aMazing Grace: Mazes, Messes, Miracles: JOY for the Journey ~ 7b

ISAIAH 61 says:

"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."

Welcome to ALL! No, it's not Christmas in Mexico stillI'm just counting God's Blessings every day! Y'all are one of the BEST for me!I like watching snowflakes fall like the stars YOU are in my life

I have COMMENTS CLOSED now, except FRI. and my SECRET GARDEN maybe SOS, but REACTIONS are available instead, see explanation here kinda. I still miss knowing who was here, so I added this linky, on my BLOGGER PAGE also. Just put your name instead of any "Title" to let me know who has passed by and can say: I WAS HERE!

Here's why: On 1/24 my COMPUTER CRASHED, so I'm unable to SIGN IN to it, it's frozen. I don't know what's wrong or for how long. I try to check what I can from a public cyber but can't do that daily or for hours like I'm use to doing, so I'm very limited in what I can get done. Think God's trying to tell me some thing? Less time online? I'm sure I'll need a new computer rather than repair this here but don't see that happening here in these next 2 yrs. before I'm back home in USA. I'll be thinking and praying for you! Love y'all, pray and please don't forget me. God bless!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

JOY for the Journey ~ 7b

The Joy of Friendship

My JOY JOURNEY would not be complete without this JOY! I can't even imagine entering 2012 without letting you all know that I indeed am blessed by our friendship via internet through the vehicle of blogging. Many of you, are much more than friends, I am privileged to call you my sisters in Christ. To have found this avenue for me to be in touch with other Christian women means the world to me. I so needed to once again enJoy English speaking friends that know and love Jesus like I do. I love my Spanish speaking friends, but I was beginning to feel a bit isolated or exiled. You each are an answer to my prayers and I believe God chose you and you were hand picked. Who would have known that our paths would cross and you would become such a part of my every day life, thoughts, prayers and embedded in my heart as if we've known each other in person forever... but we will some day.

"A friend is someone who accepts you - warts, wrinkles, weight and all - unconditionally." Joy for the Journey

I did not need this precious book to tell me about the JOYS of FRIENDSHIP for they are almost as endless as Our dear Lord's love and friendship. I could write pages about the JOYs of FRIENDSHIP and SIESTAs (sistas... sisters in Christ) (because, of course, down here "siestas" are times to sleep... one letter away from fiestas) and trust me, if I was to meet any of you in person, we would not get much sleep, it would be more like one grand fiesta. Well, we won't need to sleep when we do meet, for it will be at one of the grandest Fiestas of our lives in our eternal life... I would not want any of us or our loved ones to miss that!!! So on to what this part PROMISES:

2 Kings 4:8-10

PROMISES
... about enJoying Friendship

Proverbs 17:17; 1 John 4:12; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Hebrews 13:1-2

... about needing each other
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10; Matthew 12:50;
1 Corinthians 12:12-12

... about God's colorful creation
Romans 12:4-6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6;
Philippians 2:1-2

... about giving to others
Luke 6:38; Proverbs 31:20; Proverbs 28:27;
Psalm 82:3-4

... about serving others
John 13:34-35; Matthew 20:27-28; Galatians 5:13

... about reaching beyond ourselves
1 John 3:16-17; Matthew 10:42; Matthew 18:5

... to help you love others
John 15:13; 1 Corinthians16:14; 1 John 4:7

... to help you avoid comparisons
1 Corinthians 1:27; John 15:12; 1 Peter 1:22

... about the JOY of fellowship
Hebrews 10:24-25; 1 John 1:7

I have found thisin each of YOUwho have investedyourselfyour timeyour wordsyour friendshipin meI am blessed beyond measureThank you!Happy New Year!please listen to the words of this songWishing you "JOY in the JOURNEY"
Michael Card
MY WORDfor 2012(shhhh, don't tell if you know)
Of course, I have a post scheduled for Midnight, but if y'all miss it, Happy New Year E-card

"A NEW YEAR'S PRAYER FOR YOU" by Wendy BlightA Blessed and Happy New Year!(I should have taken the time to write my own prayer for youbut know that I am praying for each of you by nameas my FRIEND and/or SISTERS in Christ!)

*Part 2 in "Joy for the Journey"

5 comments:

AnonymousDecember 31, 2011 6:31 PM
Charles Spurgeon:

"But here is the joy, here is the peace of Christians, that our salvation is a finished one! We have not a farthing to pay to complete the ransom of our souls. We have not a stitch to set to finish the robe of our salvation. We have not an act to perform, a prayer to offer, a tear to weep, a thought to think in order to finish the work of our redemption! I know that all these things shall be worked in us and, that by the Spirit of God we shall be made to do them — but all that shall not be with any view to the completion of our salvation — that was finished in the Person of the bleeding Lamb of Calvary! . . .

Either Christ completed all that was necessary for your salvation, or he did not! If he did finish it, then rest in him and be glad, and say, "I am secure forever because my salvation is finished. I have nothing to do but to live to the honor of him who has completely saved me by his Grace, his blood, his righteousness.

Download the entire sermon, "A Comforting Message for the Closing Year" (PDF).
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SharonDecember 31, 2011 6:56 PM
Dearest Peggy,

No, we would not have a siesta in real life. A FIESTA, oh indeed!

There are few blessings that mean more to me than our friendship. It has been wonderful sharing our struggles, and our victories, this past year. I know that God has big things in mind for us this coming year.

Not the least of which will be the deepening of our already treasured relationship.

I am reminded of this verse: "As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend." (Proverbs 27:17)

OK, here's my sad attempt - Feliz Ano Nuevo. (Was that even close?!)

Love you so.

GOD BLESS!
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CathyDecember 31, 2011 11:53 PM
Thank you for those sweet words, my friend. You expressed just how I feel about you and my online friends. God Bless you, wishing you a Happy New Year. Love and Hugs ~
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DeniseJanuary 2, 2012 9:55 AM
I love you sweet sister.
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KarenJanuary 3, 2012 4:50 PM
Precious friend...that song was beautiful...and your heartfelt words expressed so beautifully how we feel about you, too...where would we be without our aMazing Peggy?

I love you, too....
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