In the past few days I have encountered oodles of people who are feeling sad, lonely, bleak, debreaked (depressed and bleak... a word that Becs and I made up), tired (in lots of different ways), sick and discouraged. So... this post is an attempt to shine some of God's awesome hope for you and to (hopefully) remind you that how life is now is not how it's always going to be... God's strength is more than enough for us to get through the hard times :) As ever, i am putting these things in a list:
Things of hope, joy and promise:
1. It's no coincidence that Jasmine season is at this time of the year when life seems pretty tough for most people because God wants to fill the air aound us with sweet aromas that remind us of His love... NO MATTER WHAT... the Jasmine doesn't disappear just coz we having an icky day... and neither does God's love.
2. God knows how we feel... the weather's kind of been reflecting this lately with all the rain me thinks... God knows and whether we believe it or not, He feels it with us.
3. God is a God of HOPE and not despair
"Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you" Zech 9:12
4. The crystals in my room are still making rainbows and ANYONE is welcome to come and chill with the explosion of rainbows anytime :) (they usually last from about 8-11:30am)
5. Cadbury's, Nestle and Beacon have not stopped producing chocolate... consume!
6. There are no exams this term
7. Spring is on it's way... the Oak trees are showing the new seaon in their awesome lime green leaves... maybe your new season of hope is just one day away
8. There's is someone praying for you... even if you don't know who or where in the world they are... God's making sure of it
9. The pink fluffly joke is still funny... so is the Batman joke and the Pokemon joke:
(the pink fluffy joke has to be told live) but here are the other two:
What do you call Batman and Robin after they were driven over by a car?
Flatman and Ribbon
How do you get Picachu (sp?) on a bus?
Poke-him-on
hehehe :D
10. God PROMISES "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you" Joshua 1:5(b)
much luv :)
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Encourage, v. To inspire with courage sufficient for any undertaking; to embolden, make confident.
Posted by Berry at 8:29 pm
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8 comments:
ha ha my berry. you mad chicken! really enjoying the new leaves on the oak trees. i cant get over the jokes! you are a mad chicken....i cannot believe you...:)
A great blog, glad to see the flow of joy from person to person. And the reasoning is completely sound, surprising to some but not me. And just so you know, bleak was not made up by you na dbecs, it has been around since before you could talk (says grandpa me)
I love u my berry. more comment later but for now its sufficient to let u kno that i completely and utterly adore u. cant wait to surprise u like we did for dez - altho not in quite the same manner.
ah this is so lovely..
so much love
much joy was brought to my heart as I read what you wrote! thank you for that...
wow! I am feeling encouraged. thank you for that you Beaut!
Berry!!! please take some photos of those lime green leaved oak trees. my heart cries, "Show me, show me!!!" none of the unique oak beauty here. Hope you'v had a lovely week. love u lots, like jellytots!
hey berry, if u were online i'd just msn this to you but you're not, and if i wasn't lazy i'd find a pen to write it down but i am so here it is...saw this quote and thought u'd appreciate it. :)
'A woman should be so far in God's heart that a man has to search there to find her.'
(:
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