I will with God's help!

I will keep hoping.

I will believe in God’s timing and plan.

I will trust things to be ok.

I will find true happiness.

I will accept life as it comes.

I will not let hate, anger and fear rule me anymore.

I will pray.

I will worship.

I will praise.

I will understand.

I will forgive.

I will love the life I have.

I will care for the people in it.

I will count my blessings.

I will know that God will never forsake me.

I will read and study my Bible.

I will get rid of things I don’t need, that no longer serve me.

I will live in a quiet peaceful home.

I will get myself healthy.

I will ask for little.

I will appreciate all things.

I will do what God wants me to do.

faith grows in stillness

 

In the stillness

Of the morning

I wait for God’s voice

In the quiet of my heart

I hear him

In the solitude of spirit

I feel him

In the serenity of soul

I know him

In the silence of grace

I am one with him

angels unaware

take time...be still...pay attention

Good things happen all around us, do we notice?

Why does the news start with bad news?

Why does the media relay on terrible things for their validation?

Why do we spread bad news faster than good news?

I guess I will never know.

The Message doesn't change!

Yesterday I was reading in one of my devotionals from Unity. (One of my son’s former Sunday school teachers gave me a subscription to Daily Word, a Unity devotional.) This book was about healing. I was enjoying it until I came upon a story about a gay male couple. I was so upset I threw it away. How can a Christian publication not know the scripture? How can they rewrite it and make it okay. God calls it an abomination. I believe it. I will not renew my subscription and I will send a note saying why.  I will no longer use their prayer line. This is the trajectory all over the world and I do not like it. It is the reason so much is wrong in the world. Who knows? Maybe it even caused the pandemic. It’s so hard to explain to believers, let alone non-believers. Maybe there are too many versions of the Bible. God’s word is God breathed. His word states truth when it is read from the original translation. There are too many versions that not only try to take out thee’s and thou’s but it takes out truth. Lord, we need your guidance in putting your truth out in the world and keeping it out in the forefront. People need to know what God really said and says. His message does not change. Never has. Never will.

How many Happy Father's Day greetings?

Past, Present and Future and don't forget to say it to you Heavenly Father!

relationships are always evolving

You can always find rest in Christ.

a room of one's own

 

 

A place to be alone, quiet, and free.

A place to rest, retreat, and reflect.

A place to create, write, and make like sweet.

A place to paint, pray, study, and BE with GOD. A War room of sorts.

Outdoor service in the rare cool June day

This came to me during church:

 

Sky above me

Earth below me

I honor your presence Lord

Friends to the left

Friends to the right

I honor your presence Lord

God before me

God behind me

I honor your presence Lord

Love to give

Love to receive

I honor your presence Lord

sometimes you just need to be incognito

Have we forgotten the GOLDEN RULE?

 

I think that and respect are the root causes of our society's ills.

 

Look it up in your Bible

Luke 6:31

still tough

Current reflection on the world of chaos!

 

 

 

Reading Maria Shriver’s  Sunday Paper. Of course she is as always speaking to the current world issues. In this case the racial unrest (again). This time the man who was brutalized by police and died. Now we know he was not the upstanding citizen the people tried to make him. He was black and the police were white. They have honored him in numerous protests, walks, signage, and services. How is that possible? Being a criminal, big or small, is no reason to be killed but neither is killing a criminal to be considered as a reason to honor him, just because he is black. What is wrong with our world today? It is not racism. It is not anger. It is not pain. It is not illness. IT IS LACK OF GOD. God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

If people will follow God’s word, examples, and teachings, the world will find the peace it needs. The world can find hope. The world can know joy again. If people will forgive and look forward, they will know abundant life. If people will simply think before speaking or reacting, the world will benefit. Everything you think does not have to be stated aloud. Everything you want doesn’t always come to you. No one gets or deserves everything they want. Grace, mercy and love, stronger faith, gratitude, and forgiveness heals.

 

Pray. Talk to God. Request from God. But LISTEN twice as much. Share resources. Ask for nothing in return. Extend love.

 

Return to God’s simple rule

 

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU! Sounds simple, silly even, it is not. It can

heal a world. It can heal a relationship. It can heal all ills, socially, emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually, and economically.

 

The world is falling apart because God has been ignored, left out and forgotten. Take a little time today and talk to Him and be sure to listen too. He will guide you. If we each do this, we will see change. The change we have been looking for. The answers start there.

 

We are being tested. We are being tempted. We are failing. It is time to choose God, know God, and show God to others, to a world of hurting others. We cannot do this alone but together, even in a small community or congregation, progress can occur and people will heal, reach out and support.

 

In another direction. I know that I will have less room at Vinewood for my art but I will take what I can get, at this moment, along one wall.

 

be detail oriented

illustration from Sunday service

 

check out service here:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaJCGB0Smms