You can make a difference!

Hi.....

There are times we wonder, "What can I do to make a difference in someone's life?". 

I just want to share with you a something I read that has blessed me so...much.

Just some encouragement for WOMEN in here...

I don't know who wrote it...but it's the words that matters...

Hat's off to the one who penned this down.

Be Blessed,

Julia 

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

______________(Author: Unknown)_____________

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, selfishly, 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'. (You can even remain a 'secret pal'.) 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 local politician, 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)

Ruth and Naomi

Hi...

Greetings...

​

Have been meditating on the Book of Ruth, which is a amazing story of love, obedience, commitment and dedication, trials, deliverance and freedom. Ruth (Naomi's daughter-in-law) and Naomi, both had lost their husbands and were of different age groups, different culture and backgrounds but shared a beautiful relationship.

​Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth was a Moabite but came to know the Living God through the life of Naomi.

After Naomi lost her husband and her two sons, she told her daughters-in-law Orpah and Ruth to return to their mother's home, as she decided to go back to Bethlehem. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. (Ruth 1:14)

Ruth said, (Ruth 1: 16-17)“Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 

Ruth was a woman of inner strength, she worked hard by gathering in the fields and supported herself and Naomi. 

Naomi helped arrange Ruth's marriage with Boaz. And even when Naomi sent Ruth to lie at Boaz's feet, Ruth followed her advice without questioning her, though what she said was a Israelite custom, she was not familiar with. 

(Ruth 3: 3 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered.)

Then Boaz fights all odds to marry Ruth.

Ruth 4: 13 "So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David."

​

Even after her marriage Ruth still was a daughter-in-law, and the same that she always was, to Naomi and her love for her mother-in-law was known all throughout the town. They say of Ruth that she loved Naomi, and therefore was better to her than seven sons (Ruth 4:15). 

In an age where mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can not see eye to eye, Ruth and Naomi set a beautiful example by sharing a beautiful relationship. 

Naomi also found great joy to be a nurse to her grandson Obed.

Because of Ruth's faithfulness she was the great-grandmother of King David, was one of the five women listed in the genealogy of Christ along with Tamar, Rahab, Bathsheba, and Mary.

So much to learn from Boaz too. He was a man of integrity, true to his words, kind to others, a successful businessman, sensitive to the needs of his employees.

May we learn valuable lessons from these Biblical personalities and may God restore relationships that the enemy has messed up on earth! 

​

Be blessed,

Julia

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Each of us can make a difference...

Hi..

Each of us can make a difference...

Just because we can't preach or teach like great preachers and write like those great authors of best sellers, let us not think we are useless to God.

Just because we can't stand in the midst of the congregation and pray let us not think God does not hear us. 

A whisper of prayer behind closed doors can make a ton of difference in someones life!

Sometimes we may wonder, "what difference can I make, I'm just too young or too old or a just a homemaker", but God has countless ways to use us if we yield our time and talents to Him.

Each of us 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 soo much.

I don't know who wrote it but it's the words that matters.

Read below!

Be Blessed,

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)

From Gethsemane to Calvary you had me on Your mind~

 My Dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...(Yeshua)

Your love continues to captivate my heart...

Lord I know you had me on Your mind when You prayed in anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, that Your sweat fell like drops of blood.. You knew You had to died in my place, carry all my sins, shame, may pain, my sickness, sorrow, my curse and everything else that was not right and good in me. You willingly chose to die for me so that  I can be totally free & have eternal life...

O how I love You Lord Jesus...

 Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when You were flogged and O how painful it was and what a deep wound it caused and how much of blood You shed but still You bore it all without a word, for by those stripes You wanted to heal me....

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

O how I love You my Lord Jesus/Yeshua my Savior...

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when they placed a crown of thorns on Your head and pressed it hard, how it pierced through Your head and eye-balls and blood oozed out, It hurt You so badly but You didn't open Your mouth and complain but bore it all for all evil thoughts and sights of mine....

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Lord...

Lord you had me on Your mind when You were mocked, spat on Your face and when they pulled Your beard and stripped you...for You wanted to bear all my shame and clothe me with Your righteousness...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua the Lover of my soul....

 Matthew 27: ²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. ²⁸ They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹ and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. ³⁰ They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. ³¹ After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

Lord you had me on your mind when you picked up the cross..O how heavy it was and it hurt your bruised back..but still you bore it for you made up your mind to carry my every burden...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my King...

John 19:17

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when Your hands were nailed and You bled, it hurt You so...bad but You wanted to bear the sinful works of my hands so that now my hands can be blessed to bless others and serve others!

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Shepherd...

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him.

Lord You had me on Your mind when Your legs were nailed and You bled again, it was too much to bear but still You bore the pain for all the wrong places these feet led me..so that now every place I go is blessed...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Guide...

And finally when a spear was pierced through Your side rupturing a portion of Your heart and Your stomach and blood and water gushed out...you still had me on Your mind for Your heart was ruptured for the wickedness of my heart, so that today my heart is a place where where You live..and filled it with Your love and compassion...

O how I love you Jesus/Yeshua my Provider...

John 19:³⁴ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.  

And even today Lord Jesus, as You sit at the Father's right hand You still have me on Your mind and keep watching over me...and interceding for me

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua .....

I bow before you Lord...

I praise you Jesus...

You are my Saviour....

O how I love you Lord...

You mould me and make me into a woman after your own heart..

Thank you for your grace that saved a sinner like me.

Julia

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Hi my dear brothers, sisters and friends,

Isn't it amazing to think our Lord Jesus Christ had each of us on His mind not just from Gethsemane to Calvary but from the beginning of creation?

He knew us even when we were in our mother's womb.

Be Blessed,

Julia

Hebrews 12:2

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Our Blessed Hope!

Praise God! 

One day our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, will come on the clouds and take the "Redeemed ones" (His Bride) to His Father's House in Heaven!

 He is the way to Heaven! He is The Truth and The Life!

We can learn so....much from a Jewish Wedding!

THE BIBLE IS OUR FIRST AND BEST STUDY BOOK!

There are some Interesting Blogs and study material:

http://www.ldolphin.org/wedding.html

Jewish Wedding

http://www.opendoorministrieswv.org/ancientjewishwedding.html

Jewish Wedding Traditions:

The Bride of Christ and the Jewish Wedding Models is compared to the Relationship between Jesus Christ and his Bride the Church.

http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/brideofchrist.htm

By I Gordon

http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus11.html

By Bill Salus

John 14 :1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

Jesus also said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life, No one comes to the Father except through Me. "

I was always captivated by the thought that Jesus told His disciples (BRIDE OF CHRIST), Heaven (His Father's house) is something that all of us 

who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior to look forward to. We have a future and a blessed hope, and no matter how hard and difficult things get in this world, heaven is our final destination. Those who live in the modern world do not catch the full significance of Jesus' promise. This is due to the fact that in His promise Jesus was drawing an analogy from Jewish marriage customs in biblical times. Since this is so, those marriage customs must be examined if one is to grasp the significance of the promise.

In the last days God  will turn the "Hearts of Fathers to children and children to father."(Malachi last verse)!

That's a blessed hope!

Stay blessed,

Julia

The Mother (Author Unknown)

                The Mother

              (Author Unknown)

1. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed

 you. you thanked her by crying all the night.

2. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. 

You thanked her by running away when she called.

3. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals

 with love. You thanked her by tossing your plate on

 the floor.

4. When you were 4 years old, she gave you some 

crayons. You thanked her by coloring the dinning room

 table.

5. When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the

 holidays. You thanked her by looping into the nearest

 pile of mud. 

6. When you were 6 years old, she walked you into

 school. You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING".

7. When you were 7 years old, she bought you a

 baseball. You thanked her by throwing it through the

 next-door-neighbor window.

 8. When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice

 cream. You thanked her by dripping it all over you

 lap.

9. When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano

 lessons. You thanked her by never even bothering to

 practice it.

10. When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, 

from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after

 another. You thanked her by jumping out of the car and

 never looking back.

11. When you were 11 years old, she took you and your 

friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to

 sit in the different row.

12. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to

 watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting 

until she left the house.

13. When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was

 becoming. You thanked her by telling her she had no

 taste.

14. When you were 14, she paid for a month away at 

summer camp. You thanked her by forgetting to write a

 single letter.

15. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking

 for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door

 locked.

16. When you were 16, she taught you how to drove her

 car. You thanked her by taking it every chance you

 could.

17. When you were 17, she was expecting an important 

call. You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

18. When you were 18, she cried at your school

 graduation. You thanked her by staying out partying

 until dawn.

19. When you were 19, she paid for your college

 tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags. You

 thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you                               wouldn't be embarrassed in front of you friends. 

20. When you were 20, she asked whether you were

 seeing anyone. You thanked her by saying "It's none of

 you business".

21. When you were 21, she suggested certain careers 

for your future. You thanked her by saying "I don't

 want to be like you".

22. When you were 22, she hugged you at your college

 graduation. You thanked her by asking whether she 

could pay for a trip to Europe.

   23. When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your

  first apartment. You thanked her by telling your

  friend it was ugly.

24. When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked 

  about your plans for the future. You thanked her by

  glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"

25. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your

 wedding, and she cried and told how deeply she loved 

you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the

 country.

 26. When you were 30, she called with some advice on

 the baby. You thanked by telling her, "Things are

 different now." 

27. When you were 40, she called to remind you of a

 relative's birthday. You thanked her by saying you

 were "really busy right now."

28. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to 

take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the

burden parents become to their children.

  29. And then, one day, she quietly died. And

 everything you never did, came crashing down like 

thunder on your heart.

 IF SHE' S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE

 THAN EVER.

AND IF SHE' S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.