Open Hands

My computer is currently not in working order so I am at the library checking up on my banking, email, and facebook--you know, all of the important things:) I came across this quote and just had to share. Hopefully I will be back with more photos and a better post soon. Enjoy.

“when a woman has a kingdom heart, she has an active understanding of what matters most to the heart of God. she lives in the balance of passion and contentment. she learns to love well, give without regard to self, and forgive without hesitation. the woman with a kingdom heart may have a duffel bag full of possessions or enough treasures to fill a mansion, but she has learned to hold them with an open hand. hold everything with open hands. i don’t think we are ever allowed to grab hold of anything or anyone as though they matter more than the kingdom of heaven. when you hold relationships with open hands, then people come in and out of your life as gifts of grace to be cherished and enjoyed, not objects to be owned and manipulated. and then when you hold your dreams with open hands, you get to watch God resurrect what seemed dead and multiply what seemed small.” -uknown



exposure

"Exposure to the SON will prevent you from burning!"

Small town marquee signs are the best. See more HERE and HERE

contradiction

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." ~Walt Whitman

If we're being honest, I often say one thing and do another. Not always bad. Sometimes I say I don't like something, like a song I hear buzzing on the radio. I might immediately change the station with a look of disgust on my face. The next time that song comes on, there's a good chance I'm turning the volume up over toddler screams, and singing away. I just had to learn the words.

The same is true for various parts of life. I remember a time when I made a decision and my younger brother said, "I thought you said you weren't going to do that anymore?!" To which I replied, "Don't ever listen to anything I say."

So, needless to say, I like what Walt said- "I am large. I contain multitudes."

Conflict.

"Conflict is the soil out of which deeper love grows."

-unknown

Meditating on this.

Doors Will Open

"If you do what you can do, God will do what you cannot do. Doors will open, a way will be made, and creative ideas will come. You will also inspire others to do what they can do, and even though each person can only do a little, together we can make a big difference."

-The Confident Woman Devotional, Joyce Meyer

rest.

"Come to me and rest. I am all about you, to bless and restore. Breathe Me in with each breath. The way just ahead of you is very steep. Slow down and cling tightly to My hand. I am teaching you a difficult lesson, learned only by hardship.

Lift up empty hands of faith to receive My precious Presence. Light, Life, Joy, and Peace flow freely through this gift. When your focus turns away from Me, you grasp for other things. You drop the glowing gift of My presence as you reach for lifeless ashes. Return to Me; regain My Presence."

-Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

I really needed to read this tonight. Light, Life, Joy, and Peace that  come from none other than my God. I receive it.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

-Matt 11:28 NIV



happiness.



That's not all that equates happiness, sure. But it is a good start.

new birth

Awareness born of love is the only force that can bring healing and renewal. Out of our love for another person, we become more willing to let our old identities wither and fall away, and enter a dark night of the soul, so that we may stand naked once more in the presence of the great mystery that lies at the core of our being. This is how love ripens us -by warming us from within, inspiring us to break out of our shell, and lighting our way through the dark passage to new birth. ~John Welwood

Jesus is the Reason for the Season

"For unto us a child is born...

And He will be called Mighty Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

-Isaiah 9:6

Patience

"Patience is not my ability to wait, but my ability to keep a good attitude while I wait."

-Joyce Meyer

Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different."

-Oprah

Victory

"If you desire victory over your problems, if you truly want to live the resurrection life, you must have a backbone and not just a wishbone! You must be determined to have victory and refuse to settle for anything less than the best that God has for you."

-Colossians 3 Paraphrase- Everyday Life Bible.

word to the wise:

If you want friends

Be a friend

If you want to be loved

Start loving

If you want to be forgiven

Learn to forgive

-KSH

Running

            Tomorrow starts the new school year, my new work schedule, AND my new work out routine! Lovin' this quote I heard on Jackie Warner's "Thintervention."

"I don't run unless there's like, a sale or something..."

-Thintervention on Bravo

integrity

~ One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ~

unknown

worry not

"Does any of your worrying add just one minute to your life?"

-As seen on another church marquee sign

Be sure to check out my favorite flowers today on Layers of Meaning!

food for thought

Seven days without God makes one weak

-As seen on a church marquee sign

Power Quote

 "Simply because you can't put your hands around something doesn't mean it's not there. In fact, the things that are most precious to us are the things that are invisible, aren't they? Love, tenderness, happiness, air, feelings, emotions- those things we cannot touch, but they are very real. And so it is with God's power: It may not be touchable, but it's real and it's obtainable." Walking with the Savior- Max Lucado

quote today.

Dickens sure knew what he was talking about.