If It’s Monday plus Four
days, It’s Mama…..
This blog is late,
not because of a busy schedule or a sickness, but because of a season of
prayer. You are going on a journey
tomorrow for a full week. A trip with
your Dad. What was to be a fun trip with
you, your Mamaw Betty and your Dad is now a journey with just your dad due to
your Mamaw having the shingles.
There are so many
things I want to say to you, share with you.
But, prayer has shown me that what I intended
to say is not needed, but my prayers are welcome.
You, better than
any other person on this earth, know the fears I have for you. God, better than any other person, knows the
journey ahead and is paving your way.
So, all I really
want to share it this.
I love you, but God
loves you more.
I worry for you,
but God has you in His hands.
I hope for you,
because in hope, a person can overcome all things.
I wish for you, a
season of joyful healing.
I pray for you, a
time to forgive and let go and give over to God, not just things relating to
your Dad (and, even me) but all things…and, a time to seek forgiveness if that
is due from you.
Daily, I will pray
for you and for your Dad.
And, for healing
and for a fresh start and a past duly addressed and laid to rest. A mutual healing.
Go with my prayers
and greatest blessings, not that you need anything from me, but yet, you have
it along with my greatest love and understanding and prayers.
So, travel light on
this journey, taking only those things which really matter…..and, leave all else
behind.
J is for JOY
I love the word JOY. It means great happiness, internal peace and
light, gladness, blessedness, felicity (just saying the word felicity makes me
smile). Joy is one of the “fruits of the
spirit” given to us by God….
Galatians 5:22-23 tells
us, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against
such things there is no law.”
I find it interesting
that Joy is second only to “love” and that is probably not an accident. Joy is a choice. Joy is what we chose in our daily living and
is what draws us “up” to Him rather than down to the world….I always think of a
ribbon of light from heaven to earth when I think of Joy….God’s reminder of His
great love for us….always.
So, as you enjoy
your week in the sun, go with great JOY….and make merry…..laugh and giggle and dance
in the sand like you did when you were little, read and rest and be grateful
for this time. Soak up the sun and the sea
foam and find peace.
Make joyful your heart…….
J is for Jesus
“How
great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The
reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet
been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.”
His
love is the greatest…..
Remember
that as you travel from here to there……
Go,
daughter, on your special Journey…..go
with great Joy…..
And
go with Jesus…..
Blessings,
ILYAOYMC,
Mama
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