Bluebirds: A Sign From God

Have you ever seen a Bluebird. By Bluebird I mean anyone of the various Eastern Bluebird, Western Bluebird, Blue Grosbeak, a Red-flanked Bluetail, the Mountain Bluebird or the iridescent blue of the Indigo Bunting. I have been fortunately blest by the Lord with seeing each variety of Bluebird I have mentioned here.

The Bluebird has been a special sing between the Lord and I ever since I was a very small child. Whenever I have had troubles, worries, been in doubt, beset by trials, testing and temptation the Lord has always sent a Bluebird to remind me that He is always with me and that He cares, He hears me when I pray or just hears my thoughts. It has always been this way.

The other day, my children and I went to check the mail at the Post Office. I had some things on my mind on the way home that were weighing heavy on me. These issues were causing me to get a little upset, a little angry, I must say. I am human, as all of us are. We each have our own faults that we need to work on. The Lord knew this. I was not aware at the moment that God was paying attention to my thoughts and me getting a little angry inside myself.

The children and I almost always take the Lake Road route back home when we check the mail. My mind was on what was troubling me when I caught that beautiful iridescent blue hue of the Indigo Bunting. The Indigo Bunting was sitting in the middle of the road. Normally they will fly off when they see a vehicle approaching. This one was staring right at me and just held it's ground. I put on the breaks and came to a stop. Only then did the Indigo Bunting fly up, off the road and into a tree in the fence row right next to our vehicle. The children were like ," Oh wow ! " Me, I got tears in my eyes because I knew that God had sent the Indigo Bunting as a message to me.

I shared with the children what had been troubling me and that the Indigo Bunting was a sign from God, to me, to stop letting what was bothering me bother me. To just leave it with Him, leave it behind and go on. He was full aware that I was getting angry and letting this upset me but He also cared enough to send the one sign that He knew would get through to me and that was the Bluebird, the Indigo Bunting. He did it in a way that He knew I would not miss and that I would take note of.

That is how God sometimes works. Sometimes He sends us a gentle reminder. Sometimes He has to do something drastic that will get our attention. But know for a certainty that when God wants to get our attention, He will, in whatever way He deems fit to do so. The Lord knows that by me being distracted, by cares and worries, that my mind is not upon Him as it should be. He tells us to trust completely in Him. That He will supply our need. Sometimes we need a reminder, from God, concerning this.


Philippians 4:19
19)But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.


Psalms 84:11
11)For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalms 91:9-13 9) Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10 )There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11) For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12) They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13) Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

The Lord God/Jesus is true to His Word. Isn't it wonderful how much the Lord Loves us ? He shows us how much He cares if we will but open our eyes and heart up to Him and receive the blessings that He has to offer His children. He lets us know He cares for us.

This morning when I woke up, there was a bit of worry on my mind. I got ready for the day , came out and read my Bible and prayed afterwards. I went to check in on the children who were still sleeping and they were fine. I walked out to the kitchen and heard the most beautiful song being song outside my kitchen window. I stopped and looked out and saw a beautiful Bluebird on my arch trellis where I hang my bird feeders. It was in the center of the arch of the trellis and was looking in the window at me just singing it's little heart out. I said ," Good morning little Bluebird. God sent you again." It hopped down to the feeder and started feeding and it's mate joined it. I watched them for a little while thinking of how, so often, God reminds me that He cares for me. That whatever is on my mind, He knows. He sends the Bluebirds as a reminder of this, to me.

I am so thankful that God Loves us as He does. I am thankful that He takes the time to show me He cares. I know that I am not alone in the Lord letting me know He cares, for He lets all His children know He cares for them. That is His way. Yes, sometimes He has to chastise, correct us just as we do our own children or He encourages us as we do our own children. For we are God's children when we come to Him for forgiveness and accept the forgiveness that He has to offer us.


I have not posted for awhile. The good Lord knows of the reasons why. But I know that I have to start posting again as this is one way that I can share the Lord with everyone. He wants us to share His message, His Word with each other. If we can help one other person in this life, to know the Lord, then that is an awesome thing. For without God in our life we have nothing. With Him we have everything. God is my everything. The Lord Jesus is awesome.

Surrounded By Beauty

Everywhere I look I see the beauty of God's creation. So many flowers, in arrays of bloom, in various hues of the Master Artist's palette. I love this time of year, Spring. It is the season of rebirth, renewal, not only of the plants and animals but also of the spirit, my spirit, that has awoken from a long season of mourning.

Yes, I was in mourning for what I had lost in my marriage. I had allowed that mourning, that sorrow, to hold me captive too long. One day God spoke to me and told me it was time to say no more. To leave my mourning behind. To be strengthened and arise. To move forward and not look back, nor let the past hold sway over me any longer. God strengthened me. I did not do this on my own. I cried out to God in my heartache and hurt and He heard me. I was in despair but God let me know that it is He, who truly cares.

We all have loved and lost. It is a part of living, growing, breathing and dying. We learn from the experiences we have in this life and hopefully we learn not to repeat the same mistakes. We must forgive those who hurt us for whatever reason they choose to or chose to hurt us. But too, we should remember and learn from the hurt we suffered so we will not return to the same deeds that led us down the path to heartache and hurt. We must guard our heart as it says in God's Word, the Holy Bible.

Did you ever wonder what was meant by " guard your heart" ?

Proverbs 4:23 23)Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Philippians 4:6-7 6)Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God 7)And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

We must guard our hearts for the Lord dwells in the hearts of His children. Our hearts are special to God for his children's hearts are His. Out of the abundance of one's heart we can tell so many things. We can observe a person and tell whether they are the Lord's child or not. We have that spirit to discern. Our fruits bear record of us. If we intentionally hurt someone, knowing that it is going to hurt them , just what are we saying about ourself to others when we choose to willfully hurt another knowing it will hurt them ? It is not sending a good message to others about ourself. Now what message do you think we are sending to God when we intentionally hurt another person ? We have the opportunity not to hurt someone by doing the right thing. Yet so often we choose to hurt someone so we ourself, or someone else, can benefit at the expense of the person that one chose to hurt. It would be easier to do the right thing so why do we so often choose to do the thing we know will cause hurt and heartache to another ?Personally, I believe it is done in selfishness and for selfish reasons.

Some people believe that after one has been hurt so many times their heart becomes hardened to trusting another or to taking the chance to love another. But there is a difference between hardening of one's heart and guarding one's heart. I have chosen to guard my heart as the Lord directs us to in His Word.

My point is that the Lord woke me from my mourning and told me to guard my heart. He renewed me, refreshed me, uplifted me, and made my path clear, that I was to follow upon for Him and in His service. To no longer be held down or allow the grief and mourning to have control over me. For no one on this earth or no thing in this earth is worth losing the Lord Jesus, Father God over. We must think of it on this wise because the Lord gave His all for us. Are you willing to give your all for Him ? I am !

Just as the flowers burst into bloom and as the trees break forth, unfurling their leaves towards the dawning of a new day so to doth my heart sing a new song of praise to Him. As the grass stretches forth it's blades to the sky , so to doth my spirit reach out to God. As the iridescent blue Indigo Bunting takes flight to the sky so to doth my love and soul soar towards the Heavens as gossamer set forth to freely fly. I praise my Lord and Saviour.

I cried unto the Lord in Heaven and He heard my cry. He uplifted me, He blest me. His Word tells us that if we cry to Him as His children then He will hear us and He will heed our call. I know this for He heard me and He answered. I rejoice in the Light of His Love. My life is His. I shall live for Him and in His service and do His bidding. Where ever He leads me, there I shall follow. But by the grace of God I exist as I am. I am His. I am surrounded by His beauty. Surrounded by beauty of His design that can only be created by His hand, His beauty.

Snow, Wonderful Snow

Two days ago we had Crocuses and Daffodils blooming. My Lilac bushes were actually getting leaves on them as well as buds. My Weeping Willow tree had leaves coming out on it. It was like Spring had arrived but yet, I knew that it was still winter.

Well this morning when I awoke the ground and everything was covered with a blanket of fresh white wonderful snow. It looked so beautiful out. The world lay shrouded in a blanket of pristine, sparkling white. I grabbed my camera and measuring stick and went outside to measure the snowfall we had and to take some pictures before the snow became all tracked up. We received 5 and 1/2 inches , here where I live in Kentucky. Places to the north of us received up to 16 inches of snow. I am thankful to the good Lord that we got what we did and not more. God knows what He is doing and He blesses us in ways that only He can.

We have not had this much snow where I live in Kentucky for several years now. It is nice to see it and to be able to go out and enjoy it while it is here. I enjoyed the snow by myself for a while before I woke the children. After taking pictures and measuring the snow I used the snow shovel to shovel the stepping stones and a path to the mail box. Then I shoveled a path to the SUV and another path for the cats. I found all their food bowls and shoveled a path across the road to the field as I knew some of our cats had places they stayed at in the field across from us. I wanted them to be able to get to their food bowls without having to travel through the deep snow. After doing the shoveling and making sure my two dogs had water I came back in and woke the children up.

They were so surprised to see the amount of snow we had. This is Zak's first major snowfall since he was 1 year old and he is now 9 years old. He was so excited. So we bundled up and went out to feed the animals and to play in the snow afterwards. I got our sleds out of our outbuilding and headed for our neighbors field. It has an awesome hill to sled down. I had to make several runs with the sled down the hill in order to pack the snow so we could sled. Elizabeth took her pan sled down a different path so we made two paths to sled down the hill on. After we had the paths good and packed we got down to some serious sledding. We had a blast. We got cold then came in to rest, warm up and get dry clothes on. We stayed inside for about two hours.

We then got all bundled up again and returned to our sledding. This time the snow had melted some and refroze on top of the packed sled runway and the sleds moved quickly down their courses. I thought nothing about it as I was having fun with the children and I was enjoying myself and let out a few screams and whoops of joy. Little did I know that our German Shepherd ,Levi, thought someone was hurting me. I keep him cabled in the backyard. Elizabeth hollers to me, as I am at the bottom of the hill, to watch out because Levi was barreling down the hill towards me to make sure I was okay. I looked up and here comes this 150 pound German Shepherd, full speed, rushing to check on me. After assuring him I was fine, I unhooked his cable, which he had jerked free from it's post, and let him run and play with us in the snow. Every time I went down the hill on the sled , Levi was right behind me running along. If Zak got a little way away from Elizabeth and I, Levi would shepherd him back over to us as Levi keeps an eye on Zak because Zak is his boy. Levi tends to be a little protective of us and once again he showed this in breaking free from his confines to come and check on me when he thought I was in trouble. God blesses us in so many ways, people. We just take so much for granted and fail to see all the blessings that God blesses us with daily.

Today was a blessing to me as I got to have some wonderful time shared with my children while we played and sledded in the snow. We made some great memories and had a good time. It was good, clean, honest fun. God provided this opportunity for us to have fun together and we throughly enjoyed it. Thank you Lord for this wonderful blessing.

Another blessing that I received was just a short time ago. I was sitting on the love seat when I and Elizabeth noticed a snow plow come in the road. Now this is odd, as they rarely plow our road as it is a back road. I mean I admit I live in the sticks but I love it out here.Well the snow plow went on by the house and came back out and stopped in front of my door. I put on my boots and went out to see what was going on. To my great surprise and a wonderful blessing from God above, the County Judge Executive was driving the snow plow himself. He said he thought he had better come out and check on me and the children since we had so much snow. He wanted to make sure we did not need anything and to make sure we were okay. I mean , he could of had one of the county road workers to come out and do this but he chose to do this himself. I have known Judge Gary and been friends with him for years and he comes by to check on us from time to time, but this truly blest my heart. The goodness of this man's heart and his family is what makes living here mean so much to me. The Judge, the County Sheriff and his wife and their families know that my husband physically abandoned me over two years ago. They know that he does not provide any money for me to live on or to buy necessities with. It just truly blest my heart that the Judge came out, himself,to check on us and to plow the road for us. That is someone who truly cares about others.

I thank God for the Judge , the Sheriff and their families. I thank God for all His many blessings . God is so awesome. He lets us know that He cares for us. We, our self, need to learn to notice the ways that God cares for us and blesses us in. We get too caught up in things that we should not and we fail to notice the blessings that God gifts us with. One of my prayers is that I will always notice the blessings, from least to greatest, that He chooses to daily bless us with and to always give praise, thanks, honor and glory to Him for them. Without God in my life I have nothing, but with Him in my life I have everything. God is awesome.

Thank You, Lord for the blessings, You daily bless us with. Thank You for the snow and for the wonderful time the children and I had playing and sledding today. Thank You for Judge Gary coming out to check on us and for the good deed he did. Thank You for all those who daily show they care about the children and I and what is happening in our lives. People care and they pray and their prayers are heard by You. Thank You for hearing and answering all those and our prayers. I cried unto You, God, and You heard my cry. From my despair , You heard my voice and heeded the cry from the depths of my heart and soul. I put my trust in You and You graced me and blest me for this. You heard my plea from my broken heart and contrite broken spirit and You lifted me from the deep valley of despair I was in and You, Lord, blest me and the children. I thank you Father for all Your many blessings and I praise Your Holy name. I ask that You please forgive those who seek Your forgiveness in the wrong they have done and I forgive those who have wronged me. I ask Your forgiveness for myself and pray that You will continue to strengthen me and enable the children and I to move on and get through these trials and tests and that You will help us through all and I give You the praise, the honor and the glory in all and always in the Precious Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Trust In God

I went to sleep last night with such peace and I awoke with even more peace from God then when I went to sleep. The Lord saw fit to bless me in the early hours of the morning with an awesome dream that was truly wonderful to me. It was beautiful and I thank God for this, His sweet peace. Our God is awesome.

God knows all our needs. But how many truly trust God to supply those very needs that He knows we have ? His Word tells us that we should place our entire trust and will in Him and in Him alone. How many people truly trust God in this capacity ? Have you ever stopped to think about how many people truly trust God in the capacity they should ?

Proverbs 3:5-7
5) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Job showed true trust in God. For he knew that God knows all. He trusted, fully trusted, in God.

Job 13:15-16
15) Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16) He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Psalms 37:3-6
3) Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4) Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5) Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6) And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

David trusted in the Lord in this way. He knew that by trusting in God, God would deliver him and bless him. David slew Goliath because he trusted God. He trusted, fully trusted, in God.

Psalms 143:7-12
7) Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8) Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9) Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10) Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11) Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12) And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.


Jesus, Himself, gave His life for us. The trust we should have in and of Him should be our entire trust. For He gave His life for our sin sacrifice. He paid the ultimate price with His Blood at Calvary, yet so many people , to this very day, do not trust in God as they should and He was willing to, and did, give His life for our sin sacrifice. Now why do people not trust fully in God? After all He gave His life for each one of us.No greater Love is there in this world than the Love of God. Why don't people trust God completely as they should ? The Lord will bless those who trust completely in Him. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart.


The verses, from the Bible, I posted are just some of the verses that teach us of how we are to trust in God/Jesus. The pages of the Bible are filled with people who truly trusted in God and also those who did not trust in God. The Bible teaches us of the trust that we should have in our God, complete trust.

People place their trust in other people daily, their complete trust. Yet they are unwilling to place that same complete trust in God. Something is wrong when a person can place complete trust in a person, knowing that the possibility is there , that the other person could break that trust. Yet they do not place their trust in God when God/Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us.

I choose to trust God completely. I encourage each one to place their complete trust in God and in God alone. God will never lead one wrong but man , the devil and the devils way of sin will lead one to Hell. The Lord is always working in His children to refine them into whom He wants us to be. Tried in the fire and coming forth as silver refined. Trust in God to refine you into that silver, that whom He wants you to be.

I went to sleep last night with such peace and I awoke with even more peace from God then when I went to sleep. The Lord saw fit to bless me in the early hours of the morning with an awesome dream that was truly wonderful to me. It was beautiful and I thank God for this, His sweet peace. Our God is awesome.

God knows all our needs. But how many truly trust God to supply those very needs that He knows we have ? His Word tells us that we should place our entire trust and will in Him and in Him alone. How many people truly trust God in this capacity ? Have you ever stopped to think about how many people truly trust God in the capacity they should ?

Proverbs 3:5-7
5) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Job showed true trust in God. For he knew that God knows all. He trusted, fully trusted, in God.

Job 13:15-16
15) Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16) He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Psalms 37:3-6
3) Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4) Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5) Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6) And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

David trusted in the Lord in this way. He knew that by trusting in God, God would deliver him and bless him. David slew Goliath because he trusted God. He trusted, fully trusted, in God.

Psalms 143:7-12
7) Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8) Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9) Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10) Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11) Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12) And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.


Jesus, Himself, gave His life for us. The trust we should have in and of Him should be our entire trust. For He gave His life for our sin sacrifice. He paid the ultimate price with His Blood at Calvary, yet so many people , to this very day, do not trust in God as they should and He was willing to, and did, give His life for our sin sacrifice. Now why do people not trust fully in God? After all He gave His life for each one of us.No greater Love is there in this world than the Love of God. Why don't people trust God completely as they should ? The Lord will bless those who trust completely in Him. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart.


The verses, from the Bible, I posted are just some of the verses that teach us of how we are to trust in God/Jesus. The pages of the Bible are filled with people who truly trusted in God and also those who did not trust in God. The Bible teaches us of the trust that we should have in our God, complete trust.

People place their trust in other people daily, their complete trust. Yet they are unwilling to place that same complete trust in God. Something is wrong when a person can place complete trust in a person, knowing that the possibility is there , that the other person could break that trust. Yet they do not place their trust in God when God/Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us.

I choose to trust God completely. I encourage each one to place their complete trust in God and in God alone. God will never lead one wrong but man , the devil and the devils way of sin will lead one to Hell. The Lord is always working in His children to refine them into whom He wants us to be. Tried in the fire and coming forth as silver refined. Trust in God to refine you into that silver, that whom He wants you to be.

Changes

Changes are something we all experience in life. Whether we welcome these changes or not, they will arrive in our life. The thing is, to try to be prepared for when these changes do come. Of course we never truly know when a change is going to happen but we can be prepared for it, if we have God in our life. One won't be completely blindsided by changes if they are prepared.

I have been faced with many changes in my life. I have not always been totally prepared for them but I have at least been expecting most of them when they happened as God saw fit to make me aware of the circumstances that foretold of the change that was to come. If we are watchful, as God tells us to be ever watchful, then we will see the signs that point to the change that is coming. This does not just apply to when the Lord returns to this earth that He tells us to be watchful for He tells us to be ever watchful.


2 Timothy 4:5 5)But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

1 Peter 5:8 8) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Change is not always good and it does not always come from God. We, as mankind, are given a choice in things. Sometimes we choose to change in a way that God does not want us to change in. Sometimes others change in a way that God does not ordain or that God does not agree with. No matter what the change is or when it happens, if one is watching they will be aware of the signs that show a change is coming. If these signs are heeded, one can be prepared for the change that is coming.

Matthew 24 tells us of how we are to know of when the time for the Lord's return is drawing nigh, by watching the signs that the Lord told us would be before His return. In the same way that the Lord told of the signs that would precede His return, He tells us of the changes that are coming in our life if we but heed the signs He is showing us. It is that, too often, we are blinded to the signs that are being given, merely because we do not want to see the truth. Some think that if they do not acknowledge that something is wrong, that something is happening, that the change will never arrive. Sort of if I don't see the signs then it isn't going to happen or ignore it because I do not want to see it and it will go away. Sadly when the change finally arrives it will devastate the one who has chosen to ignore the signs. But one can be prepared if they heed the signs that God has given them.

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a " Safe and Happy Thanksgiving ". What are you most thankful for ? What and how do you place the most value upon something or someone and why ? How do you choose what or whom is most important to you ?


I have many things to thank God for. First I am thankful for God, the Lord Jesus Christ for giving His life on Calvary for the redemption of His children's sin. He knows who will accept Him and who will turn Him away. I thank God for Jesus dying on the Cross of Calvary. What an awesome Love God has for us. No greater Love is there than God's Love. No Love can compare to God's Love.

I thank God for my family, not only in genetic family but also my family through and in the Blood of Jesus Christ. God has truly blest me with one awesome Family. I have so many siblings in the Lord and when we get together and pray, have faith and believe, some awesome things happen. God is true, He is good and He is Real.

I thank God for my children. They are a true blessing to me from God above. He has blest me with two children who have given their own heart, soul and life over to Him. They know what is the most important thing in this world and that is God. Being in service to God and dedicating one's life to God is what has to be done in order to receive the Promise, of and from God. Only by accepting Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord of your life, by living your life as God's laws dictate, can one have eternal life in Glory with God. There is no other way to obtain eternal life in Glory with God except through Jesus Christ and living a life acceptable and befitting ,of and, to Christ Jesus.

I thank God that we have the opportunity to do this through Jesus. Without God/Jesus we would all be in death and in hell, come the end time. For us gentiles there would have been no hope except for Jesus. Just as there is no hope for those who refuse to accept Jesus and for those who turn from God/Jesus unless they repent and turn again unto God/Jesus.

I am so thankful for my Lord and Saviour. I have so many wonderful blessings to thank God for. He knows of them all. The most recent blessing is that He gave me the strength to overcome the attacks that the devil and his workers were trying to attack me with. God gave me the strength to say , " No More." I stand upon the solid rock foundation of the Lord Jesus Christ and I shall not be moved for I am planted like a tree beside the water which roots have taken and hold fast to the Life giving waters that can only come from the Lord Jesus Christ. If one has Christ in their life they too can claim the power of God the Father as their shield and buckler. For He is my strong Tower, my Fortress, a very present Help in times of trouble. If I lose all that I have, on earth, I know that my God will lift me up and restore me and that in and through Him I shall overcome the enemy and all that the enemy seeks to do. For the enemy's arrows shall fall short of the mark just as God says they shall . Just as God told King David to trust in Him and in Him only so too shall I trust in My God.

I Love the Lord with all my heart. I hope and pray and wish upon each person who reads this message that soon you too shall come to know the joy and peace of the Lord. For there is nothing that can compare to God's peace and Love within one's heart and soul. With God all things are possible, with and through God the enemy will be defeated and we, God's children, shall come forth, through the fire, as silver refined.

Have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving.