Thanking God for the morning light:)

     Good morning and a happy Friday to all, what a day it was yesterday, but sure as promised, things are better in the morning light:) As I asked God last night for the intense pounding in my jaw to become a dull thud, he has once again answered my prayers. I am feeling much better and know that I will survive!!! Thank you all so very much for your prayers, you will never know how humbled I am by the response and by you taking time for me!
     This morning in prayer as I sat outside listening to the angelic song of all of the birds, looking at the vast blue of the sky, feeling the breeze on my face and eagerly awaiting the sun to top the mountain, I was thanking him for each of you, I was chatting with him about the wonder of friendship and that even though I do not know many of you, some only by family name in the place I grew up, some only by fellowship here on facebook and I felt such a huge happiness come over me. I felt such joy in knowing that with something as small as a post on the computer, could bring me closer to my father in heaven. If ever I lacked in faith, the lack ceased to exit when I joined facebook! My friends and family are amazing and the support is overwhelming! Thanking God over and over again for this wonderful vehicle:) During all of these realizations and in all of my thanksgiving the word "faith" was so strong in my heart. Yesterday my little g-babe, Dakota said to me "MiMi, what is faith?" I told her it is believing in something even though you can't see it, feeling it in your heart, knowing it is true even though there is nothing for you to see to believe, you just believe it because it is in your heart! She walked away and was very deep in thought, a few moments later she came back and said "so MiMi, faith is like the wind, I can feel it but I can't see it, and I said well yes in a way. You can see the wind though, you can see the trees blowing in the wind, you can feel the wind on your skin, you can see the dust blow across the roadway when the wind blows harder, to this she said..." Silly, MiMi, you can see what the wind does to the trees but it is the tree that moves, I can feel it on my face yes but I can't see it, the wind moves things but still we can only see what it is moving, we can't see the wind! So very true my little 4 year old angel, so very true. Just like the wind we can see the effect of it on the visible objects but we cannot see it. Just like with God, we can see his effect on all things but we cannot see him! Smart little girl I would say, she is so very intrigued with God and Jesus Christ, she is so filled with faith and she knows he is all around her! So the next time you are struggling with faith, let the wind brush across your face, watch the gentle sway of the trees, and know that even though you cannot see it, it still is all around you. God our Father,  is in all that we do, sometimes he lays still but we still know he is there! I pray that each of you is filled with faith this day, filled with knowledge that there is a better day coming, that even in the darkest hour he is there waiting to lift you on high in the morning light! I pray that you know you are never alone, that all you need to is call his name and he will comfort you with his mercy and his grace, I pray that when you are in need that you will call upon your family and friends for prayer and rest in the knowledge that his will be done! God bless you all with a wonderful weekend, one that is filled with his never ending presence, with his shield to keep you safe, and his love to keep your heart full! God bless each and everyone of you! Love in Christ.
Please remember Nicole in your prayers as she has surgery this morning, please remember Brenda and her family as they say a farewell to her mother, please remember Terry as she struggles with the infection in her legs, please remember those who struggling with things in life that seem to beat them down, please remember those who are battling with rebuild due to the storms in their areas. Please remember that God works through you and that you have the ability to share him in all that you do! May his mercy and Grace be your best friend today! In Jesus name, amen!
    

"WHY?"

  

 Good morning and happy Monday, yes it is already Monday again! Sitting outside this morning, what a beautiful morning it is! We are at 67 degrees with a nice breeze, the sky is mottled with cotton ball clouds and the sun is just peeping out over the mountain tops! The forecast calls for rain, but I am not seeing anything but blue, blue, blue at the moment! Our little ring necked doves have been playing in the yard all morning, I am sure their eggs have hatched as they stick pretty close to the tree that they have nested in for the last 2 years and I hear a lot more birds tweeting, I always love to see when the babies finally are large enough to come out of the nest and learn the lesson of flight!
     This morning in prayer I felt so much hope, in asking Father in heaven special mercies and healings on the ones suffering poor health, lack of finances, depression, pain, lack of faith..etc., the longer I prayed the more hope I felt. I know none of us can understand the "why" of situations, we can not fathom "why" people have to be hit with cancer, with infection, with heart problems, with all of the woes that come with life! There seems to be no logical reason why anyone should have to suffer and we, many times pray, pray, pray only to see the condition worsen, only to see our loved one succomb to the illness, only to see their entire worlds be made different, the very things that they have clung to are stripped from them leaving them weak and dependent on others for basic life skills. We do not and cannot understand "why" we have to be witness to such sadness and pain! I do not pretend to know the answer to the "whys" if I did I would be out manufacturing the solution to totally eradicate this part of life for all! I do know that there are many trials and tests in our lives, that God has individual parts for each and every one of us and that each thing that we stand witness to has a message and is a learning tool for us. I know that when we keep not making the grade on lessons he is trying to teach us that he will continue to give us the test until we get it! I do know that attitude is essential in our lives, that he looks at each of our particular situations and watches to see what type of attitude we will display, I know that he waits and watches to see how strong we are, to see if we are able to cling to him in our times of need, to see if we are going to praise him, give our problems over to him or if we are going to blame him! Our faith is tested each breath that we take!!! I know at times in my life I have gotten angry and looked toward the heavens and said..."why would you let this happen, only seconds later to say, "I know you did not let this happen, this is life and it is just another test and trial that we have to go through! As long as we are here on earth, LIFE IS GOING TO HAPPEN! It is up to us to decide how we will handle it, will we hold to the robes of our Father and our Savior Jesus Christ and continue to stand strong in our faith, or will we lay down and let satan crawl all over us? I have seen death, I have been witness to denial of God, I have seen the last breath of life damning God for allowing sickness to take them. I have seen ones who denied God all of their lives, turn to him in the final hours and give their hearts to him. I have seen the faithful suffer horrible trial in sickness and never waiver from their faith. It all comes down to believing and to attitude. We can wallow, we can deny him, we can turn away and blame him, but he still loves us, he still wills for us to turn to him for comfort and peace. Today I ask you to pray with me for those who are denying, for those who are turning away, for those who have given up. Please get on bended knees with me and ask our father in heaven to hug them tighter, to hold them stronger and to give them knowledge that he is there with them if only they will reach out and take his hand! God bless each of you abundantly, life is not about the BIG things, it is about the simple things with LOVE being on top of the list. Enjoy the little things today and deem the big as just a sweet icing on top. I love each of you and pray that in the storms of life you always see the rainbow that is God's promise! Have a wonderfully beautiful day!
    

Prayer time, are you with me????

Good  Friday evening, what a day this has been!!! I am happy it is coming to an end and that I will get to lay my weary bones down for a good nights rest. I am so excited about my trip to Texas next week that I think my brain is trying to work overtime, tossing and turning in the night, staying up late, getting up early...you would think I was a kid on Christmas morning!:) I pray that your day has been a good one, that you took time to make you happy and that you have wonderful plans for a fun filled weekend, remember to not become overwhelmed with "all" of the cleaning and chores that need to get done, and take some time to laugh and have fun with your family and friends. I ask that you join me in prayer as I do each night, there are so many in need of prayer and we must band together to lift them!!! Remember what I always say...mass prayer produces miracles, I know so many who could use a miracle right about now! Tonight I ask that you add yet another that is close to my heart, the struggles with employment have been so intense, on again off again has been the history for so long and it is really wearing thin, the patience of this fine lady, I pray that heavenly father will once and for all offer the both of them employment that will allow them to dig out of the late status' and move forward in life, it is so difficult to get behind and then try to catch up. Please continue to pray for my daughter and her beau as they go through the sickness that is camping out in their bodies, ask god to hold them close and lay his wonderful healing hands upon them, my friend who is having such problem with infection, please join me in asking our father to make the antibiotics work so that she is not longer in threat of amputation. If any of you have special prayer requests, please, please, please comment here so that we can get them done, so that we can lift prayer in numbers and see miracles happen. I love you all and would like to lift a prayer for you, that wherever you go you are safe, that laughter is in all of your doings and that rest is filled with comfort and peace. God bless you my friends:) 

So many are in need of prayer, will you pray with me?

As this eventful day is quickly coming to an end, I pray that it was filled with love of family and friends! We  had pouring rain and cold wind for most of the day making it miserable to be out and about. I felt a bit somber today and could not put my finger on it, finally I called both of my brothers to wish them a good day, only got to speak to one, but I felt better after the chat, I guess I was just in need of the male side of my family today:) The sun is coming out now, I am thinking a nice evening ride would be a good idea, maybe even catch the sunset since the clouds are lifting! I see there are tornado watches scattered throughout the United States and pray that they remain only watches and that the storms move out without causing any danger, I would love to ask each of you to pray with me, to continue to pray for the ones suffering sickness, those facing time upon time of treatments for cancer, for those recovering from surgeries. Tomorrow my friends daughter will see a neurologist, please include her that the tests will come out well and that she will be given attention and healed by the hands of our Father in heaven. Today so many of our soldiers did not get the frivality of celebrating with their families, they got up and did what they do each day, seven days a week, made it possible for us to celebrate, please say a prayer for them that they felt the spirit of their loved ones, of their children and know that soon they too will be home and celebrating life with family:) Prayers are so very important in all things, if we band together and lift prayers for all situations, if we believe and ask with true intent, he will answer! He will make a way for us to keep on keepin on! He is love, he is grace, he is mercy, he is the answer to all questions! Please join me, if you need to add to the prayers, if you have someone who is in need of a miracle, please place it in the comment under this post and I will make sure the circle begins prayer for your situation. Love to you all, hopefully I am going to spend the next bit on the hill, sitting beside Wayde, hand in hand, watching a marvelous sunset! God bless each of you abundantly. 

Prayers for YOUR day:)

     It is a beautiful, warm, sunny, Saturday:) Sitting outside in shorts and sleeves is comfortable even in the shade:) Thanks to God that I awoke this morning, thanks be to him that I get to live another day here on earth, thanks to him for giving me vision to see what I need to do to make a difference and thanks to him for allowing me to see the answer to prayers this week, healing is on the bodies of so many that we have prayed over, comfort has been in the words for many that we have lifted in prayer, and each day the circle is honored by at least one more person filled with his love, willing to join us in prayer. God is so good!!!!
     Today I pray that each of you has awaken with a fresh spirit, that you are not looking at the chores of the day with the blahs, but that you will take time to do what is most important in life, '"stop and smell the roses" spend quality time with those that you love, do something nice for you, make a call to someone you have not chatted with in a while, maybe come up with a special outing??? I pray that if you have suffered illness during the week that you are feeling better today, that if you have suffered loss this week that their spirit be in every step you take so that you know even though they are physically gone, they are still with you, I pray that if the weather permits, you get outside and marvel at the heavenly artwork that God created for the day, and I pray most of all that you feel the love that so many have for you, that you feel your worth and that your smile will be just what someone needs to lighten their load:) God bless you, each of you, with his love, mercy and grace.
    
    

Please take my hand and pray with me:)

Our kind and loving Father in Heaven, I bow my head to you this evening with humility in my heart for all that you continue to do for me, for allowing me to live in a free world, for allowing me to express my  love for you openly and without fear. Father I come with an open heart this evening, I come to you in the hour of need for so many, I come to you for strength, healing, compassion, love, comfort, calm and peace. I have specific people who have asked for special prayer Lord, I know that you know the desires of their hearts but I also know that when we pray fervently and often that miracles are seen. Please bless my friend who is filled with fear and worry for her child, she is in different state and so very worried, lay your very hand on her heart father and allow her to feel calm and to remain faithful that if it be your will her child will be healed and returned to her internship. Father a very special little angel of yours has struggled all of her life with asking anything but to be able to love and bless those around her, she has had a difficult surgery and is now facing the struggle of recovery while having set backs, God she knows she will pull through this, she has such faith and love for you, touch all of us who have prayed so for this child, bless us with the same constant and abiding faith as she has, allow us to feel calm in the knowledge that she , by your hand, will recover and continue to be the sweetheart of so many hearts. I ask that you give a special blessing to the youth of West Columbia Texas who are giving service to those in need of assistance with their homes and yards, bless them with fair weather and strength, allow them to feel with each task that they do that you are much pleased in them. Father I come to you again this evening with prayers for all of the areas who are struggling with the rebuild of their towns after the tornados ravaged them, bless those who have suffered from the raging fires of Arizona and New Mexico, bless us here in Utah father, with the raging waters in our creeks and rivers, please father impress upon the hearts of all the importance of keeping children out of harms way, bless the families of the 5 children who have lost their live in these waters, supply them with comfort and renew in them the promise that we shall be together forever in the hereafter. I come to you again father asking special mercies and faith renewals for all of those suffering from illness, depression, lack of faith, financial woes, unemployment, grief of loss,  those who have given up, those who feel there is no life left inside, God touch them with your hands, renew them, give them love that will guide their feet and lead them back on track. Father tonight as we sit in the comfort of our homes, as we eat the food of our choice as we spend time with our loved ones, bless our soldiers who have made the choice to deny themselves in order for us to continue to do so, I hold to the hope that the war will be brought to a close and all of our protecters be brought home safely. I say these words from my heart father, lift them up our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

A letter from heaven, may it bring comfort, peace, and calm.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

When I am sad and missing someone who has made their heavenly journey home, when I am lost and feeling alone, I turn to this poem, I let my mind wonder and allow the words to come from the mouth of the one I am missing, I know that time is the only thing that heals us, I know that many people try to place an amount on that time, we heal at our own pace, we heal with God's grace, however long it takes. I know that the ultimate blessing is living in our heavenly father's house, I know that when our spirit leaves our bodies and transition into heaven that there is no more pain and suffering, no more worry and stress, that are bodies are made new and whole again, I think sometimes I allow my pain to overshadow my knowledge. May you read this today, allow yourself to imagine the one you love and miss, saying these very words to you, may it bring comfort into your heart, may it allow you to begin to move forward in your earthly doings and may it give peace and calm where there has been angst and woe! Love in Christ on this beautiful Monday:) 

TO MY DEAREST FAMILY

There are some things I'd like to say, but first I want to tell you that I arrived okay!

I'm writing this from Heaven where I dwell with God above. Where there are no more tears or sadness, there is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy, just because I am out of site, remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night! That day I had to leave you, when my life on earth was through, God picked me up and hugged me and said "I welcome you"

"Its good to have you back again, you were missed while you were gone, as for your dearest family, they'll be here later on."

"I need you here so badly, as part of my big plan, there's so much that we have to do to help out mortal man!"

Then God gave me a list of things he wished for me to do, and foremost on that list of mine is to watch and care for you.

And I will be beside you, every day and week and year, and when you're sad I'm standing there, to wipe away your tears.

And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight, God and I are closest to you in the middle of the night. When you think of my life on earth and all those loving years, because you're only human, they are bound to bring you tears.

But do not be afraid to cray, it does remove the pain, remember there would be no flowers unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned, but if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand, but one thing is for certain thought my life on earth is o'er, I am closer to you now than I ever was before.

And to my very many friends, trust God knows what is best, I'm still not far away from you I'm just beyond the crest.

There are rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb but together we can do it, taking one day at a time. It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too, that as you give unto the world so the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody who's in sorrow or in pain, then you can say to God at night my day was not in vain!

And now I am contented that my life it was worthwhile. Knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody who is down and feeling low, Just lend a hand to pick them up as on your way you go.

When you are walking down the street and you've got me on your mind, I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.

And when you feel that gentle breeze or the wind upon your face, that's me giving you a great big hug or just a soft embrace.

And when it's time for you to go from that body to be free, remember you're not going your are coming here to me!

And I will always love you from the land way up above, we'll be in touch again soon.

P.S. God sends his LOVE!!!