You are healed!

     

Know thy Self

Did you know that you are beautiful!
Did you know that you are wonderful?
Did you know that you are needed?
Did you know that you are special?
Did you know that you are one of a kind?
Did you know that you are all of the above and so much more?

Well you are! no matter what mistakes you may have made,
No matter how badly you may have messed up,
No matter, no matter, no matter...what, you are you,
...and you are loved, more than you can ever know or imagine!
You are loved by your heavenly Father, a Father like no other
Father.....never give up, never stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I, we here at ALL THE KINGS CHILDREN love you too!

And tomorrow... the sunshine will return

Rain Rain go away... or maybe not?

 The rain is pounding hard on my window like wet angry fists! Sitting here writing this post, in front of
the large window in my breakfast nook, I frown as I recall that the weather report I read today says that we have not one, but two big storms heading our way in the next two days.
  Everyone I talk to is complaining about how all the rain we have received so far this winter! As I feel myself becoming annoyed at all the complainers , I recall with a stab in my gut, that I am one of those complainers.
I mean last year we had so little rain, everyone was complaining about that!
  Personally, I love the rain, I love the sound of it   as the passing cars make a loud swishing sound as they drive through the puddles on my street, I just don't like the rain if I am out and about, and have to drive in it!
  What's the point you say? come on, you know you are saying that! the point is that why is it that some people are NEVER happy? If it rains to little they complain, if it rains to much we , they, you, I , complain!
As for me I think I will just shut up and enjoy the rain, I think that I will just smile and thank the Lord for another day, another day, a gift, a gift no matter how it is "wrapped" Yes, thank you Lord for another day, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Winter Blues-Go figure

 So today as I took my morning walk, the warm sun stroking my back like gentle hands,
I thought about how long it had been since the last sunny day in my part of the world. It occurred to me that we humans are somewhat spoiled as a species. If the sun is shining most of us are happy and ready to take on the world. If its cold and rainy, most of us just want to curl up with a nice fuzzy blanket and watch TV and  maybe eat, and eat, and eat! or perhaps shed a few tears, and then a few more.
 Oh I am full aware that there is a medical explanation for the sadness with the cold weather,
but how does one explain the fact that warm weather brings on the smiles?
I would have to say that we are spoiled!!! yes you read it correctly, spoiled! Why is it that one's mood can be altered by two big balls in the sky?... the ball of fire that lights our waking hours, and the big ball of light that lights our hours of rest.
 I'm not a scientist by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe that this is just an innate reaction
to our surroundings. The Creator Himself is light! the Word of God says that to Him "even the darkness is light." so that being the case wouldn't it just follow that if we are in darkness even partial darkness, like say a cold Winter day, that we would feel cold and  sad? And the same would apply to a warm sunny Spring or Summer day, we feel happy and bright for He is light, and He lives in us.
                                                                    Go figure!

Think About it!

I have received a lot of emails recently from friends who are increasingly fearful! What with all that is going on in the world or your own little corner of it, it's not at all difficult to see why!
 The problem is that fear is like a parasite, once it attaches itself to you it is extremely difficult  to break free from it. The more one tries not to be fearful, the stronger fear becomes, like a ravenous monster feeding off your fear. That's why it is so important to remember that you don't have to be afraid!
  You are not alone, you have hope, you have a future! 
   God is with you no matter how alone you may feel. He has hidden you in the cleft of the rock, and covered you there with HIS hand.
Accept the light in the midst of your darkness and fear will leave!

Think About It!

Every day is a gift...

Summer fun! no matter what your life may be like right now, wake up happy and thankful!

Think About It!

Think About That!

With all the violence and craziness going on around us right now it's easy to feel like a meaty little lamb chop just waiting to be captured and prepared for someone's dinner!!! Ok so I'm being a little dramatic but if you really think about it is it really that far from the truth? Even so, it is really important to remember that though we may feel completely alone at times, that we are NOT alone! Though danger may surround us, we need to remember to whom we belong.  Think about that!

Real Happiness!

I visited a senior gentleman, friend of my grandparents on the last day of his life. He told me that he knew that he wouldn't live to see another day, but that he was not only at peace with it but extremely happy and "waiting with baited breathe, pun, pun!" He smiled as he handed me a piece of hard candy wrapped neatly in a dinner napkin. As if to fill the uncomfortable silence that had now filled the room he asked me if I knew what happiness was. I thought his question to be strange, I mean isn't the definition of happiness kind of a personal thing after all? Without waiting for my reply he said, " happiness is an inside job!" I chuckled, and asked him what he meant. He winked at me and said, " you cant fabricate or fake happiness, and it sure as heck can't be found in anything we have or want. Instead he said, "it's an inside job it's the sum of you! I just smiled and he asked me to think about it and I promised I would. Mr. Motto is gone now, but I will never forget his words, wow talk about ancient wisdom or of the aged! You know, I agree with him! it is indeed an inside job, especially since one can only find true happiness if Jesus resides in us!

 

You are NOT alone!

 I know that many of us are really starting to feel fear creeping in! Our country, our world seems to be changing, and not for the better! People killing one another, rumors of coming food shortages, loved ones turning on one another and so on and so on.
  In the middle of the ominous darkness that seems to be
closing in, there is still good news! The good news is that even though it is easy to feel alone and hopeless we don't need to feel that way because we are NOT alone, or hopeless. Like a tiny child held safe not only in his or her father's arms, but in HIS strong and powerful hands, the very palm of His hand.
  The Word of God says that He has written your name on
the very palm of His hand. Yes, your name, and mine! You may be sick, you may be depressed, you may feel alone, unloved, an unimportant but you are not. You are loved, important, and beautiful!
   He is as close as your most inaudible whisper, or your
weakest cry. You need only call his name and He will answer
because He promised. Don't give up, you are not alone!

      Jesus loves you,
               and so do I!

Think About It!

Friends, starting today I will be merging our "Think about it " Blog here with our All the King's Children site. I hope this will not be an inconvenience for any of you, and that we will all get to know one another her on this site. Just know that I love and appreciate each and every one of you!...........................................................................................................................................................................................

 

T        Today I was thinking about Liberty, and Freedom, and Independence. I guess it's fitting being as today is Independence day. Most people get together on this day and have BBQ's, and spend time with loved ones. That is all well and good, it's great in fact, but today I kept thinking about what all those words mean to me. I of course can't speak for anyone else, so I asked myself what these words, this day means to me.
           I of course am thankful to all those who gave their lives so that you and I can enjoy
       this freedom, but I am thankful above all to God for this freedom that we enjoy, not only in the natural, but also in the spiritual realm! The Word of God says, "Greater love has no man, than that he lay his life down for his brother."
       I thank God for sending His son Jesus Christ so that you and I can be free from the curse of
sin and death, free from lack, and all that is connected to that curse. I am thankful to Jesus for shedding His precious, sinless blood so that I could be free! I am also thankful to the Holy Spirit for bringing me the Power that I need every minute of everyday, and all that the person of the Holy Spirit does for us and in us.
          I love my country, I love my freedom, my independence, but I love God most of all, because He first loved me.....Think about it!

JESUS loves you!



You can't withdraw money from a bank in which you don't have an account, what makes you think you can expect anything from God without a relationship with HIM? Talk to Him daily, in good and bad times, get to know Him He loves you unconditionally!

  

Boats Float, People DON'T !

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When I was a little girl I went on a fishing trip with my dad and grandfather. It was such a great adventure! I will never forget the many things I learned throughout the five beautiful days we spent on that rickety little fishing boat, the squeaky middle seat board, and the peeling red paint.
  I learned things that were important just to sail the waters of life in general. Things such as: "Boats float, people DON'T."
  Both my dad and grandfather must have
repeated that little saying a thousand times each and every time we climbed into the boat. I know that each time they did, I would roll my eyes and
wrinkle my freckly little nose!
    Looking back,  I realize that had it not been for that precious little sing-song phrase, I may not have
ever learned the many dangers that lurked in something as common, yet beautiful and necessary as water.
Oh sure, I learned a lot more about water, and that people indeed could learn to float on their own as I grew,  but not in the way that my dad and grandad taught me.
   Though my two beloved first teachers are gone now, the memory of that fishing trip so long ago
still has the power to make me smile, and ever so much more thankful to have had them in my life, and to of learned so much from them.
    As life transforming as that simple lesson was, the greatest lesson I learned on that fishing trip was
the one that would set the course of my life in the direction that it needed to follow. On the final night of
the trip my dad decided that grandpa and I should have some time alone so dad stayed behind in our
cabin while grandpa and I headed out on the boat.
   I didn't know it at the time but grandpa and I were not really going to go fishing, In the dark!
Instead, grandpa had planned a wonderful night time picnic complete with candles and music aboard
that delapitated little boat.
  I don't recall what went through my mischievous little five year old mind but, when grandpa ran
back to our cabin to grab our picnic basket filled to the brim with all my favorite foods, I decided that
it would be fun or who knows what, to toss the paddles (as I liked to call them) into the water.When
my grandfather arrived back at our boat, I started singing a song for him, sure that he would ask me
to do so if i didn't, as he never failed to do.
  I was delighted to dig into all the goodies in our picnic basket, as grandpa played the guitar. Without
warning, the sky grew ominously dark, the wind stated too howl ferociously, and before grandpa could do anything, we were adrift on the water. I recall fondly that grandpa calmly asked me to put my life jacket on. I could barely hear his comforting voice above the angry wind.
   I am not sure how much time elapsed, but it seemed as though hours had gone by, when finally the storm
was over!  I could sense the fear in grandpa's voice when he asked me about the "paddles." I burst into a hailstorm of tears as I told grandpa what I had done. He wiped my tears and hugged me tightly, but didn't say a single word.
   At some point during that cold dark night, we were picked up somewhere many many miles
from where our unplanned journey had begun. I had cried myself to sleep and slept so deeply that I
knew nothing about what happened next until I woke up on what I would later learn was a fisher-men's
boat.
   Now, so many years later, I don't recall the details but I remember something that would  pretty
much shape a big part of who I am as an adult. As we were getting off the boat, I saw a majestically
beautiful old lighthouse! Grandpa following my curious gaze, told me that it was a lighthouse, and that
it was named "Jesus."  I giggled and told my grandfather that he was silly, that it was just an old building and that Jesus was a person. Grandpa smiled and told me that Jesus is our lighthouse.
  He continued, telling me that life is like the sea, sometimes calm, and sometimes stormy. He said that
if I would just keep my eye on that lighthouse (JESUS), no matter the weather, that He would always lead me home, and ultimately to him!
   I of course was not able to fully grasp the meaning of grandpa's words, never the less, I would never forget them.
   As I grew, I came to realize that Jesus is indeed our light house! I learned that Jesus is always there
like that old lighthouse. I learned that he stands big and strong unmovable, indestructible to lead me home, be it in darkness or light of day. I need only to keep my eye on him no matter what.
 

Love Them While they are still here!

May you be greatly blessed!

                                     And many blessings! 

If RAINDROPS WERE WISHES...

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    It's been raining here in my little corner of the world all day, nonstop!Wow was I happy, I have been wishing for rain like this for months . When I first heard that it was going to rain today and also for the next few days, I was so happy that I almost started jumping up and down.
   As the day wore on and the streets started to flood as they
always do in my little town, I started to question my sanity! I mean
what on earth was I thinking? Oh I know that we haven't had any 
"real" rain for quite some time, and that the mere mention of the name of my State fills people's imagination with  pictures of a dry dusty desert. I mean come on now, sure we haven't had any real rain in a long time but  a dry dusty desert nah! but hey, I thought, enough is enough!
  I had to literally laugh out loud at the thought of how fickle we humans can be at times. I mean here is a State that has been declared to be in a drought, do we need the rain? ugh yeah! and it was fun for a while but pretty soon, I just wanted it to stop!
   This made me think about how we as humans should always
"be careful what we ask for" as the saying goes. Some people say, "eh the day is to short, I need more hours in a day," When I hear someone say something like that I think," hey, do you really want more hours in a day?" imagine, if a day was 48 hours long instead of 24, wouldn't that mean that we would have to work twice as long, and twice as hard at whatever our "work" might be?
   I don't know about you, but I am happy with a 24 hour day
it' fine just the way it is. By the same token, I decided to just enjoy the rain no matter how long it lasts, we need it anyway, but from now on I will be sure and be careful what I ask for!

A Little Child Shall Lead Them (#2)(Please see A Child shall lead them(no number) for the first part of post)



Note- many apologies, not sure why but the rest of the post was cut off and It won't allow me to fix it so I am continuing it her below and nameing it- A child shall lead them #2


No sooner had that mom's insensitive words left her mouth that the tiny girl began to weep uncontrolably! The precious little girl didn't look like a day over maybe 4 yrs. old. I quickly figured out that not only was that child extremely mature for her age but had a heart that possessed the type of love that should exist in all of us all through the year but especially at Christmas!

That cruddy mom, was extremely angry at the child for crying and pushed her to pick out a "cheaper" gift , and to do it quickly!!! I got to tell you, it took all that I had not to walk over and scoop that child up in my arms, comfort her, and buy the gift "she" wanted. Knowing that wouldn't go over well with anyone, I kept my mouth shut and fought back tears of my own.
It was at this point that the child showed great wisdom for one so young, she held on to the $9.99 gift she had picked out for her friend Trina as though her life depended on it and said to her mother,
"I'm buying this for Trina, please write a letter to Santa and tell him I don't want anything for Christmas this year, Trina told me that Santa never comes to her house, so now he can take her all of my gifts, and I will give her this special one from me!"
That "mother" didn't bat an eye, she took Lexi's hand and headed towards the cash register without saying a word!
I guess my point is obvious, Christmas isn't about presents, or about what they may or may not cost. Instead, it is about Love. Love came down in the form of a baby. He was born in a manger, and not in a palace as a King would be. That is true love, that is what Christmas is about! Jesus commands us to love one another. Gifts are great, they are a symbol of our affection for one another, who doesn't like receiving gifts? Never the less, it's the love behind the gift, and the heart of ther giver that should matter most to us. God sent His son to deliver us from the curse of sin and death, can there be any greater gift?