Wide Open Space

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Ever wanted to be free?  Free from guilt, free from past pain, free from the feeling that you’re not good enough, free to just be in some wide open space?  There is a way…..

“We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that He has already thrown open his door to us.  We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand – out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory.” – Romans 5:2 The Message

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – Jesus, John 8:36 NIV

He forgives, he loves you, he lets you start over.  And that’s true freedom.  Blessings on your day, Lisa

Beautiful If They Are Few

“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.  One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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We found this perfect, beautiful shell on an Anguilla beach on our honeymoon twenty-five years ago.  It had washed up from the clear blue sea and rested underneath a coconut tree.  Although we felt bad to remove it from its idyllic home, we knew that it would bring back so many wonderful memories for years to come if we brought it back to our home.  Carefully wrapping and cushioning it in our suitcase, we treated it as a precious treasure, and the shell made it home, where it remains to this day.  When I hold it up to my ear, I still hear the blue seas within it, and I remember.  Love, beginnings, beauty, laughter.

Have a blessed day, and if you’re by the sea, enjoy the beautiful seashells that God has made.  Another gift.  Slainte, Lisa

Fishing for Diamonds

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When I was a little girl and when the sun hit the water just right, I thought there were diamonds out there in the surf.  And if I just could get there quick enough and catch one, it would stay glittery and beautiful in my hand.  But alas, those diamonds seemed to be of the stuff of leprechaun gold and fairy dust, and I was never quite fast enough to fish one out.  I sure had fun trying, though.  🙂  If you’re by the sea today, catch a diamond for me, and if you’re not, imagine yourself picking up one triumphantly in your hand for all to see.  It will make you smile and that’s a good thing.  Slainte, Lisa

*Photo provided courtesy of D.W. Nygaard*