“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.”
– Peyton Conway March

As we honor and celebrate Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter let us remember to give. Jesus gave His life for us. We have happiness, freedom and peace of mind because of Him. Because of His death and resurrection. So we are capable of giving these gifts to others by using the gifts He has given us to give to others.

Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” vs. 14 “And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.”

Easter brings us such freedom!!!Continue reading “Quote for the week-end”

Ephesians 5:27 “…that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word. vs. 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.”

Procrastinator, are you in this class of waiting to self destruct?

I have come to believe from my personal experiences that procrastination is a habit! Yes, a habit and a bad habit! A sin habit!

Proverbs 29
1 A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes _ will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.”

Again, Proverbs 29
1For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, there’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it’ll be too late to help them.”

Procrastination-putting off something… Procrastination is manifested in our lives by:

a) Delaying a decision, Continue reading “Spots and Wrinkles-Procrastination”

We would like for each of you to meet the newest “Lily”. DOB January 11, 2006. Dam: Spirit of Autumn-Lioness and Sire: Sport’n Heritage. She is from the Asheville NC area. She is eight weeks old in this photo taken by Christopher.

Blazing Star “Lily”. She is as beautiful as the Blazing Star Lily that many of us feast our eyes on in our gardens about this time of the year through the summer. Her personality is so gentle and she is brilliant.

Lily is looking forward to meeting all of you and being a vital fun part of The Daily Lily. Shadow is enjoying her as well. I think he thinks she is a play doll. Continue reading “New Puppy”

Alice Foreman Furlough, November 15,1915 – March 18, 2005

My beloved friend, Alice, has now been gone from us for a year. Alice would have been 90 years old in just a few months before she left. But God had a different plan for her 90th Birthday. We like to believe that she celebrated with her loved ones that had gone before her.

Alice was a very special friend. If you wanted someone to pray with you, you visited Alice, If you wanted someone to sing with you, you visited Alice. If you wanted someone to share a secret with, you visited Alice. If you wanted a hug, you visited Alice.

I was ten years old when I meet Alice, who became known to me as Sis. Furlough, in church in my hometown in NC. My Father had died and the Methodist church we attended had moved and a new little church had started in our Methodist church building. My Mother begaContinue reading “Alice, my friend”

Benjamin Franklin was concluding a moving speech on the guarantees of the Constitution when a heckler shouted, “Those words don’t mean anything. Where’s all the happiness you said it guarantees us?” Franklin smiled and calmly silenced his critic.
“My friend, the Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.”

Jesus, expounded this same teaching with the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). When we read Blessed are you, we are reading and hearing “Happy are you:”

Try reading the scriptures below by replacing Blessed with Happy and catch happiness.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3) Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 )Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5) Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6) BleContinue reading “Happiness Belongs to You!”

Sara’s Notes of Joy

(Zephaniah 3:17) “The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”

What do you do when The Lord is rejoicing with gladness and singing over you?

In the book of Zephaniah the prophet is describing the destruction of Judah, Philistine, Moab, Ammon, Ethiopia, and Assyria by the might nation of Babylon. Yet, Zephaniah was assuring these nations that not one nation of people was too far from God’s love, and not one nation was too small for His power! Then he closes this little book with powerful promises and encouraging the people to respond positively to God’s full circle of love.

How? (Zephaniah 3:14) “Sing, shout and be glad and rejoice with all your heart. (Verse 15 Amplified) (For then it wiContinue reading “MOSAIC OF JOY”