let there be peace…

Dancing through my head…

The Harlem Boys Choir

We turn to you, O God of every nation;

Giver of life and origin of good;

Your love is at the heart of all creation,

Your hurt is people’s broken brotherhood.

We turn to you that we may be forgiven

For crucifying Christ on earth again.

We know that we have never wholly striven,

Forgetting self, to love the other man.

Free every heart from pride and self-reliance,

Our ways of thought inspire with simple grace;

Break down among us barriers of defiance,

Speak to the soul of all the human race.

Teach us, good Lord, to serve the need of  others,

Help us to give and not to count the cost.

Unite us all for we are born as brothers;

Defeat our Babel with your Pentecost.

(Hymn from The Liturgy of The Hours)

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“Lord, you established peace within the borders of Jerusalem.  Give the fullness of peace now to your faithful people.  May peace rule us in this life and possess us in eternal life.”  Psalm-prayer, The Liturgy of The Hours.

hugs n’ blessings to all those seeking a true path to peace.

bushel & a peck

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Courtesy of Pinterest

 

Your First Birthday!

Today’s extra special

because you turn ONE!

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In a few short days we’ll eat cake and ice cream

and have lots of fun!

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It seems like just yesterday

you were brand new.

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And now, there are so many things

you can do!

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We’ll light your first candle

and make a big fuss,

to be sure that you know

you’re precious to us!

Today’s extra special

because you turn ONE!

and the best thing of all is…

your life’s just begun!

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all 3hugs&blessings are especially for this baby-girl-done-turned ONE!

Thanking the Heavens that God made little girls

especially this little darling livin’ under the sun.

something in the water…

Recently my mother, sister, and I went on a girls-trip for a few days to a local cottage.

The lovely cottage we rented had everything we needed

Truly, it was only necessary to pack the essentials for our time away!

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( My essentials: Yo-Yo, a Ball & Jacks, slinky, fart-gun & music.)

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As you might imagine we had a lovely time together.

With lots of room/time for activities!

But of course, as usually happens when one is having fun,

the time (away) goes

much too fast.

But the GOOD news is…

memories last much longer than time permits,

and God always imprints a message in our hearts,

which binds to our souls,

that we will take with us

throughout eternity.

And each time I hear the sound of the water rolling into the shore…

these memories shall stir once again.

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Through the Word all things were made.

John 1:3 

Psalm 33

Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.

Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp, with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs.  O sing him a song that is new, play loudly, with all your skill.

For the word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.  The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love.

By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars.  He collects the waves of the ocean; he stores up the depths of the sea.

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Let all the earth fear the Lord, all who live in the world revere him.  He spoke; and it came to be.  He commanded; it sprang into being.

He frustrates the designs of the nations, he defeats the plans of the peoples.  His own designs shall stand for ever, the plans of his heart from age to age.

They are happy, whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as his own.  From the heavens the Lord looks forth, he sees all the children of men.

From the place where he dwells he gazes on all the dwellers on the earth, he who shapes the hearts of them all and considers all their deeds.

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What stirs your heart toward a sweet memory that has changed you forever?

hugs n’ blessings for all the memories stored up in our hearts which make us stronger!

Music by Carrie Underwood