“Give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20).

Every thing, every little thing, comes from above!

Be thankful for the good and the lessons learned from the bad. Knowing that all things will work out for your eternal good.

Be blessed and be a blessing :-)

All things work out for our good if we love God....

Nothing in the Bible would cause us to call a famine good or a heart attack good or a terrorist attack good. These are terrible calamities, born out of a fallen earth. Yet every message in the Bible compels us to believe that God will mix them with other ingredients, and bring good out of them.

~Max Lucado

We can learn the easy way or the hard way

but because God loves us... we will learn

James 1:3-4 says, “For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.”

Sometimes it is very hard to understand God's love for us but rest assured we are changed because of that love.

Have a wonderful day and be a blessing!

Jeremiah 30:24 reminds us, “The Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind.”

Everything, every thing, that happens in your life God uses for your eternal good. Good or bad He has the power and exceeding love for you that can change the course of  your life to bring Him the glory.  You are not here by accident. You are here because He created you for just a time like this.

Be blessed my friends!

“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go” (Gen. 28:15).

Yesterday I joined some siblings and my parents for lunch. We went to a local restaurant to wish my niece, Bailey, a very Happy Birthday!

God is good and He is invited to every contact that I have with others...I am so very thankful!

“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).

How comforting is this passage!

It allows us to cry out in praise or in need "My Lord and my God"

Be Blessed! We are His family...

Tuesday I spent the night in UA with four of my grandchildren...OMGoodness what fun! Ballgame in the evening, swim lessons in the morning and in between my daughter [who is a fantastic cook] fixed BBQ chicken, roasted brussell sprouts and mashed potatoes! She treats Nana well :0) 

My obsession the last couple of weeks has been once again, Lightroom and PhotoShop...I just cannot get enough of designing digital scrapbook pages. I LOVE text and and graphics and it shows by the amount of hard drive space they occupy.

Summertime in all her glory competes heavily with my obsessions and I write now looking out of my front window. Our house sits high and we overlook a tiny Lake Colfax, which is supplied by the Raccoon Run River  and is surrounded by rows of trees and fields. I love the view and it is here in this little room that I do my Bible Studies each morning. It has become for me my spiritual oasis.  

Life is sometimes elusive and romantic and sometimes reality creeps in but as I age it happens less often...I prefer to live in God's reality and not my own.

Be blessed and enjoy the day that He has given you!

1 Peter 1:19 says He bought you, “with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

You are precious to God. He knew the whole of your life before you ever came to earth. He knew your triumphs and your defeats and chose you still. He cares for you!

Be blessed in His holy name, Jesus!

God is a restorer of lives seemingly lost...

Several years ago the state was rebuilding an overpass near my house. Three lanes reduced to one, transforming a morning commute into a daily stew. The project, like human history, had been in development since before time began.  My next-door neighbors at the time were highway engineers, consultants to the department of transportation. “It’ll take time,” they responded to my grumbles, “but it will all get finished.” They had seen the plans.
In the Old Testament story of Joseph, God allows us to study His plans. Brothers dumping brother. But watch the Master Builder at work. He cleared debris, stabilized the structure. And the chaos of Genesis 37:24…They cast him into the pit..became the triumph of Genesis 50:20— life for many people. God redeemed the story of Joseph. Can’t He redeem your story as well?
From You’ll Get Through This

One mind and body in Christ Jesus

Last night I had dinner with some of the ladies of our Church who have found themselves needing to settle into the life of widowhood. We tossed about names for our newly formed group and settled upon "Waiting Widows"..... they are all awaiting being reunited with their hubby's in the life to come.

What an amazing gift eternal life is....we will get to spend it with those we love forever! Beyond our comprehension but not  God's!

Have a blessed day!

Isaiah 4:32 says, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned. . .”

We are not alone! He loves us and cares for us....what a blessed assurance.

Have a wonderful day and bless others with His love for then.