finding peace/borrowing words and color

Worry is practicing the absence of God’s presence.  Borrowed

borrow neat snippets from magazines and glue to pieces of your own art work.

may we find it everywhere

may the New Year bring PEACE to ALL

Kiawah bound!

looking for peace, serenity, hope, and grace

finding peace through art

Turn your worry into peace

Mark 4:39

finding peace

enter a sacred place
sit quietly
listen intently
believe
receive
go forth

 

 

Keep Calm and Carry on

peace comes from God in every cell of your being

and every breath from your lungs

every beat of your heart

and through every act of kindness

3 dear friends - grace mercy and peace

 

 

I took the morning for me. I had a slow breakfast and time to rest and enjoy nowhere to go immediately. When I do this I get the fearful feeling something may happen. I don’t think I will ever forget the morning of May 30, 2009. That was the morning we took off time from church. I got the call. Dad was in the ER, unresponsive. He had a stroke. We spent 11 days in Asheville. It was the beginning of the end. I will never lose that weak feeling that life is fragile and we never know what day everything will change. Now that I have lost both parents, I know the next problem will likely be me or Terry.

 

With Christ I will overcome my fears and grace, mercy and peace shall reign.

I challenge you

Yesterday was a pleasant day. I found true Christmas joy.  A funny man in a Santa beard and hat sang very badly I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS while ringing a bell for Salvation Army. A couple dressed in Hawaiian shirts shared Mele Kalikimaka and rang their bells for Salvation Army. I dropped off goodies at Carillon Assisted Living and visited some folks needing a lift. I was lifted more. I visited Terry’s aunt, in the bed worn out from the previous day’s doctor appointment. I saw shoppers at Walmart with buggies full of toys and food they probably couldn’t afford trying to make a Merry Christmas for their family. I saw a woman in a motorized chair crossing a busy intersection at that same Walmart.

 

Every year I want a simple Christmas, a true Christmas, with joy and love and peace and harmony. Every year I get too much. Every year I buy too much, not as much as once but still too much. I give to charities and food banks and toy drives but it’s just not enough. I watch wonderful Christmas movies with wholesome stories. I listen to Christmas music. I send Christmas cards I hand make and print myself. It’s still not enough.

 

I want to have a Christmas like it is meant to be. I want to truly celebrate Jesus’ birth. I want to have peace and joy in my heart and extend it to everyone else. I want to spend time with family and friends harboring no ill against anyone. I want to feel the simple bliss of God’s presence. I want to not put myself above anyone or anything.

 

This year for the first time my husband and I both are orphans. Our parents are in heaven. They will rejoice with God and the angels and all the other friends and family there. We will have our time together with our son and his wife. It will be sweet and quiet. We will exchange gifts, watch a Christmas movie or two, and share our meals.

 

We will pray and be earnest in our heart that everyone has a day with no illness, hunger, fear or need. Christmas will pass and lives will move forward in routine and thought. Will we carry the Christmas spirit into the New Year? Will we continue to share our bounty? Will we forget to smile and say a kind greeting? Will we forget to extend our faith and blessings? Will we give selflessly to all? Will we worship and pray? Will we remember how important a faith based life is to a world hurting?

 

I challenge you to think on this. Don’t let another 365 days go by without a thought of Peace on Earth.

getting through the tough times

Nothing without GOD

moving forward
forgetting the fear and doubt
seeking a new hope
I listen only to God
healing words
PEACE
BE STILL


I pray for my family's healing, peace, contentment, and grace.
God has it all covered. He's working even when I am blind or too busy to see.
He's blessing when I forget to thank him. He's by my side and all those I love and fret over.
GOD IS EVERYTHING!
I AM NOTHING WITHOUT HIM!

relish and hold onto

times you were at total peace......

word focus for 2015 CLARITY

I need desperately to find clarity of mind, body, soul, spirit, heart, and emotion. I need to have clarity of purpose in my life. I need clarity of what God expects of me. I need clarity of hope, joy, love, faith and peace. I need clarity of what my body needs for health to carry out God's purpose in my life. I need clarity of mind to make right choices, see all possibilities and speak all truths in word, actions and thoughts. God will help me find this clarity.

God will give thee comfort and rest and peace

God never leaves us

a torrent of sounds inside and out

peace can dwell in either

joy too

it's my choice

free will given by God

a restless time but God is comfort

a scary time but God is my courage

a busy time but God is my strength

I will live for now in His love

my version of the Serenity Prayer