Hot cuppa tea

I never liked tea..until I met my husband (he's introduced me to many things I thought I didn't like). Once I got into it I realized that tea soothes the soul. Whether you're feeling up or down, excited or flat. A cuppa will touch that place in your heart where you need it most.

Both babies asleep & I had to ask myself - nap or tea. We both know tea won. Sitting here in my rocking chair, bible open on my lap as I sip a hot cuppa tea. Probably needed the nap but time alone with my God = bliss.

He spoke to me so lovingly & gently. Amidst all my thoughts in my busy head. He spoke & I heard -a touch greater than tea.

Psalm 71:3
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock & my fortress.

I could quote the whole chapter. I needed that & God delivered.

Thankful. Forever thankful

we are not poor

Found out about a site today priceofsex.org watched the preview & cried, felt useless. Then watched the multimedia series & woah!!! That broke me even more. I realised how blessed I really am & in this country how rich we really are. I just hopped into my bed with clean sheets & just my hubby & thought how lucky am I that this is my life. I'm in control of my day, what I do, where I go. Everything. We don't realise what we have until we see someone who doesn't have it & then we know. Know that all that complaining that we do is selfish in the big picture.

I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything but I can do something - Mother Teresa

“Speak up for the people who have no voice,
for the rights of all the down-and-outers. Speak out for justice!
Stand up for the poor and destitute!” Proverbs 31:8-9

...And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

I ask please take the time to watch the multimedia series. Watch these real people with real stories & be thankful for what you have. And ask yourself what you can do...

thankfulness

this week my husband decided to be thankful..i thought it was a fantastic idea and jumped on board..and wow we have so much to be thankful for..really no reason to complain..

thankful for the small and the big..nothing is exempt..thankful that my fridge and pantry are full..thankful that there is food in my tummy..thankful that my arms work and i can prepare meals for my family..thankful that i can walk to the beach everyday..thankful for my double pram that i can push to the beach and not have to carry my girls..

thankful that where i live is safe, safe not only for me or anyone to walk to the beach but that as a woman i am safe..thankful that my legs work..thankful for two amazing healthy daughters..

thankful that i have a computer and internet..thankful for clothes-cool and warm..thankful for a bed with sheets and blankets..thankful for a home to live in with walls and windows and fully enclosed roof/ceiling, with running water and electricity..thankful that i have a car and that i can put petrol in it..thankful that every week i can afford to buy food, that i'm not worried about my childrens next meal..i could go on and on..

then there was last friday when my baby started to choke, it wasnt the first time so we knew it was serious. after a minute or so i called 000 and the ambulance was on its way..the woman talked me through it all until they arrived..she had recovered by then but they suggested i go to the hospital just to have her checked..there they asked me to stay overnight so i was close if it happened again..i was suddenly reminded of a family i saw in a clip about Compassion (sponsor children) these parents couldnt afford a doctor let alone the hospital, but in a desperate final attempt to save their 2 year old daughter they took her to hospital, the father promising to pay..somehow someway..and as she lay in their arms and died her father tried to give her mouth to mouth..in closing they wrote "poverty is when the breath in your lungs is all you have to give". i cried and cried thinking how tragic that would be..that night in the hospital i thought how incredible it was that i never once thought of cost or travel..i didnt have to go 100's of kilometres to the hospital, nor did it cost me to get there..once there i recieved the best care and immediatly because i have a baby..

i cant help but think of families all over the world who dont get this..or dont have this for themselves or their sick children..let alone food for themselves or their children..i'm going a long way around saying remember to be thankful..and if you can, change someone somewhere's life..

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i love cooking

i had to say it, i love cooking. anything yummy that's going to put a smile on my family or friends faces. food is what i am sure keeps the world going around. today my daughter and i did some cooking, i love watching her try to sneak a taste..

its like Gods word, full of yummy treats and vegies (those bits that aren't the tastiest but we so need it). i found this verse in Amos of all places chapter 4 verse 6 "You know, don't you, that I'm the one who emptied your pantries and cleaned out your cupboards, who left you hungry and standing in bread lines? but you never got hungry for me. you continued to ignore me." God's decree WOW i love that its even about food..it was a jump off the page verse for me..in all the pain, loneliness and frustration God was trying to get my attention..to tell me that only He can fulfill me, only He can heal me..only Him. so loving..full of mercy and grace.
may i always be hungry for him..