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Friends are the Best As you know, there are a ton of crafts that I really enjoy doing in spare time. (lol) spare time..... One thing that I really have found a joy for is crocheting.  A Facebook friend of mine told me that she enjoyed making little dresses and hats, etc. for girls over seas.  I think I might start doing that as well.  I also hope to find some local orginizations to send my little crafts to instead of just throwing them in the trash. I might be crocheting, sewing or anything craft related on my Friday blog posts ! :) John 15:12-15 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

      Food for Thought Helen Steiner Rice is one of my all time favorite writers.  I feel like somehow,  she connected with your thoughts.  She knew what it was like to struggle but yet knew that God always had complete control.  No matter what her poetry was indeed, poetry, because it was always uplifting and had some kind of spirituality to it's meaning.  When I am sad or feeling lonely, her poetry is definitely a good read.  I have pasted one of my favorite poems below and hope that it will inspire you to get through till the weekend !  Thursday is always one of those melancholy days because you know half the week is passed but there is still one more day left.  Hope you have had a wonderful day. #beblessed This Too Shall Pass If I can endure for this minute Whatever is happening to me, No matter how heavy my heart is Or how dark the moment may be If I can remain calm and quiet With all the world crashing about me, Secure in the knowledge God loves me When ever

      Motivational Monday What are things that you do to help meet your weekly goals?  Your daily goals?  Just one goal?  It is so easy for temptation to get in the way and entice us to loose site of our dreams.  Everyone of us has a certain purpose or reason for being on this Earth.  The devil's goal is to lead us into a deep depression and eventually into a deep, dark, hole.  If we notice, God even feeds the little birds.   For the past couple of weeks, I have had a birds nest in one of my flower pots.  I noticed how they did not do a thing any of the days while living on our front porch.   It amazed me how the momma bird always made sure they had adequate enough food to get them through the time period in which they needed help.  Once the babies realized they could fly,  their mother was no longer needed because they could fend for themselves.  However, she did her job well.  She built a big enough nest for the four eggs that were delivered into the world.  She

After Apple-Picking                                    By Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking now. Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The scent of apples: I am drowsing off. I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary grass. It melted, and I let it fall and break. But I was well Upon my way to sleep before it fell, And I could tell What form my dreaming was about to take. Magnified apples appear and disappear, Stem end and blossom end, And every fleck of russet showing clear. My instep arch not only keeps the ache, It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round. I feel

S. O. A. P Bible Study Method I found this study method on Pinterest.   I like it lots. The reason I like this method is because it kind of gives you a backbone or an outline.  There is nothing worse than being A bit brainscattered while studying the Bible. Here is my take on the verse ,  Psalm 18 :30 S.  ( Scripture ).   As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried:  he is a Buckler to all those that trust him. " O. ( Objective ). To me the thing that stand out the most is the word, " buckler." I am reminded of a belt buckle or some sort of clasp that holds Things together.  God's love is indeed, much like a buckler.  He holds us close together and is never too far away when we Need him the most. P ( Prayer ) Dear Lord,  Help remind me that there is no need to worry over things That I can not control.  You have my future all planned out And are ready to catch me if ever I fall.    In Jesus name, Amen.

1.  Start the day with prayer or meditation. 2. Brew a good cup of coffee. 3.  Go over my list of goals. 4.  Set new goals ones the old ones are accomplished. 5.  Listen to motivational podcasts or youtube videos. 6.  Read biographies of people who have survived cancer or some amazing trauma.  This helps to remind me that no problem is too big for God. 7.  I try to look in the mirror and say affirmations every morning.  Some of these affirmations are the same ones and some are different.  8. Try to keep a good, constant routine. 9.  Write or draw in my journal. 10.  Reward myself for accomplishments.  After all, you deserve it. Hope you have a wonderful week !!  

A journaling topic that Kim Erickson suggests is as following, " Write some things that happened this week that got in the way of your having a joyful day."   Well,  honestly, I could sit down forever and talk about this topic.  It's these kind of affirmations that have really gotten me through the day.  I wish I had known about them when I was younger.  Middle School and High school might have been a little easier.  However, I never really had any bullies attack me then.  At that time, the only real bully was my inner-self.  I stayed positive and always tried to keep my mind on God and things that do not concern this world.  Happy places, quiet places, and dreaming about far off worlds usually kept my mind busy.   That is how it is today as well, but sometimes, having a reminder every now and then doesn't hurt.   Not everyone is going to be your friend, and not every one is going to send positive vibes.  Sometimes you have to do it yourself, you have to wake up thi