Taking time to reach out....( Annie's Memories...)‏

 
Hi ....

Everyday we hear of so many tragic deaths, passing away of loved ones and wonder how life flutters away.

So many who were there yesterday are not there to see this day.

But the one who dies in Christ has the blessed assurance of eternal life and a home beyond the sky.

Do our loved ones know JESUS/YESHUA?? What have we done to share God's love with them.

Let's do all we can to share God's love with other's around. Let's not put off for tomorrow what we can do today. Let's pray for the lost souls we know, TODAY.

Tomorrow may be too late.

Yesterday has gone, tomorrow may never be ours but 'Today' is God's gift to us.

LETS DO ALL WE CAN TO SPREAD SOME LOVE, TO REACH OUT & TO SHOW PEOPLE THE RIGHT WAY!!!

 We sometimes get so.....caught up in our daily activities that we fail to see and truly appreciate the people in our lives.

Let's not take them for granted. Let's make our parents, spouse and kids feel they are special.

Let's love them and give them our best, for tomorrow is not ours as yet.

Let's take time to pray together as family before the kids go to school or before we go out for the day for it's not guaranteed that we'll see each other in the evening.

Let's remember to value our friends and loved ones who are part of our life and leave them with good words so that we are fondly remembered.

I had this friend called Annie in college. She was my best friend during the 4 years I was in college.

After these 4 years I somehow lost touch with her and the next time I heard of her was around 10 years back. I was so shocked to hear from a common friend that Annie had died in a Bus accident a couple of years after she got married and her body was taken home in so many

pieces in a sack bag.

She was a hostelite when in college and I still remember how she use to wait for me everyday and shared all her joys, hurts!

She used to see me as her sounding board and also trusted me and shared her feelings with me.

She came from a troubled family and had never felt love at home. She was sent away to live in the hostel and study even as a kid.

I had to counsel her so often as she carried a lot of pain and hurt.

We've cried together, laughed together, we also had our share of misunderstandings.

When we had some misunderstanding, she was the one who used to reach out as she didn't want to loose this friendship we shared.

But 3 days before our final day in college (we had finished our graduation and were to part ways for good) we had an argument about something and I got mad at her.

(The sad thing is at that time both of us did not know JESUS CHRIST as our personal Savior, we were just name sake Christians.).

The 2nd last day when I went to college I passed around my autograph book to my class-mates to write a note for me...

This is what Ann wrote to me,

" What happened to our friendship Julie?? After all I am your Ann, why can't we forgive & forget everything. Please dear friend if at all I have hurt you by words or deeds please forgive me. Today I felt so...sad about our behavior. You were a nice friend & councilor too (still are). Cheer up Julie, only one more day. I'm sad and sorry about that fight. Wish you the best. "Yours Ann.

But I was really upset I didn't talk to her that day.

The next day was our last day...she came to me and said sorry again(I still remember the sad look on her face and tears filled eyes) we did hug and make up but had just a little time to talk. That's the last I seen her.

We somehow lost touch after that...

(how I wish I had kept in touch!!)

Today she's no more. That last note she wrote to me is the only thing I have with me.

When I heard she was dead...it broke my heart...you know the first thought that crossed my mind was whether she had given her heart to Jesus!

During our college days we both didn't know the Lord personally even though we were from Christian families.

But I wasn't sure if she got to know JESUS personally as her Savior later on. I just hope the Lord found her as He found me and I'll see her someday in Abba Father's home!

Still remember her.

Just 2 weeks back I was showing the note Ann wrote in my Autograph to my daughter and couldn't contain my tears and my daughter cried with me....

That made me think that we should never give up praying for friends and loved one who don't know Jesus. I would want to see Annie in Heaven I can only hope she was saved.

True Friends are God's gift to us let's treasure them and also keep praying for friends who are lost and still wandering....without knowing the one who said....

Let's not miss an opportunity to show the people in our lives how special they are and how much we love them.

Let's be willing to forgive when people hurt us and also be ready to say 'sorry' when we upset them. Let pride for make us too hard hearted.

So today let's thank God for all the people in our lives and value these treasured relationships.

Today let's take time to tell them we care.

Let's do all we can to share about God's love to those who are lost.

Too often... 

Too often we don't realize
What we have until it is gone.
Too often we wait too late to say
"I'm sorry - I was wrong."

Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones
We hold dearest to our hearts;
And we allow foolish things
To tear our lives apart.

Far too many times we let
Unimportant things into our minds;
And then it's usually too late
To see what made us blind.

So be sure that you let people know
How much they mean to you.
Take the time to say the words
Before your time is through.

Be sure that you appreciate
Everything you've got;
And be thankful for the little things
in life that mean a lot.

(unknown)

One lesson I learnt long back....
All things and all people we meet are for a Reason,
Elohiym God has place them in their Season,
and they will have a everlasting effect in our life.
We need to Stand strong, and do not be moved!
Because...
~~Things will change,
~~People will change, (even friends who promise to stay by our side will walk away when troubles come)
~~This world around us will change,
~~But Elohiym God WILL NEVER EVER change!
~~He remains the same forevermore!

Have a Blessed day....

YSIC

Julia

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In Memory of a friend I had...

 
Hi.....
I had this friend called Annie in college. She was my best friend during the 4 years I was in college & so beautiful too...!
You know she was the 1st very best friend I had...
She was a hostelite & I still remember how she use to wait for me everyday & shared all her joys, hurts!
She used to see me as her sounding board & also trusted me & shared her feelings with me.
She came from a troubled family & had never felt love at home. She was sent away to live in the hostel & study even as a kid.
I had to counsel her so often as she carried a lot of pain & hurt.
We've cried together, laughed together, we also had our share of misunderstandings.
 
For 4 years I was with her in college & after that did keep in touch with her through mails.
But after I got married & moved out of the state I grew up in, I lost touch with Annie.
I used to wonder how she was but no way to contact her as she too had married & moved away & I did not know where.
A Few years back I was so shocked to hear from a common friend that Annie had died in a Bus accident & her body was taken home in so many pieces.

This broke my heart...you know the first thought that crossed my mind was whether she had given her heart to Jesus!
During our college days we both didn't know the Lord personally even though we were from Christian families.
But I wasn't sure if she got to know JESUS personally as her Savior later on.
That made me think that we should never give up praying for friends who don't know Jesus....I would want to see Annie in Heaven I can only hope she was saved.
True Friends are so...precious ...let's treasure them & also keep praying for friends who are lost....
Today I thank God for all my friends  who have been a blessing to me & encourage me.
Below is a Tribute to Annie, a best friend I had and lost.

Annie..

 
I can't let go of treasured thoughts of you that lives in my heart.
My warm memories of you
will be with me all the days of my life,
and I will cherish every one of them.
I'll always remember your smile,
and the sadness you carried in your heart.
You smiled & covered up the pain you carried.
I'll remember the blessing you were to me..
I can't let the memories of our friendship go,
I remember even our small fights...
I often wonder if you knew JESUS as your Saviour.
And hope I'll see you someday on heaven's shore.
Julie

All that remains of some relationships on earth are memories. 

These memories I so...treasure always.

People we love & care for are there today & gone tomorrow...

But their memories never fade.

It's not an achievement to make 100's of friends,
But it's a blessing to have one true, best friend who'll stay with you when 100's walk away.
Thoughts of Annie have been in my mind a lot these last few days and I penned this blog...
God Bless ,
Julia

Annie..

 
I can't let go of treasured thoughts of you that lives in my heart.
My warm memories of you
will be with me all the days of my life,
and I will cherish every one of them.
I'll always remember your smile,
and the sadness you carried in your heart.
You smiled & covered up the pain you carried.
I'll remember the blessing you were to me..
I can't let the memories of our friendship go,
I remember even our small fights...
I often wonder if you knew JESUS as your Saviour.
And hope I'll see you someday on heaven's shore.
Julie

Life sure is not always a bed of roses...

Hi..

 ☻✿☻Life sure is not always a bed of roses nor is it a continuous walk on thorns but a combination of both.

 Alphonse Kerr said,"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."

 Difficult times don't last for ever.

 .•。★Jeremiah 31:13 "Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow." 

 *¨`*•..¸✿Family is surely a school where God teaches us many things and develops the "Fruit of the Spirit" in us.

 ☻✿☻As mothers most of our lives is spent helping kids with home work, pressing on, believing, holding on in faith, praying, paying bills, making beds, fixing breakfast and lunch etc.

 Some moms manage the home and a job outside.

☻✿☻Bringing up kids is not all fun and marriage sure is not a life long date but it's truly rewarding and fulfilling!

 There are times of joy and times of tears. 

 There will be ups and downs.

 Times of lack and times of plenty.

 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, it is satisfying to see relationship with kids and spouse be strengthened through years.

 *¨`*•..¸✿ Our spiritual walk too is not easy. God did not promise we will not face the enemy's attack but promised to see us through and said we are more than conquerors!

 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!

 .•。★Isaiah 35:1[ The Future Glory of Zion ] The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them,And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; ..

 When God allows us to pass through testing times we should know we'll come out stronger and better.Let's learn to walk through the desert praising God. 

 Soon the dry deserts in our lives too will bloom.

 God permits these desert walk so that we learn to cope with pain, rejection, misunderstanding, loss, death etc

 Let's thank God 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!

 Be Blessed,

 Julia

You can make a difference!

Hi..
Each of you can make a difference...
Just because you can't preach or teach like great preachers and write like those great authors of best sellers, don't think you are useless to God.
Just because you can't stand in the midst of the congregation and pray don't think you cannot pray. A whisper of prayer behind closed doors can make a ton of difference in someones life!
Sometimes you may wonder, "what difference can I make, I'm just too young or too old or a just a homemaker or am just too busy." There are countless excuses but God has countless ways you can serve Him.
Each of you can do something to make this world a better place!
Small acts can make great changes!
I just want to share with you a something I read that has blessed me so...much.
I don't know who wrote it...but it's the words that matters...
Be Blessed,
YSIC
Julia
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When you look at today's world, it's hard not to feel as though it is a 'lost cause'. After all, you are only one woman, what difference can you possibly make. You can pray, of course, and ask God to change the world we live in. But I believe He looks to His hands here on earth to show that God does make a difference.
Your hands and my hands . . . are God's hands.

To many we are the only Bible they will ever read. If we are to be like Jesus, we can't be like everyone else. People must be able to see a difference in us. If they see 'God' in us, and in our actions, then they're going to want God in their lives.

I spent a lot of time feeling frustrated and helpless. This wasn't the world I grew up in. It wasn't the world I wanted. It got so bad that I didn't even want to listen to the news or even read the newspaper. The overwhelming feeling of helplessness was just too much.

So I began to look for ways in which I could make a difference . . . even the smallest difference. And what a difference it made in my life!

Use your talent, whatever it might be, to touch another life.

~If you sew, make a rag doll for a homeless shelter. 
~If you cook, stir up a batch of your great cookies for an Alzheimer's facility. 
The list of things you can do is unlimited. Each one touches a life in ways you can never imagine. And while you are using your talents, your own spirits will soar and you'll feel Jesus in your heart.
~Make 1 phone call to someone who needs to hear from you. Let them know you are thinking about them.
~I adore greeting cards. I never leave the store with less than 5 or 6, buying them with no particular person or occasion in mind. Then I have them on hand to send (snail mail) with a handwritten note to someone needing a 'lift' or a 'touch'.Think how you felt the last time you received an unexpected card. 
~Tell a Bible story to a child.
~Make a phone call to your congressman, let them know what you support and that 'you' do care what they are doing. Christians don't have to be silent. Speak up! You see, you aren't helpless. 
Still feeling like there's nothing you can do?
Do you realize that if each of us only did a couple of things a week for others . . . how many lives we would touch for Jesus!
I personally want to give you my heartfelt "Thank you!" Spread the word that we are loved unconditionally by a Father who is never too busy to talk with us, walk with us and hold us up.
And we are His hands.
(Author Unknown)

James 2:17
So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). (Amplified Bible)

Abused?

Hi ...

 How often young girls, women go through physical, emotional and verbal abuse and have no place to turn to.

Like physical abuse,  emotional and verbal abuse too is hard to heal and forget. How often people you totally trust, hurt your emotions and betray your trust and make you feel used and abused? And to add to it they rejoice at your suffering instead of  lending a helping hand. 

How often you find yourself share your feelings in trust to a friend and that friend betrays your trust?

How often you feel used and abused in a relationship? 
Why is it so...often the abuser gets away and the abused is traumatized and victimized for life?

You know it's natural you get angry   frustrated to see an abused as the accused and abusers walk free but fear not you have a God who understands every pain, emotional and physical for He went through it all on the cross. He endured not just the ultimate physical pain, but the pain of rejection, which rend His heart, that He cried out, "Father, Father, why have you forsaken me." So today you need to turn to Him and He'll understand you like no other. Loved ones and people you trust may hurt you, walk away, breach your trust, talk behind your back and leave you feeling emotionally hurt.

But remember Jesus Christ your Lord loves you and knows all you go through and He will never ever turn His back on you. Will you cry out to Him, He's waiting with open arms to hold you and heal you.
Let's do all we can to stop all kinds of abuse and be sensitive to the feeling of the abused.

Be blessed,

Julia

A "MOTHER" IS...

APPRECIATING ALL MOTHERS/ EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND MOTHERS TO BE TOO!!
A "MOTHER" IS...
M~ MONUMENT OF STRENGTH
O~ OCEAN OF LOVE
T~ TRUST WORTHY
H~ HOPEFUL ALWAYS
E~ ENCOURAGER
R~ READY TO HELP