Shining * STARS *

You are all shining STARS glowing and twinkling out love.
I take nothing in life for granted and am praising God for all of you.
Know you are special, unique and beloved of the Lord.
It's not what happens to us in life, but how we react in times of adversity.

My Miracle:

*For my son Lee-Joel, that he and  his beautiful wife and son re-unite.

                             Grandson Izaiah and Lee-Joel (works in construction).

1 Corinthians 13:7-8
"LOVE bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails."




*For my son Peter, to gain a beautiful Christian wife.

Peter

(Coach driver to the mines, far north Queensland.)

Proverbs 18:22 

"He who finds a wife finds a good thing,

And obtains favor from the LORD."

Both son's know the Lord. Both are believers in the Word. 

                                                  My Sons                                       
                                          

Thalassemia (WHAT???) The children cry out for help.

Never heard of it???

Well the predominent countries are, India, Pakistan and Iran with millions of sufferers.

Thalassemia minor is an inherited form of hemolytic anemia that is less severe than thalassemia major. This blood smear from an individual with thalassemia shows small, pale, variously-shaped (poikilocytosis) red blood cells.

These small red blood cells (RBCs) are unable to carry the sufficient amount of oxygen required by normal RBCs.

Cells require oxygen (O2) to live, because O2 is what our body cells feed off.
Without O2,  cells will starve and die. .
When you breath in air you get approximately 21% O2 as you inhale.
Transported to your lungs it hops aboard the fresh blood's haemoglobin in RBCs pumped from your heart.
Via circulation it then gets transported all over your body to feed and revitalize billions of cells to keep you alive.

Treatment for these children is a blood transfusion every month.

Without this treatment the sufferer would die.

And what about the children who's parents cannot afford this??

There is also a cure, but it is an expensive one, and not one that is readily  available.

The cure is a Bone Marrow Transplant,

or for some, the Stem Cells from the mother. 

Yet this is not a hundred percent success.    

For related bone marrow donation (generally from a brother or a sister) there is really no age limit, a bone marrow harvest can be safely performed between 6 months and 60 years of age if the donor is in good health.
It is only for unrelated (donor registries) bone marrow donation that the age limit is much narrower, generally between age 20 and 40.

Money speaks,  so donations are desperately needed.
This is a despairing disease and the sadness is.... many die.
Should the Lord place it on your heart to help then your donation would gratefully be appreciated.

http://www.cure2children.org/node/222


"There will always be poor people in the land.
Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." Deuteronomy 15:11

Strongholds of the Mind

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;  casting down imaginations,  and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

The mind is a powerful tool.
We can concentrate on the good around us and keep our mind positive!
Or, we can dwell on the negative and let the Devil feed us nasty thoughts, that poisons our souls. 'Stinkin Thinkin.'

If we allow STRONG HOLDS from the enemy to take over our mind, they begin to poison every word we are given.

For example: A young man angrily told me the other day, that every woman he meets takes advantage of him and does the wrong thing by him.

And yet, he seeks to  find the right one. He is lonely!

To reassure, I told him that somewhere out there is a lonely lady waiting, just for him

Did he accept these words as a kindness? No!!!

He turned on me saying neither I nor anyone else was going to FORCE him to go looking for anyone.......

Everything I said to him was turned back in anger towards me.

He has allowed strongholds to have occupancy. 

You cannot reason with someone like this, you can only pray for them.

So what do you do with constant thoughts that seek to consume and defile?

You use the weapons of your warfare....

You do as Jesus did when tempted by Satan in the dessert.

You quote the word of God, over and over and over in your mind.

Until, the word takes root and produces seed, good seed.

You drive out the (SPIRIT) of fear and replace it with the(SPIRITUAL) power.

Saying aloud....It is written!!!

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2 timothy 1:7)  X3

LIVE IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE

Like a little girl named Pollyanna.

For those of you who don't know the story, Pollyanna was an orphan. 

She was brought up by poor Christian parents. Her mother died and later her Pastor father followed.  Pollyanna was sent to live with her mothers sister, her Aunt Polly, who was very wealth and upholds a superior RELIGIOUS attitude to all.

Pollyanna has been taught a CHRISTIAN attitude, of being GLAD about everything. She is generous, kind and loving to all. As the characters traits unfold we see a whole town that a SPIRIT of negativity has encompassed.  

We see the example in this story of how the devil succeeds in causing havoc in the minds by imaginations. People didn't address their problems! They don't display Christian compassion and love to one another,  instead they allow wounds of hurt to fester, erupt and influence with negativity. 

Pollyanna soon teaches the whole town how to play her GLAD game.....

In other words, she helps everyone bring their thoughts and minds into harmony with the mind of Christ. She teaches them, how to be, Christ-like.

2 Timothy 2:21

Allow Christ to shape your mind. 

A Secret FIND!!!!

Gosh don't you just love to discover more from our wonderful world!!

I enjoy learning about other lands different from my own.

Recently I have been visited here by a talented artist and gentle soul from India.

His name is Heman, and he expresses his inner child through treasures of art...

Aren't they simply wonderful!!

In the picture above there seems to be a large bird sitting on the roof of the house.
While the neighbour goes home carrying gifts of a tree and a lollipop? gladly outstretched in his hands.
Isn't it a peaceful happy scene.

You can tell a lot about a person by the things they draw, and the colours used.
Look at the two birds sitting together face to face on the roof. Companionship and love.
Its night time yet everyone is joyfully playing outside.
There is even a small fire for comfort, and the dog sits perched high.

More playing, wind blowing the trees, butterflies floating and the sun enjoys looking down with joy.

Please visit Hemans Blog and see it for yourself.

http://childrensheaven.blogspot.com/

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands." The Bible, Acts 17:24..........

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear."

The Bible, 1 John 4:18....

A Beautiful World in Refection of Our Heavenly Father....

Spiritual Visits

I have changed the Sign above my Birds heading to read.
Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder and Jesus is in the Heart of Whoever invites him in.

  

My belief is real and my belief is Stong!

I have experienced many spiritual experiences in my life and because of these, my faith has grown to be invincible.

Let me share just one of those experiences with you. 

It was evening and I was not long home from the birth of my last son. 

It was a difficult labour and delivery, my son uttered one slight cry and then cried without sound for days. His larynx had been damaged (it did heal).

I had suffered some swelling prior the delivery then after, my body exploded.

I went into HELLP !!

HELLP syndrome is the medical name given to a serious (and rare) complication of pre-eclampsia involving a combination of liver and blood disorders.

HELLP stands for:
• H (haemolysis - red blood cell damage);
• EL (elevated liver enzymes - indicating liver damage);
• LP (low platelets in the blood leading to a bleeding tendency)

On top of this on the second day after the delivery a thrombosis developed in my inner thigh.

With not much understanding thirty years ago about blood clotting, I was fed continual doses of aspirin. After being kept in the hospital over the required time, I was finally sent home to receive daily post natal home nursing care. 
We lived in an old house on a small farm with a few scant neighbours and a dirt road out front. My (then) husband went to play tennis leaving me in bed with the babe in his crib beside me and our other three children sitting watching television.
I was ill and afraid. My heart pained, beating out of rhythm. Weakly I lay back against the bed pillows and prayed. 

"Lord Jesus, please come and stand beside me." 

With my eyes closed I felt the presence of someone standing next to me, waiting. Thinking one of the children had come into the room I opened my eyes.  Standing,  looking down was a tall man. He was dressed as a shepperd, like pictures I'd seen in my Bible.
I knew it was a shepperd because of the crook held in His hand. 
I had prayed and asked Him to come.....and He came!

For what seemed like the longest time he remained looking down at me.

Then slowly he walked towards my bedroom door and out into the hall.

Struck dumb it took a while before I was able to call my eldest daughter.

What a wondrous experience, my daughter and I prayed our thanks and rejoiced in my ethereal visitation.

Many months later Femia (daughter) came running to show me what she read in her bible. It said that in times of need, He comes as a Shepperd.

In John 10:11, we are told: 

"I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."

Yet  sadly, many deny Him. As in John 1:10-18:
"He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God."

Praise is Holy Name!!!

                              

GONE in a *FLASH*

One minute you are alive and here and the next moment you may be gone.

Of one thing I am absolutely sure. Death comes to all.

We have a stretch of highway near our town that is notorious for fatal accidents.

Last Saturday, I myself was almost killed on that road. I pulled out after checking to make sure nothing was coming. The traffic lights were in my favour so I was sure it was safe to go.

A semi was approaching slowly from approximately 100 metres away which encouraged my confidence. Unfortunatly another driver sped up and overtook, swinging into my lane and collecting my vehicle.

It all happened in a moment..... in what felt like an instant.  

Even now, one week later, I shake my head in wonder.

I am still here.... and my life continues.

Why was I spared?

I don't know?

But I do know, I might not have been.... 

Not so for a young nineteen year man, a couple of days later.

 He'd only just earned his Provisional Licence the day before. I say earned because it's a long journey of lesson hours with a log book before the final Testing.  

 If after that 'Provisional' year you get through without a blemish, you may proudly pocket a Regular Licence. 

He pulled out as I had, failing to see a Road Train (Double Semi) approaching.  

In a *FLASH* his car was torn in half, and his spirit departed. 

I cannot imagine the despair his family felt when informed?

The shock, the disbelief, the grief! 

He was only nineteen!

Questions arise?

Why him?  Why not me? 

I know I am ready to go!

I have a strong faith and no fear.  I have led my life. 

I married, gave birth, watched my children grow, returned to my profession and continued my education. I am now retired. I have travelled and I have done, much with my life...

It just goes to prove. Death can come at any age. 

Life sits on a precipice of time, where there are, no boundaries. 

We all need to ask ourselves, "Am I ready when my time comes?

How do I stand with God?

Have I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savour?

Or do I THINK, I have Plenty of Time."

John 3:16, deliver's a Message.

"For God So Loved the World, that He Gave,

His One and Only Son.

So that, whoever (Truely) believes in Him,

shall not Perish (go to Hell),

but will have, Eternal Life (In Heaven)."