I am Blessed...

♥As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend. 

Proverbs 27:17 NLT 

•..¸✿A true friend is one who'll stay by you when 

many rise up against you,

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They don't just appreciate you, they won't gossip 

behind your back but will correct you when you 

make a mistake, lift you up when you fall.

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Today thank God for your true friends for they are 

a blessing to you. 

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Making 100's of friends is not an achievement

 miracle or a mile stone. In today's cyber world 

friends are just a click away.

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But it's a true blessing if you have just a couple of 

true friends on earth, who'll stand by you through 

thick & thin.

Be Blessed

Julia

Loyal Companion...

Sharing here a thought by Max Lucado(One of my favorite Authors)

QUOTE>One gets the impression that to John, Jesus was above all a loyal companion. Messiah? Yes. Son of God? Indeed. Miracle worker? That, too. But more than anything Jesus was a pal. Someone you could go camping with or bowling with or count the stars with…

Now what do you do with a friend? (Well, that’s rather simple too.) You stick by him.

Maybe that is why John is the only one of the twelve who was at the cross. He came to say good-bye. By his own admission he hadn’t quite put the pieces together yet. But that didn’t really matter. As far as he was concerned, his closest friend was in trouble and he came to help.

“Can you take care of my mother?”

Of course. 

That’s what friends are for.

max lucado<UNQUOTE

“A friend loves you all the time.”

Proverbs 17:17

I'm Sorry...

Two words we struggle to say: "I'm Sorry."

♥Family members (our spouse, kids, parents, siblings),loved ones, friends, are all God's gift to us.

♥No one is placed in our lives by mistake but it's God's grace & plan we are placed in certain families & meet people who bless us & who we can be a blessing to.

♥Let's not take them for granted but be a source of blessing to  them!

♥And be quick to say 'sorry' when we hurt others.

All this comes easy if God's love rules & reigns in our hearts.

♥We as humans sometimes find it so...difficult to love someone who is rude to us, forgive someone who repeatedly hurt us and say sorry when we hurt someone (our ego & pride stands in our way at times.). We need God's grace and help to do so.

♥The people in our lives are God's precious gift to us.

Be blessed..

Julia 

God made you special...

Hi family and friends..

★Each of you are precious in God's sight...

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You are created in His image.

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Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

★God made you special.

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You are an original, an individual, a masterpiece, one of a kind~

Designed to Glorify God as only as you can. 

Celebrate that! 

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If Jesus Christ is your Savior...

You are the child of the Most High God, hand picked by Jesus.

He said

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John 15:16"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name."

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He created you so that many hearts could be won for HIS Kingdom!

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Be all that God's called you to be.

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No one can do what you are called to do, 

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Keep serving the Lord faithfully.

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You are a blessing.

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He has good plans for each of you His children.

¸¸.•*¨*•☆Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

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Don't fear trials and difficult situations. 

They are permitted by God sometimes to build you up and refine you.

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Malachi 3:3 "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver."

¸¸.•*¨*•☆Zechariah 13:9 "...I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.' "

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Someone said..

"When you feel God is rubbing you against the rocks don't think you'll be rubbed down to dust.

It's just HIS way of polishing a gem..."

Stay precious..

YSIC

Julia

Broken hearted? Lost? Hopeless? Wandered away?

✿Nobody is beyond God's reach. He finds the lost, mends a broken heart, calls back those who wander away, waits for the prodigal.

☀"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." (Psalm 34:18) 

✿God's Word says..

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice.

He bring Healing to all who are wounded and hurt physically, spiritually, emotionally.

☀Jeremiah 33:6 “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security."

✿Are you at the verge of giving up?

You think it's all over?

Just hold on, because God's about to perfect all that consumes you.

✿So if you think all is over..just remember..there's still hope. Abba Father's on the throne & you can approach HIS throne of grace with your petitions, in the NAME OF JESUS/YESHUA HE will listen to you.

Can go to Him as you are, it is His job to fix, mend, heal, restore, love, forgive and more!

God Bless you,

Julia 

Importance of "Rest"

Hi...

In this busy life "Rest" has become a rare commodity!

Everyday we find there are so many jobs to do. No matter who we are, a professional, home maker, student, the chores seem endless. So many are pushing themselves beyond their limit to be successful in studies and profession that they have forgotten to rest and really enjoy life. They work day and night to be successful and forget to even have proper meals on time. God does want His people to work and not be lazy but be successful and the "Head". But He does not want them to run in circles with no rest. He does not want to see His children strive hard and stress themselves out by working 7 days a week. He wants us to "Rest" one day in a week. He established one day each week as a day for rest (Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11).

"Rest" means, 1) Cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength. 2) An instance or period of relaxing or ceasing to engage in strenuous or stressful activity. 

God Himself found the need to rest after a busy 6 days of Creation work.

Genesis 2:2 "By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. "

He knew the importance of rest and made it mandatory for His people and even their animals.He knew this rest was needed once a week after a hectic 6 days of work, to refresh the body, heart and mind for He is concerned about our over all well being.

 Exodus 23:12 “Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed."

The Bible says in 

 Psalm 127:2, "In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep to[a] those he loves."

But in midst of all the running around, we need to stop everything once in a while and take a break one day in a week to just "Rest"

Even in midst of our work we can stop awhile to sit back, take a deep breath and just do something to relax ourselves.  May be we can just stretch ourselves a bit, or sit back and sip a hot cup of coffee.

We can listen to some good music or just close your eyes a while.

If we have a lovely view outside our window, we can sit by a while and look at the flowers, watch the birds, enjoy the beauty around us, watch the kids laugh and play.

Relaxing a bit sure helps to ease the work pressure and helps us get back to work with fresh energy.

Life is precious and short, let's take time amidst our busy schedule to relax a bit and be refreshed.

Let us take time to enjoy God's gift of time, once in a while or you'll just miss the joy it brings.

When was the last time you..

~Watched the sunrise or sunset from the sea shore or just from your window.

~Admired the colorful beauty of the flowers...inhaled its fragrance.

~just watched the clouds pass by the sky...or get lost in the beauty of a clear night sky with all the stars adorning it!

~Watched the birds build their nests...or just see them fly.

When was it you last...

~went for an outing or picnic with family or friends,

~Went on a vacation ..

~Spent quality time playing with kids or just talking to them getting to know what going on in their life.

Jesus Christ our Lord urged His disciples to rest when He saw they were nat even taking time to eat they food.

Mark 6:31"Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he (Jesus) said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."

How many of us fail to eat our meals on time because we are too busy?

It's time to stop and rest!

May Yeshua's presence refresh your body, mind and heart and make life worth living!

Deuteronomy 33:12 

About Benjamin he said: "Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders."

YSIC,

Julia