First let me say that I am a born again christian and try to follow what JESUS would have me do ..I fail him daily, yet he picks me up and says try again my child !!!!
knowing that he is closer to me than the air I breathe !that I am just dust designed by my Redeemer!!
Remember when reading my blogs they are not wrote correct but from the heart !
I need lessons in writing correctly and making these interesting.
I grew up in a small town and everyone knowing my family to come to a state with my husband that I knew almost no one I will say after 23 years its still hard ...I love to go back to KY as its where most of my family are
I come from a large family of 9 me being the 9th ...
Some of my interest are Genealogy , Landscaping, photography , love watching HGTV and now learning to Blog
Again keep in mind all my posts are from the heart..
I love to laugh love being around good old friends and family I want enjoy each day as each day is a gift from the Master Creator !!
my motto is I remain 29 forever !!!!! :)
this week came from a dear old friend that knew of my love for old pictures and the little town I grew up in this picture was way before my time Still love the old pictures and to see how our little town looked during those older years Looks like a booming little place during those years
Simple picture bringing this gal
a simple pleasure
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1575 Monday~~ For this Day !! 1576 For no snow today and seeing the sun 1577 Getting a Appointment to see Dr Beeler this week ~~Thank you JESUS !!! 1578 All the ones that wished me Merry CHRISTmas today ( I have noticed more people are saying merry CHRISTmas this year ) 1579 Talking to Amon about the Babe in a Manger and him showing me what the angel said in Luke chapter 1 said as I had never noticed this before 1580 My neighbors CHRISTmas lights
1581 Tuesday~~For this Day !! 1582 Bedside Coffee to wake me 1583 Reading the Upper Room and Today's word 1584 Lisa Wrapping my presents as its a job I am not good at 1585 Reading the O Holy Experience 1586 Being Busy at work !!!
1587 Wednesday~~For this Day !!! 1588 Nights rest 1589 No snow this am only rain ! 1590 Blessings of CHRIST's love 1591 Getting to the Dr on time with all the traffic had 5 mins to spare 1592 Getting a injection in the knee from the nice PA guy ! 1593 Having dinner with my husband who went with me to the DR
1594 Thursday~~For this Day !! 1595 Waking up earlier than usual ~to read my upper road and Today's word 1596 Talking with Greta and Aunt Lutie 1597 Another day of being busy =blessings 1598 For the CHRISTmas story below so cute
1599 laughter 1600 Children = much joy 1601 Denise bringing me Orange fudge ~~yummy
1602 Friday~~for this day !!! CHRISTmas eve 1603 Leaving for work and seeing the beautiful sky
the sky was more red than my picture taken with my camera phone
1604 Matthew 16 :3 NIV: and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
1605 All the colors I can see each day
1606 Praying people will know the true meaning of this evening and tomorrow
1607 Peace
1608 Joy
1609 Love
1610 My Pandora Charm, Chatty Cathy doll Ornament , and Beth Moore book from Lisa (thanks so much)
1611 Saturday !!CHRISTmas ~~for this day ~~~
1612 Singing Happy birthday to JESUS Early this morning
1613 Seeing the snow , it is beautiful
1614 JESUS the saviour that came to give me life and know the many blessings of life
1615 I am reminded when looking at the snow that white is a sign of purity and it was pure LOVE born many years ago ~~LOVE like no other ~~ one that will stick closer than a brother
1616 Talking with my KY family
1617 Fixing CHRISTmas rocks
1618 Fixing dinner for just my husband and I
1619 Reading the Upper Room devotional to my husband
1620 My husband saying Jan the first he is turning over a new leaf (praying this means he will be in church with me again )
1621 Linda telling me what a wonderful CHRISTmas she has had !!( She is so blessed I pray that she will really know the blessings she has and that they would find CHRIST in their life
1622 All the wishes for a wonderful CHRISTmas we have received praying those that wished us this will come closer to CHRIST if they aren't
1623 Aunt Jean and her telling me she leaves the Christmas candles (battery operated) on all night on CHRISTmas eve so JESUS can find her ~~such a sweet lady ~~
1622 Thank you JESUS that I got to clean one of our bedrooms and put up the new curtains and quilt that I had gotten ....Makes me feel so good ~~~
1623 My mother in law telling me how blessed she was with having to much stuff and needing to get rid of it ..I told her to bless someone else by taking it to the good will
1624 Blessed to get to stay in all day
1625 Reading blogs of blessings
1626 Thank you JESUS that you came to earth as a sweet little baby boy !!! = I am blessed
1627 Sunday~~For this Day !!
1628 Early morning coffee and to sit and enjoy it
1629 My husband that is back and knee is feeling some better
1630 More of the blanket of snow :( sad that we couldn't have had church but still blessed that I have a church home
1631 blessed to clean house and bath my champie dog
1632 For a break during the day of cleaning
1633 leftovers = no cooking today
1634 to sit quietly as my husband sleep no TV , just quiet time ..what a blessing to have
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6
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when someone gives you a gift, what’s the first thing you usually say? “Thank you.” When you give thanks, it’s a sign that you are receiving the gift. Today, start receiving what God has given you by saying, “Father, thank You for Your mercy. Thank You for supplying all of my needs. Thank You for Your goodness in my life.”
As you learn to give Him thanks, you are learning to receive from Him. Open your heart by faith today and thank Him for all the blessings He has prepared for you!
I am Thankful for
1510 Monday ~~This day !!
1511 Another day to watch the birds enjoy their food
1512 Going out and giving them more food in like 8 inches of snow
These pictures aren't very good as I took them from inside with my blackberry
But you can tell they love it !
1513 Thankful LC made it to work OK
1514 Thankful for seeing the sunshine in all the snow !!
1515 Thankful for finding one holy experience as I look at each day so differently now
1516 Thankful for hot Chocolate and marshmallows on this cold morning
1517 Thankful for a book my sister gave me sometime back to read at CHRSITmas ,(CHRISTmas purpose)
1518 The words from the book GOD loves you, GOD is with you, GOD is for you!!!
1519 Just to listen to the song Oh Beautiful star of Bethlehem ~blesses me so ~~knowing that my redeemer , Saviour, and King shines ever so bright !!
1520 Making it safe to work ~~late but safe
1521 Leaving work early ~~got home safe
1522 Lc letting me wear a pair of her socks as mine got wet
1523 People caring to let me know about the road conditions
1524 To have made the CHRISTmas rock cookies my sister in law always made
1525 Talking to my SIL ~~she has such a good heart
1526 Tuesday~~This day !!!
1527 Neighbors that care
1528 For this song below that was sent to me
1529 Safety to work
1530 Even when its snowing and cold I can still see the sun this Am
1531 That JESUS washes us whiter than snow !! Psalms 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow
1532 GOD uses simplicity for me to better understand and see
1533 Reflections to remind me that GOD's love needs to reflect from me like in the picture below
1534 LC got my lunch when she got hers
1535 My car started ~~Thank you JESUS
1536 The roads are getting clearer
1537 Reading more in the purpose of Christmas
1538 The daily One Holy Experience sent to my email how GOD is using this lady Ann
1539 Jim coming in and talking about how GOD has touched him and also about Haiti as LC wants to go on a mission trip ~~~LC praying that all works out for you to go = where GOD leads LC she will follow
1540 Wednesday~~This day
1541 Tears of JOY this early morning as I heard a man in FL tell he knew the higher power GOD was protecting them from being hurt ~~this was a school board meeting a Guy started shooting
1542 Lamentations 3 :22-23
1543 My car started Praise GOD
1544 Taking pictures of the beauty of snow this morning on my way to work
Country Morning in my neck of the woods and praising GOD for Nature
let Heaven and Nature sing !!!!
1545 Free IH paper
1546 My husband running the vacuum
1547 Getting home before it started sleeting
1548 Reading to my MIL about the CHRISTmas purpose
1549 Thursday ~~For this day !!!!
1550 sleeping in a little later
1551 coffee being brought to my bedside
1552 Reading again to MIL as I am trying to get her in the SPIRIT of CHRISTmas
1553 For my husband helping me stir the cookie mixture
1554 Having the day off
1555 Talking to Ruth ~~blessed with a BF that has stayed my BF Thur the years and miles apart
1556 Friday~~For this Day !!
1557 That good Ole Morning coffee
1558 That GOD guided my car when I was on Black Ice this morning ~~Thank you LORD !!!
1559 Safety in getting home no black ice !
1560 Saturday~~For this day !!
1561 Blessed with a cup of coffee while laying in bed
1562 No black Ice this Am just snow
1563 Lisa going and getting lunch the past two days ~~Thanks LC
1564 Being busy at work
1565 Getting in under the fuzzy to get warm when I came home
1566 For silence to look at the CHRISTmas tree lights
1567 Knowing GOD is leading me ...
1568 Taking Keenan some CHRISTmas rock cookies
1569 Sunday~~For this Day !!!
1570 Getting up early enough to do a few things before Church
1571 Thankful for the Church and my Church family
1572 Worship and Praise
1573 Safety in our Travels for a little shopping
1574 Listening to CHRISTmas music and see some lights tonight
Oh beautiful for Spacious skies !!!!
May the coming week... you see more of CHRIST in everything you do, and let us not forget who and why we are getting together with family and friends .
For those that doesn't know CHRIST in a personal relationship may we shine brighter with his love so that they may want to know this CHRIST we know
I stop and think of those wonderful memories of a GODLY mother
to the right of the picture is a Avon
Roses, Roses powder,
this is one of the powders she wore so I stop
and smell this bottle of
powders
Its like I can smell my mother and feel her love
its all about the little
bottle of pink powders and how
its such a simple ~wonderful ~ most treasured pleasure
on any day to stop in this bedroom
and smell those Roses and feel
my mothers presence
what a simple pleasure
for me
It like GOLD to me stored in a vault of memories
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Just remember I am always a heart writer so that means I am not
correct in the way I write .I just ask that you over look the bad grammar
May you feel refreshed in Christ's love each day !!
1467 Feeling the cold and knowing there is warmth inside
1468 Prayer time on my drive home this evening after work
1469 Mortron ~~Thanks Lisa !
1470 Tuesday ~~For this Day!!!
1471 my car finally starting !!~~Thank you LORD !!
1472 the sunshine in the snow !!
1473 the countdown to spring 103 days !!
1474 the Potter knowing the clay !!
1475 finding where to put the anti freeze
1476 CHRISTmas and knowing the real meaning !!!
1477 sitting in the dark looking at our little tree lights~~praying~~ and thinking about the light of the world that came to us that first CHRISTmas
1478 Laying in bed watching Tv with my husband
1479 Wednesday ~~This Day !!
1480 Waking up to hot coffee
1481 Watching the Today show and listening to how Elizabeth Edwards had been a inspriaton to many people
1482 Praying as I cleaned house today
1483 Thursday ~~~This Day !!!
1484 Coffee on such a cold morning
1485 The sunshine on such a cold day
1486 My simple Pleasure ~~love sharing and reading others
1487 My all time favorite Christmas Song brings me to tears each time
as I think of the Beautiful Star ~~~JESUS ~~~
1488 Blessed with tears as the HOLY SPIRIT moves in me !!!
1489 My Coffee mug LC left for me today
1490 Talking to my brother and him saying he felt some better ~~Thank you Lord !!!
1491 Friday~~This Day !!!
1492 the sunshine in my eyes on the way to work !!!!
1493 Missy taking Lc and I to lunch
1494 Seeing this Nativity scene at the bank tonight ~~Thankful that I live in a area that Business's care to make a statement for CHRIST !!!
1495 Warmer weather today !! love it !!!
1496 Saturday~~This Day !!
1497 Laughs over our ordering from ETS
1498 Making it safely to our CHRISTmas party
1499 That it didn't snow until right when I was about a mile from our home
1500 For laughs at the party and meeting some new workers
1501 Blessed to have the employers I have
1502 Talking to my husband until 2 am ~~way past my bed time I might add
1503 Sunday ~~This Day !!
1504 Sleeping a little later
1505 Looking at the snow
1506 Hearing the birds sing as I am folding clothes even in the cold and snow they still sing
reminding me that I need to Praise the KING of us all
1507 Listening to CHRISTmas music as I have my morning coffee
1508 A day of rest and watching the snow come down
1509 My talk with Nancy last night
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Luke 12 :27
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This picture was taken with my Blackberry phone so the quality will not be as good as I would have liked but I love the scripture.
GOD cares so much for each of us if we would just stop and look around us
At this time of year we need to focus on JESUS not the rush we fell at time or the big pricey items
it the simple things that we will find the biggest blessings in
so many people were putting them in their windows in my home town
asking what it meant as it was not CHRISTmas
the meaning I was told was that you would always
receive a warm welcome at a home
that had candle light
So for about ten years I have had them in the windows on each end of our home
I have tried to find the meaning of the candle in the window
Here are a few of the meanings I have found
The Tradition of placing a Candle in the Window goes back to the Colonial times in the United States and back much further in time for other cultures. It is a Tradition practiced throughout the year. It symbolizes the warmth and security of the Family hearth and signals loyalty to Family members and loved ones who are not present in the home.
Friendship
In many cultures a candle in the window symbolizes friendship to travelers
that they will find a warm welcome at this house .
It is always such a warm cozy feeling I get when I pull in at night and the candle lights are on in the
windows .....it even makes me feel better after a long day to just see the light .
I do hope others will feel this warm welcome each time someone comes to our home !
May you enjoy all lifes simple pleasures and join
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The Christmas tree comes to us from Germany. Martin Luther is credited with being inspired by the starry heavens one night, and expressing his feelings to his family by bringing a fir tree into his home, and attaching lighted candles to its branches. Fir meant fire, and fire is an ancient symbol for spirit. The tree also pointed toward the heavens.
Evergreens were thought to represent the ever-burning fire of life. The color green signified the life force through the year. Eventually decorative balls represented the planets, while the star that radiates from the top reminds us of Bethlehem. The entire tree and decorations teach us that the universe is witness to the Incarnation.
Red at Christmas reminds us of the fire of the Spirit. Green affirms nature, and the ongoing life. And in the Incarnation, Spirit unites with nature.
In fact, the Christmas tree symbolizes to us a further appreciation of Jesus' birth. It is a means of retelling a miracle in a colorful and beautiful way so that we can further understand and appreciate Jesus' entering our world.
Actually, the tree is a reinterpretation of pagan rites, along with the use of other greens and decorations to commemorate in ancient times a celebration of the feast of Saturnalia - the birth of the Sun in the sky at the Winter Solstice. Along with the giving of gifts, the feast was later Christianized with the selection of December 25th to announce the birth of the Son of God to the world.
The tree also tells the story of a cosmic event - a mystery. In personal celebrations of Christmas the tree begins its use in the 16th century, and is later brought to America by German immigrants.
The heavens and earth rejoice in the coming of the Lord of Life. Our decision must be either for our Christmas tree to represent the celebration of the birth of Christ, or simply an acknowledgment of the pagan festival of the Winter Solstice.
(The above was copied from something I found interesting on the Internet )
What does the beauty of the Christmas tree say to you?
I would love to know !
THE POTTER AND THE CLAY
Jeremiah 18: 1-6
Romans 9:21
Isaiah 64:8,9 KJV
Jeremiah 18:1-6
The Potter and the Clay
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
I want you to remember in writing I am a heart writer not a correct writer.
I have started to write this several times but I just go on to something else and ever time
I come to my blog spot ...I hear I am the POTTER and you are the Clay. I had to search
to see just how the potter worked . I learned before the process of being put on the potters
wheel , the potter has to work the clay some before he throws it on the wheel
In thinking of the Potter and the clay. how The potter works, adding water, as he holds onto the clay never letting go, then when finished he cuts away the bad piece that is at the bottom as you can see from the video below
While watching this I have thought as to how GOD holds on to us molding at the same time he adds and shapes yet he never lets go Thur the whole process
The master workman, the potter, takes a lump of clay and he cuts it into small pieces. And he crushes it together on the bench, and cuts it, and crushes it together again and again until all the bubbles or lumps have been removed. Then he takes a lump of the thus-prepared clay and throws it in the center of the wheel so that it sticks fast, revolving with the wheel. As the wheel spins his deft fingers caress and mold it, first without and then within, until Jeremiah sees a vessel of beauty emerging from the unpromising clay.
What is the interpretation of the sign? Who is the potter? Well you know that the potter, of course, is God Himself. What are the wheels and what is the clay? Who but God Himself could be the counterpart of this potter? In Isaiah 64:8 we read, "But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
Glad I know the Potter and GOD know this piece of clay
1418 Monday~~For this Day !!!
1419 For emotions, happy, sad, Etc
1420 For Gods Forgiveness each day
1421 For getting to start a fresh new day and know GOD is with me !
1422 For GOD being Faithful when I am not
PRAYER OF A THANKFUL HEART
Thank you Lord for this day,
May I glorify you in every way.
Thank you for the food we eat,
For the clothes on our backs, the shoes on our feet.
Thank you for all the memories of good times,
That bring a smile to my face when they cross my mind.
Thank you for my friends and family,
Even on the days when it tests my sanity.
Thank you for your mercy and grace,
For the joy in my heart that can’t be replaced.
Thank you for your promises and protection,
With you in my life I can triumph over any affliction.
Amen
1422 For JC Penny's rep trying to help me ~~her kindness~~
1423 For leftovers to make turkey pot pie for my husband tomorrow
1424 For GOD being who he says he is !!!
1425 Tuesday ~~For this day !!!
1426 For the SON kisses in form of rain ....so I am going to try and remember that rain is now SON-kisses from the master !!!!
1427 Psalms 150 1-6 1 Praise ye the LORD.
1428 Blessed to get a payday
1429 Wednesday~~~For this day !!!
1430 For waking up to see a small dusting of snow as you can see in the picture below
hope this is all we get !!
1431 For getting the car door open that had frozen with the rain from last night
1432 For finding a mistake that I made
1433 For Trusting the one that knows the way ~~JESUS ~~ and that he will meet my needs
1434 For Amber Sharing the Macy's CHRISTmas opera this sure blessed me !!!! Praise GOD
1435 For a long hot bath ~~~~feels good to the body ~~~~
1436 Thursday ~~For this day !
1437 For having the day off
1438 For getting to enjoy morning coffee and TV
1439 For my husband fixing breakfast
1440 For putting the two small trees up
1441 For goodies at Harvey's tonight ~~a treat ~~
1442 For getting all the bills paid thank you LORD for meeting our needs ~~truly such a blessings each month as I sit down to pay them ~~Knowing GOD has supplied the need
1443 For my talk with Nancy and her telling me about her Thanksgiving in Mich ...so glad she got to go and had a safe trip there and back .
1444 For my talk with Gaye ~~she was cleaning house ~~
1445 Friday ~~For this day !
1446 For my garage that keeps the car from being frosty
1447 For reading some of the simple pleasures
1448 For the shirt LC got me to wear ...love it
1449 For the Pictures I have saw of my hometown ....makes me want to go see the lights
1450 For the CHRISTmas card below ..as I wash dishes I am reminded of JESUS and that its all about
him
1451 Saturday ~~For this Day !!1
1452 that its only rain not snow here today
1453 For reading a quote~~~"there was only one CHRISTmas the rest are just Anniversary's"
1454 For us being busy at work !!!Thank you LORD
1455 To have found Scripture and Snapshot Sundays blog
1456 So blessed to catch up with a old friend from way back in the day she had filled me in on so many
love hearing from old friends !!
1457 Blessed that most of my Family made it to our family CHRISTmas ....I know it was bitter sweet for all !!! (just wished I could have gone )
1458 Sunday ~~For this day !!
1459 Blessed for seeing the snow flurries
1460 For reading some of the Snapshot Sundays
1461 I feel so blessed to have found people on blog spot that are following JESUS and sharing their love for him !!
1462 For sitting in LC car and keeping warm while watching the parade
1463 For my brother playing Santa on the phone to a little girl
1464 Blessed beyond measure ~~~
Father thank you for this week 28 for all the blessings you have given me , I PRAISE YOU !!! May you help me to see more of your blessings that I fail to see. Bless each reader of these post and may they feel your love !!! in JESUS name amen!!
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life
John 4:14
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