Finally !!!!!

i've been AWOL from my blog for 4 months!!!  there were issues with posting pictures ... i couldn't!!!!  today the light went on in my head - i used the chrome browser and voila - here i am!!!!  it's a bit of a happy little miracle for me!!!

i post occasional in  travelingscarf.blogspot.ca and that was what propelled me to try something different!!!

 now i can happily share the last poster that i made ... YAY!!!!

a new year's verse and prayer ...

Christmas greetings ....

 

 

Go, Tell it on the Mountain

 

While shepherds kept their watching
Over silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens,
There shone a holy light:
Go, Tell It On The Mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Saviour's birth:
Go, Tell It On The Mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born
And God send us salvation,
That blessed Christmas morn:
Go, Tell It On The Mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

When I am a seeker,
I seek both night and day;
I seek the Lord to help me,
And He shows me the way:
Go, Tell It On The Mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

He made me a watchman
Upon the city wall,
And if I am a Christian,
I am the least of all.
Go, Tell It On The Mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

God with us ....

Emmanuel means: God with us ... and that is exactly what Jesus' Christmas name is ... GOD WITH US!  thank you LORD!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzW_PmW-LzE

the focus ....

a good thought from the Life Application bible:

"Whatever you are considering as the focus of life, Christ is better.  He is the perfect revelation of God, the final and complete sacrifice for sin, the compassionate and understanding mediator, and the only way to eternal life.  Read Hebrews and begin to see history and life from God's perspective.  Then give yourself unreservedly and completely to Christ."

"The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command.  When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven."  Hebrews 1:3 NLT

expected ... yet unexpected ... expectantly waiting! ...

my family received an early Christmas present with the birth of a sweet little baby! ... my sister had a little girl!!! ... what a thrill!!! ... and she is just beautiful (babies tend to all be that way!) ...

her arrival made me think of JESUS return ... the bible speaks of a pregnant woman, and about NOT knowing the exact date/time she will deliver ... the signs are all there  - yet we do NOT know when - just that it will be soon ...  Jesus return will be just like that ...

the day my little niece was born was like any other day ... until i got the call at 1pm saying "she's here!" ... my mom said that she had called my sister that day, like every day, to see how she was feeling - and also to ask  how "little emma" was (the name was already picked out, and everyone called the unborn little one, by her name) ... well she got the surprise of her life when my sister said, i'm fine and little emma is fine too - in fact, she's right here in my arms and is just beautiful!!!!  unbeknownst to us, my sister and her hubby had gone to the hospital at 7a.m. that morning and the baby was born around noon ... mom said she was just thrilled and could hardly believe that emma was FINALLY HERE!!!!  she thought it was a dream!!!

now, we all knew my sister was pregnant ... we all knew she was in the 9th month ... we all knew that the baby would soon arrive ... even so, when she was born - it was still a HUGE (and happy) surprise!!!  even unexpected in some ways ...

yup ... I thought, that is just how JESUS return will be ... we KNOW, by the signs He gave us, that He'll return sooner than later ... yet when that soon arrives - we will still be surprised ...

that's why it is so important to not put off asking Jesus to forgive our sins and come into our lives ... to have a relationship with our Redeemer is vital ... we need to be the lights to a dieing world ... Jesus is coming ... Jesus is the HOPE ... and it will all happen when we least expect it ...

even so Lord Jesus ... COME!

the Spirit of the season ...

a reminder ...

we were watching pastor martin, from winnipeg's calvary temple last week ... he said, people get it so wrong when they say God is punishing them ... Christ paid ALL our sin debt at calvary ... so how can we be punished for it? ... however, we could be living with the consequences of  past sin ... which is different ...

i agree with him ...  God forgives our sins as far as the East is from the West ...

thank you Lord!

God has said ...

 

i took this picture on my walk the other day ... and i read this verse from Hebrews today ... i like the part about GOD HAS SAID ... since GOD has said it - then in my heart it is so ... HIS Word is one that we can count on always ... it is what it said it is ... the truth ... and this particular truth, comforts and covers me like a blanket ... blessings on your days ahead ...

lest we forget ...

reposting from 2005  ... this poem ALWAYS comes to mind on November 11th ... lest we forget ...

 

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

i remember memorizing this poem in the 4th grade ... it was written by John McCrae in 1915 ... he was a Canadian medical officer in WWI ... i can still recite the poem by heart ... it made it's impact on me ...

today i think of those who have fought for a way of life we take for granted ... lives which ended away from home and loved ones ... we should pause and remember ...

Billy Graham turns 95 today ...

Happy 95th birthday to BILLY GRAHAM!!!   on this occasion and milestone birthday - billy will be  sharing the gospel, one more time, in a video format which will be online and on many of the Christian networks as well as some Superstations and Fox news - all starting tonight (November 7th) ... every thought of billy graham's faithful walk and witness - makes me smile!!!! so today I bless him and thank God for keeping billy faithful to his calling ...

 

on a personal note ... I went up at a billy graham crusade when I was 12 years old, and that has made all the difference in my life ... the gospel was presented clearly, forcefully and God used that message in a young girl's life ... so I am thankful beyond words ...

http://watchbillygraham.ca/
http://watchbillygraham.com/

9 years of blogging ...

 

i have just celebrated my 9th anniversary in blogland ... i can't believe how the time has flown by ... *cheeky grin* ... blogging has been therapy for me, especially the first 3 years ... i started blogging in the fall of 2004, it helped ward off some of the seasonal SAD that i experience and also made me focus on writing ... more therapy!!!  AND most important, it became an outlet for my faith ... i always hoped that my blog would reflect God's glory - to say:  ya, we all have problems, but we don't have to go it alone - there is ONE who desires to help us - lift us - love us ... JESUS , the ONE who knows us completely! 

 

and i have also found a community of believers - who have prayed & encouraged me over these 9 years ... as we have followed each others journeys ... it has been a blessing ... that is why i try to hang on to my blog - tho' it seems i have time constraints re getting coherent thoughts in a post ...

 

just saying - that i have been blessed by so many ... thank you, blog buds, for the prayers over the years ... one day we will meet ...

now is the time ....

 

the bible is always telling us NOW is the time ...

what are you putting off until tomorrow?

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving ... Canadian thanksgiving that is!!  *smile* ... each day is an opportunity for us as believers in Jesus, to choose to be thankful ... to choose to see the blessings we have all around us ... and to not take friends, family, all our loved ones - for granted ... life is fleeting - let's make the air around us sweet - with the fragrance of a life that has a grateful spirit at it's core ... blessings on ya!!!

one day ...

 

during my morning walk, i was thanking the Lord for everything i saw - the beauty of the place where i live ... and a verse came to mind ... "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard the things I have prepared for those who love Me ... " ... i thought ... WOW!!!  it's going to get even better than this ... one day ... some day ... soon?

a life well lived ... is lived for Jesus ...

 

celebrating the life and mourning the passing of my uncle reino ... he became a Christian at the age of 50 ... and walked with God until called home at the age of 91 ...

proclaim the praises of HIM who called you ...

the beach scene this morning ... God's faithfulness is minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day ... HE only is worthy of our praise ...  

giving thanks ...

when i want to grumble and complain - i think it's HEALTHIER to go against the grain!  to instead - remember all the things i should be thanking GOD for ... it's a game changer ...

I've read this verse twice now, just this morning ... it was used in 2 of my devotional readings ... it encouraged me ... and made me count my blessings ... GOD has been so good to us ... and we haven't even seen the floodgates of heaven opened up yet!!!  WOW ... thank you Lord ... blessings on those who stop by ....

the night seasons ...

i took this picture of the super moon that appeared last night ... this was a 3 a.m. shot from our bedroom window ... and how the LORD does instruct in the night season as the psalmist said ... 

i miss blogging ... but it seems the well is dry at the moment ... just wanted to put in a "word" ... and to say bless those who stop by ...