365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS AN AWESOME MONTH!

Today was the first day of SUMMER! How great can that be! I love SUMMER...sure its hot but hey the sunshine and SUMMER festivities are in full bloom at this time of year. I am not even sure exactly why I have always loved SUMMER so much...for the past few years it is not that much different for me than the other seasons. SUMMER has a color and its yellow...which is my favorite color of all. SUMMER is a happy color. I have made a list of SUMMER. Time will tell...I am not always the best with lists. God help me to do the things I need to accomplish. 

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS HALFWAY THROUGH!

Today was one of those days when I didn't know what I was feeling or why I was feeling that way. Maybe I was tired or didn't eat enough, that can affect my mood, except my mood wasn't bad...it just wasn't good either. More like I had taken a sleep aide and instead of sleeping, I looked at a wall all day. You get my point I am sure. I was in a daze and feeling blahhh. I may have over did my exercising today, but whatever it was I wanted to ditch it. When I need a pick me up my go-to source of fun is being CREATIVE. Being CREATIVE frees my mind and gives me peace. So does working with my plants so I decided on a whim to combine the two once again. I already made plant pots from anything I could recycle and as they grew I elevated them on pedestals I made from recycled cardboard cans. I had never painted them which was my original intention. Today was a great day just to jump in and begin. The only problem is when I am in a CREATIVE mood, I can't seem to stop. I painted a picture on two of them and then used some CREATIVE paint patterns on three others. I have several to do but that was a enough to put a smile on my face for the whole afternoon and evening.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS HALFWAY THROUGH!

Tuesday I had some pressing things on my mind. Things that could be life altering...things that ordinarily would make me WORRY. Not WORRY really...I wanted to jump into panic mode actually. I always tell people why WORRY when you can pray and then I agree with them in prayer to have their needs met. Of course for yourself it is always a bit more complicated than that. Because I want to pass this test...I decided to exhale and then ask God to help me in this area as well and step into the situation. I learned a valuable lesson today. I learned to listen to the Holy Spirit and move when I should...timing is often of the essence. I also learned when things are written in stone (paper in this case), God can step in an make that stone disappear and "write" on it what He wants. I am grateful that He changed what would ordinarily have been panic, into praise. 

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS HALFWAY THROUGH!

Today is my BIRTHDAY and I am happy it was on my favorite day of the week, Wednesday! I praise God for another year and for all the family and friends who wished me well. I am thankful for another year when daily we hear and read about those who passed away. I am grateful for the friends who are like family when family acts like strangers you pass by silently on the street. They say you never miss what you never had, but I am not so sure about that. God puts people in our lives who fill the gaps where family is not there. I am eternally grateful for them. I pray God will bless them beyond measure. They don't even know how they have filled in the empty spaces in my life. God is so good to me. Our Lord and Savior is there to fill all the spaces where there is not a father, or a mother, or a sister, or a brother...all we have to do is let Him. I praise God for another year in advance that I will see by His grace and mercy. As I continue on my 365 Word Journey I can't wait to see what is over the next horizon. Stay blessed!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS HALFWAY THROUGH!

Well I have come to the CROSSROAD...new level, new devil. I know I should never get comfortable in one spot because as soon as I do, here comes those fiery darts. I do not wish to keep taking my tests over and over again so I intend to do my very best to pass it. My dependence on God's kingdom and not the worlds is being put to the test. I have to keep believing all will be well. A CROSSROAD is just that...a CROSSROAD. How ironic that it comes mid-month of my sixth month of my 365 Word Journey. I am sure there is a divine reason for that. Its almost time to cross over on the CROSSROAD...to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. I am a work in progress, but I am ready. God give me the grace.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS HALF WAY THROUGH!

Yesterday while watching my 10th football match of the Fifa World Cup, I came to the conclusion if I am going to spend 30 days on my butt watching the World Cup and forgoing, so far anyway, every outdoor activity, I had better do something while I am watching it. I have been putting off my workouts for awhile now and my idea was just what I needed...an incentive...smiles. I will spare you the details but during each and every match which is at least 3 times a day I have a certain series of EXERCISE(s) I must complete. They all add up to 600 and multiply that by 3 and that turns out to be a lot of EXERCISE! My 365 Word Journey is, as I have mentioned in the past, all about Spirit, Mind, and Body. Being that I am a bit behind, I will consider this "stoppage time," and catch it up at the end...smiles...yes I thought of that all by myself! I have begun to tell myself out loud how much I love EXERCISE...sure I don't yet...but I will way before December 31st I am certain. June so far is turning out to be like the 10k of a 26k marathon...easy going but I am sure there is another hill over that horizon somewhere...smiles.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JUNE IS IN FULL BLOOM!

Today is Fathers Day! Happy Father's Day to all of those who are father's. We always pay homage to those who are Mother's but when you are a FATHER you are often kept on the back burner. It has been proven that Father's are equally as important as mother's. I never met my FATHER but that wasn't his fault. He never knew about me and I know very little about him. My adoptive FATHER was wonderful, but he died when I was 12. My step FATHER (my birth mother's husband) was the FATHER I know and remember best. He wasn't perfect, none of us are, but he never did or said anything wrong after I came to know him. He opened his heart to having another child. He accepted me as his own. Sadly he also passed away a few years ago. I look at my glass half full...I was blessed not to have one FATHER but three...one gave me life, one gave me love, and the last one gave me a relationship with a FATHER as an adult. God bless all of you who have a FATHER still in your life but if, for whatever reason he isn't remember the legacy of life, love, laughter, and advice that he left you. If you have never known your FATHER, remember your Heavenly FATHER who loves you unconditionally. He loves you so much, He knew you before you were born, He knows the number of hairs on your head. He knows your struggles, your pain and hurts, and your greatest triumphs. Your Heavenly FATHER will never leave you nor forsake you. As you enjoy your Father's Day with your FATHER or as a FATHER remember God is the ultimate FATHER of all of us.