Then Sings My Soul Saturday - That's Why We Praise Him -

I'm late with this but still want to take part in
Joining Amy at SIGNS, Miracles and Wonders in then sings my soul saturday!
Maybe i can't join the coming weeks because i have some pc problems whath makes it difficult to insert links and pictures etc.....

Anyways i came accross a praise medley of my favorite singer Donnie McClurkin what i love about it is i can let you hear my native language of Surinam and you hear the dDutch language also...So enjoy........

Blessed week!
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Thankful THURSDAY !!!!

Psalm 105 (The Message)





1-6 Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name!
Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
Sing him songs, belt out hymns,
translate his wonders into music!
Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs,
you who seek God. Live a happy life!
Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works;
be alert for signs of his presence.
Remember the world of wonders he has made,
his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered—
O seed of Abraham, his servant,
O child of Jacob, his chosen.

7-15 He's God, our God,
in charge of the whole earth.
And he remembers, remembers his Covenant—
for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.
It's the Covenant he made with Abraham,
the same oath he swore to Isaac,
The very statute he established with Jacob,
the eternal Covenant with Israel,
Namely, "I give you the land.
Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."
When they didn't count for much,
a mere handful, and strangers at that,
Wandering from country to country,
drifting from pillar to post,
He permitted no one to abuse them.
He told kings to keep their hands off:
"Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed,
don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets."

16-22 Then he called down a famine on the country,
he broke every last blade of wheat.
But he sent a man on ahead:
Joseph, sold as a slave.
They put cruel chains on his ankles,
an iron collar around his neck,
Until God's word came to the Pharaoh,
and God confirmed his promise.
God sent the king to release him.
The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
He appointed him master of his palace,
put him in charge of all his business
To personally instruct his princes
and train his advisors in wisdom.

23-42 Then Israel entered Egypt,
Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
God gave his people lots of babies;
soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
He turned the Egyptians against his people;
they abused and cheated God's servants.
Then he sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he also chose.
They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland,
miracles in the Land of Ham.
He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark—
they couldn't see what they were doing.
He turned all their water to blood
so that all their fish died;
He made frogs swarm through the land,
even into the king's bedroom;
He gave the word and flies swarmed,
gnats filled the air.
He substituted hail for rain,
he stabbed their land with lightning;
He wasted their vines and fig trees,
smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
With a word he brought in locusts,
millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
They consumed every blade of grass in the country
and picked the ground clean of produce;
He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of their virile powers.
He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot,
and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
Egypt was glad to have them go—
they were scared to death of them.
God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day
and a fire to light their way through the night;
They prayed and he brought quail,
filled them with the bread of heaven;
He opened the rock and water poured out;
it flowed like a river through that desert—
All because he remembered his Covenant,
his promise to Abraham, his servant.

43-45 Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy;
his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
He made them a gift of the country they entered,
helped them seize the wealth of the nations
So they could do everything he told them—
could follow his instructions to the letter.

Hallelujah!

Today TT i want to be thankfull just like in the psalm about where He met me and the wonders and signs in my Life....

1 I'm thankfull that He kept me and my spirit since early age from harm......
His Word was brought to me due to faitfull strong woman who raised me.......

2 I'm thankful he brought me safe as a young adult to Europe and learn me to grow and life independently
on my own.

3 I'm thankfull for the church family and youthgroup i was in and the life experience i had that Jesus is
ALIVE..leading to do my commitment to follow Him

4 Thankfull of the STORMS and STRUGGLES of being single,getting married , getting babies, being a mum

5 Thankful for my husband and kids who are all uniquely created just like me by God and all of us will tell our "Godstory" and being a part of Godsfamily....Isn't this special !!

6 Thankfull He provided 16 years ago an space to start our own business so provided a job for my dh's

7 I'm thankfull my dh's was touched to talk about God and His wonders so our custumors get an extra on
top of our service "The Word of the living God"!

8 I'm thankfull that i am aware and experience in daily live that i am His hands and feet in my small world!

Blessings to all of you on this TT.

Reading and learning !!

I did not post for awhile due to not knowing what to post and my browser isn't working properly so i can't make some nice postings with links and pics Anyway.I want to try to post my readings on a day and see what i can blog about that....


Matthew 5:3-11 (The Message)



 3"You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

 4"You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

 5"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

 6"You're blessed when you've worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink in the best meal you'll ever eat.

 7"You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being 'care-full,' you find yourselves cared for.

 8"You're blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

 9"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family.

 10"You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.

 11-12"Not only that—count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens—give a cheer, even!—for though they don't like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.

I was brought to this reading because i start with a " coffee cup Bible Studie" book from Sandra Glahn " Mocha on the Mount"
When i heard about the title i was "gigling" in myself visualizing drinking my favorite drink on a mountain and LISTENING TO JESUS !!

In my innocence i assume myselfe enjoying the drink and relaxing!!

BUT those words STIRRED me up....I heard and read them before but it was like a voive said " YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THIS IS WHAT I WANT.." Like this you MUST look at things .

In my core being, i felt it goes AGAINST my nature.......
It is not a view what will make me popular or understand
I must be at the end of my ROPE.....with less of me there is more of God.
I must give up everything..
Be happy with youreself.....
Be hungry for God..
My heart and mind must be put right......other wise i can't se God in the outside world.
Peacemaker
My commitment to God must provoke persecution.....

WOW...

My conversation went like this.

"God i can't do this,on my own"......." Did i tell you to do it on your own"

" Do you really mean i must give everything up what is dear to me.."." Yes because all what you have is
mine...Do you Love me......"
Think about Abraham who had to
sacrafice Isaac
" I feel guilthy Lord"..............." I send my son He rok EVERYTHING on Him...your guidt...your...........
He told you in those verses you must put your INSIDE WORLD straight
your HEART, MIND are you not doing it right noware you not seeing me!!!

" YES LORD I SEE i understand forgive me IN JESUS NAME....
AMEN "

Then Sings My Soul Saturday - That's Why We Praise Him -

I join Amy at SIGNS, Miracles and Wonders in then sings my soul saturday!

I came accross these video/music serie at Godtube.
Be Blessed

Donnie McClurkin - That's Why We Praise Him - lyrics

He came to live, live a perfect life. He came to be the living Word of light.He came to die, so we'd be reconciled He came to rise to show His power and might

And that's why we praise Him, that's why we sing That's why we offer Him our everything That's why we bow down and worship this King 'Cause He gave His everything'Cause He gave His everything

He came to live, live again in us He came to be our conquering King and Friend He came to heal and show the lost ones His love He came to go prepare a place for us and

That's why we praise Him, that's why we sing That's why we offer Him our everything That's why we bow down and worship this King 'Cause He gave His everything 'Cause He gave His everything
That's why we praise Him, that's why we sing That's why we offer Him our everything That's why we bow down and worship this King 'Cause He gave His everything'Cause He gave His everything

oh yes he did, so we will sing like the angles) Halle Hallelujah (10x)

That's why we praise Him, that's why we sing That's why we offer Him our everything That's why we bow down and worship this King 'Cause He gave His everything'Cause He gave His everything That's why we praise Him, that's why we sing That's why we offer Him our everything That's why we bow down and worship this King 'Cause He gave His everything'Cause He gave His everything 'Cause He gave His everything

THANKFUL THURSDAY!!

Join me today in thankful thursday.At the blog of Sonja and Iris you can link to read more thankful thursday's.

I am thankful that

1 The flu epidemie did not reach my household.

2 I had quality time with my hubby.

3 We have some faithfull custumors no matter the financial trying times.
That God will bless them with a stable income.

4 That i felt the Lord speaking to my heart.

5 That the freezig cold is gone.

THANK you Lord for this week. A week in which i can see Your hand of protection, Your hand who guided me during the week,Your hand who touch my hart, Yourhands i wich i felt save.
THANK you Lord. I praise and Honour You In Jesus Name Amen.

Today i joined then sings my soul.
This is a song that brought back memories singing together with my "grannies".
On the 12th of january coming week would be my grandfathers birthday who is now with the Lord.God Bless his soul.

Stop my playlist at the bottom and than...
Sing a long and bring up old memories.
Blessed sunday.



I found this song later and felt to post it also.

THANKFUL THURSDAY!!

This is the day that The Lord has made ,let us rejoice and be glad in Him.......
This song comes to my mind

I'm thankful and want to join today again on Sonja and Iris two sisters in Christ with great blogspots who are hosting this Thankful Thursday

1 I'm so thankful that He gave me the promise of Luke 18: 27
I can put my trust in Him in all what i "will pull of" this year and know that
only than it will work out.....

2 I'm thankful He gave me this new venture of blogging, what draws me closer to His
Word

3 I'm thankful He gave me new friends to work towards accountability in "Healthy
Living" and friends in the Fill My Cup biblestudy group.

4 I'm thankful my energy is coming back now i got new prescriped meds

5 I have to say it in my last "thank you" again i'm so glad it was time to leave 2008
behind and got a "New Fresh Year" with HIS new opportunity's, challenges and
blessings for me in store

Give Away for January!

At THE OLD OAK SWING Sharon has a give away this month
so passby and link to your blog.
And join in the fun to follow eachother blogs.

Blessings

Word for this Year

Luke 18: 27

(The Message)
"No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

(Contemporary English Version)
Jesus replied, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."


This year word is written in My daily word book of the Moravian Church

When i notice this word ...my instant thought was " Jesus you know exactly what my weak spot is and will be the coming year.... and out of LOVE you are warning me not to rely on myself or others but on GOD" !!

I'm happy he did and will keep this verse in front of my mind.....

I thought to post some info about my churchhome.And if you feel led to hold us up in prayer...I feel this is an transition time for us as a churchfamily..

To get an idea here it is " De Koningskerk" you can visit our webste it is all in Dutch but you can click around and see an impression of the childrens christmass ( kinderkerst) and the two pastors Ds Thiele and Ds R.Mijnals-Doth. ( preken)
The area with Ds Polanen is the former pastor ( my uncle) who deceased last year januari unexpectedly.

Blessings.

HAPPY>>>>>HAPPY>>>>and BLESSED NEW YEAR to ALL of You!!

New Years Meditations!

I planned to do this when i read it at LORI last week.....but te closer the day arrived...the more "jitters" i got to put "pen on paper"

Why is this i asked myself.........I believe God is at work to bring me to this new venture to blog........... He want me to put "pen on paper" to see HIS work in progress in my life especially this year of 2009

My HOPES, DREAMS and GOALS



I will write those tree " adventures" in prayer form



Lord my hope is in You ( ps 39:7) for You are my hope ( ps 71:5) Work in me that i put my hope in your Word ( ps 119: 147).I commit myself to seek You daily. To let Your words be my strenght.



I have a lot of Dreams Lord let me dream the dreams YOU have in mind for me and for my family.

As i know You said " For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are my ways " ( isiah55:8)

This is what You made me realize in 2008 so let my thoughts and my dreams align with Yours

Lord this year.



My Goals Lord......I want to lay aside every weight, and the sin what so easily stand in the way. I want to run the race that is set before me with endurance......., looking unto JESUS the author and finisher of my faith ( Hebr 12:1-2)



Practicly i will make DAILY time to spend with the Lord.

Online bible study with my sisters from http://fillyourcup.ning.com/ and studying on the ning page of www.proverbs31.org woman of the bible......

I will commit myself to be aware that I am the hands and the feet of the finisher of my faith in this world Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior!



Amen

My Christmas of 2008 and BELATED THANKFULL THURSDAY !!

I realized today that the week went this year so fast.........
Maybe because i also had to work 4 days and maybe because i made long days to arrange things at home. i was extending to decorate and buying a x-mas tree and lacking to organize the household properly due to different reasons.
But praise God when i was biking early monday morning to my work : the thought crossed my mind....." Maybe you are not feeling MERRY but you are BLESSED "!!
This year a lot was taken away from me (us) physically..... emotionally ....and financially......
It started in JANUARY when my uncle and pastor of the church i attend died unexpectedly...... I was and am not sad but it was a shock and confrontation how soon your life can end......At a burial friday he got sick in the evening he went in a coma and never woke-up again....monday night he was given up......
End of FEBRUARY i got a miscarriage.........i was just startingto believe i was pregnant again.........
I believe i lived untill the summer in a kind of denial i was sad about the miscarriage......
And in-between in MAY my fathers brother was killed by robbers . He lived in Surinam but the last two years he traveled a lot up and down for health treatments and than he loved to see me and the kids and came too look the activity's what my kids did so he was like a kind of grandad for them the last two years. Because they do not see my parents bc they are not coming over frequently...
Along the way we had all kind of financial problems concerning our own business, we where close to loosing our shop ....BUT GOD did it for us friends and custumors rallied .and came up with money..........At the end of the year we have paid them all back........and we have now professional help to organize the finances.....
In AUGUST and SEPTEMBER i had a body breakdown i believe that not giving way to my emotions maked my body locked-down.I could not walked and function for some weeks and my hormones were out of control.........

But as i said in the beginning i realized in the beginning of this week .....THAT I'M BLESSED even i do not feel "MERRY"
The best part stayed......
- GOD,,JESUS CHRIST never left me even not forsaked me.
Through all the storms He said to me "BE NOT AFRAID !!
- My dh's grew so close too God this year. It started in 2007 but this year i witnessed the fruits of Gods spirit in his life..
- My kids love to talk about God. they pray and my dd love to use her voice to praise God.
How much kids nowadays are raised up without God and have other interest
-We have a place we can call our home
- We have eachother no divorce, no seperation, no sickness.....
- We life in a stable and safe country
I think i can go on and on about different kind of blessings....

I just realized i had to do yesterday thankfull thursday but i forgot......
This i will make as my THANKFULL THURSDAY.5....

1 My realization i described above why i'm blessed...

2 I did it to make an alterative tree ( If i could make a picture i would have put it)

3 For the unexpected small family gathering after church at my aunt( mothers sis) who live beside the church

4 That the kids are happy with their presents no matter they were not the requested ones....

5 I could bless the elderly while serving them on christmas.......


Like this i gave a twist to my post to tell about my week.year and even do a belated thankfull thursday still

Be blessed
Bernice

The Simplicity of life hidden in Christ

More of Him, less of me
More of His ways, less of mine
More of His wise will, less of my self will
More dependence on Him, less dependence on me
More of His increase, more of my decrease
More of His speaking, more of my listening
More of His leading, more of my following
More deeply surrendered, more filled with faith
More shaking in the world, more steadiness in my soul
More darker the days, more brighter His light
More treacherous the journey, more tighter the grip
More challenging my circumstances, more greater the chance to see His glory
More complicated my life, more certain my need to simply trust in Him

It's just that simple.

I read this on Deborah's blog http://www.xanga.com/ItrustYouLord I admire her a lot how she deal with life's difficulty's.

Blessed 4th Atvent weekend

THANKFUL THURSDAY !!!!

Click on the picture if you like to join this and add to Mr Linky at Sonya's

My 5 today are.....

1 I'm thankful at the end of this day that the pain in my throat ,which i woke up with this morning ,didn't set in further. And that i could finish my job today with enough energy.

2 I'm Thankful for the food i could put on the table and that the kids loved it

3 Yesterday night i was contemplating what i will put on my thankful list
My house-doctor came to mind, To whom i paid a visit yesterday. I appreciate his compassion and time he give his patients.I think( i never asked him) due to his age and maybe health he works not anymore a full week and take longer vacations. But untill now i always apreciate him more and more after a visit with one of his colleges. It pains me to think that he has to stop with his job........

4 I'm thankful simply for today

5 I'm thankful that my kids bless me today with no "upheavel" about small things..like who looks which program...or teasing eachother ....Today NOTHING happened what stretched my patience.....LOL....


Thanks for visiting.....
Blessings

7 Christmases

1 MY 1st Christmas in Europe...
My first 2 winters in Holland where the two last seasons in history of the " Elfstedentocht" That is like a marathon skating through eleven city's in the north of Holand on nature ice.........
So you could imagine that it was freezing cold especially as an child from the tropics.........
For me i spend Christmas with a family wiith 3 sons and the mother was Dutch and the father from my birthcountry Surinam
It was only laughing,eating,sleeping and presents.......NOTHING about Christ........
I missed my granny's the most.the warm weather and the christmaseve service.........

2 " My home is my castle"
When i had my own space in the "big city" of Amsterdam not anymore in a student flat but a one room appartment
I decorated it ...looked for a verry small tree and made my own x-mas home. Nobody understand why i wanted to be in my own home by myself etc.......
Around that time i was verry active in the youth group and choir of the Moravian Church Amsterdam so i loved to have x-mas with my church youth family. I remembered my niece who came to visit me with her newbornbaby my " Godchild" ( i don't know if this is the good eng. word ).I made a beautifull picture with her beside and not under " My tree" LOL I wished i could put that picture on here, I remember it untill today so vividly that i got x-mas visitors and this year it was 18 years ago bc the baby turned 18 last october

3 The 1st christmas with my own baby under the tree
My baby girl Ife who turned 10 last month...was that baby ten years ago.....
And it was a verry special x-mas my parents came over so it was my 1st x-mas with them in Holland and now not only as their daughter but as a wife and mum......
We had the 2nd day of the new year after that x-mas a big "baby welcoming celebration" that is a celebration that is held esp for your 1st child in my husbands culture. He is from Nigeria......
When i digitalize all my pictures oneday and i'm still blogging i will make a blog about it.......
I discovered around that time more about my dh's background and how family and social relationships are build up and sustained in the African culture....Relatives and friends came from over the border for this celebration.........

4 Xmas in Surinam

This happened two times since i came to Holland in 1985.Both not planned but due to circumstances unexpectedly going to the Lord of my grandfather of 80th years i believe 13 years ago and In 2004 of my great-aunt( grandmothers sister) who raised my mum.
I put them both as one memory bc of what strucked me both times is rally of the community and family in times of sorrow to help with organizing the funeral and the evenings of singing with the family and bringing of food and drink in those evenings.
There was no sadness but celebration of life and the hope knowing of meeting again!
The experience of this made me appreciate this of my "roots" culture so to say....
I saw so opposite in western society ...........also with younger generations from my country who grow up in Holland.......
The x-mases after was special bc we celebrated Christ birth through who we have hope after dead who we experience more closer in times of sorrow and THE LOVE He shed in our hearts we could feel it between us as a family.
My grandmother was so strong after my grandfathers death and gave such a testimony of Christ in her life who will help her through........
My aunties funeral was a celebration of a life of 90th years well spend in Service for the community as an optricien and farmecist and establishing the SOS children village and an Old-age house as an honour to her mother who had it as a dream.
She never married but had a lot of children as she said.....
Her faith in The Lord was also strong and she played organ every sunday in church........
I'm so proud that i got examples of verry strong blackwoman who served the Lord with their talents and who where blessed with long life..

I think the last tree memories will have links with my two grannys also and an 3th who still is a life and who will be God willing 90th years coming years. She was like a nanny who grew up with my grandmother and great-aunt....
She came in their house to have a better life in the city than with her parents and helped the mother of the house ........
She stayed and as she said "She pledged to the mother of the house " to take care of my great-aunt who only wanted to study and travel the world and serving community..........Her mother worried who would take care of her...........

5 X-mas memories with "Nene Dina" as i called her.....

She nursed me often and filled in the gaps when my mother was verry bussy ( she took after my great-aunt Es only got married with my dad)
Ne ne Dina had a listening ear to me and learned me how and when to fold my hands and why...........How a lady must behave ,what to wear to church etc.......
So X-MASS EVE as i can recall i went ALWAYS with her........
My parents where no church goers....Sundays i was always picked up by my great-aunt and this lady ( Yes she was driving a car.......She was the 1st black woman in Surinam with a car...)

We both where dressed in white and the only decoration could be red ribbons in my braids LOL
Singing all those Christmas carols and the hide was that everyone get a candle and the lights went out while singing the song " Morgenster na donkre nacht" ( transl. Morningstar after darknight)
After the service we wished eachother Merry X-mas and walked to my great-aunts house above the farmacy in the middle of the town.......
That evening i think now was the free( from work) evening bc the house was made ready for all the nieces and nephews and other kids to come over and than was an children x-mas celebration hold..
Trees, presents a mistletoe..Aunty Es played organ and we sang or play a x-mas play....drinks and food ( all brought by family....and friends or what she got from business relations....)

6 Christmas preperations to give to others

Weeks maybe months before this great-aunt Es and now also my Grand-mother plan to make presents for lonely people at home......And to sell as fundraising to buy presents for kids who mostly don't get presents..
Also the parts to make the christmas decorations and or presents came frequently from friends from abroad who my aunty asked to fundraise....
I remember boxes with pine tree apples...,Ribbons., Spomge to stick the greenery and candles in
I wrap a lot of white candles with red ribbons.And made table decorations with candles and greenery.
Christmascards where made diffeent styles...
My grandmother love to do embroderie so table clothes where made.......
At last a christmas market could be held in front of my aunties pharmacy.....
And i bake together with nene Dina christmas cookies also to sell all for fundraising.....

7 My last Christmas with my grandmother and her Youngest sister ( aunty Agnes)

This was in 2004 the x-mas after Aunty Es funeral a week befor x-mas.
My grandmother was housebound and her younger sister lived already that time in the Oldage House what was established in honour for their mother...
My mother told me an x-mas service was held for the elderly i think it was 20 or 23th of december....
I planned to celebrate this evening with this aunthy who was a little bit cut out of contact with family bc of her living in this old-age house...she also never married and had no children and she was a little bit the spoiled babysister. As i understand she had some learning disabilities but this aunthy was the "street wisist" so to say........
My grandmother was the only one of the 3 sister who married
Anyway i said i want to bring my grandmother to celebrate x-mas with her sister bc only the two where left over from a family of 8..........
I convinced my granny and used my skills to lift her up,putting her in the car and hired a wheelchair......
people in the old-age house where so happy to see her ( bc some she knew... before) Her sister was so happy and all of us.
We made an 4 generation picture( Granny-mum- me and my dd Ife) under the picture of my great-grandmother so in fact it was 5 generation....
The service was awesome and made more special bc electrivity went out and the whole service was by candlelight....
little did we know that this would be the last Christmas for those two sister. In May aunty Agnes went to the Lord and my grand-mother went 16 of november just the same date as her DH years before. We where all surprised but i knew in my heart God knew all and planned all details
This x-mas was for me an beautifull fare-well memorie of them both. I felt at peace with this memorie like God combined the oppurtunity to make this memorie with them and to say goodby like that in the flesh instead of going to their burial as closer of their life.
With my great-aunt was different she asked me if i could come on her 90th birthday..i said it wasn't possible due to school holidays so i told her i book for december and she said oke and died just a week before my booked day....

In all those memories i can say .......God is so Good and i'm thankfull, he gave me all those memories........

Christmas blessings to all of you!

Thankfull !!

I will make thursday's thankfull thursday who was introduced by blogger Sonya. Go and look on her blog when you press on the button on my side bar.

My 5 are

1 For the troubles of 2008 who brought my dh's and i closer to eachother and God

2 For my kids and dh's,my parents "abroud" and a great-aunt who will be "god willing"90 years next year.

3 For my job what gives me an opportunity to be patient with and share love to the elderly with Alzheimer.

4 For the custumors in our own "beauthyshop"

5 For two mothers who take my kids as their own Mireille an Sheila
Help me to lift them up in prayer.

A beautifull building in Amsterdam "De Waag"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weigh_house#Amsterdam


Good Sunday morning 14 th of December

If you knew how long it took me to find a "christmas" picture and to download it as my intro for this blog......
And i started doing it with a sleepy head due to a midnight shift i finished this morning......
The ordinary Christmas pictures didn't upload only this one i discovered some days ago......
So i said .."Lord i'm drawn to blogging like You want me to do .....You want to bring my thoughts my world closer to blogging friends...what must i write today about and around this picture......."

The name is WAAG does it come from the verb wagen......TO DARE.........
To bring the Message of CHRISTMAS ...some one MUST DARE really in that neighbourhood!!!! It's the "redlight district".....
A lot happen there what is God forbidden.......
But the moment my mind was spinning around about the "redline" in my blog a name crossed my mind
"Major Bosscherd"( Alida Bosshardt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alida_Bosshardt
A remarkable lady who gave her life to serve the people in that neighbourhood and to bring them in contact with the LORD...
Untill her last breath she lived between them and stayed simple Just like JESUS and she DARE to bring the WORD!!

When i looked up the name "Waag" i found out it had nothing to do with the meaning of the verb Wagen TO DARE.....
But i believe that God wanted to make a point to me " I must DARE " to bring the GOOD NEWS of HIM especially now at this time in this place

The word for the coming week in my Daily Word Book of the Moravian Church is Isaiah 3,10
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: " Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert. A highway for our God

Behold, the Lord God shall come with a strong hand. And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him. And His work before Him.

LET'S GO AN DARE TO MAKE A WAY .....TO BE JESUS HIS HANDS AND FEET IN THIS WORLD.
LET'S START GIVING HIM OUR HEART AS A PLACE TO BE BORN IN AND GIVE HIM ROOM TO GROW !!

"Yes Lord that is what i want ,that is what we long for take our Life and all what we have and use us ....Your will will be done in our Life AMEN

Christmas blessings to you !

A Christmas Give-Away at Rich Gift

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Good luck!

Opening of my blog !!!

I opened this because of a gift- away of a sister who's blog i enjoy a lot.So she give's away a blogdesign.http://richgifts.blogspot.com/

But i'm intend to start writing about my JOURNEY
Today is the weekend after a big celebration in Holland St Nicholas. Especially for kids this feast is exciting a lot of presents and sweets.
At my home we are not celebrating it a lot only some presents on the 5th of decemer and drinking some coco in the evening..

It is now early sunday morning .I woke up at 3.00 because i fall a sleep early in the evening.
Today will be taking out the x-mas decoration and start making the invironment ready for the celebration of "The reason for the season" JESUS CHRIST the SON of GOD!!
Spiritually i want to clean up and decorate myself also the coming weeks
What are your plans the coming week......

Take care and blessings