As a Mother...

"When you have a child, 

you decide to have your heart 

living a lifetime 

outside your body."

~Unknown

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Sweetness in Little Flowers

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By Cicely Mary Barker, 

about her faith in Jesus as her Savior.

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The Joy We Can Learn From Snoopy

~SCHULTZ
 

..."For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord."...

"...Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart."...

Luke/kjv  2/nasb

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Let us treasure all these things also.

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People Always Need Help

We are all in need of help sometimes

Psalm 9:9-10

..."The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times of trouble;

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,

For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You."...

Psalm 27:4-5

..."One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord

And to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock."...

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;

He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

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Are you looking for help?

Find a well-grounded, Bible Believing Christian to talk with as they are probably able to answer your questions, point you in the right direction, or send you to another well-ground Believer who can answer your questions.

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Problem solved, God is so Good.

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What do they ever do for me?

-Schulz

*Classic cynicism from the Lucy character.*

What joy, though, to ponder the stars and Who made them!

Glory!

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Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth,


Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!


From the mouth of infants and nursing babes 

You have established strength


Because of Your adversaries,


To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, 

the work of Your fingers,


The moon and the stars, 

which You have ordained;


What is man that You take thought of him,


And the son of man that You care for him?


Yet You have made him a little lower than God,


And You crown him with glory and majesty!


You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;


You have put all things under his feet,


All sheep and oxen,


And also the beasts of the field,


The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,


Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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What do we need for today?

~MUTTS 

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Right Attitudes Produce Right Thinking

 ~Schulz

Ephesians 4:22-24

..."in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth."...

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Oh Why, Oh Why, LORD?!

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

"Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God."...

Psalm 73

"Surely God is good to Israel,


To those who are pure in heart!

 

But as for me, 

my feet came close to stumbling,


My steps had almost slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant


As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are no pains in their death,


And their body is fat.

They are not in trouble as other men,


Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Therefore pride is their necklace;


The garment of violence covers them.

Their eye bulges from fatness;


The imaginations of their heart run riot.

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;


They speak from on high.

They have set their mouth against the heavens,


And their tongue parades through the earth.

Therefore his people return to this place,


And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

They say, 

“How does God know?


And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

Behold, 

these are the wicked;


And always at ease, 

they have increased in wealth.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure


And washed my hands in innocence;

For I have been stricken all day long


And chastened every morning.

If I had said, 

“I will speak thus,”


Behold, 

I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

When I pondered to understand this,


It was troublesome in my sight

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;


Then I perceived their end.

Surely You set them in slippery places;


You cast them down to destruction.

How they are destroyed in a moment!


They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Like a dream when one awakes,


O Lord, 

when aroused, 

You will despise their form.

When my heart was embittered


And I was pierced within,

Then I was senseless and ignorant;


I was like a beast before You.

Nevertheless I am continually with You;


You have taken hold of my right hand.

With Your counsel You will guide me,


And afterward receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but You?


And besides You, 

I desire nothing on earth.

My flesh and my heart may fail,


But God is the strength of my heart 

and my portion forever.

For, behold, 

those who are far from You will perish;


You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, 

the nearness of God is my good;


I have made the Lord God my refuge,


That I may tell of all Your works.

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The Things Which are Felt in the Heart

 

Christmas Joy

There is nothing like Christmas decorating, Christmas Baking, Christmas singing, Christmas presents...

Oh, yes there is! 

Knowing Jesus as your very own Savior! 

Now THAT is CHRISTMAS JOY!

Romans 6:23

..."For the wages of sin is death! 

but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord!!!!"

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~AprilCornell 

Wisdom

 

Never Give Up

"We mothers put up such a good fight--

--But we don't always win."

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The one thing we do have--

The LORD GOD is on our side

and He never gives up.

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My Unexpected Joy

This world is full of woes...

Ecclesiastes 8:11

..."When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong."...

No matter who you are there are sorrows and troubles in your life or around you. 

The difference in each person is if they trust the LORD with Jesus as their Savior. Believers see life here differently; we see it in God's perspective.

The BIGGEST difference ever.

John 11:33

..."These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. 

In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Those of us who trust in Jesus with their lives have just as many, maybe more sorrows, heart aches...but we remember the LORD to whom we belong, and if we falter we eventually remember and cry out to the One and Only who can help us through our sorrows.

1 Peter:12-13

..."Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation."...

Some day we will be with the LORD.

John 1:18 

..."No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son—
the One who is at the Father’s side—
He has revealed Him."...

This will be our triumph because of Jesus and it will be all Joy!

Until this certain time we can certainly find His Joy even among our many and saddest sorrows. 

Among our sadnesses in this world we can find...

Unexpected Joy!

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Honor Your Mother and Father is for real

~From another mom 

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Exodus 20:12

..."“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.`"...

And the one after that is pretty good also...

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Grieving for the mother who sent this to us.

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So Pretty!

~Fancy Flours 

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Something Poignant then Silly

 -By Schulz

Snowflakes, but no snow for us today

~FancyFlours 

Isaiah 1:18

...“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the Lord,

“Though your sins are as scarlet,

They will be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They will be like wool."...

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Mothers are known for their compassions

 -ROSE is ROSE