The Twenty-Third Psalm For Today... Assurance

 

 

 

Yea, though I walk

 through the valley

 of the shadow of

 death, I will fear

 no evil...

 

Assurance

...our Saviour, Jesus Christ,

 who hath abolished death, and

 hath brought life and

 immortality to light through

the gospel:...

2 Timothy 1:10

 

But now is Christ risen from the

dead, and become the firstfruits

of them that slept.

1 Corinthians 15:20

 

Wherefore he is able also to

 save them to the  uttermost that

come unto God by Him, seeing

he ever liveth to make

intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25

 

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
I Corinthians 15:26

 

And God shall wipe away all

tears from their eyes; and there

shall be no more death, neither

sorrow, nor crying, neither shall

 there be any more pain: for the

former things are passed away.

Revelations 21:4

Heart Gifts....series

Prayers Can't Be Answered
Unless They Are Prayed

Life without purpose
is barren indeed
There can't be a harvest
unless you plant seed,

There can't be attainment
unless there's a goal,
And man's but a robot
unless there's a soul... If we send no ships out,
no ships will come in,
And unless there's a contest,
nobody can win... For games can't be won
unless they are played,
and prayers can't be answered
unless they are prayed... So whatever is wrong
with your life today,
You'll find a solution
if you kneel down and pray Not just for pleasure,
enjoyment and health,
Not just for honours
and prestige and wealth... But pray for a purpose
to make life worth living,
And pray for the joy
of unselfish giving For great is your gladness
and rich your reward
When you make your life's purpose
the choice of the Lord.


Helen Steiner Rice  

Our Best Deal!

This past week end my husband and I went to a local thrift shop and today I wanted to share with you - Our Best Deal!

 

An Easel!

One side of it is a dry erase board:

The other side is a chalk board:

This can easily be set on a table and easily used! 

 

Another awesome feature of this easel is the fact that it folds down for easy storage!

SweetPea has already tried it out and loves it!!!

 

Oh and it was only $2.00!!

I love it when I guess what the price will be and it is less than half price of what I thought she would charge for it!! That is awesome!!

Beloved Names of God ...series

I found a new book - it's called " Life- Changing Thoughts on 99 Classic Names~ Beloved Names of God" And I would like to share one here with you each week. So every Wednesday I will be posting this series- Beloved Names of God

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I Am

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:

and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,

I AM hat sent me unto you.

Exodus 3:14 KJV

• Name of God the Father
• "I AM THAT I AM" appears once in the KJV. God also calls Himself "I Am" once.
• In Hebrew, Ehyeh asher ehyeh or Hayah means "I am that I am" or
  "I will be that I will be."
• Speaking through the burning bush, God instructed to call Him by the name I am when he announced himself as the chosen leader of the Israelites.

 

Traveling to ancient cultures is a mind-blowing experience. How amazing it is to walk on roads trod by Roman soldiers; to stand in the same room where Christopher Columbus received his commission to sail to the New World from Isabella and Ferdinand; or to climb up the Areopagus, or Mars  Hill, in Athens, where Paul preached to the Greeks. Yet before all cultures existed, before the earth was formed, God was and Jesus was.

 

When God said that His name was "I Am," He was stating unequivocally that He was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and that HE would be their God 'from generation to generation" (Exodus 3:15 NIV). God was stating that He never changes. Likewise, Jesus also never changes. The writer of the book of Hebrews declared, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8 NIV). And Father and Son are still here, and will be forever. "I AM THAT I AM" has no beginning and no end.

Taken from the Top 100 Names of God

Ellyn Sanna 

Some Great Therapy

So this past Sabbath I experienced a lot of anxiety. The most I had been having for quite some time. So I decided it would be a great time for some therapy.

So I began making my Block of the Month block.

 

Fabrics:  

 

 Fabric after I cut out my pieces:

And 2 hours later I had this:

 

Quilting is great therapy not only does it take your mind off of what ever is bothering you, but you end up with something pretty in the end! :O)

 

This or That...?

It seems that I have noticed myself having panic attacks- my heart racing - stomach in knots more and more lately. I have been stressed. After a day that it was the worst that it has been - I spent some time in prayer about it. Why was I feeling so stressed? I began to think of the things bothering me and I soon realized that out of all the things bothering me - there was only 1 of the things that I could do anything about. So there it is - the reason why I have been stressing more lately

 

The Serenity Prayer tells us to accept the things that I can not change and to ask for courage to change the things I can. Well the thing I could change - I really didn't need courage - I just needed the ground to dry up enough so that I could get our yard mowed and under control. Thankfully Sunday afternoon - my husband helped me and together we got the whole yard mowed and I got a good chunk of my weed eating done. I will continue to work on that this week -along with weeding the garden.

So accepting the things I can not change- this is something that I needed to pray and ask God to help me with. This is a process- not an instant fix. I am continuing to experience the stress but am trying to change my focus, pray and even sing praises when I start feeling my heart racing.

So when reading about menopausal symptoms - you will see anxiety is one of the party favors that comes along with the gift of a hysterectomy...lol. So that could be the cause.

Or as dear friend said that sometimes the anxiety attacks come alongside of depression. And she has an extra copy of a book that she thinks will really help me. And she will be mailing it to me soon. I look forward to reading it. It's Called "Depression: The Way Out"  You can click on that link and find out more about it.

Some more help and understanding about the Serenity Prayer:

The Full Copy of the 1932 Serenity Prayer.
by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

When I looked up the Serenity Prayer - I also found this at this site.

One way or another I am going to make some progress and hopefully figure out the cause or at least something that can help with these attacks so that I don't have to experience them as much.

An I Love You...Eight Years Later

In 2010 I posted A Tale of Two Black Trucks.  

 

So about a week or two ago I was looking through some photos - I totally forgot what I was looking for at the time - but I came across these photos of a wreck that my boys were in. I already knew that God had been watching out for them. My youngest son - who was in the passenger seat - miraculously had the seatbelt released before he was squashed by the seatbelt. And neither of them got hurt that seriously - especially when you see the damage done to the vehicle.

 

As I was looking at the photos I noticed something I had never noticed before.
Do you see it?  

Here is a close up:

It's a heart where one of the fog lights used to be.

Isn't it amazing?

 

I thought this is an "I Love You!" for sure.

Anyway I just wanted to share with you all today.

 

I think that one day we will be so surprised at what all we have been saved from. And I think that if we pay attention we will see God's hand at work in our lives.

 

And something that one of our old pastors used to say:

"Your eternity is God's priority"

 

Remember that! :O)