Well, where do I begin? It seems like a lifetime since I’ve written a post. The past few days have been pretty good, but labored. This past July was the blog’s 1st b-day, and shortly thereafter, it seemed that my inspiration had packed its bags and left! It wasn’t because my life had suddenly become so busy, either-just that NOTHING was “coming to me” to write about. It was strange, too, because I felt as if there were people I was letting down by not posting. From time-to-time, I would come on here and read what you amazing writers and photographers were posting, hoping that I would feel the inspiration return.  NOT!  Even taking pictures had taken a backseat-next to writing, taking pictures is one of my passions.  Have any of you gone through something similar? I remember being in my living room this particular morning, and I was going over a mental list of reasons I thought it  had left.  To be completly honest, I still don’t know why it had left, but I’m so happy that it’s returned!

Yes, the past few months have been difficult, with major family changes, but because I have JESUS, or better said HE HAS ME, I have such peace, regardless of the difficulty. I’ll go into more detail at another time.  For now, I’m getting my feet wet again

Thank you, everyone, for your continued encouragement.  And I’ve noticed some new followers-WELCOME! make yourselves at home

 

Musing

…will we ever meet,

this love I have waited for,

it seems, all my life?

as I am not there,

do you miss me

as much as I miss you?

living a life of shadows

and dreams -

 it seems to be

with nothing to show for it

except an aching heart

longing to be put out of it’s misery.

will our paths, finally, intersect

and allow us to become

one?

by God,

that is all

I am hoping for!

Hi All :)

Sweet Distraction

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There is something so sweetly distracting about nature, beaches/ocean, animals, etc. that gets my mind off the junk, and refocuses my spirit and settles me. I love looking at what God has created, don’t you? So, yesterday I went to a Coy pond, not too far from where I live, and played around with my camera. By the time I was finished, the things that had been troubling me had become a distant memory. A very sweet distraction

Wow!

This week has been one I will not forget, EVER! Thought it was going to be slow, and dragging the way it would normally be, but it’s
Friday, and ready for another weekend con mi familia And reflecting on the week that is ending is making me thankful and grateful. There have been some wonderful connections made here is “blogland”. And I don’t believe in “accidents” or “chance”. It’s cliche, but true,

“everything does happen for a reason.”

I’ve learned from so many; enjoyed other blog with similar quirky tastes, hobbies, and passions. Words are so powerful! GOD SPOKE the WORD and made everything. (I know, “here she goes again”, right?) And I think the same is true for us, to some degree. We can lift up, or bring down with our words:

“…life and death is in the power of the tongue…”

This post is dedicated to all of you, followers, visitors alike! You are ALL VERY APPRECIATED

Connections

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The thought hit me today, after a wonderful encounter with a fellow blogger and believer, about the importance of connections and who and what we allow ourselves to be connected to. And I thought of connection cables and fiber optic cables. Information flowing at high speed, but what if the connection is wrong? If something is plugged in the incorrect port, nothing is going to happen that you want to happen.

Who are we allowing in our camp? WHAT are we allowing in our camp? We are to minister to others, and not judge each other, true. Are there things or someone in the camp (our close circle/closest to our heart) that/whom we’ve allowed in that should not be? Is our connection with the LORD clear? Are we connected to things here, or are we connected to the CORRECT SOURCE? 

For some, the answer is easy, but for others, we may need to unhook from some things and/or someone, or unhook from a group. If you have to compromise your faith in the LORD in order to stay connected to someone or something, unhook. If you feel you have to down play the giftings that GOD HIMSELF has placed within you,unhook.  And the thought of unhooking may seem and might very well be painful, because a deep connection, that it may seem like a knife being stuck so far inside, that if you pull it out, you’ll bleed to death. Not so. When we are doing what needs to be done, because it’s the right thing in THE LORD’S EYES, HE’LL be there “in case” you start to feel overwhelming pain. And it just may surprise you, that the pain you THOUGHT WOULD BE THERE, will actually have been taken away before you felt it, and you’ll be made strong. That’s how it was for me today.

Something, or someone (will be vague this time), that I unhooked from and thought so painful, was actually something I needed to do, and I found that GOD HIMSELF replaced it with something even better. 

I’ve come to learn that a real GOD connection, will not only validate you as person, and not bring you down, but will, also, give correction when correction is needed; much like a sister or brother would do. 

Truly, this was one amazing day…

A Word Spoken in Season…

In a comment today, concerning a previous post, I was informed that I “inspire”…to the one who left that comment, from the depth of my heart I say,  THANK YOU, you don’t know what that means to me.

When I read that, however, my reaction was, ‘me?! but you don’t know my shortcomings.’  The people closest to me know my shortcomings, my kids, the man in my life, my parents, brother and sister-in-law. All see except one person in my life (other than the LORD), my 6 year old nephew. To him, regardless of anything, I am simply AUNTY. And with that, comes so much love. Yes, my kids love me no matter what…I know and believe they do. Being teens/young adults now, they notice things which they did not notice when they were younger. I remember a particular moment when my youngest was 4, and I had made a comment about my weight. She responded, “you’re not fat, you’re Mommy.” (It’s no wonder that OUR LORD said that we must become as little children. There is trust, love, forgiveness and an overall state of being. Children don’t worry about things they way adults do. There is such a tenderness, innocence and sensitivity, which, I believe, HE uses to love us through. And it takes some doing to UNDO those GOD-given traits.)

I am humbled and honored to be an inspiration because anything like that AT ALL is of HE WHO IS THE SOURCE OF THE INSPIRATION.  So, thank  you, again, for your encouragement and THANK YOU JESUS for using “someone like me”…a “whosoever”