The busy bee..

Golden gate...

Golden gate bridge... isn't it just gorgeous?

What a busy few weeks I had. Work, family, relatives visiting from a different state, the baptism of my nephew and niece. Going to see wonderful places, and seeing the beautiful ocean... Getting up early in the mornings, and staying up late in the evenings. Registering and testing my 5 year old for kindergarten... Summer is almost over, how sad.

Now I hope the life will slow down a bit, and I can enjoy some of my blog friends...and the life you write about.:))

I had a dream....

The road was narrow and steep... up the hill, higher and higher it went.
I was struggling with the closeness of the rocky tunnel, the darkness,
the claustrophobic feeling of being closed in. The suffocating, heavy
feeling in my chest increased as the darkness tries to swallow me whole,
I can't see. I look up and there high above, is the sun streaming in,
the warmth is sipping in. I reach up my hand and grab the sunshine, the
bright light. I hold on to it, so the darkness can not fill me, can not
scare me. I can walk the narrow road now, I am holding on to the light.
I can finish the dark, claustrophobic tunnel of pain and confusion,
because The Light is guiding me higher to the end of this road. I am
out, I am free, I am alive. The sunshine engulfs me, fills me with
warmth, love and happiness. I can see whats around me now. My road is
not totally clear of the suffocating dark tunnels in the future, but as
long as I hold on to the light I will survive. If your road is dark,
know that there is light if you look up.. It is there ahead.

One of my favorite words--- Abundance.

I love the word 'abundance', its one of the blessings that God provides and blesses my family with... for example an abundance of tomatoes and cucumbers from my garden...




An abundance of little grape tomatoes...




An abundance of sunshine and shade....



An abundance of little feet running around my house...



An abundance of flowers surounding me....




An abundance of little girls in my little family....:)




An abundance of basil leaves in my garden....


O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.... He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. (Isaiah 33:2,6)

In the begining.....

To see is to feel
To feel is to love
To love is to want
To want is to get
To get is to have
To have is to give
To give is to lose
To lose is to look
To look is to find
To find is to save
To save is to increase
To increase is to overflow
To overflow is to share
To share is to love
To love is to feel
To feel is to see.

How our Body parts can serve God.

In view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God- this is your spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1)

From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him. (Proverbs 12:14)
...Lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger of disputing. (1 Timothy 2:8)



Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.
(Isaiah 55:2-3)



She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. (Proverbs 31:26)




Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. (Proverbs 4:25)


To guide our feet into the path of peace. (Luke 1:79)
Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep you foot from evil. (Proverbs 4:26)

So you see, all body parts can serve God in its own way. Eyes are the windows of our soul. Mouth will speak no evil, ears will hear no evil, hands will only be used in doing good deeds, and our feet will walk the path of righteousness. May God bless us in our mission to serve God with our whole body.

Life in general... is it always busy?

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us and the art of life is to the message. (Malcolm Muggeridge)

I have been kind of busy lately.. My nineteen year old sister is visiting me from Missouri, and there hasn't been much time for me to enjoy my blogger friends. :)) Well life goes on, work, housework, laundry, cooking, gardening, decorating, and going on little family trips.. enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. I have been so busy that at night I get insomnia, with all kinds of thoughts swirling in my head, waking me from my dreams.

Some days I still fight the avalanche of depression, the darkness, the sadness... especially if I have to work long hours. Not believing in taking the anti-depressants I fall to my knees with the heaviness of my load and petition God to help me. To heal me, to shine his light into my soul, to pour down his sweet love, to comfort me. He does. How wonderful to have this awesome God we can turn to, in our darkest hour. When our hearts are torn and bleeding.

Its amazing to be loved by our heavenly Father. I read somewhere that we as humans, usually compare the heavenly father to our human fathers. Its nice when we have great dads, but when we don't... we need to realize that God is love. He will never hurt us, but heal us. I am so thankful for being found by Him and to be his daughter. It would be amazing to see Him face to face. Will you be ready when He comes again?

Remember...

Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad.
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.
Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.
Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day