Live Life...
...and feel God's pleasure
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John 10:10b
"I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full."
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
There is not in the world a kind of life
more sweet and delightful
than that of a continual walk with God.
-Brother Lawrence
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 1/20/2007 0 comments
No need to doubt
{On Decision-making}
James 1:2-8
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete,
not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God,
who gives generously to ALL without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and NOT DOUBT,
because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord,
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
Responding to trouble with trust is the difference
that turns one person better and the other bitter
Trust eradicates any doubt
and doubt turns to hope
expecting and knowing
that God will act
and will reveal His goodness
and His greatness
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 1/20/2007 0 comments
HIS greatness
In last Sunday's service' opening prayer,
the pastor asked us to reflect on the song we just sung.
Particularly on the lyrics, how great is our God.
He asked us to think of His greatness
in our everyday lives, while driving...etc.
and tears of joy welled up as I meditated on the awesome wonder
I feel everyday I drive my children to and from school.
I bask in the beauty of God’s artwork and am filled
with absolute awe and admiration deep within my heart
and I pray that may it never depart, may I never lose that sense of wonder.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 1/16/2007 0 comments
Key to Happiness
My mom & I attended service
and the message is entitled "A Healthy Perspective on Life".
It's part I of a series called Healthy, Balanced and Free.
The message called to mind new year's resolution(s).
And mine for 2007 comes from Matthew 6:33
But seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness
and ALL these things will be given to you as well.
I resolve to live for Jesus and to know HIM more.
The message also called to mind a quote:
"there is no key to happiness
the door is always open"
A happy, healthy life is
a matter of perception,
a matter of faith.
If we truly believe
then happiness is inevitable.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 1/07/2007 0 comments
As another year comes to an end,....
May we...
....Remember the Reason for the Season
and take time to reflect on its true meaning
....Celebrate the birth of our Savior
Rejoice!
....Offer Him our gift
discover our gift and live out His divine plan
For...
What we are is God’s gift to us
What we become is our gift to God. - Eleanor Powell
And...
Every happening, great and small,
is a parable whereby God speaks to us,
and the art of life is to get The Message. - - Malcolm Muggeridge
...Receive and believe The Message
for He is the Truth
...Walk with Him
for He is the Way
... Invite Him in so that He may live within us
for He is the Life
Merry Christmas & A Blessed New Year Everyone!
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 12/21/2006 0 comments
{Walk your Talk}
"You call ME Master and obey ME not;
You call ME light and see ME not;
You call ME the Way and walk ME not;
You call ME life and live ME not;
You call ME wise and follow ME not;
You call ME fair and love ME not;
You call ME rich and ask ME not;
You call ME eternal and seek ME not;
If I condemn you, blame ME not."
"It is not how high you can jump that matters,
but how straight you can walk when you hit
the ground again."
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 11/14/2006 1 comments
we forget...
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow,
yet we forget that he is someone today."
~Stacia Tauscher~
Oftentimes we get so busy raising our children
we forget to enjoy them.
We get so caught up in cleaning our house
that we forget to enjoy it.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 11/08/2006 0 comments
{Difficulties to Blessings}
I was watching the show, Room by Room,
on HGTV and as the host was showing how
to decorate a room with fabrics, she said:
"Don't let the task overwhelm you,
let the finished product overwhelm you."
This brought to mind a quote
from an angel friend:
Looking back,
We see with great clarity,
What once appeared as difficulties
Now reveal themselves as blessings.
~Dan Milman~
My prayer:
Dear God,
I know that sometimes in the heat of my problems
My human nature blurs my “vision”
Help me remember...
...that just as my body needs exercise,
so too,does my spirit need challenges to exercise my faith
...that even when I can’t see solutions to my problems
I just need to have faith and trust in YOU
Because to YOU everything is possible
...that though I may not see past my present afflictions,
through YOU and in YOUR due time,
these difficulties will be manifested as blessings
One day...we shall gratefully see
that God's great refusals
were sometimes the truest answers
to our prayers."
~P.T. Forsythe~
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
-Jean De La Bruyere
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 11/08/2006 0 comments
{On Discipline}
No discipline seems pleasant at the time,
but painful.
Later on, however, it produces
a harvest of righteousness
and peace for those
who have been trained by it.
~Hebrews 12:11~
The word disciple comes from the word discipline.
To be a disciple of Jesus, we must discipline
ourselves to follow HIS ways.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 11/08/2006 0 comments
{On Afflictions}
Afflictions are opportunities
for God to demonstrate
HIS sustaining grace
and show
HIS work in our lives.
We all go through all sorts of afflictions in this world.
We can allow them to either break us or lift us up.
The choice is ours. If we choose God's way,
our afflictions can lead us closer to HIM.
My prayer:
Dear God, I thank you and praise you
...for working out all the situations in my life
including my afflictions.
...for using my afflictions to lead me closer to YOU
and to glorify YOU.
...for always guiding me to chose the better path
...and for sending angel friends through that path
reminding me that I need these afflictions
so I will not rely on my own self
and to always come to YOU.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 11/03/2006 0 comments
New Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to
accept the people I cannot change,
the courage to change the one I can,
and the wisdom to know it's me.
-Author Unknown
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/23/2006 2 comments
Our Gift
What we are is God's gift to us.
What we become is our gift to God.
-Eleanor Powell
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/23/2006 1 comments
The Art of Life
Every happening,
great and small,
is a parable whereby God speaks to us,
and the art of life is to get the message.
- Malcolm Muggeridge
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/14/2006 1 comments
{To My Children}
Dear Phil, Immanuel, Ian and Belle,
I thank God for you every single day. I thank HIM for giving me the best children any mother could ever have and hope for. I thank you, my babies (you will always be my babies), for helping and teaching me to be the best mother I could be. I love you beyond measure, or, as you so cleverly put it, to infinity and beyond.
You're sent to me from above
All four of you whom I truly love
As I scan and look
through the pages of my scrapbook
From baseball to cub scouting to taekwondo
I thought I was molding you ...
All along you were honing, shaping
my skills on parenting
I thought I was leading you...
All along you were honing, shaping
leading me to the best I can be
To others I'm a supermom it seems
No, not even in my dreams
never did I see
a mother I could be.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/14/2006 0 comments
{The gift of friendship}
This blogsite came about from inspiration from several friends:
To Paz .... Thank you for always being there and for showing me selflessness.
To Janet ... You have a wonderful sense of always seeing the lighter side of life.
Thank you for showing me how to stay positive.
To Pat .... Times spent with you are most insightful.
Thank you for the enlightenment.
To Owen .... Like great music, art, literature, and nature....you inspire me.
Thank you for bringing out the artist in me.
To Cecile .... How wonderful to have a wise friend like you. When I can't see the forest for the
trees, you pull back the leaves and say, "Look again."
Thank you for the constant encouragement my angel friend.
To God.......I will always cherish the gift of wonderful friendships. Thank you for sending angel
friends down my path. They are truly your instruments causing my cup to overflow
with inspiration, enlightenment and thanksgiving. I thirst no more.
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/09/2006 1 comments
{Ask And You Shall Receive}
In Jesus name I pray....
....for family and friends
....for peace and contentment
....for health and safety
....for faith and hope
I give thanks....
....for family and friends
....for peace and contentment
....for health and safety
....for faith and hope
Ask and you shall receive...
The very things I prayed for
Are the very things I'm thankful for
I asked and HE has provided
Posted byImelda@Inspired Simplicity at 10/05/2006 1 comments
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