This is the first day......

to my new reinvention of my old blog

This is the first day of the rest of my life-it is the first day of the rest of my life-it is the life God has blessed me with, through all the hurts, through all the doubts, He is always there the center of my life reminding me how I should live, how he, God clothes me when I/we need clothing, how he provides food and shelter when it is needed, not to look for things that I don't need. To be watchful to help those who need you, to believe in those who need you, those who are accused falsely and who falsely accuse you of things that hold no merit. I have a God who is swift to forgive and swift to love even those we are sometimes long to forgive those who hurt us. I am not perfect but I know that God, our perfect God, loves us with no hesitation, loves as a father does because He is our Father.
I just found a wonderful blog, called THE SIMPLE WOMAN: What I read and saw was an uplift to me, made me think of who I wanted to be and what I wanted people to think of me. I am always worrying about needing this or that, tending to forget that God will take care of my needs-not me taking care of my needs. Oh what a simple mind I have not to believe what I know I should believe.
Belief in God is ones own choice, just as choosing if you marry or not, who you marry, number of children if any you have, we all make choices that affect our daily living, our lives. I chose to belief in God, to trust him, but have not always let him take care of me like I should have. I hope to start a new, doing more relying on God, less relying on myself. I can't see what is in any ones heart or mind, only God can---that I have to remember about people, hopefully people will remember that about me--being short to judge, accuse, or speak before thinking as I should of them.
I hope you will enjoy the change in this blog but visit my knitting blog that is included in my e-mails when I correspond with people. I you are interested in viewing my other blog, just send me a note in the comments section, leaving your e-mail address and I will be happy to send it to you. Gods' Blessing this night and day tomorrow. Visit soon as I will be adding to this blog, along with cleaning it up the blog, adding blogs I find of interesting to me that I think would be good to pass on.

How blessed we are-

I have come to realize lately how blessed my family and I are. How God has blessed us, all of us, no matter where you are, are blessed by God. We had a wonderful church service at the building we attend. The people in this building, the body of the church, are so loving, such a caring church, one who loves to reach out to those who hurt, bind up the wounded, a church that wants to care for those who are sinners, like we the whole body of Christ, the church of God. We study the Bible & try our hardest to follow the instructions that Christ laid down for us, trying to pattern our church-our individual lives-to be more Christ like.

We studied Psalms, the whole chapter of Psalms 119, the longest chapter in the Bible. Psalms 119, discusses our hurts, struggles, & joy of our lives, your life. We looked at Psalms 32-which says in vs. 7-

Psalms 32:7 says:

• You are my hiding place;
• You shall preserve me from trouble;
• You shall surround me with songs of deliverance
• vs. 10-11
• Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
• But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
• Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, your righteous;
• And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalms 103 reminds us to:

• Bless the Lord, O my soul;
• And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
• Bless the Lord, O my soul,
• And forget not all His benefits;
• Who forgives all your iniquities,
• Who heals all your diseases,
• Who redeems your life from destruction,
• Who crowns you with loving kindness & tender mercies,
• Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
• So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

in Isaiah 61:1-3 it says:

• The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me
• Because the Lord has anointed Me
• Tod preach good tidings to the poor;
• He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
• To proclaim liberty to the captives,
• And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
• To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
• And the day of vengeance of our God,
• To comfort all who mourn,
• To console those who mourn in Zion,
• To give them beauty for ashes,
• The oil of joy for mourning;
• The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
• That they may be called trees of righteousness,
• The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

This last scripture speaks of Jesus coming to earth and what His work on Earth was meant for, how it would be to save us from our sins, by overcoming death for us all, by His death on the cross. Our God is a gracious God, a loving God, shown to us by his words on the cross when He said 'Father forgive them for the know not what they do'-how many of us could say this if were in this situation.

May each of you know this peace that comes form God. Know His love that only He can give. God' blessings to you all.