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17 Feb 2010
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Beautiful Blogger Award

PhotobucketThis was given to me by Hannah @ Preparing For Our Children’s Future!  Hannah, thank you so much Sis for this wonderful award-It really means so much.Photobucket

I honestly can think more than 15 bloggers that should have this award to so, I know that it should be 15, but going to have to pass it on to really, all the Gentle Readers who take the time to come by and read Sunflower Faith or pick it up via the rss feed or through Facebook.

All of you deserve this, because each day, I feel blessed, encouraged, challenged, convicted and lifted up by your writings and am thankful to our Heavenly Father for the friendship and fellowship offered by all of you who open your hearts and homes via this great medium of blogging and Facebooking and well…through prayers and well wishes.

To pass on the reward, the rules are:

1.Thank the person that gave you the award

2.  Pass this award on to 15 bloggers you’ve recently discovered and whom you think are fantastic!

*This one is hard for me…I think all of you are fantastic…really”-so I’m passing this to every Gentle Reader that reads this.

3. Contact the Bloggers you pick to let them know they’ve won

Going to tweak this rule and ask if all of you who grab the award for yourself-hey give yourself a pat on the back, you are doing a fantastic job, please leave a comment with your blog link so others can discover your blog.

 4. State 7 Things about yourself!

Here are the seven things about me:

  1. Human being (shocker I know, lol) striving to grow and constantly be humbled and refined in and through our Heavenly Father-basically a work in progress always by our Father’s Hands. I make mistakes, I stumble, I fall and grateful each time to and only to our Heavenly Father who lifts me up, brush me off and says, “Hey He is in control and will walk me through”.(ref: Psalm 139:16)
  2. I love to read-another shocker-and I actually read very fast-It’s just something that I’ve always done and even my hubby has asked me “Do I really retain what I read”. Yes, I do, I just don’t know how or why, but it’s something that I’ve always been able to do so it’s not a surprise to read “several” books a week.
  3. I am actually a very shy and introverted person. Mostly just from background and it’s difficult for me to open up a lot of times out of fear of being hurt or rejected. Praise our Father though, that He is bigger than all of our circumstances and calls us not to be discouraged but to keep trusting Him and following Him. As I would say,”It’s not about us or what we want but about Him and what He wants. (ref: Deuteronomy 31:8)
  4. My love for sunflowers has always been about through thick and thin, good or bad, cloudy, stormy, or clear skies, keeping my head looking up and toward our Heavenly Father and not away or down to the ground. He is, wow, everything  in my life and my family. I  just love our Heavenly Father. (ref.Psalm 34:8)
  5. My sense of  humor has justifiably so been describe as weird and borderline (?) sarcastic. Lol. I love to laugh, I love to smile and I love to be tongue in cheek (I think is that the right metaphor to use?,lol). I just don’t think we should always keep life at being so serious-Our Father is such a blessing and such a joy and part of being a follower-I’ve always believed, is just sharing that joy through anything. Life is too short and things can happen in a second that it can be to late to take back that which we may regret; When we think about it,He is our hope and the source of our joy and I believe that is part of the light that we should show to the world and not try to contain. (ref: Matthew 5:13-16)
  6. I really just don’t like snakes. Really. Lol
  7. Chocolate and Coffee are my kryptonite. Well…maybe purses too…..and shoes.

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17 Feb 2010
Word-Filled Wednesday

Jeremiah 1:5 "God's plans is no accident"-a WFW post

This was first shared for Word Filled Wednesday on March 26, 2008, just about two years ago (wow, has it been that long).

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I don’t believe there are such a thing as accidents. Coincidences…mmmm…maybe, kinda…but no accidents.

When God created us…He already knew us. He knew who we were going to be and who we are and what our life would be.

We were each created as individuals, with special purposes that made us unique. He could have made us exact copies but instead, He went..no. Each one of us. Notice, each one of us, are unique and special.

I look at my children and marvel how similiar yet unique they are with their own strengths and weaknesses yet they teach me each day, a little bit about myself, about what I think and feel and gives me a teeny tiny peek into who they are, who they might be and what God may or maynot have planned for them; I look in the mirror and marvel at how unique and different God makes you, me, everyone and I praise God for having the foresight to give EACH and everyone a special place in His world. Not our world, but HIS world.

Our lives, how we live, how we act, how we speak are a testament to God and HIS plan and blueprint for the world.

On “31 Days of Praise“, Ruth Meyers had a unique way of praising and putting in perspective what God has done with us.

She goes:

“I’m grateful that my looks, my abilities, and my personality are like a special picture frame in which You can portray Your grace and beauty, Your love, Your strength, Your faithfulness, to the praise of Your glory. I rejoice that You have gifted me for the special purposes You have in mind for my life. I thank You for Your loving wisdom in allowing the things that have influenced me throughout my life-the things that have prepared my heart to respond to You and live for Your glory. I might not have turned to You if things had been different!”

It was no accident when God made us the way He did. No, He didn’t make a mistake and He wasn’t sleeping on the job.

He made each of us with a special purpose, a special mission in life to live a life that is a praise to Him. How we live it determines if we fufill it or if we fail.

Tall order you may say.

Not really.

I look at the platypus and think….That’s impossible, what is the REAL point of a platypus but it makes me think of God.

It makes me turn upward and go,
1. God really must have a sense of humor, but
2. As funny as that platypus may look to me…The platypus has just served GOD’S purpose , by having me look up at God and think, “God, why did you create the platypus? Why did you create the universe? Why did You create me?”
In that same way the platypus was designed to serve God…
That is how you and I were designed;Not for us to determined ourselves how God will serve us, but how do we serve Him so we can use this special plan, this special blueprint called, you, me, us, everyone to share God’s plan for the world.
Each child born is special. Each child is born is important. No matter how big a role they may play, or how small a role they may play…In the long scheme of things, in God’s perfect world, they are serving Him and His plan for all of us.

There is a fantastic devotional, I would like to share with you about this:

Father’s Love Letter Devotional Series #8

When Jeremiah was called to be a prophet to Israel, God declared that even before he was conceived, he was known by God and set apart for His divine purposes.

The road that Jeremiah would walk in his ministry life would not be an easy one, for he suffered much abuse at the hands of his fellow Israelites.

I wonder if he ever reflected on these words when he was going through his darkest times? When he was alone in that cold, damp prison cell, did he ever go back to the beginning of his ministry and meditate on God?s words to him?

I believe the revelation that he was known by God, and set apart for His purposes, gave Jeremiah the strength to continue to walk out his destiny, even in the darkest of times.

Knowing that it was God who knew us, and formed us, and called us into life, is the bedrock of our existence.

When everything else around us is not making sense, this truth can give us the grounding that we desperately need to go on. We are all looking for a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives.

Many people have not received this affirmation from their parents, but it was not their parents who knew them before they were conceived, but God.

It was God who formed each one of us in our mother?s womb and called us to life. It was God who set us apart for His divine purposes and plans.

Before an architect constructs a building, he meticulously puts every detail on paper, every component needed to make his dream into a reality.

The idea is first conceived in his mind, then is transferred on paper, and then when everything is just perfect, he starts the process of building his creation. In my own limited understanding of God?s creation process, this is how I imagine it to be.

He first conceived us in His mind, and with great thoughts of love, He began to chart every detail of our DNA in preparation for the time when he would form us in our mother?s womb.

What a wonderful thought, to know that the God of the universe knew us intimately and set us apart for His purposes even before we were conceived!

If you would like to join us for “Word Filled Wednesday” drop by Christy @ Critty Joy  or drop by “The 160 Acre Woods” to find out more about how to participate in “Word Filled Wednesday”

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