Tag Archives: God

Sheltered, Cherished

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Hold fast your dreams!

Within your heart keep one still secret spot

Where dreams may go

And sheltered so, may thrive and grow.

-Louise Driscoll

Dreams, plans, hopes….intangible things that provide great hope in a person.  It’s very easy to let go of dreams when life gets busy and hectic, but I believe that God places the good and right dreams and hopes in a person…His plan for each person is different and perfect.  “But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.” (Proverbs 14:22) “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”  (Proverbs 16:3)

Now sometimes dreams don’t work out, but I believe it’s because we can’t see the bigger perspective that God sees…He knows the very best thing for us, and sometimes we’re too close and can’t see it.  But later on, down the road, we will.  So I’m challenging myself to hold on and cherish those dreams God has placed inside me, to live with hope and plans and a future, committing myself to Him and holding on for the awesome ride.  🙂  Slainte, Lisa

Before me, Beside me

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Christ be with me, Christ be within me

Christ behind me, Christ before me

Christ beside me, Christ to win me

Christ to comfort me, Christ above me

Christ in quiet, Christ in danger

Christ in hearts of all that love me

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger

– St. Patrick, Irish cleric

This Gaelic prayer is deep and beautiful.  May the love of Christ surround you today.  Blessings, Lisa

I Will Sing

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Some mornings, or afternoons, or evenings, I just don’t want to sing.  For a person who loves to sing, this is always weird and disconcerting.  But when I feel like that, that is the very time that I need to sing the most.  It lifts me out of the pity-party mode and into the God-party.  🙂

“I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.” ~Psalm 13:6

God is so good.  Blessings on your day, Lisa

 

Blessing in the Midst

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It’s easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song

But the man worthwhile is the one who can smile

When everything goes dead wrong.

For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years.

And the smile that is worth its salt

Is the smile that shines through the tears.

~Irish, Unknown Author

I was moved by this blessing/poem today, and it encouraged me to keep smiling, keep singing, keep hoping…through trouble, through pain, through hard times.  Because life is good, God is loving, and joy can be found, right now.  Blessings for a good weekend, Lisa

Upward and Now

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Upward towards God, living now…the way towards hope.

“Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”  – Philippians 3:13

“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do.  But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” – Author unknown

“One day at a time – – this is enough.  Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come.  Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” – Author Unknown

Love and blessings, Lisa