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Surprise!

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Perhaps I could say the extent of my surprise is indicative of my degree of having given up. 

This is the 3rd Spring for my little lily. She has been faithful to push through the winter soil for three seasons and with each appearing she gave only leaves.

But this morning? Surprise! Delight and amazement and with much praise and gratitude I found this:

Certainly, the expected glory will surpass the present beauty but how foolish it would be of me to not celebrate what is while I wait for what is to come.

Can we get a life lesson from that? (You are invited to share your insights if you will.)

Galatians 6:9
King James Version (KJV)
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
via Galatians 6:9 KJV – And let us not be weary in well doing: – Bible Gateway.

And our well-doing here just might be waiting.

1 Corinthians 2:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
via 1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV – But as it is written, Eye hath not – Bible Gateway.

We have the God-given Right to do right in this wrong World,

A Quick Hello, Celebrations, KWT Paraphrasing

Taking it Personal

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Luke 1 26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

Can you imagine the stir in heaven as God the Father gives instruction to Gabriel to go to earth with this news??

27 to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. via Luke 1:26-38,42-48 HCSB – Gabriel Predicts Jesus’ Birth – In – Bible Gateway.

So personal!

The GOD of this Universe is PERSONAL. Take HIM personally!!

HE does you.

What glorious news!

Every soul acts out their desire for personal attention and GOD came down from Heaven to give it – what could be more sinful and horrid to refuse Him??

Praying (PFT)!

We have the Right to do right in this wrong World,

Celebrations

Love and HIM

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Oh that today, Valentine’s Day, would be a celebration of love all across America.  Real, lasting, faithful, true, and holy love.
Oh that today love would be pledged to the Greatest Lover of Eternity – JESUS CHRIST, the Righteous.
If ever One deserved to be loved it is HIM.
If ever One was a true and faithful lover it is HIM.

And if ever we as mortals want to give and receive real, lasting, faithful, true, and holy love we will FIRST give our love to HIM so we will have love to give to them.

John 3:16 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
16″For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
via John 3:16 KJ21 – For God so loved the world that He gave – Bible Gateway.

There will be a lot of giving TO each other today (and that’s a good thing) but it’s the giving of one’s self FOR another that makes it LOVE.

I Corinthians 13: 3-7 The Message Bible
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.
via I cor 13 MSG – The Way of Love – If I speak with human – Bible Gateway.

There are prayers to pray! Praying (PFT) is breathing for Christians!
Today is Dori’s test. Today is also her birthday.  And there’s Kerri. And MORE!

Assurance - Promise, Celebrations, Christian Living

Me Too! Really!

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2:17! Where has the day gone?? And I still have a trip to the store to make.

Journey. Journey Magazine that is.  If you don’t have access to one and you can, I highly recommend them.  It was asking me questions today.  May I ask the same of you? And will you answer?

In what ways does media influence you?
What do you believe about yourself or others that is a direct result of marketing?

Journey went on to say renewal of the mind is a process of transformation. The media want to transform us from who we are to who ‘they’ desire us to be: People who buy their products so we can be beautiful, skinny, smarter, healthier, enlightened, and so on. And the news media what do they want us to be? Just like them – politically correct.  You know what? I’ve just about had it up to here with politically correct. But that is not where I want to go with this, not today . :)

So tell me. How many of those ‘to be-s’ do you wish to be?

Beautiful?
Me too!  I’ve always wanted to be beautiful, but have never believed (except for one day) I am.  Media helped convince me I am not. Shame on them! Shame on me for believing them. Here’s what I should believe.

Song of Solomon 6:4 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
4 “You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners.

via Song of Solomon 6:4 NASB – You are as beautiful as Tirzah my – Bible Gateway.

So should you.

Smarter?
Me too!  But let us get real here! Are we really going to allow this sin saturated, money-grubbing, reprobate-minded media to continue to ‘transform’ us or are we going to believe the CREATOR of THE UNIVERSE?! Really!

1 Corinthians 2:16 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

via 1 Corinthians 2:16 NASB – For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD – Bible Gateway.

Philippians 4:7 King James Version (KJV)
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

via Philippians 4:7 KJV – And the peace of God which passeth all – Bible Gateway.

And now for the one you have been expecting, the one you can quote and the one we better start acting on. Really!

Romans 12:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

via Romans 12:2 KJV – And be not conformed to this world but – Bible Gateway.

So! How will you answer Journey’s questions?

Kathie