2015 A YEAR TO REMEMBER...

I was last Spring I Blogged last.  I have no idea what happened. Feelings of no creativity took over allowing things to crowd out my mind and my whole life. Blogging to my friends here helps me keep a check on this thing of sharing where I am in the here and now...  

I want 2015 TO BE A YEAR TO REMEMBER, making it a year of reaching outward and staying not to go inward.  Do you relate?  I feel your eyes reading this, you are following me saying, "I have been in that same trap"!

We all like New Beginnings it gives us a clean slate, leaving those things behind so to speak.  Clean, meaning starting over.  Having a New Year at our door gives us the feeling we can claim reaching out and taking it...

This coming year my Theme is going to be working on my Thought Life.  I tend to be Negative way too much. The older I get the more I have opinions that don't amount to a hill of beans. I want to be a picture of good health in my Spirit/Soul/ Body.  In my Soul dwells my Mind.  I want to do Soul Checks along the way to keep my Mind checked for Positive Thoughts.  Therefore I am making a "2015 Thinking List".  It consist of those things that will cause me to think "above and out, not down and within".  

I started my list.  I encourage you to do the same.  Today I overheard, in the background while preparing breakfast, a guy speaking on the radio station. Out of the clear blue, he said " My sheep hear My Voice and Follow Me".  He was quoting a Scripture I have heard so many time over the years.  Today it meant something deeper pertaining to my plan for the New Year.  I know it was a Message for me.  God was speaking into my Life!  He was saying, "Mary for your New Year Plan I want you to hear My Voice and Follow Me".  I am convinced it is the way to overcome any Negative Action that would cause us to fall into the prison of Negative Thinking!  How about you?  Does this speak into your life too? I hope you will join me in this New Year Adventure and lets see what we can accomplish one..two ...three GO!!!.....

ARE READY FOR SOME SPRINGTIME?

It's been a long Winter in my region of the country everybody I talk to says the same thing in other parts of the USA.  

.....So that's the end of the Winter of 2014...I think and hope!!!

So now let's move on to our subject SPRING!

You know what is the making of a great mood?  Its when we have the sun to shine and the windows open with fresh air blowing in a house that's been closed tight for months.  

.....  As I looked at this picture I could feel the breeze cleaning the air.....  

It's time for tulips to pop out of the ground & brought indoors to light up the room....

My thoughts go to tea in the afternoon in my special china set....

...in a dreamy spot for an afternoon tea and a book feeling the breeze of the season moving from one to the other....

....hope you have enjoyed my thoughts today now let's pretend we have this beautiful meadow right outside our door and we head out on a walk.  Go with me, can't you smell the flowers and feel the warmth of the sunshine on your back?  The breeze captures our attention on this wonderful time of year...

... Ah...SPRING...ITS HERE!!!

WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE HURTS!

When you get in a Mess and don't know what to do make it work for you and make something good out of it...

......there is a verse in the Bible that says "Beauty comes from Ashes"...

Studying this pix & I thought what a good example of "Life's Stuff"! Just take something ugly, Deal With It and make something beautiful out of it. Life is Valuable don't miss a minute of it!!! (Victorian Cowgirl/Cleveland Ga owner's mishap is a good example. After falling on ice, a broken ankle and having surgery she has not complained once and hasn't missed out on her exciting life, she just goes on her way with a scooter...Thanks Elsie Hogan Maloy!!!

GOD CAN USE FACEBOOK AND AN ARTIST....

Yesterday I was feeling heavy for my friends facing life's messes, and with one click on Facebook, God used Marjorie's Art to speak volumes to me, bringing peace in my Soul...

Because I happen to love Bluebirds this Art Work captured my attention. 

The Bluebird has a message....

It is said in Native American culture, animals have specific meanings. They attribute the bluebird to happiness, joy, and contentment.

...Then, looking closely to the right, I saw her selected Bible verse. It jumped out at me, speaking into my life... 

      Gen 28:15 “I am with you and will watch over you" 

I then began to study this verse, I saw how God used

Jacob to live out His message to us. 

Facing tremendous conflict in his life, God told Jacob He would be with him and keep him in His care:

And, behold, I [am] with thee

Jacob was alone, at a distance from his father's house, no friend to keep him company, or servant to attend him; but the presence of God here promised is abundantly more than for all that he was facing.

and will keep thee in all [places], whither thou goest;
from beasts of prey, in lonesome places through which he might travel; from thieves and robbers, to whom he might be exposed; from his brother Esau, and all his ill designs against him; and from being always under the bondage of Laban, into which he would be brought.

.......and today as we walk in this Truth, He will do this for us and... with Promise!...

It is so fascinating how God used Marjorie to put her brush to paper creating a Bluebird resting on a Hand, with a Scripture verse given to Jacob to send out to His Children who face trials that He is there and can take care of our every need. 

You might ask, "How does that all work"? I don't know, but I know one thing, we can Stand on this Truth!!! 

So next time you see  or hear a Bluebird, know God is using His creation to let you know He is there..... 

....and He knows your every need, according to His Word, in Gen. 28:15....