Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Dear Friend, He's always watching...



today is a very GOOD day for our family.

full of hope, joyful anticipation, and extreme gratitude after a long season of waiting.

while i'm singing today because i'm so very happy, i KNOW He's been watching me through each and every season - even through my doubts and fears.

He watches you too, friend.


Monday, April 1, 2013

Motivate Me Monday :: Joy Seeker

"J O Y
 is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, 
the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright, 
and the determined choice to praise God in every situation." 

~ Kay Warren




Saturday, March 16, 2013

Dear Friend Enduring a time of Turmoil...

Open your heart (wide open 'like a lake') to the one who created it...

Release all your fears to Him.

~source~


 1 peter 5:7 "cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Like a Lake

 

Sarah Groves ~ 'Like a Lake' Lyrics



so much hurt and preservation
like a tendril round my soul
so much painful information
no clear way on how to hold it
when everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake
standing at this waters edge
looking in at God's own heart
I've no idea where to begin
to swallow up the way things are
everything in me is drawing in
closing in around this pain
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake
bring the wind and bring the thunder
bring the rain till I am tried
when it's over bring me stillness
let my face reflect the sky
and all the grace and all the wonder
of a peace that I can't fake
wide open like a lake
everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I am fighting to stay open
I am fighting to stay open
open open oh wide open
open like a lake


Monday, March 26, 2012

Dear Friend, There's only one thing can truly control...

image credit: Shirt.Woot


 
ATTITUDE



by: Charles Swindoll
 
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes."

Agree?  Disagree?

Sincerely,
Heidi