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Just Bloom

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July Tree on St. Kitts

July Tree on St. Kitts

This tree is blooming, and blooming beautifully.  Although it is just a tree, it is not worrying about tomorrow, or yesterday, just blooming now.  The tree of course benefits by not having a brain, and we are indeed blessed to be able to think and decide, to feel and to imagine.  All of these are great gifts from God, as we are made in His image.  But He doesn’t want us to worry…easier said than done, right?  As a mom, I tend to think ahead and try to micromanage, plan, prevent.  But is this worrying helping anything?  Absolutely not.  That’s why I love this quote by Corrie Ten Boom:

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”

So for this moment, I am going to try to just be, to just bloom.  Have a beautiful day!  Slainte, Lisa

Trusting…Letting Go…Enjoying the Ride

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So many things in our lives are out of our control.  And I can tell you that I don’t like that, at all, but I know that it’s good for me.  Trust….let go….let someone else be in charge….enjoy the ride.  On this particular day, the adults all had to exit our lake boat as we were passing from one Killarney lake to the next through a shallow section.  But our guide let Joshua stay and enjoy the ride through with him.  Joshua, only 7 at the time, was unsure at first, but afterwards, he was all smiles and stories.  Trusting, letting go, and enjoying the ride.

There is a Bible passage that really helps me when I’m going through the uncontrollable waters:  “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you…..Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you….do not be afraid, for I am with you.”  (Isaiah 43:2,4a,5a)

Let go…trust your Guide…enjoy the amazing ride He has planned for each of us!  Slainte, Lisa

 

Living Now

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Animals are always therapeutic to watch.  They live life, unconcerned about what may happen tomorrow,  not mulling over what happened last week…mostly just thinking about now.  About food now, about a soft place to lay, about enjoying their walk.  Take these sheep for instance; they are eating, seemingly unaware of the impending cliff dropoff in front of them by only a few feet.  Yet amazingly they never got even close to falling off the whole time we were there.  Their little feet instinctively seemed to know where to walk.

I need to be a sheep.  Or my dog.  Just trusting, enjoying the now, and walking by the Light of God that guides me away from cliffs.  Blessings, Lisa

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” – Psalm 119:105

Heartsong

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“To enjoy life you don’t need wealth or power but a song in your heart.”     ~Anonymous

“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.”   ~Exodus 15:2a

So….what is the song in my heart this morning?  It is a wonderful tune from Robin Mark, a worship leader from Northern Ireland, called All Is Well.  Praying that it blesses you as well.  Slainte, Lisa

What We’re Aware Of

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The people in this village on St. Lucia were not aware of our small boat out at sea, and if they did see us, they probably thought, “Oh, another boat.”  We saw the village, the little dots of houses built into the hillside, but we thought, “Oh, what a nice little village,” took the picture, and gave the people there no more thought.  Yet all of the people on the boat had lives they were living and dealing with, and all of the people in the village had the same.  But we all get so wrapped up in what we can see, what we’re living and doing.  Somehow, it’s comforting to me to know that so many other people are going through similar things like me in this world.  I may not know them, but they’re there.  And God sees us all, and is guiding us through the maze, through the things we can’t see and aren’t aware of, to a beautiful ending.  Blessings, Lisa

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“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.  Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.”  – Isaiah 26:3,4