Gentle attention that will keep the love stimulated from even just holding hands. Just even cuddling while watching a sunrise or sunset from your window. Not even saying a word, or just wanting to be with each other in quiet moments. Sometimes talking is not needed. Just enjoying what GOD has made together.
Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
King James Version (KJV)
Going outside and reading the Bible together, feeling the warmth of GOD around you as you read the word too. The connection is different outside as you are enjoying creation. Its as though even the birds understand what is happening as we are giving our GOD praise.
1 Peter 3:7
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
King James Version (KJV)
And it does not matter what culture your were born in , when you know who GOD is, and you love the one and only true living GOD of all creation you know we all are apart of the human family. There is no separation within the love of GOD towards those who love GOD. We all have faith in GOD and HIS beloves son is our savior.
That is true connection of what a marriage is to me. The body of CHRIST JESUS is who we share. So, when we are romantic towards our spouses it should be pure and equally yoked.
We don’t have the money rich people have to travel all over the world to see the world. Our world could just be a picnic in the park, or beach or even in our own backyard. Picking food to eat from our garden and relaxing from a hard day’s work or working hard at home. Making something special that we both like and will share with each other.
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
King James Version (KJV)
Even a treat to share on a hot summers day when you do not feel like eating anything solid, and your were in the garden most of the day. We will head out to the park with our shakes, sip it slow and watch the sunset.
Simple things. Quiet when we need and want it. Prayer at all times. GOD, JESUS and the Holy Spirit with us having a joyful time at all times. Keeps us on the right path.
To be a Christian is to be Christ like, doing what our beloved CHRIST JESUS would do. This is totally impossible to do without the help of JESUS. being a mere human…. a creation of GOD the FATHER.
I need and want to be as good as I can with the help of JESUS at all times. People who truly know me will say I am a GODLY person. I appreciate that, but to remain humble before GOD I still want to learn and do better.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
King James Version (KJV)
I read the word with my husband and we both do learn even as adults we learn from the LORD every single day. It is impossible to know everything only GOD can. I prefer it that way with all of the nonsense that happens in this world only HE can handle it as it sees fit.
This is why my Mother correctly said to me as a child it would be “impossible to be as good JESUS” “, because HE was the perfect man that walked the face of the earth. And only he can handle it.
Exodus 20:12
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
King James Version (KJV)
Prayer and faith is what keeps me on track at all times. Thank you dear FATHER GOD for JESUS!
I do hope you all are having a blessed day in the LORD, for this is another day that our beloved FATHER GOD has made for us to enjoy and give HIM praises.
Time is short and we all need to put the issues that someone has done to upset you and carry in your heart for any amount of time. We don’t know when JESUS will return to this earth to take HIS people home to be in GOD’S Holy kingdom. GOD did not give any of us the date and time.
I did not say this was easy, but it can be done with the help from JESUS.
For if GOD had done something like that as to give the time and date when JESUS was returning, people would sin and repent until one minute before or so before they knew JESUS was returning.
And this is why we need to let go of all grudges. You can remember being hurt by a person, but to hold onto the hate and think evil thoughts towards this person is not good. Those who have hurt you, forgive them and leave them in prayer. Prayer for you and also for the one who hurt you.
You may not realize what a person is going through. For instance, if they are always in a good mood asking how you are doing, and then one day are not. Not speaking and acting differently. Do you in turn react to how they are feeling by then getting into your feelings as though you were hurt by tasking it personally?
Or do you show concern because you want to help and know what is wrong. Not all people will tell you off of the bat something is wrong. They may not feel there is anyone who will care. They may not trust anyone to tell what is wrong. We just don’t know, only GOD knows for sure!
They may need to try to figure out the situation that they are in. Being consumed in thought with their burden at the moment. So, this would be one of the times when you need to reach out and show concern for this person. Put your feelings aside and be ready to help them if they need it.
Ephesians 4:31 – 4:32
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Pray for those who have hurt you. Do not hold onto the anger. You will never feel happy and joy when holding onto negative thoughts. If it be at home or at work. Be polite and ask GOD to guide you through all things with your fellow mankind. We all need to be right with GOD so we can see HIS face in heaven and know what true love and peace really is!
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?
“Do you remember when that dress I thought was cute on me and it wasn’t? I had to find out the hard way when Daddy…”
If your sister asked you to go shopping with her to buy a new dress for a date a weekend back when you were teenagers, she was asking you to come for advice. She saw a dress she liked , looked at you for approval, you didn’t approve. She ignored your expression on your face and went into the dressing room so she could try it on.
You were standing outside of the booth when she walked out to show you. When you saw it on her, it looked a lot different than it did on the hanger. For it was 3 inches too short to be safe to wear if she had to bend down to pick anything up off of the floor. It would only be good for a pretty top with pants.
“Dad will not allow you out of the house with a short dress like that. And you know it. ” You tell her.
“I will see for myself. ” The sister said to the elder sister. Annoyed, she bought it anyway and later proved her sister right as she returned the dress for a longer and modest dress.
Ephesians 4:31
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
King James Version (KJV)
I was in a similar situation but with a friend going out on a first date. She was annoyed with me for giving my opinion, but saying what she didn’t want to hear.
But she didn’t take the dress back. She wore it on that date and regretted doing so.
That dress caused a lot of issues for her. It was not quite right in the style, fit and fabric to wear on a first date to impress a true Christian male. Well as how it worked out the dress’s fabric and the zipper didn’t like each other. They were not unified! LOL! The zipper was one of those that had plastic teeth that became misaligned and could not be worn unless a new zipper was put into it.
She wound up wearing another dress she wore to church a couple of months ago that was very pretty. I think the thing with her was that she wanted to wear something that he never saw her wear before. But when she finally was on the date with this young man, he told her that was the very dress that got his attention that he liked seeing her in! Wow!
You know when we listen to our good God-fearing Dads it is a win-win situation. He told her that dress was not right, and she found out the hard way. She was angry with her Dad for telling her the truth. She was hardheaded at the time. But as the time passed and she was eventually married to her man she had looked back and laughed at herself. A bad situation with her dress choice was made good when her date with her young man confirmed it!
She forgave her Dad and me, she saw we were right.
Mark 11:25
“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Sleepong. I didn’t need any formal training for it. This is something that had come naturally for me. Through the years, I have learned to perfect it. From college days when I needed to stay up to complete assignments. To when after marriage, then having babies with those 2am feedings. To now 40 hour work weeks to after work chores at home in the garden. I can be asleep before hubby AS my head hits the pillow.
My drawing of Tom Cruise.
Love to draw, I find it relaxing . This subject I did have formal training in. Art school and then college to graduation, to freelance work.
Growing our groceries.
I tell you there is nothing like getting your hands directly in the soil. And the taste of your fresh veggies is something that is so blessed to be able to do it and then do it.
My faith in GOD.
My main subject is faith. I am not perfect. None of us mankind is for we all are sinners. All of us have freedom of choice as what faith we want. How much. And in who. I will tell you my faith in the one and only true living GOD of all heaven and earth and all creation.
My faith is in constant development each day for the better. This is my choice, what I want and need. GOD and JESUS and the HOLY Spirit give me such comfort on a level that I can not explain. I welcome it, need it, and live for it! I thank GOD for it!
I grew up listening to Black Gospel music. All by various artists. Those from whom my elders listened to, to my generation of artists.
My husband grew up listening to artists like Steve Green.”People need the LORD.” I’ve never heard of this singer before we got married. He’s good. But not the style I prefer, Mr. Green is under Christian music.
The genre of music my husband listens to. I understand this is “Christian genre” music . There is a distinct difference from Black Gospel music and Christian music.
There are some songs when you listen to the words you will say, ” Yeah, me too!”. Like Pastor Deitrick Haddon’s song “Well Done.” I don’t know anyone who wants to go to hell. If you don’t make it into heaven, then that’s where you’re going.
Even though “Well Done” and “Every Praise” are oldies, they are good oldies. Why not give every praise to our beloved FATHER GOD?
This song by Hezekiah Walker makes me smile. They are Praising GOD right out loud. A song like this never gets old to me.
This music can pick you up and make you tap your foot, taking your mind off of the negative issues around you.
Psalms 105:2
“Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.”
King James Version (KJV)
Praise and glory be to GOD for all of the blessings that HE gives us mankind.
The gift of JESUS HIS son! Gospel music will have us praising and tapping our foot at the same time.
Today , I was looking for ideas on some gardening in containers I have not thought of before. Living in zone 5b, there is not too many things that will survive the winter frost here in Upstate NY. Many of us lost some of our fruit trees and that was not good.
I did come to a YouTube video on VOX regarding growing flowers and veggies in vacant lots in downstate Brooklyn NY though. From what I have found that was interesting to me that there were 2 women who wanted to add trees and beautify the land with plants and veggies for those who needed food.
It is good to see people helping each other, especially when it comes to getting food to eat. Above is a picture of Lindas roof top garden. Making New York City greener!
Hattie Carthan was an activist to grow tree in the area of brooklyn that was red lined by real estate. There were less trees in the poor areas than the wealthier areas. She helped to plant trees to better the air quality.
If you have time look into how these two women have started a trend of using the vacant lots in the area where they lived. There are many areas all over the earth that has space to grow food if given the supplies and knowledge to do so. It is hard work, but if you enjoy gardening and showing others how to grow food you all will be filled with joy in the end result.
This is a picture of the Liz Christy Garden.
Romans 12:20
‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.‘
James 2:15-16
‘Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
This may not seem like much to talk about. When you see the rising cost of groceries today, and how people need food, it put ideas in my mind too to help feed people. Like with the extra food you cant store or preserve have a free stand for those to get food. Give some to the elderly. Homeless shelters if you can. What ever it is that you are lead to do by GOD.
I do hope you all are well. And that our beloved GOD is continuing to watch over you all at all times. In this day and age people are still into the idols as they were back in the day of Moses. By not trusting in the one and only true living GOD who created them. They create a god with their own hands and bow down to worship it. Nonsense. And it continues today!
What took my interest was the Shroud of Turin. People claiming to believe this is what our beloved JESUS was wrapped in at the time of HIS death here in heaven. They have these images of a person whose face is on the linen cloth.
Because I was going by the word of GOD in Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. – New American Standard Version (1995)
If we are told not to create an idol or any image from heaven (or assume that this would be the face of JESUS), then why would our beloved JESUS allow this Shroud of Turin to happen?
Exodus 20:4
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”
King James Version (KJV)
So I did some research on this just from the Bible and some Google sites. And this is what I came up with also
Forensic research (once again) suggests the Shroud of Turin is fake
The new research is in line with numerous previous studies that have concluded that the Shroud is not authentic. Earlier carbon dating work has determined that it dates to 1260 to 1390; Jesus is generally believed to have died in the year 33. And a blue ribbon panel called the Turin Commission concluded in 1979 that stains on the garment are likely pigments, not blood, while textiles experts and art historians have suggested that the materials and images are not from the right era.
As early as 1390, about 35 years after the Shroud first emerged in France, Pierre d’Arcis, the Catholic bishop in Troyes, wrote to Pope Clement VII that the shroud was “a clever sleight of hand” by someone “falsely declaring this was the actual shroud in which Jesus was enfolded in the tomb to attract the multitude so that money might cunningly be wrung from them.”
“Blood analysis: Chemical and biological testing proves that there are blood stains on the Shroud, of blood type AB and antigen group MNS. Moreover, there are no paint pigments of any kind on the Shroud—eliminating the possibility that the Shroud is some sort of supremely clever artistic forgery.”
I was trying to understand what this was when I heard about a Pastor mentioning it. from what I understand the blood type is not even from the area where JESUS walked on the earth. It is more from an Arian nation of Caucasian people.
Antigens present in AB+ also play a vital role in plasma donations. While AB+ blood has both A and B antigens on the red blood cells, neither of the antigens are present in the plasma. This makes AB+ the universal plasma donor, meaning that AB+ plasma can be transfused into patients who have any other ABO blood type. The AB blood group is believed to be the newest blood type. The AB blood group is the result of the intermingling between Caucasian (commonly group A) and Mongolian (commonly group B) people. For these reasons, the AB blood group is found in low percentages throughout the European population, but appears more commonly within the sub-continental Indian population. This was found at this site: https://www.carterbloodcare.org/blog/2014/12/22/my-blood-type-is-ab/#:~:text=The%20AB%20blood%20group%20is%20the%20result%20of%20the%20intermingling,the%20sub%2Dcontinental%20Indian%20population.
Now I will say that we all are free to check this out on our own, as to if this man made cloth with an image of a man is real. I feel it is real as to it being made and there is an imoression on this shroud. But I do not feel it is of JESUS at all.
The image is unmistakable, but the actual evidence for the Shroud’s authenticity is less so. That’s not for lack of trying. Serious studies of the Shroud date back to the 1970s, when multiple groups of scientists from various backgrounds conducted a series of technical examinations of the Shroud and the image on it. Their findings sparked academic debates and subsequent studies that would go on for decades.
Today, the bulk of evidence indicates that the Shroud originated sometime around the Middle Ages, and was created by human hands. Despite this, there’s still no consensus on how, exactly, the image was made, leaving the door open to a number of fringe theories and speculations.” By Nathaniel ScharpingApr 3, 2023 4:00 PM discover magazine
1 John 5:21
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
King James Version (KJV)
We all need to make sure of the things that man say is true or not by backing up what they have said with the Bible. We will see the true face of JESUS when it is time. And something like the Shroud of Turin is not it. I just ask that we all be careful as what we choose to believe. For JESUS will be coming at anytime from this second on. We need to be ready.
My family, I had missed them so much. We have not seen each other since we couldn’t travel due to Covid19. 😔Like most people I know they had to wait until they were able to see their loved ones. I waited and when we finally got to see each other we were all smiles!
That was something, that covid cause a lot of negative situations to say the least. That was the worst time in social history that I could think of in my lifetime to have to go through. It was like the whole world was under lock down and had to be indoors for a period of time. And then had to wear a mask wherever you go too.
It was a very joyful vacation we all had together last year as we all re-bonded together for lack of a better a better word to explain it. Joyful tears and all teeth showing through the smiles too.
The weather was perfect, not too hot and there was no rain when we were all together celebrating our freedom from lock down!
We shared our meals, caught up on things that we didn’t mention over the many phone calls. Noticing who lost or gained weight from not being able to get out side as usual too. We all had fun, it was so cool.
Not our son, that is pictured here, this is a WordPress library photo! I am not sure if my son would want his private information shown here.
Our son got married while we were on vacation. The wedding was planned for when the travel ban was lifted and we also met my sons family at the same time. They have a larger family with so many wonderful and nice people!
I saw my son the happiest I have ever seen him, smiling and grinning like never before. His new bride too. I pray that they will have a blessed union with each other and continue to make each other happy living long lives together.
During the Mother Son dance I cried for tears of joy, seeing our baby boy become a Godly young man. I still remember when I gave birth to my son, thanking GOD for a healthy happy beautiful baby boy.
How Did the Rainbow Flag Become a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride? Written by
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica June has long been recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month, in honor of the Stonewall riots, which took place in New York City in June 1969. During Pride Month, it is not uncommon to see the rainbow flag being proudly displayed as a symbol for the LGBTQ rights movement. But how did that flag become a symbol of LGBTQ pride?It goes back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, designed the first rainbow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., to create a symbol of pride for the gay community. Baker decided to make that symbol a flag because he saw flags as the most powerful symbol of pride. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-the-rainbow-flag-become-a-symbol-of-lgbt-prideHow Did the Rainbow Flag Become a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride? Written by
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica June has long been recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month, in honor of the Stonewall riots, which took place in New York City in June 1969. During Pride Month, it is not uncommon to see the rainbow flag being proudly displayed as a symbol for the LGBTQ rights movement.
I do ask anyone who doesn’t understand the sacred covenant between GOD and mankind to read the book of Genesis. And what had happened after the great flood. Because once you understand why it is not good to disrespect what GOD has made, sacred. You will have the choice to stop or answer to this disrespectful act you are doing.
Yes, the rain bow is beautiful to see. With the beautiful colors our beloved FATHER GOD has made. But we must understand why we even see a rainbow 🌈 after a hard rain.
We all have to answer for the sins we do daily, be it knowingly or unknowingly. When you realize what you are doing is not right with GOD, stop it. Repent and accept GOD’S perfect son JESUS as your savior. Simple and righteousness thing to with the help from JESUS!
Have time with GOD, JESUS, and the HOLY Spirit and get your prayers and praise on.
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GODs Team! Be encouraged. 
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