I’m
inspired! God is so good! I’m not awake even 5 minutes before He is
touching my heart! I’m sharing this
today because I need to let you all know how He makes a way when I woke up not
feeling well. It was 5:30 or so the
first time I woke up with an awful stomach ache. I just tried to sleep some more knowing that
I was getting up at 7:30.
John 14:27 " Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." is
my favorite scripture. It talks about
peace in the midst. He doesn’t promise
everything to be perfect and a bed of roses but He does say that He will give
us peace and be with us through it all.
My life is such a perfect example of this. From prison to sickness, to more sickness and
even more sickness, and spending much, much time alone with only Him to keep me
company.
When I
finally got up today I had a Bible Journaling page lying in my dining room
table morning spot to finish that evoked so many memories.
And I shared
that it evoked many memories in my Bible Journaling group and then I couldn’t
hold back. And I shared:
“Oh, I can’t
help it...I’m a story teller I guess.
Not only did it make me think of growing up on a bike but also the last
place we lived was called Christian Retreat in Bradenton. I had a Purple trike (color of page) and I would
ride in the early mornings in this circle by all these duplexes. You can feel the presence of God in this
place when you turn from the main road.
I would pray for the people as I rode past each home with all the
gorgeous flowers and the sound of peacocks...I think of all the amazing
memories from living in this awe-inspiring place! I could go on and on...God is awesome! It was like the $$ just fell from the sky to
move there, too. Totally God! I may have to hang this in our computer room.”
Not long
after all of this I was drawn to the flowers on our dining table. I have been getting them several times a
month for more than a year now and they are worth so much more to me than what
I pay for them. I delight in them. In Ohio we had a ½ acre of gardens, a water
garden, and I had 120 house plants. (No
exaggeration.) But since I have been in
Florida there has been a decline in my ability to care for plants and I have
truly missed the flowers the most. I
look at them on and off all day long.
They inspire me. They touch my
heart. They evoke memories, They are
God’s glorious creation. I don’t even
know how to arrange them well but I decided that it really doesn’t matter if I
just bask in them anyway! They are just
an amazing gift to my day, my life! And
I am writing this with my stomach still hurting but emotionally and spiritually
I am free, complete, at peace, and full of love and sunshine!
I used to not
like the color yellow until we moved to our Ohio house. We had a screened back porch with skylights
and yellow walls where the sun shined, the birds sang, and the squirrels
played. I collected metal sun plaques
for the wall. We moved before I could do
all of the decorating that I wanted to there.
Bible
Journaling page with yellow as light.
When we went
for flowers at Trader Joe’s in St. Petersburg on Saturday this was tour first
truly sunshiny day in a couple of weeks being the rainy season in Florida. The first flowers I noticed were the Gerber Daisies and I snatched up a cluster of
them, then the spray roses (a favorite of mine). We are so blessed to have such beautiful
flowers available to us as such a good price.
And then I had to add the purple, of course. Whoever purchases the flowers for Trader
Joe’s knows what they are doing. I’d
rather go there than any place else in the area. Oh, I’ve gotten bouquets in other places that
were lovely occasionally but Trader Joe’s is the most consistent and
inexpensive.
Can you see
God’s handiwork here?
May God bless you through my writing. If He has especially touched you in any way, please leave a comment below. Your comments are so very encouraging to me to help me to keep writing. Also, click on the “Up-tweet” button on the above right and share! I pray you will keep coming back. I fully believe that my writing is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so if I am writing, there is someone that needs to read it! Maybe it’s you? Also, please be sure to share any questions you might have with me and if you would like to keep them personal (just between you and me) please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com. If I don’t know how to answer you, I will may every attempt to refer you to someone for more information. Thanks and may God bless all your days!
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