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LOVE PARIS

 ~WITH YOU IN PRAYER ~

~WITH YOU IN PRAYER ~

Last night I happened to be in a community dining hall with many Europeans including a lovely young man from FRANCE and because I love all cultures & know some french we had a lively & delightful conversation. His name is Abracadabra & I LOVED hearing the beautiful french accent & language. Later in the evening he was part of a larger group that I got to spontaneously lead in music &  a moment of prayer for reflection & compassion for the grieving in Paris & around the world and then to reach out in Kindness RIGHT THERE WITH A GROUP OF
STRANGERS to take a hand.

I used the gift of music to have us sing to comfort ourselves & relieve the pain of such a tragedy.

We sang Amazing GRACE together & then I told the story ( with help from the Audience!) behind the song. The author, John Newton had owned slave ships and miraculously found GRACE  or shall we say GRACE FOUND HIM when he almost died in a storm.  He realized & repented from his wrong choices of priorities ( MONEY & not compassion) and

HE instantly was transformed & did his best to stop and FIGHT FOR LIBERTY FOR ALL

THE TRUE LIBERTY THAT WANTS TO SET EVERYONE FREE ~ EVEN OUR ENEMIES!!!!

BY GRACE!

CHOOSE LIFE NOW ~ DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOUR DEATH BED.

NO DAY IS UNDER OUR CONTROL only this MOMENT ~

CHOOSE LIFE! CHOOSE GOD’S LIBERTY FROM FEAR ~

GOD’S AMAZING LOVE & GRACE COVERS IT ALL.

That grace changed John’s life & he was able to change the world for many with his

life’s most memorable work : setting captives FREE & WRITING A SONG ABOUT IT!

WHAT IS YOUR SONG TODAY?
WHAT IS YOUR GIFT FOR THE WORLD?
FOR ABUNDANT LIFE ~ LIBERTY & FREEDOM FOR ALL~~~~ GRACE!!!

GRACE IS A GIFT ~ HAVE YOU OPENED YOUR PACKAGE YET?

TODAY IS A GOOD TIME~ NOW IS THE MOMENT
THIS PRESENT GRACE!

TOMORROW is a mystery !~  NOW IS WHAT WE HAVE ~ CHERISH IT~
FORGIVE SOMEONE…FORGIVE YOURSELF…DO THE HARD THING  NOW
TOMORROW MIGHT BE TOO LATE….

FOR NOW~

GOD’S AMAZING GRACE & KINDNESS IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON OF CHOICE THERE IS!
FIGHT WITH LOVE & WORDS OF KINDNESS ~ EVERYWHERE
STARTING IN PRAYER

FOR FRANCE and our neighbor… they might even be FRENCH & NEED HELP or a hug from a friend ~ YOU!

OR TOMORROW THE BOMB COULD DROP IN OUR HOME TOWN!
SPEAK UP NOW!!!!

DO SOMETHING!
DON’T JUST TALK ~ WALK THE WALK ~

GIVE A CUP OF KINDNESS TO SOMEONE.

THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR THE FRENCH NATION just like when we needed it on 911

is PRECIOUS ….BUT DO NOT WAIT FOR CRISIS ….LET US BE IN THE HABIT OF COMPASSION

RIGHT WHERE  WE ARE!!

We must EMBRACE the pain of others & ourselves and then return to JOY & movement to

do something with the gifts we have .

Paris & ALL countries are under attacks because of FEAR .

WE ARE ALL SAD for what is happening in the WORLD BUT IF WE
BELIEVE IN LOVE …TRUE & PURE ETERNAL LOVE THAT CREATED THIS WORLD & &S

WE ARE NOT AFRAID~~~

IT STILL CAN BE A WONDERFUL when we have a THANKFUL HEART!

IN DEATH ~ LIBERTY CAN BE IGNITED

WITH LOVE

TO PARIS & YOU

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today, though mourning for & with Paris ,

~ I will celebrate my dear Daddy’s birthday

in the same town I sang him to his eternal home

CLIFFORD Le ROY November 1912~ Nov 1993

A GREAT MAN’S LEGACY LIVES FOREVER

THROUGH HIS CHILDREN~

JUST LIKE JESUS ~ yesHUa

THANK YOU DADDY ~
LET’S DANCE ALL DAY WIPING TEARS AWAY!!!

HA HA HALLELUYEAH ~ YAH~ WAY

I LOVE YOU TOO~ AHHHHH

 

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GIVING THANKS

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THANKS GIVING IS NOT A ONE TIME HOLIDAY FOR ME!

BEING THANKFUL IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF TRUE HEALTH !

IT IS A DAILY & CONSTANT HABIT THAT HELPS COMBAT DEPRESSION AND/OR

DISCOURAGEMENT WHEN PLANS DO NOT TURN AS EXPECTED OR HOPED.

SO MANY TIMES THOUGHTS OR “BAD” NEWS CAN BEGIN TO DISCOURAGE US

BUT HAVING A HABIT OF COUNTING BLESSINGS AND BEING THANKFUL FOR AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE STOPS A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE FROM TAKING AWAY OUR PEACE.

THANKS GIVING IS SUCH A GREAT HABIT TO HAVE!

KEEP A THANKFUL LIST GOING IN YOUR HEAD & HEART AT ALL TIMES.

WRITE DOWN & PRACTICE TELLING YOURSELF & OTHERS WHAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR.

WHAT COULD BE NICER THAN BEING THANKED & NOTICED WHEN WE DO SOMETHING

THAT OTHERS APPRECIATE. GOD LOVES A GRATEFUL HEART & SO SHOULD WE.

LET’S GIVE THANKS CONTINUALLY TO GOD & OTHERS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.

THE LITTLE THINGS THAT OFTEN GO UN~NOTICED TURN OUT TO ACTUALLY BE

THE BIG THINGS IN LIFE:

*SMILES ( COLLECT & THANK OTHERS WHEN YOU RECEIVE A GENUINE SMILE!)

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED A SMILE OR A THANK YOU
TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY ….INCLUDING YOU!

*SUNRISES & SUNSETS ~ NOTICE THEM & MAKE A POINT TO THANK GOD!

THEY ARE POSTCARDS FROM OUR CREATOR & WE SHOULD RESPOND TO ETERNAL MAIL!

*FLOWERS & TREES MADE FOR OUR ENJOYMENT

*A HOME GROWN APPLE OR HOME COOKED MEAL~ MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THAT BLESSING

*SHOES THAT FIT~ GROWING UP I REALLY APPRECIATED THE YEARLY NEW PAIR I GOT AT CHRISTMAS

*SOCKS WITHOUT HOLES OR SOCKS AT ALL! ( MUCH OF THE WORLD GOES BAREFOOT)

*A WARM BED ON A RAINY NIGHT WHEN FOR SOME REASON YOU CAN NOT SLEEP!

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THESE CAN ALL TURN INTO PRAYERS FOR OTHERS ~HELPING US TO REALIZE

HOW BLESSED WE REALLY ARE~

*PRAY FOR A WARM BED FOR ALL THE HOMELESS

*SOCKS & SHOES FOR THOSE WITH NONE

*AN APPLE OR SMILE FOR A HUNGRY OR LONELY PERSON

*EYESIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLIND OR AWARENESS FOR THOSE WHO

JUST DO NOT NOTICE

*FLOWERS ~ TREES

*SUNSETS & SUNRISES…THE MANY SIMPLE PLEASURES IN LIFE.

 

JOIN ME IN THE HABIT OF LOOKING UP IN THANKS TO

THE FATHER OF LIGHTS & NIGHTS

MAIDENS & KNIGHTS

ALL BEING SHINED UP FOR GLORY

TELLING THE STORY

OF LOVE

FROM ABOVE

REACHING US

REMINDING US

WE ARE HERE TO PRAYERFULLY CARE

& TO GRATEFULLY SHARE

A LIFE OF THANKS GIVING & LIVING

 

 

THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER

THAT WE ARE MADE BY LOVE

TO RECEIVE & GIVE LOVE~

AMEN

IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS! I THESSALONIANS 5:17

IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS!
I THESSALONIANS 5:18

 

VERSES ON GIVING THANKS:

DEUTERONOMY 8:10

PSALM 100

PSALM 105

COLOSSIANS 1:12

COLOSSIANS 3:15

I THESSALONIANS 5:18

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