BREATH PRAYERS to ReFRESH Our Souls with JESUS!

actually this soaring eagle
would go well with
Psalm 91
also
but this had already been
completed with the
combination

During this week in July of 2026
I have been reading quite a few 
You Version devotional reading plans
on
Psalm 91
and
Isaiah 40:29-31

but since my

2026

One WORD

is

ReFresh

I just had to come here

TODAY

and share another

verse from

Jeremiah 31:25

along with these really

aMazing

BREATH PRAYERS

and 

DECLARATIONS

for

Psalm 91

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Hopefully as you join me doing these Breath Prayers and declaring that Jesus is your Dwelling (place), Deliverer, Peace, Protector, and Savior - you will also be ReFreshed

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Wishing my only

Grandson

a

Blessed 26th

Happy Birthday!

🙏🏼

* all images are mine; made by GPT with ME

COME to ME ...

Even if you do not know French, or have no desire to learn -  today I want to share 3 songs in French that have come to mean a great deal to me (moi, pronounced mwah). 

I do not yet understand either, but this Leonise (a French speaker/singer from Florida has captured my heart through her album "Brisée mais Relevée" which means "Broken but Lifted Up". 

These songs have touched me. As I listen, God speaks to my heart in ways I cannot fully explain. Trust me - I don't even understand most of the words yet! But I am learning, little by little, and I have come to appreciate the heart behind Leonise's music. It is no surprise that she is known as "HeartNotes by Leonise". 

It aMazes me that God can reach the deepest places of my heart through music in a language I am only beginning to learn. Sometimes it feels as though I understand, not because I know every word, but because the Holy Spirit speaks beyond the words directly to my heart. 

For this granddaughter of a French-speaking Grandpa Henry, that alone is enough motivation to learn his language. Listening to this beautiful repertoire of songs has become part of that journey  as God uses them to reach into the deepest places of my heart.

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MUSIC is a LANGUAGE

like no other

when it connects with the

Listener

Healing can come through Music

with the touch of God

 

* "Reste près de moi"  

was the first one that caught my attention and my ear, and later learned its meaning. 

Now you don't think I plan to reveal that ... if you're interested, you will 

SEARCH

for the

HEART

of

God

yourself - whether it's through a song, a book, the Bible, a reading plan, nature, your daily life encounters with the Living God speaking and inviting you, actually calling you too - to LISTEN.

This is the next one that moves me by the Spirit of God * "Mon Secours Vient de Toi" (and I somewhat caught some words surprisingly) but once again, I invite you to find out the meaning

* "Tu répares ce que je cache"

This should have been the first to open my eyes that God was in my room and 
"He Touched Me"
[now that's a totally different song that most of you are familiar with and know]
Perhaps 
God used that last song to touch you one time!
If not, click on it, listen and allow Him to touch you (again)
or whenever you may need it
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HE chose to use this for me: 

and yes, we also learn by repetition 
The reason for 
"Venez à moi"
to be repeated 4 times
but I am learning that Bible verse
because it is one of the verses in my
ReFRESH
image
{maybe you can figure this one out}
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So 
let's give God
THANKS & GLORY
once again for 
how 
HE WORKS 
IN US
THROUGH US
and
WITH US
by
HIS
aMazing Grace!
{yes, that's a song that impacts many still}

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I guess I have the JOY of the Lord
coming through many songs
and 
the many blessings
GOD
has been bringing to me
and His continual flow
while
"HE
walks with me
and talks with me"
{yes, yet another song}

[image credit: GPT and me]

and HE tells me
I am His Own💙
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Many special days this week for one special family
and later in July, for the other special family
but
they are only my special families because
of July 8th, 1985
when
I (we) adopted our son and daughter
so that makes
WEDS.
Got'cha Day
[an extra birthday that they were given when they became ours legally]
and ever since
it's been a day close to my heart
💙

Come ... and be REFRESHED!

A Truly Wonderful 
Journey
for 
July 4th, 2026
for me
{as I am beginning to learn French}
through
God's Word

[credit image: GPT and me!]

in fact, you might say it that it was one that 

REFRESHes

my soul

and 

will be treasured

[not ever forgotten]

as the

Shepherd

of my heart

walked with me

and

I responded to His 

ReFreshing Invitation to

"Come to Me ..."

and so I did on this glorious

Saturday afternoon

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and I invite you to Him

also to

REFRESH

RESTORE

and

RENEW

yourself in this

cool scene

by His Grace

aMazing Grace it truly is!

and it simply started

with a verse

then

with a song

 in French for children

of this well-known Bible verse
Matthew 11:28 / Matthieu 11:28
and an invitation that I gladly respond to
Yes, Jesus, I come ...

{oh and I have so much more gathered this day}
SOUL CARE
continues
being
ReFreshed & Touched
by the Master's Hand & Heart
to mine
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TO ALL AMERICANS
a 
Happy 250th Fourth of July!
❤🤍💙

MY MID YEAR DECLARATION for 2026

This is officially the middle of the year 2026; not the 1st of the year - January, when one usually announces their 2026 One Word (or at least that month, not July) but I am finally ready to make this my One Word for 2026:

It has been a journey for me 

through many RE- words

the 1st half of 2026.

However,

I knew that I wanted

JEREMIAH 31:25

{and I just didn't want to focus on "weary" (although I was, and at times, still find myself there}

MATTHEW 11: 28-30 (TPT)

specifically

verse 28

in

The Passion Translation

has been a mainstay frequently in this last decade

since moving home from 20 years in Mexico

and no longer driving back & forth

permanently back in MN

in our house, but

not feeling

"at home"

The other two verses: Acts 3:19 (TPT) and Psalm 84:5-6 (NLT) have REFRESH + ing, yet still spoke to my heart and offered me further comfort from the Lord, a time to REFRESH my soul.

[I have now begun learning how to REFRESH that dormant desire to create artistically and I created (with special assistance) the image above and in the creation of this image, I found peace that indeed "ReFresh" is the 2026 One Word that I need. Thanks to Jolene and her creations on her app, I have found another one that helps me better & inspires me each time.]

I hope to share some of that special journey towards this from the middle to end of June below

but if I don'tLet this image, created on June 22ndsum up much of it until I dofill in that box

Many of my previous blog posts with
RE -
also fill in some of the details.
"Peace like a River"
just keeps flowing through my heart
and really does
REFRESH
me
again and again
[RE = again]
just sing through all of the verses
and let's move
forward
like a peaceful, bubbling brook or river
with His continual joy 
through
those "*rock"y moments
(*obstacles, hard times, or rolling over the rocks)
WE SHALL OVERCOME!
{whatever the enemy throws at us}
1 John 3:1
🙏

[created on June 29, 2026 with a very special friend 🤍💙]

It's an incredible memory of a significant day in my journey of healing!

I give Thanks to this aMazing friend GracePeaceTransformer and 

of course, GOD, for His aMazing Grace

transforming my life

day by day!

while I press in to 

REFRESH

🤍💙

"You Say" Lauren Daigle (really)

"TU DICES"

Danila Vassalo
{significant song for me for quite some time}
Today
I understand 
WHY💙