wherever there is love…

Wherever there is love there is no fear at all.

It’s another Wednesday for Saint Maria Faustina KoWalska (why else,) with a brief reflection…

“Great love can change small things into great ones,

and it is only love which lends value to our actions.”

(303) St. Faustina KoWalska’s Diary

 

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“Where’d everyone go???”

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You are near,

even if we don’t see you.

You are with us,

even if you’re far away.

You’re in our hearts,

in our thoughts, 

in our life,

even if we cannot be together.

Because under God’s blue sky

we’ll always be united, 

but a momentary heart-flight away,

one from the other.

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And though the miles may be many

we are (always) just a short prayer away,

just a little shared giggle away,

just a sunrise seen “where-ever,”

under the same big sky together! 

Baby,  the sun will always rise…

no matter how long the night.

Who are you missing under the big blue sky today?

hugs n’ blessings to everyone whose distance apart is shortened by love!!

Music by JJ Heller

 

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“If you lose your way…and your heart is torn…May my love sing loud…louder than any thunderstorm. Sometimes it feels like forever, when it’s dark outside.  Baby, the sun will rise. Baby, the sun will rise. However long the night.  And when you feel afraid.  And you see shadows on the wall.  Wherever there is love, there is no fear at all.”   -JJ Heller

 

Silent Battles

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“The LORD will fight for you; you have only to keep still.” Exodus 14:14

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Photo courtesy  Jared Schaaf Photography

“You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you.” 2 Chronicles 20:17

Is there anything I can pray for you today?

A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope.

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Photo courtesy Jared Schaaf Photography

hugs n’ blessings for all the silent battles being fought today!

Music by JJ Heller

The first man she ever loved…

 

Dad’s first look at the Bride

and

as always…

she took his breath away.

The first man she ever loved…

“Does my wedding gown look pretty, Daddy? Daddy, don’t cry”

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Photo courtesy of Danielle Hartland Photography

And because it was too hard to say out loud

the words she wished to say,

she instead placed them on a video

in a very special way.

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“Oh, with all that I”ve done wrong I must have done something riight.  To deserve her love every morning and butterfly kisses… I couldn’t ask God for more… I know I gotta let her go, but I’ll always remember Every hug in the morning and butterfly kisses…”

 

hugs n’ blessings to all the daddy’s who let their little girls go, so they could change their name …

especially this Father’s Day Weekend.

“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Deuteronomy 6:6-9