DEAR FRIEND/LOVED ONE - Update on Me+

I started writing this to a friend and realized that I should let more of my friends/loved ones know about what’s up with me this year and for 2016. Over the past 27 years my love for the Lord has only kept gaining momentum and on 1/1/2013 I saw that much more work needed done on my life and I let God know that I was totally surrendering ALL TO HIM (for the umpteenth time) and He could rearrange my life if He so wanted to. Within a few months my brother, Steve, introduced me to Celebrate Recovery and WOW… (http://somethingbyjuliana.blogspot.com/2013/06/celebrate-recovery.html)

No I am not moving away from CR, on the contrary, I am (and have been) letting God reorganize my life to have even more time for CR as we journey into a new year and a new chapter in my life!

In August, 2014, God moved Joe and I to Christian Retreat where He could do more intense work on me slowing down, finding His peace, and retreating even more from this fast moving world.

I am definitely being sent back out into the world with a bang, with two trips this month. First and foremost, Joe and I are celebrating 25 years of marriage, and breaking from this past with me in more intense recovery and from Joe seemingly breaking his neck to take care of us both, with a weeklong cruise. Sorry, no telephones either (Hallelujah). And, secondly with a trip to the Bahamas that Joe won from Popeyes chicken. So, Merry Christmas to you all now since we will be on the run for a month! God is so good as we have been learning much about accepting His blessings and teaching us that He’s got this…He is caring for us and meeting all of our needs! (Matt. 7:11b “…know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!””)



I don't know if I ever shared with more than one or two of you that God had been moving me to specialize in Encaustics and I have given away hundreds in art supplies! This could ONLY be a God thing since ONLY He could get me to do this when it seemed like for years I could have had a warehouse full of art supplies and still be looking for more. I will still be producing some very unique art pieces since with this medium I can play with one piece for some time.

Facebook/Blog? So far I will still have my art page (although transitioning a bit). I have closed two other pages more recently and I just announced to my group this morning that I will either be closing or turning over this group at the end of December. My blog remains and I should pick back up on its posts more regularly in 2016. Beyond this it’s one day at a time and God leads me forward. (http://somethingbyjuliana.blogspot.com/)
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Other Writing? After years of prayer I have written my testimony with hopes to be giving it to Celebrate Recovery in the very near future. I also hope to share it on my blog. I have also written a shorter testimony at the request of our pastor regarding my healing of the CNS Vasculitis to be used at my church and I may share on my blog soon, too. I also have 3 more books started and I have got one about one third of the way finished so after the first of the year I hope to get back to it. I believe God will be using me with more speaking and writing in the not too distant future, too.

Etsy Shop? I have been in the process of a going out of business sale. It will be closing as of Saturday (12/5/15). I will have much of the artwork in storage for future endeavors. If any of you are interested, please check it out since all is 25% off now. Please don’t hesitate to make a reasonable offer. I will also combine shipping. https://www.etsy.com/shop/SomethingbyJuliana?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Housekeeping Hallelujah! We have hired bi-weekly housekeeping. It has been such a deterrent for me to improve mentally and physically, causing me more stress and physical pain than anything else. I felt as though a huge, dark cloud had lifted yesterday as they did their first cleaning. I can now be freed from such debilitating exercise to do more positive exercise along with being involved in various more uplifting activities. I know I have more healing to do in my future! Many thanks to our all-knowing God!

ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS AHEAD. I appreciate your prayers! The e-mails, messages, and phone calls are much appreciated, too! Please help me get back out there after 15 long years! It is time!

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 “Uptweet” 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!

My Apologies and THEN SOME

Life has gotten quite interesting! Yes, I am up and around more and moving towards having a much more organized life yet the process is rather busy. I’ve noticed that I hadn’t been writing as much on here but I have had no words that I could share with you all at this time. I did spend some time writing yet it was for a testimony to give in Celebrate Recovery and I haven’t felt that I should share this one until after it’s given since I have several friends from there on Facebook and I don’t want to spoil it. There are parts that people know quite a bit in my life but some that they don’t know at all. I will share this testimony after it is given on here. My ladies’ Sunday school class are getting it first, for my practice they are playing my guinea pigs.

I have also written a small testimony about my healing of CNS Vasculitis that I might share on here. Still praying about it. My pastor asked me to write it to give at my church.

I must also share and ask for prayers for traveling mercies in December. We have been so very blessed this year. Our 25th wedding anniversary is in December so we are going on a week-long cruise to celebrate. This has been booked since March, so, you can just imagine our delight when my husband won the grand prize in the Popeyes Chicken sweepstakes. He won a trip to the Bahamas Bowl with all the bells and whistles. Prayers would be appreciated for this, too, since I am a bit apprehensive due to my physical limitations and they have all kinds of things planned for us there. I am honestly claiming *Phil. 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I will share a few photos, etc…when we return yet I think it may be next year until you hear from me again after the next 2 things that I previously wrote to share.

My brother replied to an e-mail that I wrote April, 2014 that had a good message in it so I thought there are some words to share on my blog!

“This kept coming to mind. Joe quit smoking on the night of my brain biopsy 1/31/01. He literally harped on me for another 6 ½ years to quit until I finally did. Many times over he would even tell me about the health issues, etc… but I knew ALL of that. In that 6 ½ years I don’t think he ever told me one thing that I didn’t know. He ran out and just never touched another one. For me, I tried going cold turkey and after 4-5 days I was throwing things and yelling ‘how can God help me if I can’t even find Him’. It took me 6 months of working slowly at breaking the habit until I could finally set a date and then quit (matter of fact, I probably should write it down sometime cause it could help someone else). It was so upsetting and Joe & I had numerous arguments over it. He actually asked me to do it for him a couple of times which you should know, too, that it won’t work. He even thought after I finally quit that I should not want to smoke for the exact same reasons that he didn’t want to. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could always want something for someone else and it worked? I kept telling him to pray. For me, I need to remember that my words will not change them even 1/10th as fast as prayer will! Wow…I think I’m writing a blog post (LOL)…I will have to at least save this and make it into one, huh? Cause you could actually use this for anything, especially accepting Jesus. We think we know how much it would mean to someone else but really only they will know when they finally do get it! And, we really don’t know what will make them finally soften their hearts to Him! But, the Holy Spirit knows so prayer is totally where it’s at! If only we (and I’m saying me, too) would get it through my head once and for all that when I’ve said enough (maybe not said anything) and I’ve come up against a wall to just shut up and pray! I love that I have prayer!”

For my latest find:

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 “Uptweet” 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!

BE STILL AND KNOW - Psalm 46:10

Please forgive me for taking so much time "running" between these posts!

I am always learning, thank the Lord!  He never fails me!  He wants to spend time with me.

An excellent book to read, and it's free at this website: Good Morning Holy Spirit by Benny Hinn  If you need something to read it on try Kindle or iBooks.  Learn to know the person of the Holy Spirit.  This book was more confirmation to me since He drew me to Himself in 1988 when I was crumbling, yet it did give me some new insight and since this I got a clue, too!

A couple of days ago we had a flat tire in my car.  This was right at a time when we were lower in funds.  First, one might think that something is wrong because He has not made provision for my tire and there are all of these things that I need to be doing.  But, for some reason I didn't see it that way.  I had a peace about it.  I also was on the 7th day of a lingering cold with an awful sounding cough.  This made me think that maybe I was supposed to slow down, lay low, and let God's healing catch up with me.  After talking to my husband and figuring out that on the next payday I could get a new tire and the car wash was close by (that it needed so badly) so I would also be able to get my car cleaned up, I felt fully satisfied.  As I cancelled nearly everything I was in an amazing state of peace!

After a couple of days at home, TV off, worship music on, getting things done but moving slowly and resting in His peace I awoke this morning to waging warfare against Satan, telling him where he could go (back to hell where he belongs in Jesus' name) and beginning to feel much better physically, with a wonderful "knowing" in my heart.   He just wants to spend time with me.  How many of us miss out on so many blessings because we won't just be still and know that He is God?

*2 Corinthians 11:2a  "For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy."

He had moved me earlier this year to giving away most of my artwork amd cleaning out our house, so I could spend time learning to rest in Him and finding more of His peace and I'd taken His wisdom that I was learning to move back out into life, ministry, and more of this world and ran with it like a chicken with its head cut off!  Wanting more is good if it moves you to prayer and keeps you wanting more of Him but slow down and: 

*Psalm 27:14 "Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage. And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!"

AND there's that word Strength again.  I'm learning through my writing once again. Waiting on Him will give us strength?  Hallelujah!  There's another one for my "His Strength" art journal!

The song that I awoke to going through my head was My Redeemer Lives as sung by Nicole C. Mullen

Sometimes we just need to slow down:  

Psalm 46:10a "Be still, and know that I am God;"  Listen to the words...great video, too!

An old faithful song that the Holy Spirit has used so prophetically in my life over the years has kept coming to mind, also, and it fits:

Enjoy!

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 “Uptweet” 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!