Scatter the flowers

  Google image "God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." ~ Tony Evans Abe Lincoln lost his bid for state legislature in 1832, Speaker in 1838, Congress in 1843, a senate election in 1854 and again in 1858, as well as the nomination for vice president in 1956.   His business failed in 1833.  His sweetheart died in 1835 and he had a nervous breakdown the next year. Oh yeah,then he ended slavery. ✋David, the most famous king in the Bible, started out as a lowly shepherd boy, scoffed at by his brothers when he showed up on the battlefield where Goliath was taunting everyone, and feared for his life as he was pursued by King Saul for several years out of jealousy.   He had an adulterous relationship, had the husband killed, and was a really bad parent.   ✋ Then through his lineage the Redeemer of the human race was born - our Savior Jesus.   ✋  Remember when you used to play games in gym class and there were two captains who took turns picki

  Winnie the Pooh & Piglet-A.A Milne "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." ~ Winnie the Pooh Facts:      22 lbs - heaviest baby born (!)        2 yrs - how long an elephant is pregnant      79 yrs - female life span (73 yrs- male)      14.65 sec - time  it took a lady to crush 3 watermelons between her thighs      16 sec - time it took for a woman to score 3 goals  in Women's World Cup game      50%- how many more women than men survived famines in different countries Along with sugar and spice and everything nice, women are BEASTS & are resilient. That means we have  the capacity to withstand or to recover from difficulties ( Oxford ) . ⚔ God made us able to experience & recover from the pains of childbirth, go for nights on end with little to no sleep, on-call for 24 hours/day, while nurturing an infant (and other human beings who need us). We work, manage, create, organize, analyze, counsel, and instr

  Google image "What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.  All that we love deeply becomes part of us." ~ Helen Keller 💔 Grief.  Such a huge part of our life, sometimes seeming like it cycles around unexpectedly with no warning at all.   It can feel like the wind got knocked out of us and we can't breathe.  It can feel like we're drowning and don't have the strength to reach out to grab someone's hand.  And it can some days feel like the hole in our heart is swallowing us.  Why is the world continuing to go on when such a loss occurred? 💔 No one understands grief like our Father in Heaven.  When we are saddened with no words and no will, we can just sit at the feet of our Father and mourn.  He doesn't need our description of our pain; He understands.  He lost His one and only Son.  He endured death so we could spend eternal life with Him in heaven because we believe He died for our sins.  Beauty from ashes. The Creation, Michelangelo "When you p