My song on Psalm 103

Lord are you there?
Are you there….
Please bend down and hear my prayer.

Lord my heart is breaking
The tears continuously flow
Please bend down and hear my prayer.

I remember the story of Moses and how you bent down and heard their prayer of brokenness.
Please bend down and hear my prayer.

As I continued to cry out for help, the Lord spoke to me. I am in your sorrow. I will hold your hand through it all. My peace I will give you. My presence will surround and my arms will hug you. Then you’ll know I’m with you through it all. I’m always here, right beside you and I have heard your prayer.

Again, I cried, but it was because of God’s great LOVE for me.
Let all that I am Lord
Praise your holy name
May I never forget what you did
at Calvary

Because of my faith in you oh Lord
I have been forgiven
I praise you with a thankful heart
You are my Lord and King of Kings.
You saved me that day at Calvary
of all my sins

Now all is done here on earth
Heaven’s doors are open wide for me
I enter in and fall at your feet
Worshiping and praising you

How glad I am that I put my trust and faith in you!!!
Now I’ll be with you forever.
Hallelujah, and Amen! and Amen
Thank you for saving a sinner like me.

Wont you let Jesus into your heart today?
You will never regret it!!!!!

Awesome Thought-Wisdom

Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it. (Prov. 16:22, NRSV)

How is wisdom dished out? Is it only for world leaders? Did only President Roosevelt have it? Is it available to Presidents, kings and queens? How about you and me?

(James 1:5-8 ESV) gives great insight to this awesome thought, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

Did you ever stop and think when an annoying person stopped by your coffee chatter table and asked you a question it just might be God using you to impart wisdom to one that needs from one that has? Or, maybe we have gladly taken the step to ask God for wisdom on an issue and He sends the neighbor we don’t want to be seen with to impart a great truth. Do we humbly receive or reject and try to continue to live on without understanding, intellect, or thought to gaining what we have asked for?

Surely we need wisdom on how to pray and help our fellow Texans after this disastrous Harvey left parts uninhabitable. Our Nation drumming war here and there and the sounds seem everywhere. It’s beginning to seem to me wisdom is freely given to those that have the compassion to restore, rebuild, heal, transform, awaken not only individuals, but communities and nations. Add your wisdom and see what God will do!

Philip asked the Ethiopian eunuch, “Do you understand what you are reading?” Acts 8:30 (NIV) Do I? img_0387z
Photo by Chris M with his Scottie, Rocket @Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial DC with his Scottie, Fala.

A joy of gardening-Canning

Some years certain things seem to produce better in my garden than others. This year the peppers have been bountiful, particularly the hot ones like jalapeno which my husband chose to be planted since he loves them. But he can only eat so many fresh ones, so I suggested we find a recipe for canning them in jars. Since we also had a couple of other hot varieties as well as mild banana peppers, some jars got a mix rather than just jalapeno. Today’s batch was the second one which yielded around 11 pints. We plan on dressing the jars up with personalized labels and maybe some raffia or ribbon around the lids and giving them as Christmas presents. The recipe was a simple one obtained from online that involved pouring equal parts of simmering wine vinegar (I ran out and used apple cider in a few jars) and water over the cut up peppers packed in hot jars with a clove of garlic and ½ tsp of pickling salt or spice. Then they were processed in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Seemed like a great way to make use of the garden bounty.

Song of the Psalm

Just seems so soothing and healing to recall Words that heal and not harm. The Psalmist give us many but today in the USA this Psalm sings loudly in my heart!🎼✝️❣️

Psalm 133
133:1 “How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!

133:2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes.

133:3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD ordained his blessing, life forevermore.”

Word Meditation

The LORD said, “My word . . . that goeth forth out of my mouth . . . shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.”
– Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)

I love hearing another’s story. It seems we never meet a person without a story. When we listen into their story we most likely will hear the moral compass of their life story. A WORD that gave design to their vocation, their hopes and dreams and yes, even things that seemed off course but found needful in their life journey as it was packed into their emergency travel kit.

Do you ever listen to yourself telling your story to others? Or, read what you journaled when you recorded your story?

Lazy, hot, steamy summer heat in No Virginia makes air conditioned coffee shoppes and ice cream digs hot spots to share and hear story. Recently, I took mental notes of listening as storytellers told their dot to dot stories. In meditating on words they told I found I could just focus on Isaiah 55:11 and find a basket of words to hold dear to my heart. Rejoice with them! Find Hope! Applaud!Peace! And, many other wonderful energies that bubble in their space.

It seems we find their hour glass with a sand flow as well as ours when we watch and heart listen from this view. “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done…”
(Isaiah 46:10, NKJV)

Happy BIRTHDAY, DEBORAH CHAVES

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Our appreciation to you for your gifts and talents so embedded in each post here. Your faithfulness seems unmatched. Your gifts planted and blooming in Loudoun County and many other counties in our great nation gives hope and sustenance to snails🐌 rabbits🐇 and squirrels 🐿 alike. Your talent and love of horticulture has changed many landscapes giving much beauty for ashes.🌻🌼🌸🌷🌹🍁

We all wish for you the best of best of a very Happy Birthday! 🎂🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Scripture Thought

“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”- John 21:25 (NIV)

This scripture seems funny to me in some ways now. Maybe Jesus didn’t know about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and others that placed this iPad in my hand. The worldwide web is the whole world. I’m just sitting with my imagination running away with book thought of the many other things Jesus did.

Where have I seen God’s small miracles daily working in my life and the lives of others? I think I missed part B of my study verse, “for the books that would be written.”

I’m seeing our lives are so precious in His sight that we are a book in writing. Hey, would you like to read your own book? 📔📕📗📚