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Sunday Reflection 9/11/16

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Good Morning Friends ~

The one fruit I am beginning to know so well is the fruit of patience ~ These past few week have truly made me realize how being patient has brought me to a place of peace.

Peace is a good thing, when you have peace you become calm, becoming calm makes for a healthy body which I am truly hoping for.

Whatever the outcome I feel at peace. Because of the fruit of patience.

~Thank you Holy Spirit ~

What Does ‘Fruit of the Spirit’ Mean?

When Christians speak of the work of the “Holy Spirit”, they are speaking about the operations of the Spirit of God in the material world we live in, and within us. But God the Holy Spirit isn’t here just to hang out, or to do a miracle for sport, or bliss someone out for an hour or so. The Spirit is there to cause things to happen in peoples’ lives that bring them more in tune with God’s purposes on earth (and beyond). Words like ‘result‘ or ‘outgrowth‘ help us little to envision this. When the Spirit starts changing someone, it shows as a growth in character, a change in their way of life that is good for the people they live among. They start actually being the person of love God calls us to be. This change in character and way of life breeds ‘fruit of the Spirit’, like the fruit grown by a tree can feed people and wildlife, and fuel the next generations. From ancient times to today, abundant fruit from an orchard is seen as cause for hope and celebration. Abundant spiritual fruit also breeds hope and is well worth celebrating.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Until next time ~

Much love,

Rose

Sunday Reflection 9/4/16

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Good Morning dear Friends ~

Today is a personal journey for me. I start with trusting in the Spirit, which I have. Last Thursday I was put to the test. I have some liver issues, and with these issues I have a tube going from my liver through my bile duct and into the lower intestine. I prayed to the Holy Spirit asking whatever He wanted to happen would happen.

I was going back to the hospital to have the original tube removed/or replaced. I was very nervous for the outcome. Going into the procedure room I spoke with the Dr. he wanted to look at the site before making his decision. I was OK with him replacing the tube and hoped that would happen. It did…………

This means I will have the tube in again until September 29th or until this Dr see fit for it to come out.

With the Holy Spirit’s help I was able to feel calm with this decision.

Pouring It In

The Spirit pours faith into us. The tactics will be different from one person to another. It may be through a sermon, a worship service, a youth event, a song, a testimony, an act of kindness, a relationship of love, a struggle of conscience, a brush with disaster or insanity, a steady gradual series of changes, a blissful ‘peak experience’ moment, a shaken-up charismatic experience, or a whisper calling to you from inside. In that faith, we can be happy — even daring — in our relationships with other people, because the Spirit is working through us, and that will not come to naught.

My experience was the whisper calling from inside to trust Him. I did and the outcome was what I hoped for.

Wishing you the best Sunday ever.

Much love,

Rose

Almost Finished

Good Morning Friends ~

Well we are 90% finished with the office/tv room ~

I do want you all to see the pillow I made for our new couch, and a few finished pictures of the room

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My good friend Barbara is making the curtains and putting together the 3 pillows I have asked her to make for this room, but here is the quilted pillow I made.

We have not put the pictures on the wall at this point, but you can get a little idea of how it is going to look.

I wanted the tray on the bench to go with the rest of the room so I cut a circle out of one of the materials I used in the pillow and decoupage it into the inside of the tray. I love how it came out.

Also in a few week I will have these cute little pillow in my Etsy store. They will be Christmas ornaments ~ These match my fabrics in the room.

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Just a few more pictures of the pillow

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Have a beautiful Saturday

Much love,

Rose

Sunday Reflection 8/28/16

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Who is the Holy Spirit

Good Morning Friends ~

Christian tradition starts speaking of the Spirit by saying that the Holy Spirit is God, based on the Bible.

The Spirit has the attributes of God, such as :

eternal, having neither beginning nor end (Hebrews 9:14),
omni-potent, having all power (Luke 1:35);
omni-present, being everywhere at the same time (Psalm 139:7); and
omni-scient, understanding all matters (1 Corinthians 2:10,11).

Not only is the Holy Spirit God, the Spirit is a full person of the Trinity. What is meant by that? (Forgive me for talking strange here, but this is about the Holy Spirit, the One that words are least able to describe.) The Spirit is an ‘I’, able to take action and cause action. The Spirit is able to be a ‘we’ with other ‘I’s. The Spirit can be addressed as ‘you’; by other ‘I’s (such as you and me), and can respond as an ‘I’. Thus, when we say, “Come, Holy Spirit”, the Spirit can come, not as if on command, but as promised.

It is a bit confusing at first, but when you read it slow you will understand it better.

Getting to know the Spirit has opened my eyes to a whole new world. I am understanding my faith in a way I never knew could be possible.

Sometimes as I am writing to you I do not know where the words are coming from except the Spirit, and that in itself is touching my heart.

Until next Sunday Reflection ~ have an amazing week.

Much love,

Rose

p.s. Most of the words in my Sunday Reflections are from a site I am reading ~

The Spirit’s Work ~ if you would like to look into the Spirit as I have you can go to~

http://www.spirithome.com/spirwork.html

Sunday Reflection

Good Morning Dear Friends ~

spirit 1 What an amazing picture ~

What I see in this picture is God hands giving us the chance to know the Holy Spirit.

What do you see ?

The Ultimate Gift

The biggest gift of all, however, is not each other, and is not nature, or the universe, or family, or even life itself. The biggest gift in all of existence is that we are given the Giver – the same Greatest One who was Job’s only satisfaction and Moses’ only strength is now given to humankind. God chooses not only to put up with us, but to be with us. That’s what all this Jesus talk means – that’s why Jesus matters. He is, in Christmas-talk, “God-with-us”, Immanuel. That is the gift of Jesus.

But Jesus is not walking among us today. So another gift has been given – God in yet another way, the divine Spirit through whom Christ is still in effect right here and now. This Spirit leads, shapes, empowers, and gives us joy. The gift a Christian lives in every day, most fundamentally, is the Holy Spirit.

What a gift it is to know the Holy Spirit, or should I say getting to know the Spirit.

It is a very powerful and awakening to think you are somewhat humble, then you realize you are becoming to know humility through the Holy Spirit. Each time I read about the Spirit I become more humble.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Enjoy it to your fullest –

Until next Sunday ~

Much love,

Rose

Sunday Reflection

Good Morning dear Friends ~

The Spirit’s Work of Freedom

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We are all destined, designed, created to be free. But we forge chains for ourselves and each other, corrupting our freedom till it isn’t freedom anymore. Only someone who isn’t bound by the mess can free us from it. That’s where Christ comes in. And, after Christ arose, it’s where the Spirit comes in. The Spirit’s sent from Christ to humanity, blown on us by Jesus. The Spirit makes us able to take part in God’s work in the world. And makes it personal. The Gospel becomes mine to spread. The Kingdom becomes my vision for living. God’s hope for all becomes my hope for all. God’s sorrow over peoples’ situations and deeds becomes mine, too. If the Spirit has me, God is not distant but up-close and real. This new freedom isn’t something we ‘have’ or possess; it’s something that has us just as the Spirit does. The human spirit soars because of the Spirit; otherwise it is still bound to the ground.

My favorite is “If the Spirit has me, God is not distant but up-close and real.”

I am feeling this especially now in my life ~ after going through another round of liver problems, and having yet another tube inserted into me which I realize is for healing of the liver, but still having to deal with this ordeal all over again. I have become so much closer to God. I know this is the work of the Spirit, and for this I am truly grateful.

Blessings to you my dear friends.

Much love,

Rose

Last update on the Office/TV Room

Hi Friends ~

One more update – everything is off the walls, and it’s happening ~ yes tomorrow starts the painting ~ So excited to see how it looks.

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A few more shots of the empty walls ~

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I know what you are thinking ~ “that looks like the color of her walls now” It is so much softer and a better paint ~ It’s Benjamin Moore Shale ~ I love it ~

Also the material for the couch is behind the color swatch.

Good that I had a bit of time waiting for everything to be finished, because I have decided to add a bit of blue into this room too.

Two materials I like ~ I ordered 1 yard of each and will see which one looks best for the curtains.

I purchased this from an online store Craftsy best prices only $10.98 a yard and the 5″x 5″ squares were only $9.00 ~ you receive 42 squares. This will be enough for a pillow and a few other projects for the room.

http://www.craftsy.com/supplies/kit/moda-blue-barn-by-laundry-basket-quilts-batiks-precut-fabric/2405?dts=Deal-Sold&suid=1751124

I also purchased the rug and the storage bench (using this as the coffee table and storage for the pillows and sheets for the queen sleeper sofa.)

The rug and storage bench were purchased at Wayfair ~

http://www.wayfair.com/Wood-Storage-Bedroom-Bench-MCRR4933-MCRR4933.html?piid%5B0%5D=16214948

http://www.wayfair.com/Bashian-Rugs-Porto-Ivory-Area-Rug-R120-IVBL-CL106-QKD2523.html?piid%5B0%5D=9106472

My next post will be a completed Office/TV room.

Till then –

Much love,

Rose

Sunday Reflection

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Good Morning Dear Friends ~

As I continue to read about the “Holy Spirit” I become to know my life ~
I hope by sharing these small tools about the Spirit it will help you in your life.

Today I share how the Spirit give us Faith ~
The Spirit pours faith into us. The tactics will be different from one person to another. It may be through a sermon, a worship service, a youth event, a song, a testimony, an act of kindness, a relationship of love, a struggle of conscience, a brush with disaster or insanity, a steady gradual series of changes, a blissful ‘peak experience’ moment, a shaken-up charismatic experience, or a whisper calling to you from inside. In that faith, we can be happy — even daring — in our relationships with other people, because the Spirit is working through us, and that will not come to naught.

This is very powerful.

Have a wonderful Sunday

Until next week~

Much love,

Rose

Update ~ Office/TV Room

Good Morning Friends ~

Hope you are all having a great Monday. I now have my final picks for the New Office/TV Room.

The couch and material will be ~

The couch was found with the material I like, but the couch is a bit different. I do not like the nail heads on the arms. I love the simplicity of the Sarah Sleeper Sofa.

http://www.wayfair.com/Sarah-Sleeper-Sofa-CSTM1335-CSTM1335.html?piid%5B0%5D=16188134