Love Those Who Don't Love You..

Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you...If you love only the people who love you, what praise should you get? Love your enemies, do good to them, lend to them without hoping to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, because he is kind even to people who are ungreatful and full of sin. Show mercy just as your Father as shown mercy. Luke 6:27-28, 32, 35-36

Our Father in Heaven commands us to love even those who hate us. How many times do we honor this command? I know that many times we want to snub those that hurt us, when what we should really be doing is reaching out to them in loving ways. Is there someone in your life, whom you need to love instead of snub? Think about it today and pray for that person. Pray that the eyes of that person would be opened to the greatness that our Father in Heaven has for them. When that person reacts to you in an unloving way, turn the other cheek and love them!

Isn't our God awesome? Each day I begin to realize just a little bit more how much He truly loves me. My eyes are opened to the deepness of His love for me. I see more and more what His sacrifices were for me.

He Gave His Son For You

We are His portion and He is our prize, Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking. And Heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss, And my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don’t have time to maintain these regrets, When I think about, the way…Yeah, He loves us, Oh! how He loves us, Oh! how He loves us, Oh! how He loves.

His love for us is almost unthinkable. As I sat reading through my Beth Moore, Believing God bible study I was reminded of the most amazing life lesson. When readying the story of the Passover in Exodus 12:1-36, beginning in verse 21, Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. The study than led me to the story of the Last Supper in Luke 22:7-20 beginning in verse 19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

I was reminded of the blood that was shed so that I could be forgiven of my sins. Would you be willing to give the blood of your son? Tough question huh?? I encourage you to take some time out of your day to read through these two amazing stories in the bible. As you read, remember the blood that was shed for you.

If you read these two stories and haven't yet confessed your sins, you can do so by taking some time out and asking his forgiveness. Here's a prayer to get you started on your path to forgiveness. "God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross at Calvary, and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in Jesus' precious and holy name. Amen."

Head on over to Croppinsville . Allie is giving away blog candy and she's also looking for a guest designer. Be sure to stop over there and check it out. I think that you'll love the uniqueness she has going on there.

Memorial Day Is Upon Us

On this day I will honor those who fought, won & died for the freedoms of this nation. The very freedoms that I exercise on a daily basis. I will also use this day to remember those loved ones who've passed on from life as I know it here on Earth and have escaped to the after life in a Heavenly Realm. To my loved ones who have passed before me, I look forward to the day in the distant future when we can join together again in the beautiful Heavenly Realm.

My salute to those who've died for my freedom.

Diaper Invite

I am creating 50 of these for a baby shower for my cousin. Aren't they just the cutest thing you've ever seen. I took a template from Splitcoast Stampers resource section and altered it a bit. I love how this one turned out. The invitation information is on a pullout inside. The stamp in the middle is from Stampin Up So Many Scallops stamp set.

Hop on over to Bunny Chic Boutique, they're celebrating their 75th blog posting. They're giving away a sweet tote and wallet here. The blog is so awesome.

Wooowww Do I Have Lots of Dust Flyin...

Ok sorry that I've not been updating lately...There've been several things keepin me from being creative lately and it's killin me. First, hubby took a buy out at work and we're trying to keep our income down the remainder of the year so we don't sail over to the next federal tax bracket...so hubby is stayin at home for a couple of months....I love him being home, but I need some crafting me time.

Second, we're having new carpet put down in the living room, hallway, our bedroom and vinyl flooring in kitchen and laundry room. So the hot water heater and all the appliance have had to be taken out to the barn. I'm sleeping on a mattress on my family room floor. This is driving me to a nervous breakdown and I was so mad yesterday I couldn't see straight. The installers came Friday @ 10:00 am to install. Friday when they left here, not one room was done completely. The installer was suppossed to come back on Saturday. For all the troubles, he said we had a piece of vinyl large enough for the bathroom and would install it for us for free. He didn't show up so at 12:00 we called the carpet place. They weren't aware that the job wasn't complete and couldn't get ahold of the installer. The owner was suppossed to try to track him down and call us back. 2 hours later he still hadn't called us back. So I called them back. They had to call me back after they tried to find someone else to come and complete the job. (Mind you another 3 hours of work to be done, at least. They hadn't even started on the bedroom carpet.) Within 15 minutes she called back and said that she got ahold of someone to finish the kitchen and the bathroom that wasn't even part of the deal so that we could at least take a bath and put our kitchen back together and someone would be out Monday to finish the carpet. This was acceptable to us. The guy that was coming to do it was 45 minutes away at the mall with his wife and he'd be here as soon as he could get here. Mind you it's now 3:30 and they close at 5:00. Well guess what comes next...7:-- and he's not there yet AND no way to get ahold of anyone cause the store is closed.... I'm so mad... The bad thing is that we paid the full amount up front so that we could get a better deal..So from their point of view, they've got their money, why should they care if we're happy.

So I hope to one day soon get back into creating consistenly again instead of when I get a chance.. Thanks for listening to my rant and don't give up on me.. I will be back.