us what unconditional Love really feels like.

GIVING FROM THE HEART

What ever you give from your heart is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others, for safe keeping, for memeories, for the warm feeling of love, for kindness and for laughter.  So give from your heart often.
Sincerely yours,

May the Lord of Peace give you Peace in every circumstance in your life.  May you know that peace that surpasses all understanding.  May your mind and your heart be guided by the power and love of the Holy Spirit.

Sincerely yours,

GET STARTED

Today make great use of your imagination and your creativity.
Get started on your Dream today.
Sincerely yours,

A Mother's Love

In life my precious little one, remember, I will always be there for you, no matter what life brings to you, my love will always comfort you, protect you, keep your strong; for a mother's love is forever. This I promise you.

Keep Dreaming - Keep Believing

We all have times when we feel like life has just gotten the best of us. And perhaps at times it has.  When we want to give up, give in or just plain quit.  Whether we battle depression, lost, grief, weight, carrying the burdens of others, being a care giver, a single parent, going through relationship problems, divorce, lost of jobs, finances, health problems, heartache, heart break, quilt, each can give  us anxiety, lack of sleep, a lost of desire.  We could go on and on with the problems that rob us daily of our joy, sense of peace, our commitment to self.  Keeping us stuck, and forgetting to believe that no problem is bigger or wiser than spirit is. That if God is for us, who or what could be against us.

Where are you right now in your thinking, right this moment in time, what is it that you truly believe in, what do you believe about yourself,or believe to be the truth of your circumstance? Are you a survivor? Has life tested you at any point in your life, and have you risen above the circumstances?  If not, why?  If so how?

Think deeply and carefully about that time, that one time when you thought life took your hope away.  When you thought you would never make it or be the same ever again.  Examine that image, see it, and own it.  Now step away from the vision in your mind, take a very long deep breath, exhale slowly and remember, this,  that time has passed away, and only the memory of how you survived it, how you rose to the challenge of it and how you conqueor it remains.  It remains as a vital part of your celluar memory to call upon it once again to remind you of your character, your strength, your will to survive, allowing you to become creative once again  in your thinking.

Tough times, challenging times equal creativity, productivity, and will power.  How strong is your will power?  How much muscle is there to lift yourself up above the chatter of your own inner voice that says you are beaten down?  Is it really still in anybody’s mind in this day and age that we can no longer rise up to any given circumstance and not win?  Not become, better from it, stronger, smarter, wiser in spirit?   That any trial cannot be won with a little or a lot of faith, hope, love, and sheer determination?  You tell me, what is that one thing, that very one thing that always will beat you, beat you up, and rob you of your faith, your love, and your very will to carry on with your dreams?  Where is it written that we are only entitled to one dream, one chance, and one love?  Certainly it is not in any book of life from spirit.  With spirit we are ever learning, ever co-creating, ever surviving, and ever believing in our dreams and seeing them to reality.   Any thought pattern other than this is not from spirit, but from our own lack of will.  Spirit is eternal always believing the best in us, about us, reminding us of our hope and our true identity in love.   We are not alone on this journey of life.  We truly, truly are one with God.  Co- creating, co- existing.

I really do not know anyone who has lived a life free from sorrow, pain, uncertainty.  But I do know many souls who have lived with the hope and belief that God does have a plan for us, a plan to help us, not to harm us, a plan to give us hope and a future.  It is this absolute truth that fuels our soul and gives the soul its reason to carry on.

I do not remember being promised an easy, carefree life at all times, I   remember reading that in this life you will have tribulation, but I also remember being promised that God would never leave me alone.

 With God all things are possible to those who believe they are. Where do you stand, what are your beliefs when life takes a wrong turn?  What gets you through the tough times? 
 Our desire to succeed to get up and keep going is real; it is still burning within our soul, asking us to continue to find solutions, to find love.
So here and now, get up – get going – believe in yourself – make your life count.

Because Your Life Does Count, your life matters, your place on earth does have a heavenly meaning. 

So reach up and find your star, you know, the one with your name on it and breathe new life into your dreams once again.

Sincerely yours,

A VIEW POINT OF WORK

 May your new work excite your heart,

kindle in your mind a creativity

to journey beyond the old limits

of all that has become wearisome. 

May this work challenge you toward

new frontiers that will emerge

as you begin to approach them,

calling forth from you the full force

and depth of your undiscovered gifts. 

May the work fit the rhythms of your soul,

enabling you to draw from the invisible

new ideas and a vision that will inspire.

Remember to be kind

to those who work for you,

endeavor to remain aware

of the quiet world

that lives behind each face. 

Be fair in your expectations

compassionate in your criticism. 

May you have the grace of encouragement

to awaken the gift in the other's heart,

building in them the confidence

to follow the call of the gift. 

May you come to know that work

which emerges from the mind of love

will have beauty and form. 

May this new work be worthy

of the energy of your heart

and the light of your thought. 

May your work assume

a proper space in your life,

instead of owning or using you. 

May it challenge and refine you,

bringing you everyday further

into the wonder of your heart.

 

By John O'Donohue.

THE MAGIC

The Magic Of Love
Love is like magic
And it always will be.
For love still remains
Life's sweet mystery!!
Love works in ways
That are wondrous and strange
And there's nothing in life
That love cannot change!!
Love can transform
The most commonplace
Into beauty and splendor
And sweetness and grace.
Love is unselfish,
Understanding and kind,
For it sees with its heart
And not with its mind!!
Love is the answer
That everyone seeks...
Love is the language,
That every heart speaks.
Love can't be bought,
It is priceless and free,
Love, like pure magic,
Is life's sweet mystery!!

- Helen Steiner Rice -

Friend Blessing

I thank God, my friend, for the blessing you are, for the joy of your laughter, the comfort of your prayers, the warmth of your smile.
Oh, what joy true friendship brings the heart.

SOMETIMES I WISH . . . . .

Sometimes I wish I never knew what it felt like to love, to be devoted, to give and understand compassion.

Sometimes I wish I never knew the loneliness of love, the uncertainty, the grief and pain it can cause.

Sometimes I wish I never opened up my heart to love, when it knocked on the door and whispered I am here.

Sometimes I wish I had said go away and do not try to find your way back here to my heart, go and bother someone else.

Sometimes I wish I never believed in the fairy tale of love, the dreams, the happily ever after that very rarely proves to be happily ever after in reality.  The after part only means after you have given everything and cannot give any more, then love leaves to find a new victim of its sometimes cruel existence.

Sometimes I wish that I could have been smarter than love, wiser than love but somehow love knew just how to alter my thoughts and move into my heart. At times, rendering me helpless, hopelessly at the mercy of love’s demands and sacrifices.

Sometimes I wonder had I not loved so deeply, devotedly, proudly, with honor and integrity -  than maybe, just maybe,  I would not have to grieve equally so deeply.

Sometimes I wonder how the heart can feel so heavy when it is so empty of all it once knew.

Sometimes I wonder how love can be such a game of life, each person using it to their own selfish end and never playing the game fairly, just playing it to win whatever victory that it can achieve. Victory  at whose expense?  But it never is, ever a victory when one looks back over their life.

Sometimes I wonder when I wake up alone, go to sleep alone, why I bothered to love and love a heart that never returned the favor of love, the desires of love, the completeness of love, the tenderness of love.

Sometimes I am reminded that love can be precious, magical, the very breath of the soul.

Sometimes I am reminded to treasure love, to respect love, to give of love its true value and worth. For to hold onto love, to shelter love, to not allow love it’s full expression, the result - the soul will grieve.

Sometimes I am reminded why the soul came here -  if not to love – if not to cry – if not to share – if not to experience the joys – the sorrows – the victories and the defeats of the human heart.

Sometimes I pray.

Sometimes God answers.

Sometime soon my heart will love again, and again, and again, for I did not come here to allow my soul to remain heartbroken.

Sometimes I know that to Love God through it all, to trust, and to believe in a better tomorrow is a lesson well learned, no matter how I had to learn it.

Sometime, yes sometime soon, love will knock again on the door of my heart and I will once again say come in.

Sincerely yours,

ENCOURAGEMENT

There are times when encouragement means such a lot. And a word is enough to convey it. (Grace Dawson)