Joy :: Something Beautiful for God

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a great weekend so far. Today is such a nice day to take the kids out to the park and play. I haven't done this for so long now, spending Saturday with my niece and nephew was such a a blessing for me.

The word for today is joy. My heart is filled with joy today, seeing my niece and nephew having a fun time gives me joy. The joy of blue skies, the joy of life, the joy of swings, the joy of laughter, the joy of air, and of lustrous light of day.

Joy is prayer, joy is strength, joy is love, joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God loves a cheerful giver. She gives most who gives with joy. The best way to show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy. A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ Risen.

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it in our power to be in heaven with Him right now, to be happy with Him at this every moment. But being happy with Him now means:

loving as He loves,

helping as He helps,

giving as He gives,

serving as He serves,

rescuing as He rescues,

being with Him twenty-four hours,

touching Him in His distressing disguise.

~ Mother Teresa

The Power of Positive Thinking

Being positive or negative are habits of thoughts that have a very strong influence on life. Positive thinking are powerful, make it a habit to dwell on only positive thoughts, it will change your mood and relieve stress. Below are some positive quotes to dwell on.

• A positive attitude brings strength, energy and initiative.
• Positive thoughts are not enough. There have to be positive feelings and positive actions.
• When you say "I can", and expect success, you fill yourself with confidence and happiness.
• You can close the windows and darken your room, and you can open the windows and let light in. It is a matter of choice. Your mind is your room. Do you darken it or do you fill it with light?
• Positive thinking and negative thinking are attitudes. They are points of view, and show the way people handle their affairs. Suppose you stand at a crossroads, one way leads to a desert and the other one to lush meadows, which way do you choose? Clear thoughts produce clear results.
• Positive thinking evokes more energy, more initiative and more happiness.
• Train your mind to think in terms of 'possible' and 'can be done'.
• Happy thoughts attract happy people into your life.
• Happy thoughts fill your life with happiness.
• Fill your mind with light, happiness, hope, feelings of security and strength, and soon your life will reflect these qualities.

The Bible says "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. " - Philippians 4:8

 

I hope these encourage you. Hope you have a blessed week!

~ Jennie xo

Valentine's Gift Ideas :: Memory Journal

Are you still thinking of a gift for Valentine's day? A kind of gift that would make people adore and smile when they see it? How about a memory journal? I think this is a great Valentine's gift idea for your loved ones because not only it will bring back good memories but it can be a great treasure gift too.

Shelley from howdoesshe.com created this adorable Map O' Love Journal, using the one-of-a kind handmade leather journal from MedievalJourney on Etsy. It is unique and creative and will make a great gift. Hope you enjoy it.

Check it out at howdoesshe.com and thank you for reading.

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