This week is a week of celebration and remembering that "MY JOURNEY" is 1 year old!! I plan to give you everyday An "heart present" and your coming everyday makes the celebration more fun because a party by yourself is no party!
This whole week i put the 1st writings and compiling postings again in the "lime-light"...
What an time it was with "sweating"...fearing...doubthing...making blogs and email to other bloggers ALOT of questions who where after looking back now simple problems...LOL...
Thank You all who remember this beginning time of " My Journey "
This is the 1st picture and information on this blog
To read more about this building and how God use this picture to tell me something you can read here
This week is a milestone for me. Because it is exactly one year ago on the 6th of December i start making my 1st steps in setting up an blog and blogpost .....WOW..... It’s only because of God’s inspiration, guidance and blessing that this blog is one year old! It’s my “Blog-aversary” …love that name!
My JOURNEY was birthed....and came to life a long the way .....
God inspired...guided and blessed me ....He brought all of you and used all of you to encourage and leaving comments to me to go on blogging...( I really didn't had any plan...lol...,but HE had....)
Thank You all so much
Stay an part of MY JOURNEY and let's praise God together and celebrate my "1st blog-aversary"
Thank You Lord for this mile-stone....i did not know YOUR plan but i followed and obeyed.....
Keep on blessing me along the way and guide my thoughts and hands to make this blog an blessing for others and bring HONOUR to Your Name Father.This i pray in Your sons name Jesus Christ.AMEN.
1 "Look! I'm sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you've been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you've been waiting for. Look! He's on his way!" A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
2-4But who will be able to stand up to that coming? Who can survive his appearance?
He'll be like white-hot fire from the smelter's furnace. He'll be like the strongest lye soap at the laundry. He'll take his place as a refiner of silver, as a cleanser of dirty clothes. He'll scrub the Levite priests clean, refine them like gold and silver, until they're fit for God, fit to present offerings of righteousness. Then, and only then, will Judah and Jerusalem be fit and pleasing to God, as they used to be in the years long ago.
Philippians 1:3-11
A Love That Will Grow
3-6Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God's Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.
7-8It's not at all fanciful for me to think this way about you. My prayers and hopes have deep roots in reality. You have, after all, stuck with me all the way from the time I was thrown in jail, put on trial, and came out of it in one piece. All along you have experienced with me the most generous help from God. He knows how much I love and miss you these days. Sometimes I think I feel as strongly about you as Christ does!
9-11So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.
Luke 3
A Baptism of Life-Change
1-6 In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah's son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet:
Thunder in the desert!
"Prepare God's arrival!
Make the road smooth and straight!
Every ditch will be filled in,
Every bump smoothed out,
The detours straightened out,
All the ruts paved over.
Everyone will be there to see
The parade of God's salvation."
God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts
of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will. Hebrews 2:4
For the gifts you have given each of us, O Creator of all good things, we are
indeed grateful. May we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the use of
these gifts. Amen.
The second candle shows that Christ is the Way. Humans are lost in sin and Christ is the Light sent into the world to show them the way out of darkness.
I found an beautiful poem let it be our prayer in preperation for Christmas!His birth in our hearts.
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I am not worthy, Master and Lord,
that you should come
beneath the roof of my soul;
Yet, since you in your love for all people
wish to dwell within me,
in boldness I come before you.
You command “Open the gates!”
Gates you alone have forged;
And you will come in
with love toward all, as is your nature.
You will come in and enlighten my dark reasoning.
I believe you will do this,
for you did not send away
the harlot who came to you with tears,
nor cast out the repenting publican,
nor reject the thief
who acknowledged your kingdom.
You did not forsake the repentant persecutor,
the apostle Paul, even as he was.
But all who came to you in repentance,
you counted in the band of your friends;
You, who alone lives in glory forever,
now and unto the endless ages.
"Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin" (Zech. 4:10 NLT).
Moses had a staff.
David had a sling.
Samson had a jawbone.
Rahab had a string.
Mary had some ointment.
Aaron had a rod.
Dorcas had a needle.
All were used by God.
What do you have? God inhabits the tiny seed, empowers the tiny deed. He cures the common life by giving no common life, by offering no common gifts. Don't discount the smallness of your deeds. From Cure for the Common Life ( M Lucado)
I came accross these new revelations about the story of St Nicholas.....
I heard this morning the boat of "St Nicholas" arriving at the school of my kids....singing dancing celebration and gift givings will go on through today at there school. Tomorrow is the holiday celebration in Holland. Have an great weekend!
The historic St. Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor. St. Nicholas is traditionally considered the patron saint of children, particularly boys. In fact, in medieval England, it was the custom on St. Nicholas' Day (December 6) to choose a choirboy from the cathedral choir as "Bishop for a Day." Some cathedral museums still have their "boy bishop" vestments on display.
Icon: St. Nicholas and the Three Slain Boys
The association is traced to the legend of St. Nicholas and the Three Pickled Boys. Tradition has it that an evil shopkeeper in the town of Myra hated children. He kidnapped three small boys, chopped them up with an axe, and pickled them in a barrel. St. Nicholas, upon hearing of this horror, prayed fervently to God. Because of the purity of his faith, the boys were raised to life and wholeness again and came out of the pickle barrel singing "Alleluia!" and giving thanks to God.
The legend of St. Nicholas and the Three Pickled Boys was popularized in this century by the composer Benjamin Britten in his well-known cantata "St. Nicolas" (op. 42). The witty choral work, with poetry by Eric Crozier, tells the life of the saint in song; three choirboys sing the part of the Pickled Boys, always an audience favorite.
For several years at Christmastime, Godiva Chocolate produced a large, solid chocolate St. Nicholas figure which had at his feet three boys and a pickle barrel.
The illustration shows what is believed to be the only existing icon depicting this legend. The evil shopkeeper's axe is visible in the lower right corner. To make a theological point, the artist has made the pickle barrel a baptismal font, symbolizing death and rebirth
Excerpted from "Prayers for the Domestic Church: A Handbook for Worship in the Home," by Edward Hays. Forest of Peace Publishing, c2000. Used with permission.
Good St. Nicholas, we honor you
on this your holy feast day.
We rejoice that you are the patron saint
and the holy symbol of joy
for many peoples of many lands.
Come, great-hearted saint,
and be our patron and companion
as we, once again, prepare our homes and hearts
for the great feast of Christmas,
the birth of the Eternal Blessing, Jesus Christ.
May these sweets, these candy canes,
be a sign of Advent joy for us.
May these candy canes,
shaped just like your Bishop's staff,
be for us a sign of your benevolent care.
We rejoice that you are the holy bringer of gifts
and that so many have been delighted
through your great generosity.
Help us to be as generous of heart.
Wherever these candy canes are hung,
on tree or wall or door,
may they carry with them
the bright blessing of God.
May all who shall taste them
experience the joy of God
upon their tongues and in their hearts.
We ask God, now, to bless
these your brightly striped sweets
in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We light the candle of Hope last Sunday, as we journey together into the first week of Advent,let's all try and discover the true meaning of Christmas together. And let's all pray that we will have enough hope to share with all the people of the world that need it more than us.
There is no pain jesus can't feel No hurt he can not heal All things work according to his perfect will No matter what you're going through Remember god is using you For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
There's no sadness jesus can't feel And there is no sorrow That he can not heal For all things work According to the master's holy will No matter what you're going through Remember that god is only using you For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
It's the lord's Yes it's the lord's Hold your head up high Don't you fright It's the lord's It's the lord's Yes it's the lord's
No matter what You're going through Remember that god Only wants to use you For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
No matter what You happen to go through right now Remember that in the midst of it all God only wants to use you No matter what you're going through For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
No matter what it is That you're going through Hold your head up, stick your chest out And remember he's using you No matter what you're going through God is only using you
For this battle is not yours alone This battle is not yours, no You can not handle it all by yourself No, no, no, no, no, no It's not yours This battle is not yours It's the lord's, not yours
This battle is not yours The lord is the only one who can fight it He wants to use you as his vessel So be open to him It's not yours No it's not yours It's the lord's, not yours
SO we can be FEARLESS and Friday is approuching...... .....Fearless Fridays! A day where I commit to pray for you. Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you. To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment at "FREE SPIRIT HAVEN". I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your life and others.
If the Lord so leads you, grab the Fearless Friday button and bring it to your blog, letting others know you too will stand in the gap for others through prayer.
I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:18-20
“They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT
"Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT
In my side bar you see prayer buttons lift those and there love ones up in prayer today with me
We praise God for answered prayers and continue praying for total healing of Melissa
I pray today for my online friends in my christian woman groups and in blog land. That God's will be done in our Life's that we will be an encouragement for eachother and honour God with our blogs and in our life's.
Visit some fairly new blogs from friends dear to my heart and pray for them and or leave an comment as you feel lead on there blogs....
THANKFUL THURSDAY I was tending to skip writing an thankful post .....not that i am not THANKFUL .But it is only to put pen on paper so to say at the end of an LONG day........!!
Thank You father God for today gotten out of your hand...To know YOU wake me up and that YOU reach from high up down to earth . To lead ,guide protect...comfort,bring peace in the day like no one else can give.........Thank You Lord for knowing YOUR HAND is there ....
Your same HAND is bussy with me Lord Thank You for that...Let me be and stay like clay in YOUR hand Father ...Let me stay on YOUR WEEL in this life form me mold me let Your will be done in my Life!
Thank You Father for the LIGHT that Shines and Guides, what is keeping me warm in this cold and dreary world...The Light YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST that came in this world especially for me and every soul on this earth! Thank You!
THANK YOU LORD for my HUSBAND who YOU put beside me and make him unique to fulfull the purpose You have in mind for him.Let Your blessing and hand be on Him forever!
Thank You for my children let Your will be done in there life Let we be blessings to eachother and to others and honour You with our family life....
I am blessed and can go on and praise Him for all the gifts/blessings big and small bestowed on me.
The Lord is good all the time Amen!
We light the candle of Hope last Sunday, as we journey together into the first week of Advent,let's all try and discover the true meaning of Christmas together. And let's all pray that we will have enough hope to share with all the people of the world that need it more than us.
There is no pain jesus can't feel
No hurt he can not heal All things work according to his perfect will
No matter what you're going through Remember god is using you For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
There's no sadness jesus can't feel
And there is no sorrow
That he can not heal
For all things work According to the master's holy will No matter what you're going through Remember that god is only using you For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's Hold your head up high Don't you fright
It's the lord's
It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's
No matter what
You're going through
Remember that god
Only wants to use you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's
No matter what
You happen to go through right now Remember that in the midst of it all God only wants to use you No matter what you're going through For the battle is not yours It's the lord's
No matter what it is
That you're going through Hold your head up, stick your chest out And remember he's using you No matter what you're going through God is only using you
For this battle is not yours alone This battle is not yours, no You can not handle it all by yourself No, no, no, no, no, no It's not yours
This battle is not yours
It's the lord's, not yours
This battle is not yours The lord is the only one who can fight it He wants to use you as his vessel So be open to him It's not yours No it's not yours It's the lord's, not yours
The battle is not your's
It's the lord's
Hallelujah
Yeah!
Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
( NKJV Bible )
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
Watchword for the Week Jesus says, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." Luke 21:33
Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36
Inquire first for the word of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 18:4
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory. John
1:14
Jesus, you provide us with a perfect example of how to stand firm against the surrounding criticism. Keep us focused on you when challenges come our way. Amen.
Jeremiah 33:14-16 (New International Version)
14 " 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
15 " 'In those days and at that time
I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;
he will do what is just and right in the land.
16 In those days Judah will be saved
and Jerusalem will live in safety.
This is the name by which it [a] will be called:
The LORD Our Righteousness.'
Psalm 25
A David Psalm
1-2 My head is high, God, held high; I'm looking to you, God;
No hangdog skulking for me.
3 I've thrown in my lot with you;
You won't embarrass me, will you?
Or let my enemies get the best of me? Don't embarrass any of us
Who went out on a limb for you.
It's the traitors who should be humiliated.
4 Show me how you work, God;
School me in your ways.
5 Take me by the hand;
Lead me down the path of truth.
You are my Savior, aren't you?
6 Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, God;
Rebuild the ancient landmarks!
7 Forget that I sowed wild oats;
Mark me with your sign of love.
Plan only the best for me, God!
8God is fair and just;
He corrects the misdirected,
Sends them in the right direction.
9 He gives the rejects his hand,
And leads them step-by-step.
10 From now on every road you travel
Will take you to God.
Follow the Covenant signs;
Read the charted directions.
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 (New International Version)
9How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 10Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. 11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
Luke 21:25-36 (The Message)
25-26"It will seem like all hell has broken loose—sun, moon, stars, earth, sea, in an uproar and everyone all over the world in a panic, the wind knocked out of them by the threat of doom, the powers-that-be quaking.
27-28"And then—then!—they'll see the Son of Man welcomed in grand style—a glorious welcome! When all this starts to happen, up on your feet. Stand tall with your heads high. Help is on the way!"
29-33He told them a story. "Look at a fig tree. Any tree for that matter. When the leaves begin to show, one look tells you that summer is right around the corner. The same here—when you see these things happen, you know God's kingdom is about here. Don't brush this off: I'm not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too—these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won't wear out.
34-36"But be on your guard. Don't let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it's going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don't go to sleep at the switch. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that's coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man."
Christ says, "I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring
them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one
shepherd." John 10:16
Lord, we know that there is plenty of room for more in your flock yet we are sometimes reluctant to make space. Stretch our arms and open our hands to extend the invitation of your grace to the world. Amen.
Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" 4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill . 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!" 8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us- 9 he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Psalm 19:14 (New International Version)
14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
This week we celebrated my daughters 11th birthday. I'm so thankful for her life and praise God for her uniqueness.
This week God spoke through music to my heart and i am so thankful for music yesterday's post and here and here
Thankful for my husband and his hunger to grow in the Lord and share His word with others.
Thankful for an longdistant call with my parents this week and on both ends we where in good spirit
Thankful for an warm house now the weather get rainy and cold
Thankful for the provisions to pay our basic bills
Wish you all an blessed thanks Giving holiday from this side of the world ( No thanksgiving celebration overhere!)
This is a week of a lot of focuss on THANKSGIVING i see in blogland... I even join the 30th day Challenge ( you can see it in my side bar on the left) Overhere we do not have this celebration day but nevertheless i join all of you in cultivating an attitude of gratitude this month and it is something we need to keep on doing the whole year isn't it?
Today MUSIC made my day .... Due to an day devotion on . www.pray-as-you-go.org I listen again since an long time to Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The next song can't let me sit still and i love the earthly song...It really brings the tropics in my house .What an blessing it was today. Hope it will bless you also. On youtube you can find a lot more music of them also english ones...."Amazing Grace" is also powerful.
SHOSHOLOZA BY LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
The Zulu word Shosholoza means go forward or make way for the next man, and is also reminiscent of the sound made by the steam train (stimela) described in the song.
SHOSHOLOZA LYRICS IN ZULU (Mostly in Zulu):
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
CHORUS:
Shosholoza
Shosholoza
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
Shosholoza
Shosholoza
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
VERSE 1:
Wen' uyabaleka
Wen' uyabaleka
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
Wen' uyabaleka
Wen' uyabaleka
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
CHORUS:
Shosholoza
Shosholoza
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.Proverbs 9:11
Want de wijsheid verlengt uw leven en God zal er jaren aan toevoegen. Spreuken 9:11
Yesterday we celebrate our daughters birthday to have fun as an family at an favorite place of her in a zoo. She is so fun of animals and and outside life.
The zoo we went " Oudehands Dierenpark " we never went before and had an beautiful day and lot of fun.
Today is Fearless Fridays! A day where I commit to pray for you. Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you. To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment at "FREE SPIRIT HAVEN". I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your life and others.
If the Lord so leads you, grab the Fearless Friday button and bring it to your blog, letting others know you too will stand in the gap for others through prayer.
I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:18-20
“They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT
"Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT
Last week our host Angela put this picture up and said this
"When I look at this picture above my spirit just rises up! BACK OFF! I bind you in the Name of Jesus Christ! We submit to God. We resist you Satan. and you HAVE to flee! We come near to God. And He comes near to us. This picture reminds me that we are from the tribe of the Lion of Judah! We look to our enemies and say: DON'T MESS WITH ME! We are God's holy children! "
Yes our spirit is rising up today within us and any day we have to to stand and stay firm... This picture stayed in my minds eye and i pray and hope it will in yours!
I was contemplating this morning what i should put up as prayer requests and what to put under attention for other bloggers to lift up in prayer.
There is a lot of need and also a lot of praise in blogland
Let's rally around the family's and friends who are in need feel weak...need encouragement
You can find in my side bar link's to the blog from Andrews Mum BELLA MELLA,and to the blog of the wife of Ron. Please pray for Andrew and his family and for Ron and his family A lot of praise went up on the blog of Mc Mama for the healing of Stellan from his SVT........my heart also went up and stil when i see pictures of his smiling face....In my side bar you can find links to the whole story and video's when his parents tell about everything......
I was thinking this morning i do not want to direct only to bloggers and family's who need healing....... No idea came up but just before starting to compile this blog an email from an very dear friend in India( Mumbai) caught my attention.....
I am so busy for these cancer patients I caring and preaching among them. last two days for the whole day I was helping those. today i am going to mission field for Gospel camping from 20 too 22 November. Please forgive me, I didnt have much time for our beautiful Ning page. Pray for us, our preacher could be Mr. Ravi and I woul be councellor and many other missionaires.
Pray many call gal, back slider, hindu/muslims come to Jesus.
I will update you all.
Blessings
Muani
I said God what message you like me to post...to pray for my dear friend Muani and her newly wed husband Rev David Whitener?
Yes join me in praying for them BUT i believe God want us to pray for our selfs also when we look at how f.e this couple is working and bringing God's work to HIS PEOPLE in HIS WORLD!
The lessons we get when we look see and hear about mission work for our own life and daily walk as Christian
Be blessed by the day to day Life of David and Muani in Mumbai!
--- It is not "by chance" i come across this award.....At Christy Rose from "The Secret Life of an American Wife and mom". She really deserves this award what she gave away to all her readers last sunday.Why i say that she deserves also this award is because her blogpost "I am leaning" gave me today the first ray's of sunshine in my day!Her transparency about her struggle with her teenkids stirred respect in me and her attitude in this season how to handle get through it i read in her last words in the last sentence " only God can empower me when i am weak" i needed to hear that today to keep the good focus...Thanks Christy Rose!
And reading further in her blog i found this award an answer to my thoughts already for some weeks to find an award for 2 special "newbiebloggers" to my heart.... I could not find the fitting award......Beside blogworld i know them also online...and no matter if we chat or when i read or listen to the songs in their blog.....They warm my heart also... So when i saw this award " You add sunshine to my day" i thought " THIS IS IT.......THIS FITS.. HOLLY from "Letting Go and Letting God!" and My friend at " Mountain Tops and Valleys: My Growing Walk" Take a peek in there blogs and leave a comment at it .....I want others to get to know them better and experience the rays of Sun(Son)shine they are bringing in the day.......
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QUOTE from LYSA TERKEUST!!(from " A MESS") I'm convinced there's a reason the first four letters of Messiah spell mess. We need Him. Only the Messiah can take our mess and turn it into a untangled message of hope, forgiveness, and ultimately love.
ALOT OF PRAISE @ WORSHIP SONGS FROM MY BIRTHCOUNTRY
Romans 12!