"LORD, I PRAISE THEE"

To my sisters in Christ....Do you ever feel downharted or discouraged? Frequently in facing difficult situations, our whole being seems paralyzed. We are perplexed as to what we should do. May I suggest that this is the time to PRAISE. If you praise at this moment, the Spirit of god will begin to work to bring you to the place where all the doors open and every chain falls off. He who sings is free; we can transcend every situation; nothing-no person or thing- can cause us to be downhearted.

In offering the sacrifice of PRAISE, one puts herself into a triumphant position.
PRAISE is never defeated!
We shoul lift our head in the most difficult situation and say..."LORD I PRAISE YOU"
It is foolish to murmur...the more you murmur the deeper you are buried in your trouble.
The more you fret the greater the pressure builds up within. The problems almost overcome you. When you offer the sacrifice of PRAISE---you will quickly transcend everything.
Nothing can bury you!
Psalm 55: 17 says..."Evening and morning and noon will I pray"
Psalm 119: 164 says..."Seven times a day do I PRAISE thee..."
The Psalms are filled with praise. Praise is victory!
Psalm 67: 3,5 says..."Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee."

Begin today to literally PRAISE HIM seven times this day!! Count the times!
Seven times a day say "LORD, I PRAISE THEE"

Praise Him for: wounded feelings...losses...trouble...when you are misunderstood...
and of course all the many (specific) blessings He bestows on us!

This came from a letter my mom sent me years ago...I found it the other day and thought this would be a blessing to share! We were made to PRAISE HIM!!

What can YOU PRAISE God for TODAY?

Here is my latest yard project. I had so much fun working on this. I put some really fun flowers in the garden...lavendar, black-eyed susans, some ground cover to grow over the rocks..so it will be fun to see what it will look like at the end of summer! Gardening is one of my passions! I love flowers and I have flower gardens on both sides of my house just for picking pleasure!

I have been reading a book with Cassia called " The Basket of Flowers". It is a wonderful, beautiful book written a very long time ago...but I would like to take a quote from that book I thought would inspire you... (a Father is talking to his daughter as they are walking through their garden ). " He spoke to her of the first garden where man was placed, and of his sad expulsion from it,--of the garden as the emblem of her own soul, given her to cultivate, and to bring forth fruit to God--and of the glorious garden above, to which, in his own good time, God transplants his people, through which flows the pure river of water of life, where the tree of life bears twelve manner of fruits, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations."
It makes me ponder my own hearts garden and what fruit I am cultivating and producing?
Just a thought for you to think about.

My latest garden project!

Where is the warm weather??? It was in the 80's just a couple of weeks ago. Here is a picture of the girls laying in the sunshine that day!