Month: May 2013

  • On A Mission For Life

    We all have a mission. We all need goals in our lifetime. Yes, we all need to exercise daily. It can come nature for some. While others need a little help.

    I seem not to be good at exercising daily. But about a month ago, I decided I need to. It's has been a challenge to do. I have to remind myself. I can get lazy and not do it. So, I'm on a mission of life. I'm got to stick with the program.

    If I keep myself busy, I see that I can get the exercise that I need. I know that it's no wise to go to the store on an empty stomach.  That's a no no. I tend to buy more than what's needed. That's no good either.

    The more I tend to do what I think is right the more I will learn from what  I think I'm doing wrong. In the process of doing something, I can exercise along the way.

    I've been missing out on the program that I was on a month ago. I 'm doing some exercises. I tend to do more walking. More walking than I think that I couldn't do.

    In the long run, If I just keep staying active. Eat the right foods and don't over do things, I think that I can make it. My mission for life will time a life time. 

    I need to have keep on keeping on. I need not to worry if I get off track. I just need to take one day at a time. I need to just do it daily exercise.

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan

    Scripture:
    For Christ's love compels us,
    because we are convinced that one died for all,
    and therefore all died.
    And he died for all,
    That who live should no longer live for themselves
    but for him who died for them and was raised again...
    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
    the old has gone,
    the new has come!

    2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 17 NIV

  • What Now? Rambling Thoughts

    We're in the Pentecost Season! That's Kingdom Time!

    I'm thankful that Jesus asked the Father to send us His Holy Spirit.  We don't talk much about the Holy Spirit. We tend to speak of Him but not much too Him.

    Is there a law that we can't speak to the Holy Spirit? Who are we to speak to when we speak to God? The Spirit leads us and guides us into the truth. Why don't we speak of the Holy Spirit that much?

    Who are we to speak to, God, the Father? God, The Son, God, The Holy Spirit? Or just God Himself? Holy God three in One.

    I talk the God. There are times when I say Heavenly Father, Father God, JESUS, Thank You, LORD. I don't speak much of the Holy Spirit. I don't know if it's proper.

    The Holy Spirit has feelings. He is God. Why don't we address the Spirit? We need to welcome God's Spirit into our daily lives.

    I remember a song that we use to sing in church. It was way back in the days. Like the 1900's Not that for back. About 1995 or earlier. It goes like this. "Welcome Holy Spirit. We are in Your Presence. Fill us with Your power, live inside of me."

    I'm thankful that the Holy Spirit is alive in me. I can't live with having a guide to help me with my spiritual life. I need God, the Father. I need Jesus. I need God. I need The Holy Spirit. I need the Trinity. I need the Church.

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan 

    Scripture:
    Without God it is utterly impossible.
    But with God everything is possible.

    Mark 10:27 TLB

  • The Promised Gift Of The Holy Spirit

    Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    via The Book Of Common Prayer Pentecost Sunday.

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    Thanks for reading and praying.
    Susan

    Happy A Great Pentecost Season!
    Journey Continues...

    Scripture:
    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
    I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
    than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
    For the Lord God is a sun and shield:
    the Lord will give grace and glory:
    no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

    Psalm 84:10-11 KIV

  • Project: Memories

    On Monday of this week, I was taking photos of my Mother's Day carnation. On Sunday, I had put my flower in a vase.  I was wanting to take a photo of it. I had a hard time doing it.

    I decided to put the vase next to photos of my mother and her mother. I took so many photos. There were some  white spots from the flash on the photos. I don't manage to get some good photos.

    In the process of taking photos, I had other ideas come to me. I got more photos of my relatives. I begin to copy them. It appeared that I was on a new project. Project Memories.

    I'm working on a collage or photo book of my parents' siblings . I don't have much photos on my father's side. I have my mother's parents and my mother's father's parents.

    I've been experimenting with the photos. I know it will take time. I had a time in coping the photos to the size that I wanted.

    I hope to have some of what I've started done by Memorial Day. I thing that I will. It wasn't as hard as I thought ti would be. It just takes time to do.

    May we explore more.
    May we discover on the way in where we are headed.
    May we see some good out of what we do for others.
    Amen!

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan

    The 7th and Last Saturday in the Easter Season 2013

    Scripture:
    But He knows the way I take: When He has tried me. I shall come forth as gold.

    Job 23:10 NASB

  • Reflections On The Easter Season

    We're nearing the end of the Easter Season 2013. It's been a long journey. I've been counting the days as I was on the journey. Thank God for the celebration! Jesus is risen, indeed.

    As I'm going about this Easter Season, I realize some things. I was changing in the process. The rebirth of what I thought was right. I had to make some changes as I went about.

    I know that I had to make some adjustment. I wasn't seeing things come in the way that I thought that they should. I prayed more and more. I was aware of how I was praying.

    How prayer changes the way I think and react. I'm thankful that we have the leading of the Holy Spirit with us. I'm learning the truth about myself. It's setting me free.

    The old things are fading away. The newness of life has been springing forth. We have to believe God will do what He says. It may not be the way that we want. But it will come in God's timing.

    It's been a wonderful journey through the Easter Season. I believe that there are new beginnings along the way. I'm thankful that Jesus is always here in all seasons of life.

    As I continue in the Easter Season, I'm seeing some surprises. God is good. I'm seeing things that make me want to know more about God. Who He is. For He is God, Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth.

    May we continue in the Easter Season.
    May we celebrate the resurrection every Sunday.
    Amen.

    Thanks for reading.
    Happy Easter!
    Stepping into Kingdom Time On Monday!
    Susan

    The 7th and Last Friday in the Easter Season 2013

    Scripture:
    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
    to them who are the called according to his purpose.

    Romans 8:28 KIV

  • The Mid WeekDay Pause

    It's been a productive week so far. I have gotten more done than I thought I could. I don't want to wear myself out. I have to have some down time.

    I can over do things. I don't know why I think that I can get all what I think that I need done in one day. I can  only do what I can in the time that I have.

    I have to learn to take each day at a time. Well, I try to remind myself of it. I have been noticing that I have been talking out loud to myself. I need to listen to myself at times.

    I say that I need to take a break. But I keep on working. I know that I need to get that done but still I work. In the long run, if I don't take a break, I will get tried.

    I know when I'm tried. I find myself doing more. Because I'm making some mistakes along the way. They are minor mistakes. I have work and correct what I do. For example, I knock over my cup of lemonade.

    It's the mid weekday pause. I'll take a break. I'll learn to listen to myself talk. I can learn some things by doing that. lol

    May we learn to have balance in our daily dos.
    May we not grow weary in doing good.
    May the LORD guide us on our journey.
    Amen.

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan

    It's the 7th and Last Wednesday in the Easter Season 2013.

    Scripture:
    Little children, let us love, not the word or speech, but the truth and action.

    1 John 3:18 NRSV

  • In The Inspiration To Do Things

    I've been catching up on some things. I always say that I'm going to do things. But somehow I don't get around in doing them. Things seem to come up for some reason.

    I have my mind set to do what I plan. However...I need say no to some things. I have to. I don't know what it is. I have things to do too.

    I seem to let others things go in order to get that done. But, still I need to get what I personal need do to. I can get so far behind that I can't keep up with what I need to do and or want to do.

    I thought about letting up on my poem project. I appear to be sluggish when it come time for me to write. I can't think of what to write about. I'll see what I should do.

    I'm having more ideas to do other things. Things that I have put off for so long. I'm having the energy to do know. I can lost interest in things.

    But, somehow, I have the inspiration to do things. I'm working on some of my journaling early this week. I've been behind. But I have things come to me as I'm doing my work.

    That is how I come up with things to journal about. It's come when it comes. I can sit down and journal. The ideas come when I least expect them too.  I think that it might be the leading of the Holy Spirit.

    I was working on a project. Then I had to stop. I came to Xanga. I set my project aside to work on this project for about 30 minutes. I don't know how many blogs I have written in the time I'm here.

    It's weird how I can have the energy to journal on days that I'm working on other things. When I'm here on the other days. I don't have ideas to write about. That's odd.

    I hope that you're okay, That things are working out for you. I hope all is well with your soul. Peace and blessings to you.

    May the Lord grant us energy to do things.
    May we take advantage of the time that we have.
    May we continue on the journey with good expectation.
    Amen.

    Thanks for reading,
    Susan

    The 7th and Last Wednesday in the Easter Season 2013

    Scripture
    I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart: I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.


    Psalm 91-2 NIV

  • Journeying Along With A Good Attitude

    The weather is hot here. Just for a little while. The rain is coming. I hope. We need more rain. But, not enough for flooding.

    On Saturday, we had a frost advisory. That meant that all who had planted their gardens had to cover their plants. I didn't know until about 9:30 PM. I had to find something to cover the plants.

    Indeed it frost that morning. The plants are doing okay. I thought that we had our last frost for the year. Oh, well. But, I do hope this is it. For sure.

    I'm hoping the weather will be come Springish. I don't hope Summer pops up and stays for a period of time. We need some Spring weather.

    We had too much of Winter mixed with Fall type weather. Spring has been had a mixture of Winter, Fall, Summer. Now, we need some Spring Time Weather.

    Oh, I shouldn't be complaining. I should be enjoying life and not talking about how things are. Then again if I didn't talk about the weather than I would wonder why I didn't record some of the weirdness that has happened with the weather.

    I'm coming along okay. I'm moving with the flow of things. Life has been happening. I just how to make the right adjustment when things go another direction that throws a curve ball.

    May we journey along with a good attitude.
    May the Lord help us adjust to the changes that come in our lives.
    Amen.

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan
    The 7th and Last Tuesday in Easter 2013.

    Scripture
    Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
    Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:2 NASB

  • Spring Time Is Kicking In Some What

    I think the weather is finally kicking into the Spring type weather. It's been rainy here. I have notice that the grass is green. It's been well watered. There is more rain coming in a few days.

    It's beginning to look a lot like Springtime. Life is alive in nature. The birds are singing. I joy of being in another season weather way.

    It was in the 80's today and tomorrow in the 90's. The heat wave is back. It appears that we have had all four season during the Spring Season. I don't think that has ever happened in my lifetime. 

    I had a wonderful Mother's Day! I went to church and all the ladies received a carnation. We even got to pick which color we wanted. I pick white to match my out fit. lol.

    I've been enjoying the last week of the Easter Season. It's been  long journey. And it's about over. Pentecost Sunday is this Sunday. Happy Birthday Church!

    I hope all had a wonderful Mother's Day. I hope that you have a wonderful ending of the Easter Season. I've been seeing some new birth in my life. The birth of some new things have been springing out.

    May we enjoy the ending of the Easter Season.
    May we enter into the season to come.
    Amen!

    Thanks for reading.
    Susan 
    The 7th and Last Monday in the Easter Season 2013

    Scripture

    He surrounds me with lovingkindness and tender mercies He fills my life with good things! Psalm 103:4-5 TLB

  • Happy Mother's Day!

    O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

    via The Book Of Common Prayer: 7th and Last Sunday in Easter 2013

    Happy Mother's Day!
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    Thanks for praying and reading.
    Susan

    Scripture: 

    Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.

    1 Peter 4:7-8 MSG