People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

So short is life, so full of meaning So short is life, expressing ones feeling Life is short even but a day Lest one can live, love, laugh and play Lest one can hear one's point of view And ask for judgment in what we do. To help one another when things go wrong To steady those that are not strong Do something different every day and watch as life shows new path ways Life''s too short to dwell on things that pull and tear on your heart strings. The world must be full of wondrous things More beautiful than gold money and rings The meanings of our lives Are out of sight, life is short In ones own endeavor To put the things he wants together To do all the things he wants to do In this wondrous world God's given you... " The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the Heart."   People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Author: Unknown When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.   Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season . LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.   Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime...

You are my best friend Lord...

Jesus Christ

(Yeshua) ​my Lord, my Savior..my Redeemer..my King, You are the Glory and the Lifter of My head!
You are the BEST FRIEND I COULD EVER HAVE.....
You'll never ever leave me....
You died to save me.....
And....

 You live for evermore!

And YOU are coming back again to take us to our Heavenly home to live with You.

 So...My Lord.....I'm Blessed...to know You.  

We can never Justify Gossip!

We can never Justify Gossip!
★★Gossip Poem★★

Author unknown
(Author unknown)★My name is Gossip.
★I am a direct descendant of the father of lies.
  ★ I have no respect for justice.
  ★ I maim without killing.
  ★ I break hearts and ruin lives.
  ★ I am cunning and malicious and I gather strength with age.
  ★ The more I am quoted, the more I am believed.
  ★ My victims are helpless.
  ★ They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face.
  ★ To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become.
  ★ I am nobody's friend.
  ★ Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same.
  ★ I topple governments and wreck marriages.
  ★ I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartaches, and indigestion.
  ★ I make innocent people cry in their pillows.
  ★ I make headlines and headaches.
  ★ Even my name hisses. I am called Gossip.
So.........
Before you repeat a story, ask yourself:
  ★ ★ Is it true?
  ★ ★ Is it harmless?
  ★ ★ Is it necessary?
  ★ ★ If it isn’t, why repeat it?

Dark but still beautiful? by Rebecca Leslie

 
Hi,

Some one called me 'dark but still beautiful' today. You might think I'd be delighted at this comment but sadly I wasn't. No, no…..Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of the I-don't-like-compliments type it's just that the words 'but still' worry me a lot. This one sentence has had me thinking all afternoon. I could have been called beautiful. But no, it had to be noted that I am dark 'but still' beautiful. I am so stirred up; I could write a book about this. But trust me, I will keep this short! 
Why should someone EVER be called dark 'but still' beautiful? Is being 'dark skinned' usually something that isn't associated with beauty? Is it so distant from beauty that it has to 'noted' when the two are together? Which leads me to my next question, is beauty associated with fairness? 
I've never heard anyone say, 'She's fair but still beautiful'! 
Racism is often rooted deep within us and we fail to realize that beauty is in everything that God created. It doesn’t depend on the color of your skin.
The Bible clearly says in
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.”
Let's start loving each other putting aside things that matter little like the color of our skins. Let's stop judging people for the way the look or make fun of them because of their appearances. 
We all have an image of what 'beauty' or 'perfection' is, in our heads. Lets not judge people who don't fit these images. Let's not point out to people that they are dark because IT'S NOT A CRIME TO BE DARK SKINNED. The Bible says ALL were created in the image of God and no where is it said that fair skin is beautiful. 
To conclude quickly as I said I would, I want to challenge each and every one who reads this mail to think about any racist ideas that we may have and lay them at the feet of Jesus. Also, let's repent if we have made fun of people's looks or appearances. Jesus only feels immense love when He looks into each of our faces.
God bless you all.
Dark but ever loved by Him,
Rebecca.

In actuality, there is only one race - the human race.
Within the human race is a great amount of diversity in skin color and other physical characteristics.
~Pastor Owen~

Family~School of Patience

 

Hi…
Life sure is not a bed of roses. As mothers most of our lives is spent pressing on, believing, holding on in faith, praying, paying bills, making beds, fixing breakfast and lunch, helping kids with home work etc.
Marriage sure is not a life long date, nor bringing up kids all fun.
There are times of joy and times of tears.
There will be ups and downs.
There will be times of endless talking and times of long silence.
But when we hold on together through the pushes and pulls of life the end is rewarding.
It's a joy to see kids grow, its satisfying to see relationship with kids and spouse be strengthened through years.
Looking back we can thank God not just for good times but also for the storms and thorns because it's the tough times that has made us stronger and so it is worth it all.
And God makes everything work for our best and binds us with cords of love that cannot be broken!

Family sure is a school of patience. Success of a family depends on having the right attitude, tolerance, acceptance and unconditional love.

Let's thank God for our families and for the good and bad times, for the roses and thorns, for times of plenty and times of want. Our Lord is faithful to see us through and bring us victorious!
Let's pray a hedge of protection around our families. There are people we know whose hearts are breaking, who are stressed out and on the verge of giving up. 
It's time to pray and command God's blessings on our family and rebuke and destroy the enemy's work.
May God's hedge of protection be around us and our families.
Job 1:10“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land."
YSIC
Julia

Do not judge the book by it's cover

Hi ....

Greetings from India.

There's a saying "Don't judge the book by it's cover."

Is so easy to look at the outward appearance of people and judge, but that's not how we should see people. We need to see their hearts.

I think only Jesus Christ our Lord & Savior really knows us, as we really are. The Holy Spirit who lives within us knows every thing about us.

People may fail to see our hearts, misunderstand us, misjudge us, but ONLY GOD really knows you as you are so don't feel upset when people fail to see your heart.

If people label before reading the book it's ok, it's not what people say we are that matters, it's WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT US THAT REALLY DOES MATTER!!!

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."We are not on earth to win any popularity show, but to live a life that pleases our Heavenly Father.

Our life is surely an open Book before God.

Nothing is hidden from HIM.

Here's a poem that blessed me this day.

Have a blessed day

YSIC,

Julia

LIFE'S AN OPEN BOOK "

(A poem...)

My life to You God is as an open book.
My ways are ever before You so take a look.
To You there is no cover, all is open and bare.
You know my wants, desires, motives and cares.

How could I think I could keep anything from You?
The pages being transparent, You see right through.
As others read, they think they know the storyline.
Only You oh God can proofread these pages of mine.

At times I get weary and want to put this book on a shelf.
Caringly you read every line, loving me more than I love myself.
Lord help me to write this book for I am not skilled.
Let it be written and established in accordance to Your will.

Lord be my editor and make all the corrections.
Rewriting the story of my life as You give direction.
Tell me how it should read, knowing You are a true friend.
Even before I write it, You know the beginning to the end.

Lord help me to rip off the cover, let there be no disguise.
And let the book of my life be a bestseller in your eyes... (unknown)