Soul Restoring

Clear blue skies,

Beautiful drying weather,

Together,

Enjoyment,

Gardens,

Pruning,

Sons helping,

Daughters laughing,

Peace,

Reading,

Learning,

Time,




For all these gifts, I thank you.

3 GIFTS FULL

Ah. today is easy...my heart is FULL!

Eucharisteo - giving thanks - one week of the joydare and my heart is full to overflowing with JOY! Viewing things from this eucharisteo perspective is giving me a platform to acknowledge the wonderful gifts in my world.

Cleaning out old boxes and I found the box of all the baby 'stuff'. Very outdated in fashion, but FULL of memories PAST...

My 'To Do' list is always FULL. Comes with having family PRESENT...


My outlook for the FUTURE is FULL. That gives me hope.







Prov. 14:4 "Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox" I used to quote this to myself when the children were small and I felt forever in a mess and disarray. Would you rather have a clean and perfect house, Lynda, or a home FULL of love and relationships? They are no longer small, and I still often feel in that same whirlwind of activity and mess, but I love my heart FULL of memories. I love the relationships we've built and continue daily to build. I love the hope for the future.
Relationships built with love, make for a heart FILLED with JOY.

John 15: 9 - 12 quotes Jesus' famous words...
"As the Father loved ME, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."

My aloe plant is FULL. Feels a bit like our family ..all so tall and spreading their wings. As they each move on to fulfill their destinies, may the lessons in love go with them, may the God of Love abide in them, and may His joy fill the hearts of them and theirs. ...HOPEFULL!

3 GIFTS EMPTY

Sleep overtook my thoughts of '3 gifts empty' 'What does that look like?'...

Then before I knew it, light was peeking round the edges of the curtains signalling that the new day had begun. "3 gifts empty" came flashing back to me. I rolled over...
...and I knew...

'3 gifts empty'



It had had God's fingerprints all over it! We had finished the work contract and had decided to move the kids back to 'civilization'. After 10 years of moving constantly I wanted to settle down. It was nothing short of miraculous that we had been able to buy a house. I was so excited!
All we needed was a new source of income...
It came, but not as I envisaged it.
My darling was offered a job in the place we were leaving. Commuting to and fro.
I was not gracious. I struggled to be thankful. I felt incredible pain.

2 1/2 years have now gone by. His side of the bed is often empty. I miss him.
But I have received 3 gifts from that empty bed...
...I have learned that I can survive by myself. I am comfortable with 'me'
...I have drawn so much closer to God. He has become my source
... My darling & I are also so much closer now. Time together is so precious

'3 gifts empty'
I'm thankful

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