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JOY & PAIN of LOVING

BIRTH IS THE MOST THRILLING OF EARTHLY EXPERIENCES BUT IT IS OFTEN THE MOST

CHALLENGING AS WELL~especially the next 100 years or if the child dies before the mother!   IN other words LIFE IS a BEAUTIFUL MESS & BITTER~SWEET!!!…

 

…A MESTER~ PIECE ….orchestrated by the MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE WHO CAN MAKE
ALL THINGS TURN FOR GOOD IN TIME IF WE WILL ONLY TRUST & DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING!photo

THE SMILE on my face is the thrill of a water birth at home after hours of labor & laughter to bring forth our last son! My 12 year old daughter, ( still an amazing photographer!)took

this photo at the moment of my last of 10 births ( 8 are still living on this earth).

Anything worthwhile takes effort & even a certain amount of pain to learn to breath with & through to manage life well. I got very good at practicing breathing with my many births

( the last 5 at home !)

Life IS about taking DEEP BREATHS FOR LIFE!

It is the first & most important principle of good health~

all three aspects of good health: BODY ~ SOUL~ SPIRIT BREATHING!

AND DEEP BELLY LAUGHTER COVERS ALL THREE ASPECTS WHEN DONE PROPERLY!

TODAY my oldest son would have turned 26 ~ but sadly Luke Henry Clifford was sang into

Jesus arms & heavenly peace at the only 1 week old as his father & I wept and began the grieving process that only someone having lost a child can understand.

Doctors misdiagnosed  several times the “problem” pregnancy and ultimately GOD had different plans for our precious & beloved first born son.

ONLY GOD can give the peace that I experienced at those critical moments when the world

seemed to be falling apart .

GOD has carried me & guided me and I THANK GOD DAILY for the gifts I learned during

Luke’s short life AND death and though I miss him dearly, I am SO GRATEFUL for the GIFT OF
LIFE & DEATH because GOD IS NOT ONLY WITH ME BUT IN ME.

ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU THE WAY.

Jesus example of TRUSTING HIS FATHER & FORGIVING & LOVING ALL
IS THE WAY
IS THE TRUTH
IS THE LIFE

 

AND THIS IS THE LIFE
I WANT TO LIVE & DO PRACTICE DAILY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY WITH GOD’S HELP
WON’T YOU JOIN ME?

FOLLOW JESUS John 17:3

IN FULLY EMBRACING THE JOY & PAIN OF LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE!

lovingly

“aunt Ruth”

aka : graceanne

Here are two songs that were great comfort in my deep grief that I want

to share with you:

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/x2PkccjTlho

 

 

Let’s comfort each other ~ each one you meet is hiding pain!

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RE: birth day waltz with grace

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Join me in the waltz of life daily….stop & listen to the Grace of GOD singing over you and inviting you to dance with the creator & the creation with thanksgiving every moment of your life.~ lovingly and gratefully grace’t*Ruth photoMeeting my cousins for the first time  : I did not know the language or how to dance, but the day after I arrived in Germany it was my 7th birthday and there was a surprise waiting for me.

I had SUCH A GRAND birthday that I decided to stay 7 on the inside and just keep reliving that summer of welcoming strangers into my world of dance & joy ~just like children do !

Jesus said WE MUST BE LIKE CHILDREN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!
JOIN ME NOW….start smiling and greeting and dancing with strangers and you will find out what a WONDERFUL world it is….GOD LOVING US THROUGH ME & YOU!!!

Sending an invitation to you to join a  “peace of my feast & birthday Party”  and a grace full waltz! …until we can dance together face to face….

so grab a friend next to you and listen for ….

Grace’s Waltz…..SMILE and don’t leave anyone out!

~  love grace’t*Ruth

SHALOM & GOD’S GRACE TO YOU ALL WAYS ~ Always

 

 

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a breath of fresh air

At an accident  what is the first thing to check the victims for?

ANSWER :   BREATHING

~ ~are you breathing shallow or DEEPLY& ~health~FULLY???~~ with joy

~are you breathing shallow or DEEPLY & ~health~FULLY~ and even JOY~fully? ~

 

That is of utmost importance in an emergency or when having a baby  or ANY GREAT LIFE EVENT~ for ALL involved. KEEP EVERYONE BREATHING!!!

In daily living it is NO DIFFERENT actually, because breathing is KEY to all of health~ THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD and the blood would not be ALIVE without OXYGEN! ( see the other breathing blogs please)

A person is not considered living if the Spirit is gone out ~ the breath stops. Of course we can be artificially kept alive physically ~ mouth to mouth or a tube….SO SIMILAR TO PRAYER….those that can not or will not pray for themselves do certainly have someone else praying for them. WILL YOU JOIN US AND START BREATHING for yourself and others? AND I DO NOT MEAN SHALLOW prayers….that is like a shallow breath or a shallow laugh…. half~ heart~ed~ ly….truly PATHETIC!

Prayer is simply talking to the CREATOR ! Open your mouth and ask ~ are you there? …..and then LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART…..YOU WILL HEAR AN ANSWER…not necessarily the way you think because GOD is a SPIRIT and “speaks ” in a variety of ways…

BE PREPARED FOR LOTS OF LOVE and a little correction if you are doing something damaging to yourself or others! That is TRUE love ~ wanting the BEST for you ~ offering advice when asked and letting you choose.

I CHOOSE LIFE AND GOD’S ways ….which means there are safe boundaries for me & those I interact with. It is a learning process. Speaking our truth with love .

Saying no to unsafe & unhealthy environments & people to be  as safe & healthy as best as we can. AH,we need deep breaths &  the serenity prayer. WISDOM from above!

LET’S BE VIBRANTLY ALIVE ~~~ THRIVING ON DEEP BREATHS AND PRAYERS…THAT is why exercise and Yoga, meditaion, ect….are so popular…. and they all have some benefit …BUT NOTHING CAN SURPASS THE PEACE OF GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH DEEP BREATHS OF THE SON OF GOD JESUS CHRIST MY LORD and THE HOLY SPIRIT !!! THAT IS MY TRUTH~~~ GO AHEAD & CHALLENGE ME ON THAT ONE!  enlighten me further IF YOU CAN~~~~GOD IS MY VERY BREATH OF LIFE …MOMENT BY PRECIOUS MOMENT…GUIDING ME TO ALL THE ANSWERS I NEED OFTEN THROUGH NATURE….our GOD GIVEN GIFT OF THAT STILL SMALL VOICE WE CALL …INTUITION…AND EVEN YOU QUITE OFTEN~~~~!!!!BUT WE MUST BE STILL…turn off distractions…like FAKE~ BOOK and T.V. the internet~ spider web….ect….these are all great tools that are controlling way to many & robbing them of true & inner peace. CONTROL THEM OR THEY WILL CONTROL YOU…SELF ~ CONTROL is something we ALL NEED to reach for and practice with help. A deep breath is where it ALL starts~ asking GOD FOR HELP ( first!) and others as GOD leads…one prayer~and one breath at a time.

WHAT kind of air we breath is a LIFE & death matter. IT IS VITAL!!!

FORtunately, I have the RARE gift of being EXTREMELY sensitive to ALL SMELLS  & things good & bad….TOXIC & HEALING….yes every breath we take matters. In a freshly painted house your whole body is compromised….why do they post cancer warning signs at gas stations because of the fumes….ALL these “smells” that most do not PAY any ATTENTION to, are affecting us all and the little children, pets & bees especially.

Stopping to smell the roses turns out to be one of the MOST amazing preventative cures!

SO, to make it much easier for us all ….there is an AMAZING company of essential oils in glass bottles for such a time as this ……

do consider contacting my friend Lorna :  Oilychef@gmail.com ( mention that Grace sent for VIP treatment….just kidding ~she was a neighbor for a season & treats everyone so warmly ~ love you Lorna!)

and ask her about the BEST ESSENTIAL OILS AVAILABLE ON THE PLANET…she so generously shared her knowledge and samplings with me & my friends & family ( we all and their pets have had OUTSTANDING results…my sister in law the day after her first intro class woke up feeling the  “BEST I HAVE FELT FOR YEARS!”….)

I have always stopped to smell the roses and used to raise lots of roses to share bouquets almost daily and have always used what I thought were good “pure & real ” essential oils until I discovered the oils Sharon teaches about. NO WONDER I COULD NOT USE OTHER ROSE OILS!!!! A rose nose ~knows a true rose!

SO do breath deeply and please stop & smell the roses and then spread the healing fragrance of the

“ROSE OF SHARON” with those you live with, know & greet….

" fresh wild rose petals are the most healing fragrance in the world & the best t.p. on a hike too....tee hee!"

” fresh wild rose petals are the most healing fragrance in the world & the best t.p. on a hike too….tee hee!”

 

with grace & t*ruth lovingly and a WHOLE bouquet of roses!!!

 

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hugh…MORE U more! BEST health exercise!

LAST week I was SO blessed to go to a free comedy concert called Laugh all night!NAZARETH

I did!

and you should too… laugh all day & all night whenever & wherever possible

my sides and mouth laughed and I felt SO good!

when is the last time YOU laughed long and hard and deep?

IF you have to think about it …it has been TOO LONG!!!

start laughing now and if you need help go to Nazareth…

yes, that is his name and his site is NazarethUSA.com

for GOOD CLEAN FUN!!

do you like to play with WORDS   OR do you not like to play at all

with        wORds   games…..life…music!….dancing is just playing with music

try that too!

LAUGHTER & movement are the BEST medicines and a JOYful heart is a reJOYsing heart~

dancing through life like a healthy child!

DO laugh especially at yourself…I sure do and GOD will join you and boy is HE  the BEST comedian ever….

but most of HIS audience do not get HIS jokes…. i do …do you?

 

ahhh ha ha hall e lu yah      ha  ha ha  …..ho ho ho     HOsanna in the HIGHEST….!

 

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