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Mar14
Illuminating Blogger’s Award!
Thank you!
I’ve been nominated by http://seasonsgirl.wordpress.com/ for the Illuminating Blogger’s Award! It’s my first nomination…and I’m so excited and honored! Seasonsgirl’s blog has been an inspiration to me since I started my blog in July last year. Her posts are kind, gentle, and lovely…she honors God in all that she does! I feel warm and fuzzy…welcomed and loved…when I read her posts…you’ll love her blog, too!
So thank you Seasonsgirl for reading, liking, and commenting on my posts…and for the nomination for the Illuminating Blogger’s Award! I know we’d be great friends…if we ever meet in person…you could teach me all about your awesome life on a ranch!
I love all your photos, your life, your pets, and your animals!!
So now the rules for the Illuminating Blogger Award…
The Rules:
Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you (see above)
Say a few words of gratitude on your blog and follow the link (see above)
Share a few words about yourself and pass on the award to 5 other bloggers
About Me!
Christian, Wife, Mother, Minister, Teacher, Drama Team Director, owner of a Crazy Siberian and a California King Snake…Italian from NJ living in FL with lots to say…who loves to serve the Lord with JOY, write-write-write, and take beautiful photos of God’s awesome scenery!!
Anything I do is a ministry to Jesus, so I pray you’re blessed by my blog…whether it’s a Scripture, my favorite contemporary Christian music, a kid’s Bible object lesson, teaching a life lesson, my photographs, or something humorous to get the outrageous JOY out of life that God meant for us to have!
I love sharing it all!!
Five Worthy Nominations For The Illuminating Blogger’s Award:
1. I love author Bella Grace’s blog, http://walkingonwaterwithgrace.org/ Founder of Walking On Water Ministries, Walking On Water, or WOW…a ministry built on faith, hope, trust, and more importantly LOVE.
She loves the Lord, she’s my sister in the Lord…I feel loved when I read her posts, and also when she comments on mine!
2. I love OverwhelmedByJoy, http://overwhelmedbyjoy.wordpress.com/about/ She’s a wife, mother, friend, and more…also a patient, who makes a conscious decision to choose joy, even though permanently disabled. She’s a caretaker for her mother. She chooses joy because this is the best option. Because the other option. . . is not an option.
She’s so inspirational, wise, and caring…I love her blog!
3. I love Adam J. Holland’s blog, http://unorthodoxepicure.com/ because he’s so opinionated, and makes me laugh, laugh, laugh every day…by making me think about everyday things in a funny way!
He doesn’t consider himself to be any quirkier than the next guy, but his family, friends and fellow bloggers disagree. He’s a chef, so his recipes are awesome! Check it out!
4. I love this new blog I just found…or maybe Kimmy found me! http://kimmyg01.wordpress.com/ Her blog includes spiritual topics that interest me…women’s ministry, Christianity, Christian living, and inspirational poetry…I’m lovin’ it!
5. I love http://becomingcliche.wordpress.com/about/ because she talks about teaching topics that interest me! She has a snake…and…ya gotta love her writing!!
She said, “Since my “About Me’ portion is getting more hits than my actual blog, I may as well not waste an opportunity. I am a snake-keeping, thrift-store loving mother of three. I work as an educator in a zoo and do a bit of free-lance writing. My pet peeves include wet clothing buried in the hamper and little popcorn kernels that get stuck in my teeth. Most days, I have the attention span of a gnat!” Check out her blog…you’ll have fun!!
I love all my blogging friends! Thanks so much for making this a joyful journey for me!! God Bless!!
Mar14
Free As A Bird!
“So if the Son sets you free,
you will be free indeed.”
John 8:36 NIV
“Jesus said, ‘You will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.'”
John 8:31-32 NIV
“because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit
who gives life
has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2 NIV
“For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord
is the Lord’s freed person;
similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.”
1 Corinthians 7:22 NIV
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then,
and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
Galatians 5:1 NIV
“In my anguish I cried to the LORD,
and He answered by setting me free.”
Psalm 118:5 NIV
“The LORD lives!
Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God,
the Rock, my Savior!
He is the God who avenges me. . .
who sets me free from my enemies.”
2 Samuel 22:47-49 NIV
“But thanks be to God that,
though you used to be slaves to sin,
you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching
to which you were entrusted.
You have been set free from sin
and have become slaves to righteousness.”
Romans 6:17-18 NIV
“Be sure of this:
the wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free.”
Proverbs 11:21 NIV
“But now He has reconciled you
by Christ’s physical body
through death
to present you holy in His sight,
without blemish
and free from accusation.”
Colossians 1:22 NIV
“For this reason
Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,
that those who are called
may receive the promised eternal inheritance–
now that He has died
as a ransom to set them free. . .”
Hebrews 9:15 NIV
“Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.”
Psalm 142:7 NIV
“He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free,
the LORD gives sight to the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.”
Psalm 146:7-8
“Sin is no longer your master,
for you no longer live under the requirements of the law.
Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.”
Romans 6:14 NLT
“We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare;
the snare has been broken,
and we have escaped.”
Psalm 124:7 NIV
“The Spirit and the bride say,
‘Come!’
And let him who hears,
say, ‘Come!’
Whoever is thirsty,
let him come;
and whoever wishes,
let him take the free gift of the water of life.”
Revelation 22:17 NIV
Yipee!! We’re free!
Freedom in Christ…
It’s a free gift!!
Take it!
Mar13
This is Just Duckie!!
The sun setting on the pond on the golf course…
The warm breeze blowing on the water…
Causes moving ripples of light and color…
And shadow reflections and mirrors…
He almost doesn’t look real…
But he is!
“…It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth…
Salvation is found in no one else,
for there is no other name under heaven
given to mankind
by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:10-12 ESV
Don’t let anything distract you…
From seeing that Jesus is real, too!
Mar7
Things Of This World Grow Strangely Dim…
How can Christians stay so focused in this world???
They’re eyes are fixed on God!
All the things of this world suddenly grow strangely dim…
Things they loved to do, or say, no longer matter…
No longer entice and ensnare them…
Worldly things fade in God’s light!
Doubts and worries go…
His Peace embraces…
All that He is…
Is all that’s important!
They seek His face…
And don’t look around…
They know who’s holding them…
Safely in His arms…
And they know the world…
Can’t offer anything that compares to that!
Mar7
The Sower And The Seed…
The Parable of the Sower
Luke 8:1-14 NIV
“After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God…
The Twelve were with Him…
While a large crowd was gathering
and people were coming to Jesus from town after town,
He told this parable:
‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path;
it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.
Still other seed fell on good soil
It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.’
When He said this, He called out, ‘Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.’
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
He said, ‘The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,
but to others I speak in parables,
so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see;
though hearing, they may not understand.‘
This is the meaning of the parable:
‘The seed is the word of God.
Those along the path are the ones who hear,
and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts,
so that they may not believe and be saved.
Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it,
but they have no root.
They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear,
but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures,
and they do not mature.
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,
who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.'”
The summary…
A sower dropped seed on the path, on rocky ground, and among thorns, and the seed was lost;
but when seed fell on good earth, it grew, yielding thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.
Jesus says, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit,
while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes
so that it will be even more fruitful.”
John 15:1-2 NIV
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
If a man remains in Me and I in him,
he will bear much fruit;
apart from Me you can do nothing.
If anyone does not remain in Me,
he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers;
such branches are picked up,
thrown into the fire and burned.”
John 15:5-6 NIV
“Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit,
so you can identify people by their actions.”
Matthew 7:20 NLT
Our goal is to persevere, grow, reach maturity, and produce more fruit!
The person who thoughtfully hears the gospel,
understands its implications,
and then consistently grows and matures,
bears much fruit as a result!
This parable must encourage us to desire and depend on Jesus to plant us in good soil,
where we can persevere through adversity to maturity and fruitfulness,
Anything else is unacceptable!
“But their minds were made dull,
for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read.
It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
Even to this day when Moses is read,
a veil covers their hearts.
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,
the veil is taken away.”
2 Corinthians 3:14-16
Amen!
Mar7
Forgiveness??? But…Really, Lord?
It’s Impossible!!
The hardest thing…
The last thing on my mind…
To forgive those who don’t deserve it???
It’s the opposite of how I feel…
The pain they caused is just too real…
I can’t even say the word “Forgiveness…”
It flies in the face of all my pride…
It moves away the mad inside…
It’s always anger’s own worst enemy…
I really want to hold a grudge…
Lord, are You saying “Set it free?”
“Yes, Forgiveness!”
Why should I love the unlovable???
Why should I try to reach the unreachable???
It’s impossible…
Forgiveness???
Why should I try to do the impossible???
Forgiveness???
It’s too hard!
“No, listen, my child…
It’ll clear the bitterness away…
It can even set a prisoner free…
There is no end to what its power can do…
So let it go and be amazed…
By what you see through eyes of grace…
The prisoner that it really frees is you!!”
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
Okay, Lord…
Show me how to love the unlovable..
Show me how to reach the unreachable…
Help me now to do the impossible…
Forgiveness!
I want to finally set it free…
So show me how to see what Your mercy sees…
Help me now to give what You gave to me!!
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
Forgiveness!
You can do it, too! Do the impossible! Free yourself by forgiving others!
Mar6
Some Days, Life Is A Walk In The Park!
Like Today!!
Lunch with my husband and two other couples…
A walk in the park…
Along the Peace River…
Cool, crisp, sun-shiny day…
It doesnt get better than this!!
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said,
‘I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life.’”
John 8:12 NIV
“Teach me thy way, O Lord;
I will walk in thy truth…”
Psalm 86:11 KJV
“…Walk as children of light.”
Ephesians 5:8 ESV
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
“Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.”
Psalm 119:105 ESV
“Whoever says he abides in Him
ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.”
1 John 2:6 ESV
“He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8 ESV
“If we live by the Spirit,
let us also walk by the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:25 ESV
“…who walk not according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:4 ESV
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
“Let your eyes look straight ahead,
fix your gaze directly before you.”
Proverbs 4:25 NIV
“Calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way.”
Proverbs 9:15
“…a man of understanding keeps a straight course.”
Proverbs 15:21 NIV
“For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came
and testified to your truth,
as indeed you are walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
3 John 1:3-4 ESV
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
for all His works are right
and His ways are just;
and those who walk in pride He is able to humble.”
Daniel 4:37 ESV
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling
to which you have been called,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:1-2 ESV
“And, as shoes for your feet,
having put on the readiness given
by the gospel of peace.”
Ephesians 6:15 ESV
“Observe the commands of the LORD your God,
walking in His ways and revering Him.”
Deuteronomy 8:6 NIV
“Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your laws,
we wait for You;
Your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.”
Isaiah 26:8 NIV
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old,
the LORD appeared to him and said,
‘I am God Almighty;
walk before Me faithfully and be blameless.'”
Genesis 17:1 NIV
“…Then Peter got down out of the boat,
walked on the water
and came toward Jesus.”
Matthew 14:29 NIV
Yes, walk straight into His arms…Amen!
Feb24
Bloom Where You’re Planted!
We’re all different, but we’re all beautiful!
“The desert and the parched land will be glad;
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
…they will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.”
Isaiah 35:1-2 NIV
“…Who knows but that you were brought to the kingdom for a time like this?”
Esther 4:14 ISV
“But in fact God has placed the parts in the body,
every one of them, just as He wanted them to be.”
1 Corinthians 12:18 NIV
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in Him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.”
Psalm 1:3 NIV
“I know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
The Lord does whatever pleases Him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.”
Psalm 135:5-6 NIV
“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
proclaiming, ‘The Lord is upright;
He is my Rock…'”
Psalm 92:12-15 NIV
“Nevertheless,
each person should live as a believer
in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them,
just as God has called them…”
1 Corinthians 7:17 NIV
“There are different kinds of gifts,
but the same Spirit distributes them.
There are different kinds of service,
but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working,
but in all of them and in everyone
it is the same God at work.”
1 Corinthians 12:4 NIV
“All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,
and He distributes them to each one,
just as He determines.”
1 Corinthians 12:11 NIV
“Just as a body, though one,
has many parts,
but all its many parts form one body,
so it is with Christ.
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body
—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—
and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.”
1 Corinthians 12: 12-14 NIV
“Now you are the body of Christ,
and each one of you is a part of it.”
1 Corinthians 12: 27 NIV
“And over all these virtues put on love,
which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,
since as members of one body you were called to peace.
And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach
and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.”
Colossians 3:14-16 NIV
We’re all needed in the Kingdom!
So…Bloom!
Present yourself to the King!
“See how the lilies of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin.”
Matthew 6:28 NIV
Take a stand!
Be confident!
“Yet I tell you that not even Solomon
in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
Matthew 6:29 NIV
Don’t remain silent!
It’s your time!
Live loud for Christ!
Persevere!
Obedience always brings blessing!
God is working through His people!
He will accomplish His purpose!
Let Him use you!
Stay faithful!
And…Bloom!!
“Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime;
it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds.
He gives showers of rain to men,
and plants of the field to everyone.”
Zechariah 10:1 NIV
Feb21
The Battle’s Already Won!
Even the battle for your mind!
No!
I’m not giving up now…
I’m claiming victory!
I’m not giving in now…
The war’s already won!
The struggle’s between God and the devil…
Love against the enemy!
No!
I’m not giving up now…
The war’s already been won for me!!
Amen!
I just read an article by Joyce Meyer, entitled,
“Are Your Thoughts Powerful or Pitiful?
Taking Battlefield of the Mind to a New Level”
Joyce Meyer Ministries
publishes
“Enjoying Everyday Life” Magazine.
In this Special Edition issue article,
She shares “Power Thoughts” from Scripture…
To encourage you to bring your thinking into agreement with God,
So you can enjoy Him…
And His good plan for you.
Here are three “Power Thoughts” she mentions:
Power Thought #1:
God Loves Me Unconditionally!
Psalm 139:14
We are “…fearfully and wonderfully made.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
the new creation has come:
The old has gone,
the new is here.”
Power Thought #2:
I will Not Live In Fear!
“This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24
Each morning, she says to herself,
“I will enjoy this day
and I will not live in fear.”
Power Thought #3:
I Am Difficult To Offend
“Whoever is slow to anger
is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit
than he who takes a city.”
Proverbs 16:32
Win the battle for your mind!!
The war’s already won!
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