Summer has finally arrived and I can't express how wonderful it feels. My grand girls are here visiting for the summer as usual. How long it seems to take for my vacation time to make it's way back around to us all being together.
We were so happy to be able to celebrate another birthday with our middle granddaughter. Wow, how quickly they grow up in a blink of an eye. If we are super lucky will be able to also celebrate our oldest granddaughter's fourteenth birthday before we close out our visitation time.
Being a wife, a mother and a "grammy" is the greatest job I have ever had. God has been plenty gracious with my time on earth. He has given me the most wonderful persons to have a life with. How excited I am everyday to wake up and feel the greatness of each person that I love. There's so much beauty and happiness in my life how could I possibly be unhappy at all?
Feeling the greatness of life as it fills my soul and spirit is joy without limitation. Knowing that God has truly blessed me beyond all expectation allows me to faithfully believe that he watches over me everyday.
My greatest hope for all children of God is that you too can feel the greatness that he gives you in all that touches your life.
I pray for good things for all of God's children and hope that somehow we can come together in peace and harmony, loving and living in kindness, always.
Be blessed, be happy, live fully.
CJ
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
Posting here
If I wasn't posting my thoughts I'd be very bored and maybe perhaps even boring....
Just putting down these crazy thoughts in a place where anyone can view them is so cool.
Share what you know, share what you think, share what you feel.
You never know when someone just might need a little encouraging, or some laughter and even just another view point in order to go, hummmm, well, you never know.
Peace to all.
CJ
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Being in the moment
There are so many times in my life that events come and go and I hardly take notice. Today, once again I was off to the cardiac doctor for heart tests. These tests aren't anything new to me, but being in the moment when I stop long enough to feel the impact of what is going on can take my breath away.
I've had a thousand heart tests and procedures done over the last fifteen years. Each time I'm in that moment where I begin to feel concerned about what is happening, my thoughts turn to fear.
Realizing that when the results come back everything could change for the better or for the worse. It's such a haunting feeling, the not knowing what's to come. Being in the moment opens my mind and heart up to really understanding the importance of having my heavenly father in my life.
Now again, I will say that I am not the preaching kind, but I don't mind sharing what I believe and what has value to me.
Being in the moment, knowing that God has got my back and believing that he will over see what ever the test results reveal. No matter what may come my way, I can endure, I will survive and in the end all will be well either here on earth or in my father's kingdom.
Being in the moment, being present, being alive and living my life having the faith to get through anything. Now that's a good day in the neighborhood. Don't you think so? I do.
Be in the moment and live well being blessed every day.
Sweet dreams all.
Just A Thought.....
CJ
I've had a thousand heart tests and procedures done over the last fifteen years. Each time I'm in that moment where I begin to feel concerned about what is happening, my thoughts turn to fear.
Realizing that when the results come back everything could change for the better or for the worse. It's such a haunting feeling, the not knowing what's to come. Being in the moment opens my mind and heart up to really understanding the importance of having my heavenly father in my life.
Now again, I will say that I am not the preaching kind, but I don't mind sharing what I believe and what has value to me.
Being in the moment, knowing that God has got my back and believing that he will over see what ever the test results reveal. No matter what may come my way, I can endure, I will survive and in the end all will be well either here on earth or in my father's kingdom.
Being in the moment, being present, being alive and living my life having the faith to get through anything. Now that's a good day in the neighborhood. Don't you think so? I do.
Be in the moment and live well being blessed every day.
Sweet dreams all.
Just A Thought.....
CJ
Monday, May 5, 2014
Bigger than self
So many times while I'm in prayer I ask God to help me do the right thing. Honestly, I've often wonder exactly what I was asking of him. Does that mean help me not to tell a fib, that little white lie that sometimes can just slip right out of my mouth. When we don't share the whole truth, does that mean we aren't being completely honest?
Then, there again when I ask God to help me be a better person am I asking him to help me have more money so that I can in turn share it more freely with those in need?
If I want to be a better person does that require that I ask God to make me become and stay friendlier with all persons I come in contact with, always remembering the art of forgiveness.
Most of the time I truly don't know how to be a better person, so I ask God for his help. When I sit back and think about who I am and how I behave daily the answers I seek reveal themselves to me.
Being better for me simply means thinking of others' before myself. Understanding that giving is the art of self sacrifice. Which means learning how to give from the resources I have and not thinking about the replacement of what I've given.
Knowing that every smile is worth more than a millions dollars and being kind is a simple task from the heart.
Loving is not easy, if it was the world could live in peace. It takes work, patience, endurance and lots of understanding, all of these things God has for each of us.
This life we all live is so short, so small and doing the right is always bigger than self.
What we do today will shape our tomorrow, lay way for our future and become how we are known by all that come in contact with us.
Wouldn't it be awesome if all of us, each person alive could be bigger than ourselves, doing the right thing which is acting with love and kindness, everyday that we are blessed to be here.
Here today, gone tomorrow, always with God's love at the helm guiding us forward to our eternity.
Have faith, it's all good.
Be blessed.
CJ
Then, there again when I ask God to help me be a better person am I asking him to help me have more money so that I can in turn share it more freely with those in need?
If I want to be a better person does that require that I ask God to make me become and stay friendlier with all persons I come in contact with, always remembering the art of forgiveness.
Most of the time I truly don't know how to be a better person, so I ask God for his help. When I sit back and think about who I am and how I behave daily the answers I seek reveal themselves to me.
Being better for me simply means thinking of others' before myself. Understanding that giving is the art of self sacrifice. Which means learning how to give from the resources I have and not thinking about the replacement of what I've given.
Knowing that every smile is worth more than a millions dollars and being kind is a simple task from the heart.
Loving is not easy, if it was the world could live in peace. It takes work, patience, endurance and lots of understanding, all of these things God has for each of us.
This life we all live is so short, so small and doing the right is always bigger than self.
What we do today will shape our tomorrow, lay way for our future and become how we are known by all that come in contact with us.
Wouldn't it be awesome if all of us, each person alive could be bigger than ourselves, doing the right thing which is acting with love and kindness, everyday that we are blessed to be here.
Here today, gone tomorrow, always with God's love at the helm guiding us forward to our eternity.
Have faith, it's all good.
Be blessed.
CJ
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