" CROSSROADS"

Last week we went to our favorite Japanese strolling garden to admire the Cherry tree blossoms.  The trees were loaded with puffy pink and white blooms some shaped like snowballs and some that hung like tassles.

 

 

A warm breeze floated by sending a sweet perfume mixture of cherry blossoms, hyacinth and jonquil blooms.  A cacophonous symphony for my sniffer! :-)

 

We began our journey with a series of paths. One meandered around and one was more or less straight.

 

Sometimes, standing at the crossroads it's hard to decide which path to choose.

Have you ever been at a junction in life and you need to make a choice to change the path you've been on?

It could be starting or ending a relationship. It might be a job , career or a school change.        It may be time to move or time to stay. Time to start or time to stop. No matter what crossroads lie before you , one thing is certain, you have to decide which path you will choose.

This is what the Lord says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

 Jeremiah 6:16

 

 

The most important path we will ever choose is the road to Heaven. There is only one way to get there and his name is Jesus Christ.  Once again it is a choice. When we decide to go down that path we have the blessed assurance that we will never walk alone again.

The Lord will be with us to guide and protect us along the way.

 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:105

 

The perfume of cherry blossoms pales in comparison to the sweet aroma of the Lord!

 

 

Eternity awaits to those who choose to follow Jesus!

 

You make known to me the path of life; you fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
 Psalm 16:11

 

 

 

HALLELUJAH!

 

PRAISE THE LORD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!

 

~DONNA~

 

"IS THE GRASS REALLY GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE?"

By:Donna Selma Lind

                         Call it Envy, Coveting, Jealously, Boredom or whatever you want.
Let's be real , we have all wondered what the grass looks like on the other side of the fence .       I have come to the conclusion that it is a matter of perspective and how we choose to look at it.
Case in point: Last week our Llama "Angel "decided she didn't want to stay in the pasture with the sheep. She ran away to what she thought was  "greener grass".

Because she was being stubborn munching  on her fresh greens she didn't pay attention to the Shepherd's voice and she wandered into an unsafe territory. She and her baby had to spend the night outside of the fenced pasture. They left behind the safety and security of a warm shelter fresh drinking water and the protection of a fence. What once seemed like greener grass and a better place to live, now felt unsafe and scary.  Angel sat at the same fence only this time she was looking in instead of looking out. She was longing to go back to the safety, security and family she once had. The grass may have looked greener on the other side of the fence , but now she realized and appreciated what she had all along . When the gate was opened the next morning she ran in and all the sheep gathered around her b-a-a-a-ing and welcoming Angel and her baby home.

So how about it? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live someone elses life or have a better job, a nicer car a bigger house a different spouse? Be real, you know you have.
We all have. If we had more time, more money, more this and more of that it would be better.
Consider what the Bible has to teach us  about this subject.

"And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person's envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

Ecclesiastes 4:4

"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Hebrews 13:5

No matter what side of the fence we are on the grass always looks greener......

until we get to the other side.

Be thankful and appreciate what you have , who you have and where you are.

"In everything give thanks!"

1 Thessalonians 5:18

~HALLELUJAH!~

PRAISE THE LORD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!

DONNA

"HELP IS ON THE WAY"

By: Donna Selma Lind

Hi there! I was thinking about you today, wondering how you were doing? It's been awhile since we visited.
Have you ever had one of those days where you just feel a  little yucky?
Kinda like everything seems to be out of whack?  ( I need some whack!)

There are times when we feel lost and forgotten and  everybody seems to be  squeezing the stuffing out of us!

H-E-L-L-O! I AM GETTING SQUEEZED IN THE MIDDLE HERE!


There are times when we feel like we can't breathe.
 But then God our Father sends a friend to help and encourage us.
"A Friend loves at all times." Proverbs 17:17

In fact, there are times when He calls in the troops and sends in an Army  to stand by us and show us the way home.

" I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go." Psalm 32:8

The Father said "Come to me, all who  labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28


God wanted me to tell you that whatever trial you are facing, you are not alone.
Whatever the problem is, He will help you.
If you are feeling lost or forgotten, He will find you.

Don't look down.  LOOK UP!

HELP is on the way...and his name is JESUS!

Hang in there. The Good Shepherd has not forgotten you.
He loves you and is drawing near to you right now!
Won't you draw near to Him?


~HALLELUJAH!~

PRAISE THE LORD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!

DONNA