tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22426575886829280242024-03-19T00:47:47.226-04:00devotions for salt shakers These devotions are to encourage and inspire others in their relationship with our Father. Praying you see, hear and feel His Presence in your life daily... because He's there, for you.
blessings, veneal Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2737125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-45810086004907390002024-03-18T06:15:00.000-04:002024-03-18T06:15:14.181-04:00free in green<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery</b>." Galatians 5:1</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Wearing the green... eating party food... dancing the jig... is that all there is to St. Patrick's Day? Not at all.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNEnuICrZohUzMUbs0HEd0YLLjQyk2NVLdjGp1tisAqD5hFiJ02x34rAgSkIOLTFaGAFMNntGf5IRtPh4TYKt6Egx0E1CGEhzFr57tr55CLVZCeoyovAmDN6uM7aSPUMLPvjbNkFJ5MzBmpE4S_woiucFrsAY_nyPZSoXBspNKxdZX4T8rDpeXnZY6e0/s320/leprachaun%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNEnuICrZohUzMUbs0HEd0YLLjQyk2NVLdjGp1tisAqD5hFiJ02x34rAgSkIOLTFaGAFMNntGf5IRtPh4TYKt6Egx0E1CGEhzFr57tr55CLVZCeoyovAmDN6uM7aSPUMLPvjbNkFJ5MzBmpE4S_woiucFrsAY_nyPZSoXBspNKxdZX4T8rDpeXnZY6e0/w300-h400/leprachaun%201.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span>The roots of St. Patrick's Day stem from a British Christian child, kidnapped and kept in slavery in Ireland. </span><span style="color: #181818;">Lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion for solace, becoming a devout Christian.</span> After he finally escaped, he dreamed of an angel telling him to returned to care for the Irish people and teach them about God, so after 15 years of religious training, he returned as a missionary. Due to his dedicated kindness, he later became St. Patrick. Since his death, around March 17th, there is a Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick to honor him.</span></div><div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here's a short history lesson and 2-minute video from the History</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Channel you can show in class.</span></span> <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/who-was-saint-patrick">https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/who-was-saint-patrick</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRSns2wttkLi_qTuf2LILyvTp2e1NMMK0co54FxXKIidKa9wpVtQm-IvWN1-hKuJQvCM-vPlXFfY0m7TapPgqqNq3KtQOYCqJISrHV15Ebo7f0RElLieNp1av4Poa9NdQUSBwk6EItoQ/s1600/clover.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #4d469c; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRSns2wttkLi_qTuf2LILyvTp2e1NMMK0co54FxXKIidKa9wpVtQm-IvWN1-hKuJQvCM-vPlXFfY0m7TapPgqqNq3KtQOYCqJISrHV15Ebo7f0RElLieNp1av4Poa9NdQUSBwk6EItoQ/s200/clover.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Did you know the shamrock got its Christian meaning from St. Patrick?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> He used it to explain the Holy Trinity, one God in three divine beings, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><b><br /></b><b>Whatever we feel enslaved to in life, God can grant us the freedom to overcome it in His love and strength.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">In the spirit of Saint Patrick, may we continue to <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>live, share and tell</b></span> others the Good News as he did. It certainly is worthy of great celebration!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br />we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal </span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-42153874083492178332024-03-15T06:06:00.001-04:002024-03-15T06:06:31.175-04:00so, how lucky are we??<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> "<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Jesus said, “<span style="color: #990000;">Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven</span>.</b>” Matthew 19:14</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When we think, act and live as a child of God, we relish in everlasting luck. The absolute best news EVER is our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a home in the kingdom of heaven. We aren't just lucky, we are richly blessed by our Father.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuZyP5g6mokOlBSu6xUziu6Z3JPAhDDef_NaTT9TQD-sw41AUkUxPGcH0MmK0RB5Rtazv4PNIt0FyLh7C0csJMsQE2ufSO8RdZzEGf4UcrV1qxoZVk_rmXzIkWkxpsUKp8SMDtoWVyc2Ukr-vLsm-D3enEmywdH75a5NjSzsXbqYvd5nSokYHbMJBl90/s1920/pat243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuZyP5g6mokOlBSu6xUziu6Z3JPAhDDef_NaTT9TQD-sw41AUkUxPGcH0MmK0RB5Rtazv4PNIt0FyLh7C0csJMsQE2ufSO8RdZzEGf4UcrV1qxoZVk_rmXzIkWkxpsUKp8SMDtoWVyc2Ukr-vLsm-D3enEmywdH75a5NjSzsXbqYvd5nSokYHbMJBl90/w400-h266/pat243.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Live as a child... of God, because you are.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">May we be thankful for nourishment, protection and love from God and others.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">How sweet it is to be a child of God. Smile big, you lucky Child, you are treasured and loved beyond our human understanding.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-1108937256973430002024-03-14T06:13:00.000-04:002024-03-14T06:13:11.691-04:00what makes you lucky?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Even a child makes himself known by his acts...</b>" Proverbs 20:11</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">When we train children on how to be, may we remember to live it too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Living as God desires and in His Will, His peace transcends through the bumps we encounter. We become a witness to others reflecting the power of His sustaining love. Oh how lucky we are to belong to God.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTdF2AoHdjFlreNeBcPiFVUhRYQBNR1dmnHBZJTi4f5Vwb5xaAEJvM7sVwzM43y086so3nqXpe5b7Ru94q4VyIhjyiFvBb2Y2PfcqfnPgNLq0gMdI5Q7hkvs0vH52LLpn7pbNd-r8DB3UyJbSbiE2IbA_8A723W6IasmtD-OQ45PioPb8BICG-kGroUU/s1920/pat242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1920" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTdF2AoHdjFlreNeBcPiFVUhRYQBNR1dmnHBZJTi4f5Vwb5xaAEJvM7sVwzM43y086so3nqXpe5b7Ru94q4VyIhjyiFvBb2Y2PfcqfnPgNLq0gMdI5Q7hkvs0vH52LLpn7pbNd-r8DB3UyJbSbiE2IbA_8A723W6IasmtD-OQ45PioPb8BICG-kGroUU/w400-h254/pat242.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Act like a child... of God, because you are.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">The appreciation and JOY of simple pleasures and friendships... that's the gold. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I am so lucky and blessed to call you my kind friend.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-22275208891951720102024-03-13T06:43:00.000-04:002024-03-13T06:43:48.922-04:00are you lucky?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span face=""Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b>See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.</b>" 1 John 3:1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What does it take to feel lucky? A pot full of gold or a heart of gold?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As always, students have filled my mind with Truth from their simple, pure hearts. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcL5lQ84kP1Wn4mLL-G_QMUp7sMUERHZKzW45z-qer8UMBovy0l8dwBDMpM-kBnNtaG-BIyWVO9jOOr-EStOYF40DoPV3u9pOUWiXL5GjU_tRohagcLM1c2DZd0NDGfPkoMychER-soxmDjQvvpjACC5brO0lUbcjTyl_gJ8ziZk5658RCEleQz4Gprg/s1920/pat24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1920" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcL5lQ84kP1Wn4mLL-G_QMUp7sMUERHZKzW45z-qer8UMBovy0l8dwBDMpM-kBnNtaG-BIyWVO9jOOr-EStOYF40DoPV3u9pOUWiXL5GjU_tRohagcLM1c2DZd0NDGfPkoMychER-soxmDjQvvpjACC5brO0lUbcjTyl_gJ8ziZk5658RCEleQz4Gprg/w400-h254/pat24.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Think like a child.... of God, because you are.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You are lucky... and immensely loved.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-25309209906594606072024-03-12T05:52:00.000-04:002024-03-12T05:52:30.481-04:00together is better<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"<b>Two are better than one, <span class="text Eccl-4-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">because they have a good return for their labor. </span></b></span><span class="text Eccl-4-10" id="en-NIV-17392" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; position: relative;"><b>If either of them falls down, </b></span><span class="indent-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span class="text Eccl-4-10" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><b>one can help the other up</b>." Ecclesiastes 4:6-7</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc0ZTgVooDkAYOjaCvD-cZYx2Qb0IJEO9ijA6wLtPJAG0W6plrrdtaZOAKaMzHUp-4g28A9fioUtjG5o5qKGyTDUJGDAs4ywwkyca9XUN5xLMPrSAoiWnzgFrxJmLo-KSzUSLuz7JsaE/s1600/two+heads+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="802" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc0ZTgVooDkAYOjaCvD-cZYx2Qb0IJEO9ijA6wLtPJAG0W6plrrdtaZOAKaMzHUp-4g28A9fioUtjG5o5qKGyTDUJGDAs4ywwkyca9XUN5xLMPrSAoiWnzgFrxJmLo-KSzUSLuz7JsaE/s400/two+heads+%25282%2529.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="indent-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="text Eccl-4-10" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Reading a book together, they were totally absorbed in the activity. When one stumbled with words, the other helped. Together they enjoyed and understood the story better than reading alone.<br /><br />We weren't created to tackle life alone. Whether in time of troubles or celebration sharing tears or laughter is sweeter with a friend.<br /><br />we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live like we believe it,<br />veneal</span>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-92174808745341119342024-03-11T06:00:00.027-04:002024-03-11T06:04:33.693-04:00disasters... who will help?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">" <b><span style="background-color: white;">But now, this is what the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="small-caps" style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">says... </span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="background-color: white; position: relative;">'<span style="color: #990000;">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">I have summoned you by name; you are mine.</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-2" id="en-NIV-18508" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">2 </span><u>When</u> you pass through the waters,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="position: relative;">I will be with you;</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="background-color: white; position: relative;">and <u>when</u> you pass through the rivers,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="position: relative;">they will not sweep over you.</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><u>When</u> you walk through the fire,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="position: relative;">you will not be burned;</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-2" style="position: relative;">the flames will not set you ablaze.</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-3" id="en-NIV-18509" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">3 </span>For I am the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span> <u>your</u> God,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-3" style="position: relative;">the Holy One of Israel, <u>your</u> Savior...</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-4" id="en-NIV-18510" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">4 </span>Since you are precious and honored in my sight,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-4" style="position: relative;">and because I love you,</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text Isa-43-4" style="background-color: white; position: relative;">I will give people in exchange for you,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Isa-43-4" style="position: relative;">nations in exchange for your life.</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></b><span class="text Isa-43-5" id="en-NIV-18511" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>5 </b></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Do not be afraid, for I am with you...'</b></span>" Isaiah 43:1-5</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaua-3v2p2pqfCrVzZ6KFTy-LqXntPg0-kEtc-KKEFR45XPEMOD8_D6VJsZsHWC1cKUjLvH4B2zHrV29fkQK2sgHXfceHxP4m9S6sO4AO7eWlHnR1PPaXCW7wBsWwUvJpNmEVI_ahzqxp1GKQPwXBEHYS8iQ9Z1PfEiNNgte7J8GKEJBnSk0rW4VhtLY/s1920/survive3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaua-3v2p2pqfCrVzZ6KFTy-LqXntPg0-kEtc-KKEFR45XPEMOD8_D6VJsZsHWC1cKUjLvH4B2zHrV29fkQK2sgHXfceHxP4m9S6sO4AO7eWlHnR1PPaXCW7wBsWwUvJpNmEVI_ahzqxp1GKQPwXBEHYS8iQ9Z1PfEiNNgte7J8GKEJBnSk0rW4VhtLY/w300-h400/survive3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a violent day at school. We were blasted by not one, but multiple natural disasters... a wildfire, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, volcano and flood. I am thankful to say all teachers and students survived.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWnxFSxwB17adZgcOXYSHjc9nmeMbL2PYZB0NsZ_sG0pDlphpK-Gmrk-n_Ribbgtt-j6W7uoy6Fjbz-D08RhOOTee_htzQktZ8gyp3ucgUZmJawkZI9JGbKZd7Zc2xZgS3WhGguv1smC8i7QLp8y-jpk558tP9GdRs1dsQ8dgP3qOiyzgE5KMfO_39dE/s1920/survive5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1920" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWnxFSxwB17adZgcOXYSHjc9nmeMbL2PYZB0NsZ_sG0pDlphpK-Gmrk-n_Ribbgtt-j6W7uoy6Fjbz-D08RhOOTee_htzQktZ8gyp3ucgUZmJawkZI9JGbKZd7Zc2xZgS3WhGguv1smC8i7QLp8y-jpk558tP9GdRs1dsQ8dgP3qOiyzgE5KMfO_39dE/w400-h251/survive5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>While these actual events didn't occur, they were part of an explosive study by our third graders. They had a blast living through these natural disasters. Our local chief meteorologist, Christy Henderson, kicked off the morning sharing her knowledge and experiences to a very excited audience. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sRGFPtZ37cHMjAvBNnQkXqXiSI-TKBZbgz-79WP6Mt64f9fBoLcE72s_apM5Jmlu6wUP7ddgDeS-uSTg-XhveKK_22fDZ7slJwAGNcy6IT3er6Ix_SqqeKO4UvhPeD4i5JlmasSx85eysNuRfrna0nukRh3y0Cki3kQvBGxa9Axq2JKaFHX7SHDnc2g/s1920/survive2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sRGFPtZ37cHMjAvBNnQkXqXiSI-TKBZbgz-79WP6Mt64f9fBoLcE72s_apM5Jmlu6wUP7ddgDeS-uSTg-XhveKK_22fDZ7slJwAGNcy6IT3er6Ix_SqqeKO4UvhPeD4i5JlmasSx85eysNuRfrna0nukRh3y0Cki3kQvBGxa9Axq2JKaFHX7SHDnc2g/s320/survive2.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />As the day progressed students, experienced the disasters in classrooms and later learned precautionary measures if ever faced with real disasters from our own RO, Officer Lester.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While it is highly improbable we will ever battle all events at once, we can feel attacked and whipped in rapid succession by more common battles...</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">beaten by high winds of defeat </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">drowning in pools of depression or doubt</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">life suck out of our soul from accusations</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">scorched by fires of meanness</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">burnt by spewing anger in words and actions </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All these internal disasters and more have the ability to unlevel </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the foundation of our faith by shaking and crumbling it from doubt and despair.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmb5Gz5dJYr6S1fePnngVn-_8_D4e6jDzdxQS_tuHV3yIAR3wkTcpN_jH1wdgdJeTjwrZPkwmQ_ip-79CrFiAy-C4FOlHRGzsc3_0OHZjLeHmfyLg_jW0DTiybqOBKJkPC1daPNdnI-DcR5pXHxjrBl_Qy4sWybOuJTjXUcHzlVzk6j03rVzw40H4pTY/s1920/survive1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmb5Gz5dJYr6S1fePnngVn-_8_D4e6jDzdxQS_tuHV3yIAR3wkTcpN_jH1wdgdJeTjwrZPkwmQ_ip-79CrFiAy-C4FOlHRGzsc3_0OHZjLeHmfyLg_jW0DTiybqOBKJkPC1daPNdnI-DcR5pXHxjrBl_Qy4sWybOuJTjXUcHzlVzk6j03rVzw40H4pTY/s320/survive1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know of only ONE who can rescue and save us in any and all catastrophes... and you know Him too. Yet, why are we at times so reluctant to reach out or call to Him? Are we embarrassed? Are we too proud and self-sufficient? Do we not TRUST His way is best? Do we fear we have used up all our "free" cards of grace and mercy from Him? Do we interpret His silence as a disregard to our need instead of His answer to wait?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">God did not and never has promised we will not have troubles and even disasters, INSTEAD HE PROMISED WHEN WE DO, WE WILL NOT BE ALONE, HE WILL BE WITH US.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoemhG8AZvcr5Y8a-Qh7JnnIvAHqW98l4AlIYJBNcdq0f6rPRTS3CV63DMrQp-PaW74UaGwL1TirPkVFJN2Z6QwNve64NPcgpY5Oqgtds8lB2OBxJuzo8yr_6bZ3c14STztYRAI3Dn7Lzb17I2KrsiSZIp7TLq2RcS4ipHdKJ76XhmTeXRKvvm9CSCMo/s1920/survive4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoemhG8AZvcr5Y8a-Qh7JnnIvAHqW98l4AlIYJBNcdq0f6rPRTS3CV63DMrQp-PaW74UaGwL1TirPkVFJN2Z6QwNve64NPcgpY5Oqgtds8lB2OBxJuzo8yr_6bZ3c14STztYRAI3Dn7Lzb17I2KrsiSZIp7TLq2RcS4ipHdKJ76XhmTeXRKvvm9CSCMo/s320/survive4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can you live with that promise? I certainly can't live without it. Praying for your belief in our undeniable, faithful, ever-present HERO.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-46965283808015361112024-03-08T06:06:00.000-05:002024-03-08T06:06:11.514-05:00how did he know?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><span class="text Rom-5-3" id="en-NIV-28051"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJXLUeOg_5TIkfW9kEQfwStmARYSy6DXC9ldrlJzqjYCkGBYiqVQZBzOLVTydfYbHewr1hwR0E1XZKx2spmcBXiQIph1XF1sbKn5m47i6DMx1KqubibKmuARQaPrF1fA5vq9NxX8gZrEgyLKs8GVJNDQyfZfP6slLJeLgVruIsUC6QmnuT9zvKOUcVmQ/s1691/seuss24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJXLUeOg_5TIkfW9kEQfwStmARYSy6DXC9ldrlJzqjYCkGBYiqVQZBzOLVTydfYbHewr1hwR0E1XZKx2spmcBXiQIph1XF1sbKn5m47i6DMx1KqubibKmuARQaPrF1fA5vq9NxX8gZrEgyLKs8GVJNDQyfZfP6slLJeLgVruIsUC6QmnuT9zvKOUcVmQ/s320/seuss24.jpg" width="134" /></a></div>"We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;</b></span><b> <span class="text Rom-5-4" id="en-NIV-28052"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>perseverance, character; and character, hope.</span> </b><span class="text Rom-5-5" id="en-NIV-28053"><b><sup class="versenum"> </sup>And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.</b>" Romans 5:3-5</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span class="text Rom-5-5"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span class="text Rom-5-5"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span class="text Rom-5-5"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span class="text Rom-5-5">First Graders' Dr. Seuss Day last week did not disappoint. From the parade to their artwork and costumes and JOYous celebration, we were reminded to laugh and be loving towards all. Thank you. first graders and all your helpers. I loved every Thing 1 and 2 and zillion reminders you shared.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span class="text Rom-5-5"><br /></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3488470702020042385" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; width: 580px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Oh, Dr. Seuss, how did you know?<br />the many injustices the earth would unfold.<br /><br />Thanks for your colorful, zany characters a-plenty,<br />a dose of truth from them have taught many.<br /><br />Be kind to others, do as i say,<br />love one another, and forgive each day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSeO9g0hwEbRUJEm7isnHRzW_T03GgxNQG1D8pBzYeYIHKSOx6C1WK7YpfB0XE7Z-blghufm8AUyN17FVt7_2_yhb0dZWQHXKs00ROatPC9STS4NTkPt67Xy8o0Di-5SWza84N91Au-acWQI7VsQsyDQ5U8B5OoY-OBmCE_xTO4eZBQgmTGL7_th_KGw/s1485/seuss242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSeO9g0hwEbRUJEm7isnHRzW_T03GgxNQG1D8pBzYeYIHKSOx6C1WK7YpfB0XE7Z-blghufm8AUyN17FVt7_2_yhb0dZWQHXKs00ROatPC9STS4NTkPt67Xy8o0Di-5SWza84N91Au-acWQI7VsQsyDQ5U8B5OoY-OBmCE_xTO4eZBQgmTGL7_th_KGw/s320/seuss242.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br />Being right in life shouldn't be our goal,<br />but a right relationship with others is worthy to hold.<br /><br />And thank you also for encouraging and letting me know,<br />being different is okay, God has great plans for all in His show!<br /><br />Hardships, questions and trials are a part of our life,<br />but if we follow the right One we will have more peace than strife. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG5i0YFwXCVQrJ1pqqUBupnoRtId6pUe-Hd1bXTxLPEsbfftw0oDiGbY3QUoWBZX9QDE_t3K38zyDcUpTcBXj5XZkR8SpxQsHrZ4UmS999EkgEa-8JeQzVM8dypTTX-A6Tn2ZzUXwVIU/s1280/dr.+seuss+2.jpg" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG5i0YFwXCVQrJ1pqqUBupnoRtId6pUe-Hd1bXTxLPEsbfftw0oDiGbY3QUoWBZX9QDE_t3K38zyDcUpTcBXj5XZkR8SpxQsHrZ4UmS999EkgEa-8JeQzVM8dypTTX-A6Tn2ZzUXwVIU/w400-h268/dr.+seuss+2.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">So, with your whimsical flair and delightful storytelling, we celebrate you, Dr. Seuss... and oh, the places we'll go...<br />because reading and believing God allows freedom, grace and love to grow.<br /><br />we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br />veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-48563005124052739132024-03-07T05:18:00.000-05:002024-03-07T05:18:54.567-05:00caught<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">"</span><b>Trust in the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.</b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">" Proverbs 3:5-6</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8B0U2enHJ3NvxK_C0Vm5dpZLyz4DVuj-GhDdYEM4zW3zj0JuiWW3TWXf5VklsMmyXd4Qt8CnjRxETKb9h61Lo_OA5beP9TNVSPPnC_ZMOZ_nkqjTpBhUpCQ-AZux7CGS3XeieVzSjKtE/s1600/deer+headlights.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8B0U2enHJ3NvxK_C0Vm5dpZLyz4DVuj-GhDdYEM4zW3zj0JuiWW3TWXf5VklsMmyXd4Qt8CnjRxETKb9h61Lo_OA5beP9TNVSPPnC_ZMOZ_nkqjTpBhUpCQ-AZux7CGS3XeieVzSjKtE/s1600/deer+headlights.JPG" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>Situations, circumstances, events can throw an unexpected and unwanted </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span></span></span><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 16.8667px;">wrench</span> in our day. And i can assure you of this, i don't want to be like a deer caught in the headlights -- frozen in blind fear.</span></span><br /><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>Life would be almost impossible, <u>IF</u> we didn’t keep our focus on God and <u>KNOW</u> He is in control of <u>ALL</u> things. </span></span><br /><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>TRUST HIM, we must. No matter what.</span></span><br /><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>God uses absolutely everything to His glory… the good, the bad and the ugly. May we keep praising Him in ALL things. His Light is not blinding, but life-saving.</span></span><br /><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span>veneal</span></span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-41709563779495185682024-03-06T06:17:00.000-05:002024-03-06T06:17:56.397-05:00i will not cry<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span>Jesus said...</span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b><span style="color: #990000;">My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness</span>.</b>" 2 Corinthians 12:9</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Pack'em up and move'em out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgba8U00ONX4LXjk8Bj0D82NPB_LHR1ZW_m1qFCXNS7wPOl3tpL_BZ9ZGgT_VYSCOvN9nR-W8Z_IkP_89JkkSXzOSGQBB8v8eTkV59rLJ86QZGD28yHNWvCiTuivT7p5Ydm_t_7YpLDunIQPCyG7r3byZfc6tKWKqscM96lGwzw5GXlmskCndAThsar=s1280" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgba8U00ONX4LXjk8Bj0D82NPB_LHR1ZW_m1qFCXNS7wPOl3tpL_BZ9ZGgT_VYSCOvN9nR-W8Z_IkP_89JkkSXzOSGQBB8v8eTkV59rLJ86QZGD28yHNWvCiTuivT7p5Ydm_t_7YpLDunIQPCyG7r3byZfc6tKWKqscM96lGwzw5GXlmskCndAThsar=s320" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">How sweet those words as we closed the Book Fair carts and pushed them out. Like the books, the past week delivered a wide range of emotions. We witnessed all types of genres in the carts and in our hearts -- drama, suspense, celebration, mystery, comedy, crime, heartbreak, magic, horror, and human survival. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Every day was an action‑packed, page turner from start to finish. It was a sweet beginning and a bittersweet farewell. Like our survival cart i am feeling heavily viewed, used and picked over. We completed our sale (of well over 4,000 items) and have now moved into a massive reorder mode consisting of over 15 notebook pages filled with sold items. So good bye, BF! We are determined to survive your Wildest Ride yet!</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #25b742;"><b>Book Fair came and Book Fair went,<br />at times we about lost all our sense.<br /><br />But thanks to great help, here and Above,<br />we survived a busy week filled with gifts and love.<br /><br />Believe and know God's Words are faithful and true,<br /><i><span style="font-size: medium;">With Him all things are possible</span>,</i> because He loves me and you.</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Lord, thank you for hearing my prayers and getting us through last week. I trust You will see us through the entire process of getting every book sold also delivered.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Because You are with me, i have the strength to survive. Thank You.<br /><br />we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal </span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-19483433221077999812024-03-05T05:29:00.000-05:002024-03-05T05:29:23.739-05:00how are you feeling?<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b>Be <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">kind</span></b><b> and compassionate to one another...</b>" Ephesians 4:32 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Even though Book Fair produced a hectic, cRaZy, maddening work week, it was also full of refreshment for the soul. Terrific volunteers, extra snacks and coffee, helpful administration and custodial staff, flexible teachers and supportive parents were all magnificent reasons to keep smiling.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLDTxbZi0lfD3qeRS8pqh_wb9jq6Y0bbiB0Afm3619-d8Yi1dwR5C8a2YlE0lY463MINzXhqL_YRE-5PlcaT_D7zVTJ3UXcy31f8UV5CJSL7FdikLIIY_mZ1ndX-T86XKkrCHEBLYuarRAHQJmzolXASSp-pvmQeZ4MTbW8xnzY6ScSPQ8GnpuAtRb=s1280" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLDTxbZi0lfD3qeRS8pqh_wb9jq6Y0bbiB0Afm3619-d8Yi1dwR5C8a2YlE0lY463MINzXhqL_YRE-5PlcaT_D7zVTJ3UXcy31f8UV5CJSL7FdikLIIY_mZ1ndX-T86XKkrCHEBLYuarRAHQJmzolXASSp-pvmQeZ4MTbW8xnzY6ScSPQ8GnpuAtRb=w300-h400" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="300" /></a></div><u><div><u><br /></u></div>But</u> i must say, students win the prize for premier inspiration. Watching them pool their money together to help a classmate buy a book, buying a book for their teacher or donating part of their own money to our "books4all" wins the JOY crown. Every day, we heard excited students chatter about how Book Fair week is their most favorite week at school... and in this highly techy age that is amazing. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br />How can i not love what i do? When kindness sprinkles into your days like this, hope fills your heart for today and for the future.<br /><br />Kindness wins and covers exhaustion, stress, fear, anxiety, doubt, uncertainties and more. <b>Be the blanket someone needs today.</b> Then, snuggle up with a Good Book, and thank God for our blessings.<br /><br />we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br />veneal</span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-41374973721900861622024-03-04T06:08:00.000-05:002024-03-04T06:08:35.105-05:00suvival<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"<span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>God gives power to the faint, <u>and to him who has no might</u> he increases strength.</b></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">" Isaiah 40:29</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was the underlying theme of my heart... SURVIVAL. With more glitches than i care to remember, we survived an extremely successful Book Fair. Yet, it NEVER would have happened without a lot of assistance and flexibility from teachers, administration, parents and our school staff. It took an army with a godly leader to conquer our continuous issues and to finish strong.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPjQNfT-BTzH-O1RW6RADmYPFpx7ydoDR0eM7V824dgcDYQBFDFL6XG2vUW8zTGqe9gVWnRQ_vhXnvgglJmzc_1XOmoSDoGwmm5Ym7CC76D0Sk2qlkzeR3G2PaKVkMcQQj_eN0Y0h2ToQzDhlXKZwKPqlVo_mJ76CSmlka09N88ZH8XThpSDWPWzI-KI/s1920/book%20fair%20survived.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPjQNfT-BTzH-O1RW6RADmYPFpx7ydoDR0eM7V824dgcDYQBFDFL6XG2vUW8zTGqe9gVWnRQ_vhXnvgglJmzc_1XOmoSDoGwmm5Ym7CC76D0Sk2qlkzeR3G2PaKVkMcQQj_eN0Y0h2ToQzDhlXKZwKPqlVo_mJ76CSmlka09N88ZH8XThpSDWPWzI-KI/w640-h480/book%20fair%20survived.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But i must say, not a tear was shed (by my co-worker or me) as we snapped close the Book Fair cases this year. Sometimes success and goodness in life come with heartache, disappointments, anger and disbelief as well as hope and trust.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like in many of the bookcases some moments (books) we came down to the the last ounce of patience (copy) before relief (more books) arrived. And in many instances, the actual book did not arrive just a refill promise. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But in the end, we made it. <i>Survival of the fittest</i> is a saying, but s<i>urvival thanks to a Savior</i> IS A FACT. We reached the financial goal we wanted, but is was NOT in the manner we planned.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Through our valleys and fog God carries us and provides what we need through His guidance and through others. Today i am still moving slower than usual due to detours and roadblocks last week, but i am still moving.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friend, whatever you are going through, acknowledge God because He is with you and will provide the strength needed, whether or not you see it, believe it or feel it. TRUST HIM, because i promise you, He cares immensely for you.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-34162648897543506312024-03-01T06:01:00.002-05:002024-03-01T06:13:35.742-05:00the.loongest.day.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Jesus said...</span></span></div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"'<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span><span class="text John-14-1"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Do not let your hearts be troubled.</u></span> You believe in God; believe also in Me.</span></span> <span class="text John-14-2" id="en-NIV-26671"><span class="woj">My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?</span></span> </span></b><span class="text John-14-3" id="en-NIV-26672"><span class="woj"><b><span>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be wh</span></b></span></span></span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #990000;">ere I am</span><span style="color: #660000;">.</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">'" John 14:1-3</span><div><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Technically, the longest day of the year is June 20. But for me this year it was yesterday... Book Fair Family Night. 7am to 7pm was swamped with deadlines, demands and dizziness, not to mentioned the hours before and after in mental planning and tactical moves to satisfy all customers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji86-RbF3ld2ul4x_FrwdeU1g6a9cpJfH08RCEZEwTQBAxqiOHWI0RM-AuZE3CP0ocYuTTPo-8aphE1cJorR6K1N6kHNI0fgziT19J8HlBctL4xt5JcbJZYG-IBtqPW0OTWpp0EhJTHn_2M2-Jtz9q_d4zm8jc18OwYmulL22a2rC1Era9ReVzDI8Z4_I/s1920/book%20fair%2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji86-RbF3ld2ul4x_FrwdeU1g6a9cpJfH08RCEZEwTQBAxqiOHWI0RM-AuZE3CP0ocYuTTPo-8aphE1cJorR6K1N6kHNI0fgziT19J8HlBctL4xt5JcbJZYG-IBtqPW0OTWpp0EhJTHn_2M2-Jtz9q_d4zm8jc18OwYmulL22a2rC1Era9ReVzDI8Z4_I/w400-h300/book%20fair%2024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif">While a 12-hour working day is normal for some, it's not for me. I have tremendous respect for their stamina, but it'</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">s truly a test of character and survival for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif">As the day progressed, i wondered if i could finish with a smile. </span></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then i looked around and was refueled with JOY by the excited faces at the Fair... current students, past students and future students.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> And</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">, i remembered the reward to come... a trip to a favorite restaurant with my co-worker to celebrate a long day well done. As my mind filled with the busyness of the moment, i also found peace knowing an end was coming, and it would be a good one. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8j2djeF0FKltdGiGw9JX1IAyITdKOds5eX11TeuWirft72DrCxNySXVFG13yZQMPJH0BRxS31ivIM3dkfLYQx5OYY-ruBewZo6JHpcxqjVE3Tch0Dwgx1fG2N4c0Aqz6IRi4yAj8ATYr-DC8MuFPghq0Kkpu4t3jJ7DLxeGqKmp0AeosX297YDe1B64/s1920/book%20fair%20242.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8j2djeF0FKltdGiGw9JX1IAyITdKOds5eX11TeuWirft72DrCxNySXVFG13yZQMPJH0BRxS31ivIM3dkfLYQx5OYY-ruBewZo6JHpcxqjVE3Tch0Dwgx1fG2N4c0Aqz6IRi4yAj8ATYr-DC8MuFPghq0Kkpu4t3jJ7DLxeGqKmp0AeosX297YDe1B64/s320/book%20fair%20242.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>Sometimes our longest days are planned, and sometimes they just happen. In spite of the headaches, foot-aches, and heartaches, there is good news. This time will not last forever. If you are in the midst of your longest day, may God sustain and carry you to the next minute, and then the next minute, and then the next minute until you reach the minute you can rest in His peace.<br /><br /><b>He cares, He can, He will</b> get us through each day/season, no matter how hard or long. There is Light at the end. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Thank You, Father.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-80922178974570742112024-02-29T06:29:00.000-05:002024-02-29T06:29:51.736-05:00breaking the tension<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b>A merry heart does good like medicine...</b>" Proverbs 17:22</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">It was proving to be a stressful week. While our Book Fair was experiencing high traffic and sales, we were faced with a nightmare in dealing with insufficient inventory and other kinks. It required hours of extra work from all involved.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Throughout the school, teachers were juggling with the scheduling of not only Book Fair but several other events and projects for the week. It demanded a mountain load of patience and a detailed time schedule suited for a skilled technical engineer. </span><span style="background-color: white;">So, when Mrs. H class visited the Book Fair, i found myself unable to contain my urge to prank her.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meeting her at the door i excitedly told her someone wanted to gift her class with a present for all her students. I led her to the "prize" of invisible pens. We both burst into whopping laughter reminiscing about her student last year who bought one. He then did his classwork with his invisible pen, so no one could copy his work... nor could she check it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjs5E_ljHKXOKORMpaY9lrXo7bybIIVk268BPMHBw_XCZfI1NEo83ddDVYFC789AOTHExjqnLrF4RHGRitQ3s74D22uuqejHATnQtcu5Wren7l8yfybqeNT_MXWLFc20EIqE-G2mHsNLytUy18_RZUTErunpYJ6FVFb5UYXb4iHHqUAYmrHGmLLnuiKhw/s1280/book%20f%20pen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjs5E_ljHKXOKORMpaY9lrXo7bybIIVk268BPMHBw_XCZfI1NEo83ddDVYFC789AOTHExjqnLrF4RHGRitQ3s74D22uuqejHATnQtcu5Wren7l8yfybqeNT_MXWLFc20EIqE-G2mHsNLytUy18_RZUTErunpYJ6FVFb5UYXb4iHHqUAYmrHGmLLnuiKhw/w480-h640/book%20f%20pen.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Laughter, absolutely some of the best medicine on earth created and given to us for JOY and for healing. Could you use a dose of it today? May this sharing with you be a good start. If you are in a difficult season, remember it will not last forever.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-39630415616244832292024-02-28T06:09:00.000-05:002024-02-28T06:09:25.996-05:00sticky fingers<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b>YET, the LORD longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. <i>Blessed are all who wait for Him</i>!</b>" Isaiah 30:18</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">It happens, and it breaks my heart.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcWXBDDXUJlOpW-Ki0OKAqcHe-FFxO60fRBoL3B1y_PVwnUIWgth0TckyuzyxBiaciacTYdagB4otCd_yrfZ18XjiYSF_R_qOIY92nVasFZ2v41HoLT2yJ9bFpVIK_Smk6nEdv0F3_YY/s1280/bookfairstolen.jpg" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcWXBDDXUJlOpW-Ki0OKAqcHe-FFxO60fRBoL3B1y_PVwnUIWgth0TckyuzyxBiaciacTYdagB4otCd_yrfZ18XjiYSF_R_qOIY92nVasFZ2v41HoLT2yJ9bFpVIK_Smk6nEdv0F3_YY/w400-h300/bookfairstolen.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Covered in the syrup of desire, sticky fingers stuck to and took items they wanted from the Book Fair. Some books contain trinkets, creating an unbearable urge to possess them greater than the desire to be honest. Temptation comes in all sizes, and the pain of falling into it hurts to the core for all affected. <br /><br />Is there anything you are moving forward with in life without God? Anxious to take matters in your own hands? Tired of waiting for God to answer? Unhappy or bitter with current circumstances? Mad with the lack of or delay of God's actions? May our desires and wishes not propel us forward without God. <br /><br />Father, it happens. I want it, i get it, and it breaks Your heart. Grow in me the wisdom to seek You in all areas of my life and to patiently wait for Your guidance. How often have i missed the treasures You have for me because i refused to wait for You? I want to trade in my pitiful temporary fix for Your sweet divine blessings. Trip me up, slow me down, break my leg; just don't let me miss any blessings You have for me.<br /><br />What God has in store for us far exceeds our expectations... every time.<br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-62154839241442068132024-02-27T06:17:00.005-05:002024-02-27T06:17:47.556-05:00here's the point<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b>Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands.</b>" Psalm 63:3-4</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Has something extra been added to your plate? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pointers at the Book Fair have it right. We need to keep looking up no matter what is happening in our life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrH6JeVV6-FuyvRfXjNGgHqJxj0eptERn9yR73Z3JRPYhfkAKc4xANaa2iCli8FjtifToMsjCkZ4XOzGTKxJZZkb9XBkmbrZ2r8wnYZgGYzovP9tV4c9FxahIgBpXs_pLe6UfGHvFNEs/s1600/pointers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrH6JeVV6-FuyvRfXjNGgHqJxj0eptERn9yR73Z3JRPYhfkAKc4xANaa2iCli8FjtifToMsjCkZ4XOzGTKxJZZkb9XBkmbrZ2r8wnYZgGYzovP9tV4c9FxahIgBpXs_pLe6UfGHvFNEs/s320/pointers.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>At the end of the day, G</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">od and our relationship with Him is the most significant issue. He will be with us and see us through whatever crosses our path... the good, the bad and the ugly. May we raise our hands and celebrate His faithfulness and unending love for us, as our actions point others to Him.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">We love God because He first loved us.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">veneal</span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-88494175475461628812024-02-26T06:19:00.000-05:002024-02-26T06:19:13.611-05:00my new job<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"<b>May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had...</b>" Romans 15:5</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Today i start a new job. I am not a media assistant this week, but a bookstore clerk. The Book Fair at our school is a BIG DEAL, especially for our students. The transformation from library to bookstore is magical -- like someone sprinkling Tinkerbell's pixie dust everywhere. I'll be ringing up more books on the cash register from the Book Fair than i normally checkout from our shelves... and trust me when i say, "<span style="font-size: medium;">that's a lot of books!!</span>" </span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcX7_Hn3ZEs4XRJSUHKxJvEx-xL1Ngp-aurtL0K98XlruuReLbe-0dvI5-rfYGoRF59wfmZR2DJ6VGQclJkAxobjVRvLPpnCK8215FuPiAUj_Euwx2rn-5HrNTgp6m9UM65cv9K7dC0j-t3q6C-tgt38j0NMFX8ZTlqvpSRgGhWWAincOeZVpkFozFdg/s2581/book%20al.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2581" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcX7_Hn3ZEs4XRJSUHKxJvEx-xL1Ngp-aurtL0K98XlruuReLbe-0dvI5-rfYGoRF59wfmZR2DJ6VGQclJkAxobjVRvLPpnCK8215FuPiAUj_Euwx2rn-5HrNTgp6m9UM65cv9K7dC0j-t3q6C-tgt38j0NMFX8ZTlqvpSRgGhWWAincOeZVpkFozFdg/s320/book%20al.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>Do you embrace change with an open heart? I must admit, i normally don't. I prefer the comfort and familiarity of routines. I like knowing what is expected, feeling confident in my task, while experiencing little uncertainty or fear. But there are times when change is necessary and beneficial. The excitement on our students' faces is thanks enough for me to keep going... keep adjusting... and keep smiling. </span></div><div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Come see us. We want to put a good, forever book in your hands this week.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zttRGIilW6dvoKJBCKeITsC1actDSUOYOt7jfmXqCefmydKm3qQROxDEbNMS5Kn0YxFvQQWfYLbUDlw_7s3Bs6M2Vy0n_f1qgpf0TEnqYY0uumSC_Q3ba2h4phPMeigbBpB6jpho5x0qAtbm7Tf8yLvZTsZqS_LMRT_NzhBVGvBTV9Wsywb04EYoRhg/s540/book%20st.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zttRGIilW6dvoKJBCKeITsC1actDSUOYOt7jfmXqCefmydKm3qQROxDEbNMS5Kn0YxFvQQWfYLbUDlw_7s3Bs6M2Vy0n_f1qgpf0TEnqYY0uumSC_Q3ba2h4phPMeigbBpB6jpho5x0qAtbm7Tf8yLvZTsZqS_LMRT_NzhBVGvBTV9Wsywb04EYoRhg/s320/book%20st.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Father, strengthen us when we face unsettling changes. Many changes can't be altered, but we can <i>change </i>our attitude regarding them. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Help us start by trusting You with what's ahead and embracing a change in attitude.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> May it produce sweet results of success, a spirit of unity for the good and peace to our soul.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">now, go get and read a Good Book,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-89491430863964097612024-02-23T05:58:00.000-05:002024-02-23T05:58:40.222-05:00no matter the age...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“<b>Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.</b>” 1 Timothy 4:12</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Never, never underestimate the power of your influence on others...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FxhU-htzCx-Pjgn3N4ARKwpKcOPmbmwczw7Oti_u89INWceOIvkKoHJudwwdyEDFFUaW1-PevQ5JWKLeASYtCWMuwICgdao0fJNX7FhNsxFV_jo14VEfwPqU942MNXwbbOzCBslcgnGqUULK-W-86vIKqigBKaW522db_j8a4QHjXE_NsC7EJ1-goDg/s1920/ruby%20b2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1920" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FxhU-htzCx-Pjgn3N4ARKwpKcOPmbmwczw7Oti_u89INWceOIvkKoHJudwwdyEDFFUaW1-PevQ5JWKLeASYtCWMuwICgdao0fJNX7FhNsxFV_jo14VEfwPqU942MNXwbbOzCBslcgnGqUULK-W-86vIKqigBKaW522db_j8a4QHjXE_NsC7EJ1-goDg/w640-h508/ruby%20b2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Whether young or old, we can change the world for the good. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Through kindness, love, truth and example may we teach this to "our" children as we live it. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-41235653243278214382024-02-22T06:06:00.000-05:002024-02-22T06:06:10.912-05:00who's your hero?<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"</span><b><span style="color: #333333;">Do you not know? </span><span style="color: #333333;">Have you not heard? </span><span style="color: #333333;">The Lord is the everlasting God, </span><span style="color: #333333;">the Creator of the ends of the earth. </span><span style="color: #333333;">He will not grow tired or weary, </span><span style="color: #333333;">and His understanding no one can fathom. </span><span style="color: #333333;">He gives strength to the weary </span><span style="color: #333333;">and increases the power of the weak... </span>those who hope in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord </span></b><b><span class="text Isa-40-31" style="position: relative;">will renew their strength.</span></b><span style="color: #333333;">" Isaiah 40:28-29, 31</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to personal situations or worldly circumstances an influence to follow or believe a "hero" or leader has a significant pull on our behavior and thinking. Bear in mind when our decisions are based on possible untruths or incomplete information, the result can be less than favorable. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdba6BSm7CoomjaOIcMGIjXrcHUYYtwvkZSsmDvztVLryOv276w5H5GmSzbszrmi_QzIE6O9ui62cxU35uK2I0UxCm-ZZsN6iKcEj7b-OcTKgo2ga4RnT5LIhuQHYa3R3JmhgonwSxafHQ1dbI_T7zHKqgEwg5bGWpOsezjYTWjng9G1mTbNSdiLg0/s1280/cross%203%2019.jpg" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdba6BSm7CoomjaOIcMGIjXrcHUYYtwvkZSsmDvztVLryOv276w5H5GmSzbszrmi_QzIE6O9ui62cxU35uK2I0UxCm-ZZsN6iKcEj7b-OcTKgo2ga4RnT5LIhuQHYa3R3JmhgonwSxafHQ1dbI_T7zHKqgEwg5bGWpOsezjYTWjng9G1mTbNSdiLg0/w400-h300/cross%203%2019.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But thanks be to God, there is One True Hero and Savior who has the power, understanding and means to provide us with all we need to accomplish great things in His name. When we BElieve and practice obedience to Him FIRST, we can still see mountains move. However, due to our human hearts and nature, they may not move as quickly or in the direction we desire. In cloudy seasons we need boulder-size faith... as we struggle to rely and trust God's will. </span></p></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Father, may we remember... <b><i>you work ALL things to the good for those who love You.</i></b> Thank You for your faithfulness to us, even when we wrestle with our faith in You. May Your blanket of love cover unsettled minds and bring peace to weary hearts while providing discernment to needed decisions.</span></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-81736088476725824812024-02-21T05:31:00.000-05:002024-02-21T05:31:25.552-05:00lips to envy<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"<b>The lips of the righteous nourish many...</b>" Proverbs 10:21</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What creates the most desirable lips?<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboL9FeMXwpp-UCTQTayq657Im7d8pqGop-ud_Mz9OMygNnA7mGxLipB5cFugO1mZgU127dK8w0KXrAXbblO6ele9AFZ3FaytKqqzM_oQThfFiG7JINmp33ZZI4a60R_WsWZdFC23AXa0/s1600/lips.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboL9FeMXwpp-UCTQTayq657Im7d8pqGop-ud_Mz9OMygNnA7mGxLipB5cFugO1mZgU127dK8w0KXrAXbblO6ele9AFZ3FaytKqqzM_oQThfFiG7JINmp33ZZI4a60R_WsWZdFC23AXa0/s1600/lips.JPG" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The biggest and best lips aren't full of Botox, but of love serving many with words and actions.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />we are loved and chosen by God,</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br />veneal</span></div></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-49078910419574580172024-02-20T06:20:00.000-05:002024-02-20T06:20:07.412-05:00a breath of fresh air<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>"Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.</b>" Psalm 90:14</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Are you praying for changes in your life?</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <br />The recent sunshine, warmth and blooming daffodils are a beautiful reminder that thanks to God, nothing stays the same...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0d_zbWxz85_NhES99Q-5CLx4xMR9udx9fU3nUcTdohBVdHfT7k4Y5DNolsVRvLR3vuHtzIfuKkB9KEtPNpwMmviJC_jIjwf16wBQvneVB485tlt87t2pqCeLvJg9k8R7byccwCVn2HjU/s1600/flower1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #2198a6; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0d_zbWxz85_NhES99Q-5CLx4xMR9udx9fU3nUcTdohBVdHfT7k4Y5DNolsVRvLR3vuHtzIfuKkB9KEtPNpwMmviJC_jIjwf16wBQvneVB485tlt87t2pqCeLvJg9k8R7byccwCVn2HjU/s400/flower1.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <br /><br />frigid days melt away to sunny ones<br /><br />sadness is replaced with hugs<br /><br />loneliness is erased by laughter<br /><br />pain is eased by caring hands<br /> <br />hurt is healed by kindness<br /><br />silence is broken from sweet singing<br /> <br />darkness is overcome by His Light<br /> <br /><br />Thank You, Father for bringing nights to an end and joy in the morning.<br /><br />we are loved and chosen by God,<br />may we live, love and do like we believe it,<br />veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-9776223709201700762024-02-19T05:57:00.000-05:002024-02-19T05:57:10.738-05:00please DO<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <b style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"And as for you, my friends, never tire of doing what is right.</b><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2 Thessalonians 3:13</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMGfwNUWGUVU2guDwdKHK5bZig_bcGz1tL1bJ1n4wxG5UiwK7Bn4j5kmY_tG2DH08XD2Beb9jgkdL5qcoY2lbp-vy05f0OhGX_9dQkdS20tHXyAOcGwq56KNnXTShSoud66US1dDjLok/s1600/gwupdate.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMGfwNUWGUVU2guDwdKHK5bZig_bcGz1tL1bJ1n4wxG5UiwK7Bn4j5kmY_tG2DH08XD2Beb9jgkdL5qcoY2lbp-vy05f0OhGX_9dQkdS20tHXyAOcGwq56KNnXTShSoud66US1dDjLok/s1600/gwupdate.JPG" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span> <br /><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The doing outdoes the telling... always. </span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are loved and chosen by God,</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">May we live, love and do like we believe it,</span><br /><span style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">veneal </span></span>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-3756559243115717982024-02-16T05:00:00.002-05:002024-02-16T05:00:00.136-05:00in love with you<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> I hope you have felt loved and treasured this week, because you are<span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> the cherished love of My life! Here's one more letter to wrap up the week. Just know, my love letters to you are unending. You'll find them daily in My Word.</span></span></p><div class="GroupWiseView"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jBBaWkETb-lO4chU0v7BLBPStZLsED7hnctT3YK5ZkxrlgGZt0E9OG2gr_TBVjtBhBk-doRw9a1K5kZZcyS7TZVFQDMqOjdjmaXS049lpldbsSo8Le43O2WkSh0LE6beeNV_ETsDq2I/s1600/kisses.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #2198a6; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jBBaWkETb-lO4chU0v7BLBPStZLsED7hnctT3YK5ZkxrlgGZt0E9OG2gr_TBVjtBhBk-doRw9a1K5kZZcyS7TZVFQDMqOjdjmaXS049lpldbsSo8Le43O2WkSh0LE6beeNV_ETsDq2I/s320/kisses.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="260" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">My dear sweet (<i>your name</i>),</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rejoice! For I have made this day for <b>you</b>! (Psalm 118:24)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">You have been blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. I chose <b>you</b> before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in My sight. (Ephesians 1:4)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Trust in Me with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and I will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Since I am for you, who can be against you? (Romans 8:31)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Who or what shall separate you for My love? Shall trouble or hardship? No, never! (Romans 8:35)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I will tend to you like a shepherd does his flock. I will gather you in my arms and carry you close to My heart. (Isaiah 40:11)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">When you are tired and weary, come to Me, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Whatever yoke you are under, I will free you from it. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. <b>You are mine, and I am Your God</b>. (Exodus 6:6-7)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I will keep you from all harm and watch over your life <b>always</b>. (Psalm 121:7-8)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">It is My prayer that you may grasp how wide and long and high and deep My love is for <b>you</b>. (Ephesians 3:17-19)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><br /></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">always on your side and for you,</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Dad</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-52588052677836046422024-02-15T05:24:00.000-05:002024-02-15T05:24:32.504-05:00i give up<div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">" Luke 12:25</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmL6xIkEAkLKYTbNT7L45AEMAxslo-ZO2tvp6REM7o_ZXMZTf2X_GawHNRCmhsGMdshYQLKS7j7SOU4o6HJSUDX-G0v6HGe4lY5LV5TNDby_ljz7z6tWYJGQArz2_rngFQX9ixWddyFA/s1600/God+pillow.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmL6xIkEAkLKYTbNT7L45AEMAxslo-ZO2tvp6REM7o_ZXMZTf2X_GawHNRCmhsGMdshYQLKS7j7SOU4o6HJSUDX-G0v6HGe4lY5LV5TNDby_ljz7z6tWYJGQArz2_rngFQX9ixWddyFA/s1600/God+pillow.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="background-color: transparent;">Unexpected changes and future uncertainties are a rich breeding ground for worry. Do you ever feel you are standing knee-high in a pile of nasty worry-weeds? It certainly made yesterday's decision on what to give up for Lent easy. </span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the next 40 days, i am committed to give up worry. I am choosing to consciously pull out the doubts of my heart and turn them over to God. With so much up in the air, i am guaranteed to keep God in the forefront in my mind and heart every hour, every minute by giving up worry. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe this is one purpose of Lent, to give up something that causes us to depend and focus more on God. I have no answers or solutions to my circumstances but growing trust in God. He has this not just for the next 40 days... and for my entire life.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">If you are still searching for a focus for Lent, below is a wonderful list I discovered this week. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPyVwULgh40n3sbBuPQKyjOlFdjl8ss3SqS_b2l1QxmfC6ggGERqhChGANvjZw301IJP_Pu7Yio1MUClNCCyHhkeZsxkEZvb7ocZFtI2ndRPaoYJEVTqzA4v0BUJHmyUExxtXxpin2i9WdCcagPHeKbq5T9fD5DETv1_dEUBHXwEAoRTcM1XW87l40wc/s1647/salt%20lent.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPyVwULgh40n3sbBuPQKyjOlFdjl8ss3SqS_b2l1QxmfC6ggGERqhChGANvjZw301IJP_Pu7Yio1MUClNCCyHhkeZsxkEZvb7ocZFtI2ndRPaoYJEVTqzA4v0BUJHmyUExxtXxpin2i9WdCcagPHeKbq5T9fD5DETv1_dEUBHXwEAoRTcM1XW87l40wc/w454-h640/salt%20lent.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Have a peace-filled day and Lent season.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">God hath not promised skies ever blue,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">Flower-strewn pathways always for you.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">God hath not promised Sun without rain,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">Joy without sorrow, peace without pain;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">But He hath promised strength from above,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;">Unfailing sympathy, undying Love.</i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif">we are love and chosen by God,</span><br /><span face="verdana, sans-serif">may we live, love and do like we believe it,</span><br /><span face="verdana, sans-serif">veneal</span></span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-88748056167894390312024-02-14T05:17:00.001-05:002024-02-14T05:17:26.467-05:00happy Valentine's Day <p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> <span face="verdana, sans-serif">How does He love you?</span></span></p><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span><span face="verdana, sans-serif">...keep counting the ways.</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0yS1edFzf92KAJ0qhO89OnpjUFflNZFgr4esy4fFBpCynvAk5O2L12FGuf7ADnCr0LDjaPvIM068xOb0vAw9GEr3hgw0AtkrIuopydZoDDRla3tnznUMBlXyMOYphoLvIcWIn8mzNz4/s1600/hearts+18.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #2198a6; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0yS1edFzf92KAJ0qhO89OnpjUFflNZFgr4esy4fFBpCynvAk5O2L12FGuf7ADnCr0LDjaPvIM068xOb0vAw9GEr3hgw0AtkrIuopydZoDDRla3tnznUMBlXyMOYphoLvIcWIn8mzNz4/s320/hearts+18.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><span face="verdana, sans-serif">(<i>your name</i>), My dearly loved Child, (Ephesians 5:1)</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>You have been fearfully and wonderfully made by Me.</b> </i> (Psalm 139:14)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Nothing</b> <b>and no one will separate you from My love! </b>... neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation! </i> (Romans 8:35 39)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>I will meet all your needs</b>.</i> (Philippians 4:19)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>I will fulfill My purpose for you with an unending love</b>.</i> (Psalm 138:8)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i>Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, <b>I am He who will sustain you... carry you... and rescue you</b>.</i> (Isaiah 46:4)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>I will never forget you!</b> See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands.</i> (Isaiah 49:15-16)</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi457qLiCL3yJEmshOSbsQ5Szf4ZnpVVwqQcdKfFwxGaugN4gHbFDgdyWpb1Fc0AjJGUMUquQnvotLuZA5hDG6cN13KWACS2vGZOo4e76ckWZSDqykGMK0BjrfTybyp4ch0aF-AaykIA/s1600/hand+abc.jpg" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi457qLiCL3yJEmshOSbsQ5Szf4ZnpVVwqQcdKfFwxGaugN4gHbFDgdyWpb1Fc0AjJGUMUquQnvotLuZA5hDG6cN13KWACS2vGZOo4e76ckWZSDqykGMK0BjrfTybyp4ch0aF-AaykIA/s320/hand+abc.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>As I watch over you</b>, I will not sleep nor slumber.</i> (Psalm 121:4)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i>Live with the confidence of <b>knowing who you are and whose you are... <u>My</u> Child.</b></i> (1 Peter 2:9)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i>Keeping looking up, My Child, <b>I am here for you always.</b> </i> (Deuteronomy 31:6)</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-YW8ThyNqnqBL_FHjrInHHuQMY8d-ou9_Bcj987a8wK9FcC1pNwdCzWrI2h61aBXimPRNUAxGUFT4sLRXbwliA6Q6QefVQWexSsb_Shom7vqwgr8wslA9C-Ug2Xd9CQ4X4_Guz2zFfE/s1600/heart+tree.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #2198a6; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-YW8ThyNqnqBL_FHjrInHHuQMY8d-ou9_Bcj987a8wK9FcC1pNwdCzWrI2h61aBXimPRNUAxGUFT4sLRXbwliA6Q6QefVQWexSsb_Shom7vqwgr8wslA9C-Ug2Xd9CQ4X4_Guz2zFfE/s320/heart+tree.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face="verdana, sans-serif">forever your Dad</span><br /><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live like we believe it,</span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Need more affirmations regarding His love for you? Just pull out His Book. It's basically a love letter written just for</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><span style="background-color: white;"> y</span><span style="background-color: white;">ou</span></u><span style="background-color: white;">. Face it... </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> He's crazy about you!</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242657588682928024.post-56667994835772679052024-02-13T05:46:00.001-05:002024-02-13T05:49:55.419-05:00letter 2: I pick you<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Reduce your stress, and bask in the love of the One who loves you best...</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Here is the next letter from your forever Valentine.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PBCUCxjhHOOv24FRToX7iIt3ETMeDjSmCx-ywcuV5GxhtVjXSL-GvDd4FEqe1L8PHHUsvDT12iY9gr4qPgDXlEz9r0qUNmlpn574fQgrakVZ8apugLqsxE_ldrW7q5eWpwaudah_NcI/s1600/love+hearts.jpg" style="color: #2198a6; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PBCUCxjhHOOv24FRToX7iIt3ETMeDjSmCx-ywcuV5GxhtVjXSL-GvDd4FEqe1L8PHHUsvDT12iY9gr4qPgDXlEz9r0qUNmlpn574fQgrakVZ8apugLqsxE_ldrW7q5eWpwaudah_NcI/s320/love+hearts.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Dear (your name),</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so I <b>rejoice over</b> <b>you</b>. (Isaiah 62:5)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I have loved you with an <b>everlasting love</b>; I have drawn you with loving kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I will <b>be with you</b> wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I have <b>chosen you</b> to be my treasured possession. (Deuteronomy 7:6)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Do not be afraid, for I<b> will fight for you</b>. (Deuteronomy 3:22)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">I<b> will rescue you</b> because I delight in you. (Psalm 1819)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>You</b> are the <b>apple of My ey</b>e. (Psalm 17:8)</span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Forever your heavenly Dad</span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">we are loved and chosen by God,</span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">may we live, LOVE and do like we believe it,</span></div><div class="GroupWiseView"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">veneal</span></div>Veneal Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09067677165454084095noreply@blogger.com0