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HOPE your SONday is full of blessings!

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HOPE your SONday is awesomely blessed!

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HOPE your SONday is awesomely blessed!

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HOPE your SONday is abundantly blessed!

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HOPE your SONday is awesomely blessed!

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SONday blessings to Y'all!

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Words from a yoga instructor:

(please don't get the mistaken idea that I'm going to a yoga class....😉)

Breathe in.

Receive.

Breathe out.

Let go.

Receive.

Let go!

They reminded me of the premise of my blog....

Breathing in Jesus!

HOPE everybody has an awesomely blessed SONday!

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 I thought these scriptures would be appropriate since Tuesday is Valentine's  Day.....

Happy SONday, Y'All!

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(K-Love on Instagram)

It's a bit chilly here this morning.

Well, actually it's warmed up to 14 degrees!

(I know, Linda, I'm just a wimp.....LOL)

Happy SONday, Y'all!

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God often sends me this verse of scripture when I dwell on the past too much and look ahead with worry.  That's what I've done for the last few months during this ordeal with Pappy's ankle and doctor's visits and dealing with worker's compensation and how they are all for the insurance company instead of the patient's well-being.  We are facing yet another appointment on Tuesday and I've fretted and struggled with the outcome, playing over in my head how it's going to work out and what's going to happen in that little exam room and how I want to give everybody involved a piece of my mind. 

But, God spoke His word to me telling me that He's already in that room.  

He's asked me to "be still and know". 

He's working on that doctor, even if she doesn't realize it and the situation will turn out for our good, although we might not see it that way at the time.  

He loves us. 

He wants what's best for us because we belong to Him. 

Ain't our good oh, so good?

Oh, yes He most certainly is!!!

Happy, happy SONday, sweet Friends!

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I love it when God gives me a scripture in the middle of the night and He's been doing that a lot lately, because He knows my heart and knows I NEED extra encouragement right now.  I so try to give it to others, but often feel when it's my turn I'm just stuck in a corner by myself.

But God.....

He knows and comes running to pick me up and give me HOPE!

Are you struggling with something?

Are you, like me, allowing Satan to steal your joy and plant false ideas in your head?

Well, today is a new day and a new attitude and I'm saying OUT LOUD.....

GET THEE  BEHIND ME, SATAN!

God's Got This!

He's in control, not you.

I'm the one giving Satan the power and I'm taking it back and declaring that I'll put my trust in the Lord because He never will let me go.  I'm the one who turns loose of His promises!

HOPE each of you has an awesomely blessed SONday!

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I've heard it said that you can't out give the Lord.

I've witnessed that in my own life.

God provides.

He gives more than I invest.

My future and my HOPE are in Him.

I need only to trust in His goodness and timing.

Patience, Deb.....

patience!

HOPE everybody has an awesomely blessed SONday!

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HOPE everybody has an awesomely blessed SONday!

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Philippians 4:13

For I can do all things through Christ Who gives me strength. 

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The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost, 1874-1963

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And looked down one as far as I could

And be one traveler, long I stood

Then took the other, as just as fair,

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

And having perhaps the better claim,

Though as for that the passing there

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

And that has made all the difference.

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

HOPE y'all have an awesomely blessed SONday!

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I'm sharing one of Pappy's favorite verses of scripture today.

HOPE everybody had an awesomely blessed CHRISTmas.

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Breathing in Grace,

SONday Scripture.....

(picture of a very old tree in my grandparent's yard where my Papaw used to sit in the shade in an old metal chair.....sweet memories)

  Yesterday, as I sat and spent my quiet time with the Lord, I realized that although I didn't have control of an external situation that I'm going through, I still felt so peaceful inside.  Then, these words came to mind.....

"It is well with my soul."

Every now and then I feel God prompting me to sing to Him.  I was hesitant because my husband was still in bed and I didn't want to wake him up, but I did it anyway.....singing low and humming at times.

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
   When sorrows like sea billows roll;
   Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
   It is well, it is well with my soul.
   • Refrain:
     It is well with my soul,
     It is well, it is well with my soul.
2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
   Let this blest assurance control,
   That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
   And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
3. My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—
   My sin, not in part but the whole,
   Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
   If Jordan above me shall roll,
   No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
   Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
5. But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
   The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
   Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
   Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
6. And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
   The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
   The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
   Even so, it is well with my soul.
7. ~~~Horatio G. Spafford, 1873~~~

Are you going through something that has you frustrated and anxious and practically pulling your hair out trying to figure out what to do?  If so,  turn it over to the Lord and let Him handle it and ask Him to restore your joy and the peace to your heart, as ONLY HE can do!

HOPE everybody has a blessed and PEACEful SONday!

Breathing in Grace,

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Edited to add:

Romans 12:18
 If it is possible, 
as far as it depends on you,
live at peace with everyone.

When God inspired this scripture,
HE KNEW it wouldn't be possible to get along with everybody.  
That part that says "as far as it depends on you"......
well, that speaks to me and my attitude.....
which very often.....
simply put.....
sucks!

The closer we try to live for the Lord, the more obstacles that seem to get thrown in our way.  That's simply because satan -  (I refuse to capitalize his name) - has no reason to bother us when we just don't care and allow the world to enter into our thoughts and actions.  If we are trying our best in our Christian walk, he's gonna throw everything at us he can to get our focus off the Lord......

and onto ourselves in the form of selfishness and pride.  

You want to know how I know these things? 

Personal experience!

Especially, in that area of pride.

When the "obstacle" that is getting in our way is another person, I want to show kindness.....

and grace.....
and mercy.....

as much as is humanly possible.

Because Jesus certainly shows those things to me.....

Every.Single.Day!

Romans 12:2

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, 

but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. 

Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, 

which is good and pleasing and perfect.

HOPE your SONday is awesomely blessed!

Breathing in Grace,

SONday Scripture.....

HOPE your SONday is awesomely blessed!

Breathing in Grace,