HAPPY FATHER'S DAY LOVE LETTER . . . 19.6.16

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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BLESSINGS TO YOU as YOU ARE
CELEBRATED and HONOURED TODAY !
RECEIVE and REST IN YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S LOVE . . .

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MOTHER'S DAY BLESSINGS 8.5.16

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Remembering God's unfailing Love with gratitude.
May your day be filled with the Peace
JoY and Presence of the Lord...








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SONGS on SUNDAYS: FATHER'S LOVE 28.6.15

Welcome to #SONGSonSUNDAYS !

~ Reflecting on 'Father',
I recognize my valuing of God, in the role of Father,
has increased to fill my need since the loss of my earthly father . "God in his holy dwelling,
is a father to orphans..." Psalm 68.5 How intricately God is involved in our lives as Father. Today's #SONGSonSUNDAYS is a favourite  - FATHER'S LOVE LETTER - to inspirit us all in the encompassing embrace of our Father.
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You may not know me, but I know everything about you.(Psalm 139:1) I know when you sit down and when you rise up.(Psalm 139:2) I am familiar with all your ways.(Psalm 139:3) Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.(Matthew 10:29-31) For you were made in my image (Genesis 1:27) In me you live and move and have your being. (Acts 17:28) For you are my offspring.[Acts 17.28] I knew you even before you were concived.(Jeremiah 1:4-5) I chose you when I planned creation.(Ephesians 1:11-12) You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book.(Psalm 139:15-16) I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.(Acts 17:26) You are fearfully and wonderfully made.(Psalm 139:14) I knit you together in your mother's womb.(Psalm 139:13) And brought you forth on the day you were born.(Psalm 71:6) I have been misrepresented by those who do not know me (John 8.41-44) I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love.(1 John 4:16) And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.(1 John 3:1) Simply because you are my child and I am your Father.(1 John 3:1) I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.(Matthew 7:11) For I am the perfect father.(Matthew 5:48) Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.(James 1:17) For I am your provider and I meet all your needs (Matthew 6.31-33) My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.(Jeremiah 29:11) Because I love you with an everlasting love.(Jeremiah 31:3) My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.(Psalms 139:17-18) And I rejoice over you with singing.(Zephaniah 3:17) I will never stop doing good to you.(Jeremiah 32:40) For you are my treasured possession (Exodus 19:5) I desire to you establish you with all my heart and all my soul.(Jeremiah 33:3) And I want to show you great and marvelous things.(Jeremiah 33:3) If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.(Deuteronomy 4:29) Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart.(Psalm 37:4) For it is I who gave you those desires.(Philippians 2:13) I am able to do more for you than you possibly imagine.(Ephesians 3:20) For I am your greatest encourager (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) I am also the father who comforts you in all your troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you (Psalm 34:18) As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart.(Isaiah 40:11) One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes.(Revelation 21:3-4) And I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.(Revelation 21:3-4) I am your father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. (John 17:23) For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.(John 17:26) He is the exact representation of my being. (Hebrews 1:3) He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you.(Romans 8:31) And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.(2 Corinthians 5. 18-19) Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. (2 Corinthians 5.18-19) His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you.(1 John 4:10) I gave up everthing I loved that I might gain your love.(Romans 8:31-32) If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me.(1 John 2:23) And nothing will ever separate you from my love again.(Romans 8.38-39) Come home and I will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.(Luke 15:7) I have always been father, and will always be father.(Ephesians 3.14-15) My question is will you be my child? (John 1.12-13)
I am waiting for you.(Luke 15.11-32)

Love,
Your Dad , Almighty God

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YOU ARE THE BELOVED with Graham Cooke 1.3.15

WELCOME to SONGS on SUNDAY  for this 2nd Sunday of Lent.

Continuing our Life of the Beloved theme,
today featuring a recitation of Graham Cooke on God's Love for us, The Beloved, in an enchanting setting of violin .  
May you be filled and refilled with both word and music...
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Adding the link back to this #SONGSonSUNDAY post  will help connect and grow the audience .
Thanks for participating ~ I love hearing your choices!
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May you be Blessed in the revelation and understanding of your BELOVEDNESS!
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LENT WEEK 1 DAY 3: COMMUNITY LIVING AS THE BELOVED

Continuing our meditations in  Being and Becoming the Beloved  as we walk the path of Lent with Henri Nouwen
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* 2nd part of our journey to Becoming the Beloved.
* Community.   We live in genuine community when we know we are Beloved. We may be alone but we are not lonely. In loneliness we are possessive until we hear we are the Beloved. When we are rooted in that Love there is possibility for Community.



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LENT 3: BEING THE BELOVED by HENRI NOUWEN 20.2.15

Day 3 of our Lenten Journey I'm sharing brief daily segments of Henri Nouwen's BELOVED.
Thoughtful reflection to inspire and inspirit our contemplation of who we are as we begin this journey. . .

* *   "Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.” 

― Henri J.M. Nouwen

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 [which began their friendship],  "How does one live a spiritual life in a secular world? " Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen’s greatest legacy to Christians around the world.  Epistolary writing, this personally sincere and powerful invitation to the spiritual life offered in Christ is an uplifting guide. * 160 pages paperback
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Life of the Beloved : Spiritual Living in a Secular World

Audio version:  2 cds 2.5 hrs
Read by Henri Nouwen
Publisher:  Servant Books Published: February 13. 2007
"How does one live a spiritual life in a secular world?" Henri Nouwen responds from the depths of his heart to this dilemna posed by his friend Fred Bratman. Newly available on CD for the first time, this audiobook is recorded by Nouwen himself. His own interpretive reading of the text lends a sense of immediacy to the production. 2 CDs/2.5 hours (approx.) *

Nouwen, born Henri Jozef Machiel [Nouen] in Nijkerk Netherlands January 24th 1932.

Nouwen authored 40 b0oks on spiritual life.  His books are widely read today by Protestants and Catholics alike. The Wounded Healer, In the Name of Jesus, The Life of the Beloved, and The Way of the Heart are just a few of the more widely recognized titles.

After nearly two decades of teaching at the Menninger Foundation Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and at the University of Notre Dame, Yale University and Harvard University, in 1986 he accepted the position of pastor and went to share his life with mentally handicapped people at Daybreak, the L'Arche community, founded by Jean Vanier, near Toronto, Canada.

After a long period of declining energy, which he chronicled in his final book, Sabbatical Journey, he died in September 1996 from a sudden heart attack.

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SACRED SPACE: #SONGSonSUNDAYS 18.1.15

Welcome to Sacred Space

Taking time out to renew and refresh  God is speaking.  To us.  To me.    What do I hear? Where in my life do I encounter God? Where can I be with God?

Yeshua Jesus invites us to "Come and see..."

Begin today with acknowledging  God's Presence surrounding me around me, within me, deep within my being Freedom Reminding myself God has things to teach me, I ask for the grace to hear and allow them to change me. Awareness Where am I with God?  With others? Is there gratitude?  I give thanks. Something for which I'm sorry?  I ask and receive forgiveness. The Word I read the Word of God slowly, a few times over as I listen to what God is saying to me. Mark 2. 23-28

One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.  But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

New Living Translation 

Reflection What feelings are rising within me as I pray and reflect on God's Word? I imagine Yeshua Jesus sitting with me, beside me, and I open my heart to hear Him. The Pharisees conscientiously believe that observing the rules is what God asks of them. Their be-all / end-all rule of life. Yeshua Jesus knows God does not want to make our lives more difficult and does not impose arbitrary rules on us.  For Him, the be-all / end-all is the law of love. Do I believe in a God who wants only what is good for me? Am I able to talk to Yeshua Jesus about this? What rules govern my life? Would people who know me say that I follow the law of love? What does Yeshua Jesus say to me...?
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#SONGSonSUNDAYS

Two Jesus Culture videos on today's theme -
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and ROOFTOPS

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SONGS ON SUNDAYS: YOUR CHOICE 11.5.14

Apologies for not having a Songs on Sundays post...
Today, for the second day, I'm spending my time sitting with my cousin making
his final life's journey to his heavenly home -
we never know how long this stage will last,
I'm asking your prayers for strength
in all that's to come for arrangements, services, etc.
Thanks, as always, for being a strength and comfort
in presence and prayers... 
And in praise for the God Who loves, cares, and carries us home.
"I have borne you from birth,
carried you since the womb.
 Till your old age I will be the same —
I will carry you until your hair is white.
I have made you, and I will bear you;
yes, I will carry and save you.
 To whom will you liken me and equate me?
With whom will you compare me,
as if we were similar?"

Isaiah 46:3

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

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to The One Who is Worthy ! Leaving your link to a fav song would be a huge blessing at this time - thank you .

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SONGS ON SUNDAYS: YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS 23.2.14

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Final 'LOVE' song for this last Sunday of February -  WELCOME to SONGS ON SUNDAYS !
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You're invited to add your Songs on Sundays Love song
in comments {please feel free to add a link if you've posted it}
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This week, Marie at Music Moves Me shared that
Ramona at Create with Joy  is their Spotlight Dancer

in a week filled with Songs that Inspire -

Without knowing of her focus this week,
I had chosen this inspiring Love song,
so I'll be linking it to Music Moves Me as well.

I hope you enjoy it – let me know your inspy music links in comments 

and visit Marie's for more Music that moves us !

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SONGS ON SUNDAYS : HOW HE LOVES US 16.2.14

Writer: John McMillan

Lyrics: He Loves Us

Artist: Kim Walker - Jesus Culture
Album: We Cry Out

He is jealous for me

Love's like a hurricane, I am a tree

Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy

When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

and I realize just how beautiful You are and

how great your affections are for me.

Oh, how He loves us so

Oh, how He loves us

How He loves us so.

Yeah, He loves us

Woah, how He loves us

Woah, how He loves us

Woah, how He loves.

So we are His portion and He is our prize,

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean we're all sinking

So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and

my heart turns violently inside of my chest

I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way

That he loves us,

Woah, how He loves us

Woah, how He loves us

Woah, how He loves  

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Sunday Blessing for Your New Week ~ 14.7.13

Blessings for you on your new week ~

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place, 

and underneath are the everlasting arms

amen and selah

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Five Minute Friday: ' BELOVED' 2.15.13

From Lisa Jo ~

On Fridays around these parts we like to write. Not for comments or traffic or anyone else’s agenda. But for pure love of the written word. For joy at the sound of syllables, sentences and paragraphs all strung together by the voice of the speaker.

We love to just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. For five minutes flat.

Here’s how we do it:

1. Write for 5 minutes flat with no editing, tweaking or self critiquing.

2. Link back here and invite others to join in {you can grab the button code in my blog’s footer}.

3. Go and tell the person who linked up before you what their words meant to you.Every writer longs to feel heard.

OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes for the prompt: 

Beloved…

[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

Ephesians 3:19

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