The Grace Card Movie!!!

A movie everyone should see!!!

A Prayer Remix...

http://www.268generation.com/3.0/   Louie Giglio....Passion Conferences

I have been listening to Louie Giglio and the Passion Conference Videos....truly amazing!

I have been viewing the Prayer Remix....Louie sharing with us about prayer, how we pray

and what we really need to look at with saying the prayers that we do say....it was an eye-

opener for me and I was truly blessed.  As I usually end my notes, etc. extending blessings,

I was reminded how in Christ we have already been blessed beyond measure.  Please

remember that this day.  To ask for "Christ to be with us" know that He already is, He is

inside of the believer....can't get more "with it" than that!!!  And instead of asking His

blessing, how about we Praise Him and ask instead to be a blessing to Him in all that

we endeavor to do this day!!!   deb

Magnets Galore!!!  Enjoying making something through repurposing magazines, order catalogs, books, etc. using the Bage-a-Minit kit that I have had since the 1990's.  Everyone enjoys magnets.  They are useful and make great gifts.  And, it is fun to find another way to encourage one another and build one another up in the Lord!  Blessings this day!  Have lots and lots in my etsy shop!

Reeds and Wicks, the broken and burnt out...

Reeds. Few things are more fragile than a bruised reed. In Christ's day, children playing beside the river made music pipes out of them. They were hallowed out and holes bored in them. But afterwards they were bruised and discarded. Perhaps you once stood tall and strong, nourished and rooted in the riverbed. But now you are hidden in the rushes, bruised by hurtful words, a mate's betrayal, your own failure, or harsh religion. Wicks. Nothing is closer to extinction than a smoldering wick. When the oil in primitive lamps was gone and the wick burned low, it was extinguished, thrown away as worthless and replaced. Did you once burn with faith, lighting the path for others until the icy winds of criticism, unforgiveness and judgmentalism left you in the darkness? What do all these people have in common: A woman trembling before an angry mob threatening to stone her? A house surrounded by people and a paralyzed man on a stretcher begging his friends not to give up until they get him to Christ? A blind man crying out for his sight and disciplies telling him to be quiet? They are all bruised reeds and smoldering wicks that Jesus refused to give up on. The world thinks it knows what to do with you--break you off and snuff you out! But not Jesus: "He does not crush the weak, or quench the smallest hope" (TLB). No matter how far gone you may feel today, you're not beyond the reach of God's grace. Come, He will treat you gently. He will make you whole again.*

*this is taken from a devotional sharing from Matthew 12:20

These days you may be feeling....

...a little stressed. A little topsy...

...or a little turvy...

...or even "skating on thin ice" with family or friends.

Just stop and take a breath and remember the real meaning of Christmas!

JESUS!!!

Thanksgiving...."thanks-give-to-the-king"!!!

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."

~H. U. Westermayer



Thanksgiving, the holiday came with a great price paid by many who were willing to sacrifice safety and comfort, even though religiously oppressed, to come to a New Land and establish a way of life that honored God. "Seven times more graves than huts," Westermayer states. You do the math. It wasn't a good time for those that came with great vision. And yet, it was here the idea of Thanksgiving was begun.



I think most people know Joni Eareckson Tada. She is the lady in a wheelchair that paints pictures with a brush in her mouth. Yes, that's the one! Well, she is also a very enlightened lady in a wheelchair who paints with a brush in her mouth! She would be the first one to tell you how thankful she is for the accident that took place in 1967 that left her as a quadriplegic. In Secret Strength, Joni writes, "Being a quiadriplegic means I have no use of my hands or legs. Like my friend, I need someone else to floss my teeth or hold a cup to my lips so I can drink. Somebody has to tuck in my blouse when it pulls out of my slacks. If I get too hot someone has to reach for the ice or the fan. Someone has to help me in and out of bed. There's hardly an hour of the day that I don't rely on the willing hands and feet of others.



"But I've learned not to be so shortsighted about my disability and the people who help me. It is Jesus who feeds me my sandwich...after all, He's the one who provides that friend sitting next to me, just as He provides the food. It is Jesus who lovingly works through my husband when he helps me in bed at night. And it is Jesus who brings people to help me in the morning.



"No, my hands and legs don't work. But like Paul, I've learned to see that these things have happened that I might not rely on my own meager, personal resources. These things have happened that I might lean my full weight on the power, presence, and provision of my Lord.



"I do need Jesus. And if I ever ask you to help me with a sandwich or hold a coffee cup for me, I'll smile my thanks at you...but give Him the glory."



Our Bible/Book club meets on Mondays at 1pm. During one of our discussions, we talked about what we would say if we could sit in a restaurant with Jesus. What would we ask Him? One said that she would ask Him, "why did He die for me?" As we went around the table, it occurred to me that I had always thought I would have tons of questions for Him (you know, that mental list to check off). But, as I have been made to realize through our study and through a program that I am going through, all that is worth saying is just to say....thanks.



So, please remember to be mindful this holiday season and "show" your thanks for all the you have, all that you are in Christ and love on others, especially those that may be hard to love in your life. Jesus said it is easy to love those that love you, but try loving on those not easy to love....try it and be blessed.

Wisdom for living in this World....

It's a simple fact that if you want to live

a significant life

you will be hated and opposed.

Every step of the journey will be contested.

Every decision tested and challenged.

Our Lord was "despised and rejected of men," so you

will be. "To be significant," said Emerson, "is to be

misunderstood." The only way to avoid

reproach is to be nothing,

do nothing, and say nothing.

....opening to Chapter 7 of: Seeing Through by David Roper