tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315251053158321192024-03-17T05:58:24.437-05:00Anchor In The StormsANCHOR IN THE STORMS.....
Life of a real working executive Mommy, trying to balance life while sharing and inspiring others to achieve their hopes and dreams.www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.comBlogger518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-81859203658587039672024-03-10T22:30:00.000-05:002024-03-10T22:30:03.892-05:00Fun Fact - St. Patrick's Day History<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">How much do you know about the patron saint of Ireland? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">I manage the monthly newsletter for a company, and I am always looking for fun and interesting things to include. This month, I decided to share what I learned about the history of St. Patrick's Day and thought my readers may find it just as interesting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">Yep… that was my response as well! So, I thought it would be fun to share a few things I learned about the history of the fun day we all know as “St. Patty’s Day”. Every March 17th everywhere becomes an emerald color for a day. Everyone wears green clothes (for fear of getting pinched… remember that from elementary school), and some drink green beer. Did you know, in a leprechaun-worthy shenanigan, even Chicago dyes its river green? It’s true because I found it on the internet. :) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">Okay, here’s the scoop. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">Revelers from coast to coast celebrate all things Irish by hoisting pints of Guinness and cheering bagpipers, step dancers and marching bands parading through city streets. These familiar annual traditions weren’t actually imported from Ireland; however, they were made in America (according to the History Channel). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH9n3xFBHQ_leYFvfaXDxve7MiYGlmtPjPwH_R2M5xp73ULd1grpZ-OcYYTecUDLTzTuMGKykr3JpLgNxRkq0bNqOESZGAVn2xkjQs5E3u4xP9uiPak1TwrTzCSJ6M0C_3z-I0P3jFBvI8_5cppObcM4ggPgFV1Uq-cTRdu5kbVMK6VKlDyEqO7ehljv8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="298" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH9n3xFBHQ_leYFvfaXDxve7MiYGlmtPjPwH_R2M5xp73ULd1grpZ-OcYYTecUDLTzTuMGKykr3JpLgNxRkq0bNqOESZGAVn2xkjQs5E3u4xP9uiPak1TwrTzCSJ6M0C_3z-I0P3jFBvI8_5cppObcM4ggPgFV1Uq-cTRdu5kbVMK6VKlDyEqO7ehljv8=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">For several centuries, March 17 was a day of solemnity in Ireland with Catholics attending church in the morning and partaking of modest feasts in the afternoon. There were no parades and certainly no emerald-tinted food products or rivers, particularly since blue, not green, was the traditional color associated with Ireland’s patron saint prior to the 1798 Irish Rebellion.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">From what I can find by research, the man for whom St. Patrick’s Day is named was born into an aristocratic family in Roman Britain around the end of the fourth century. As a teenager, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland, where he was held as a slave for a number of years. He eventually escaped the island, only to return later as a missionary because he believed he had been called by God to Christianize Ireland. He joined the Catholic Church and studied for 15 years before being consecrated as the church’s second missionary to Ireland. Patrick began his mission to Ireland in 432, and by his death in 461, the island was almost entirely Christian. Centuries after his death, which some sources cite as March 17, 461, Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland, and March 17 became a hold day of obligation for the nation’s Catholics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEFM16lm-Cd96oBwW8XgLn98J1xJatA8YQorUt_pQZYWGxo5XqLU9v_83w4IYxPCMQnRtEvU2-pPdHfoVBuXdcMRRkNiSdFJdcrW6ruI4Gl2IFyWYE283PFrROokazxc_alUQRGnVYfppnVmrch3frAXKww2Seusghmm9gXPApNqUpGsNsNDAqu16lmfjW" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="206" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEFM16lm-Cd96oBwW8XgLn98J1xJatA8YQorUt_pQZYWGxo5XqLU9v_83w4IYxPCMQnRtEvU2-pPdHfoVBuXdcMRRkNiSdFJdcrW6ruI4Gl2IFyWYE283PFrROokazxc_alUQRGnVYfppnVmrch3frAXKww2Seusghmm9gXPApNqUpGsNsNDAqu16lmfjW=w200-h130" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">Thanks to Irish immigrants in the U.S. and elsewhere, St. Patrick’s Day evolved from a religious holiday into a secular celebration of all things Irish. Records read that the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held in New York City in the 1760’s (believe it was 1762), by Irishmen serving there in the British military who became homesick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">Thus, how St. Patrick’s Day evolved in the U.S.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://candyed.blogspot.com" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="171" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0okw9wlXKml3MdBgvkf2y1EAmGzR9sSh0j1p6yfsAePmID37QAWmhbCkfn4opmKtpYQOvOYs-6WvLzgx3FIMRaYDlyNO9JgGcG94gSvBnkc4f4thJhGSM9z0aEplKmOCO_Jb7i1Xo82zit5aSlURDjhDzJrgYS4_Vu7ahaHhV7DaKaD5Mr23F1M3Ekdsa" width="191" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">Irish Prayer</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">May the road rise up to meet you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">May the wind be always at your back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">May the sun shine warm upon your face;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">The rain fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none;">May God hold you in the palm of His hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did research and learning more about the history of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-braille-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-currency-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-eudc-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-greek-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #00B050; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">🍀</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-braille-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-currency-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-eudc-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-greek-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #00B050; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #00B050; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Never iron a four-leaf clover, you don’t want to press your luck</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-braille-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-currency-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-eudc-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-greek-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #00B050; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">🍀</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-currency-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-default-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-greek-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latin-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #00B050; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 17px;">Make memories and make today count for today will never come again. GO! Be the awesome person God designed you to be! Have a blessed day! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Blessings,</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Candye~</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">"G18 Mommy"</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel 17:47)</span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-67306258411970017942023-12-25T11:09:00.004-06:002024-01-05T21:10:14.973-06:00Another Miracle.... <p><br /></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-82459752812520280112023-05-04T13:24:00.000-05:002023-05-04T13:24:26.551-05:00𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓓𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-r75qj6qAMPqTZHO3LnERk7R_gY6OY4yyfV1n-i9TcVbbxIQhJKqBY56Yb5GQURrXvGuARWUEgOb3i1hbSb6rdwm9KLSepaRTgG-7rBw63mQR77ARo3OP03WHJGg4OxDTLh_y3ITgZYQ92dhQKjCXwiTQkAZtzzhyEuxgF7dXmz_4_e0BvYev1n5Iw/s3264/2479C062-836F-41F4-89A1-C8BCEB2C3BBC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-r75qj6qAMPqTZHO3LnERk7R_gY6OY4yyfV1n-i9TcVbbxIQhJKqBY56Yb5GQURrXvGuARWUEgOb3i1hbSb6rdwm9KLSepaRTgG-7rBw63mQR77ARo3OP03WHJGg4OxDTLh_y3ITgZYQ92dhQKjCXwiTQkAZtzzhyEuxgF7dXmz_4_e0BvYev1n5Iw/s320/2479C062-836F-41F4-89A1-C8BCEB2C3BBC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓓𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻</p><p>Today, millions across the nation will be taking time out of their daily schedules to intercede on behalf of their communities, their nation and their leaders. Each year, people gather across the nation at local community events to pray together on the National Day of Prayer. While this is wonderful, the truth is, praying for our nation can sometimes feel like we’re fighting a losing battle. </p><p>Today, I challenge you to remember that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. Pray that your home would protected, be a place of rest for your family and friends, especially those who don’t know Jesus. </p><p>A prayer that has been hot on my lips has been for the Lord to protect my kids from evil and from false truth. </p><p>𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕌𝕊 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤.</p><p>𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹, 𝓉𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓎. 𝒜𝓁𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑜𝓂’𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓊𝓈, 𝓌𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 [𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒𝓈] 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓇. 𝐼 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎. 𝒰𝓈𝑒 𝓊𝓈 𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒴𝑜𝓊. 𝑀𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔. 𝐿𝑒𝓉 𝓊𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹. 𝒢𝑜𝒹, 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒮𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈. 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝒴𝑜𝓊, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓎. 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝓁𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇, 𝑜𝓇 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒, 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝓊𝓁𝑒. 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓇𝓊𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓃. 𝐼 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓈𝑒, 𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝓁𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑜𝑔𝓃𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓊𝓈, 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝑀𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓃.</p><p>“Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT)</p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-72262035247195133312022-12-19T05:45:00.005-06:002022-12-19T05:45:20.917-06:00Let Me Introduce You To Grace…<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPabBrrZztyok0ZLVEVkDqoJOGuek0_SwWctAZjwrUN5yIsY7wGDzxco7BquoUyxICdQ0bh4UETZ5NbqZY0qNm6gsArbvBXPmEEuW1jTwwdDOB2BylF2XRe6gY9n0LJLEPblMoW5Z9QjCbys3bYWl650teAixCNnjwsKON30S0ymucg1pB4uh6bWEK4A/s3264/ECE2E74F-CB25-4D95-90E1-81440C70EBA9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2943" data-original-width="3264" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPabBrrZztyok0ZLVEVkDqoJOGuek0_SwWctAZjwrUN5yIsY7wGDzxco7BquoUyxICdQ0bh4UETZ5NbqZY0qNm6gsArbvBXPmEEuW1jTwwdDOB2BylF2XRe6gY9n0LJLEPblMoW5Z9QjCbys3bYWl650teAixCNnjwsKON30S0ymucg1pB4uh6bWEK4A/s320/ECE2E74F-CB25-4D95-90E1-81440C70EBA9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>“But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.””</p><p>(Matthew 1:20-21 NKJV)</p><p>Whatever you need today, remember - Jesus already paid the ultimate sacrifice. All you need to do is trust Him. Look to the Son, for He is risen! His grace is ready and waiting. </p><p>I once heard a preacher describe grace as unmerited favor—favor you don’t deserve and didn’t earn. When we think about what Jesus did for us, that He gave everything for us, we realize that it was God’s grace in action for us. We don’t deserve it and there’s nothing we can do to earn it. He gives it to us freely!</p><p>In 1 Corinthians 15:10 NLT, the apostle Paul says it like this: “But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.”</p><p>Paul again perfectly sums this up in Ephesians 2:8 NLT: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” </p><p>A gift! God’s grace is a gift.</p><p>When we embrace the grace that comes only from Jesus, it changes the game! In that surrender we stop trying to earn God’s love and instead respond to His grace with a life of worship. It’s then that we see His grace cover our entire lives.</p><p>So this morning, let me introduce you to #Grace. You may come as you are but you will not leave as you were. That’s what grace will do for you! </p><p><br /></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-77669305455796959172022-09-21T05:30:00.006-05:002022-09-21T07:37:52.311-05:00The Door <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxWzfm-Iv0ug-KguFmOGeEKeZ-5Hql5koKro2inIi2OeWhOAd6ZPr6hcF8j2gue4HOIvSQsIhBCbyES8HDFIZDS76m3OGsd4KQbUmSMr87ZgoSrupou27apcznMXaRlDdMB3gcu96QHVm-xhv4zb00m2hQme3DrE7Qa8yffrK7fq6TcTSDYaACQAHBQ/s3264/C7A7C68D-40E0-484E-B264-0B722A22CDF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxWzfm-Iv0ug-KguFmOGeEKeZ-5Hql5koKro2inIi2OeWhOAd6ZPr6hcF8j2gue4HOIvSQsIhBCbyES8HDFIZDS76m3OGsd4KQbUmSMr87ZgoSrupou27apcznMXaRlDdMB3gcu96QHVm-xhv4zb00m2hQme3DrE7Qa8yffrK7fq6TcTSDYaACQAHBQ/s320/C7A7C68D-40E0-484E-B264-0B722A22CDF3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px;">Today’s Tip: As you embark on this beautiful day, remember, you can never have a bad day as long as there is a doorknob on the inside of the door! You have the control. You must now learn to be brave. Be bold. Be brilliantly you! </span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">I hear people saying all the time, “I wish I knew what I was supposed to do?” Or, “I wish I could change this situation.” You can!! But then when God puts a door in front of you, fear stops you from walking through it. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Stop allowing other’s toxicity and manipulation control your joy and peace. Stop allowing people to destroy you. God created you for such a time as this and </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝐇𝐞</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥</span><span class="s1"> open doors no man can close and shut doors no man can open. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The key is, ‘</span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝕚𝕤</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤</span><span class="s1">.’ Trust God to close doors that lead to destruction and to open the right ones that lead to purpose, peace, and prosperity. However, here’s the kicker, you must be brave enough to turn the knob and walk through the door! </span><span class="s3">🚪</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">🙏🏻</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">“God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. </span><span class="s2" face="STIXGeneral-Regular">𝒮𝑒𝓁𝒶𝒽</span><span class="s1">” (Psalms 46:5, 10-11, NKJV)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">It’s time you learn, God created you for so much more than the toxic people around you. Be the light. Stop allowing others to use and abuse you. You deserve more! It’s time to surrender it all to Him! He is faithful! </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Wake up! Get up! Praise God in the storm anyway! Enjoy and appreciate what God has given you! Remember, you own your actions, not theirs. Your peace of mind deserves the open door. Walk through it. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22.7px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">#WakePraySlay #TheFaithZone #Peace #RiseUp #Joy #SelfAcceptance #TakeBackWhatTheEnemyStole #GodIsMyRefuge #Shalom </span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-35834069457601780562022-09-07T15:08:00.002-05:002022-09-07T15:08:28.974-05:00Letting Go and Letting God Drive<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezWt4kJ5j-8UWKTxbBoKSlkSTIB5Cznak9RIyJBkI1luEjrtwyaXN8WfcEDh7HobL5FzJ-ULSYvxGstsDFgx3MWAJWcnVw0gJEhqRWVXFG3HkXVZU2SrODYBwWB52LhoLLqMsTf2Kfb8ZT67GVFJusr6EHvNhsbZuVQkJCRDXGScr_vwHgRoicosYmQ/s900/5D41A817-2F8B-484C-87B6-ABBEE9A62C0D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezWt4kJ5j-8UWKTxbBoKSlkSTIB5Cznak9RIyJBkI1luEjrtwyaXN8WfcEDh7HobL5FzJ-ULSYvxGstsDFgx3MWAJWcnVw0gJEhqRWVXFG3HkXVZU2SrODYBwWB52LhoLLqMsTf2Kfb8ZT67GVFJusr6EHvNhsbZuVQkJCRDXGScr_vwHgRoicosYmQ/s320/5D41A817-2F8B-484C-87B6-ABBEE9A62C0D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Good morning!! Time to be amazing & get this day started! I absolutely love this time of year! </p><p>As we approach the season of trees changing and shedding of their leaves, it always serves as a reminder to me that sometimes you have to shed your old past, fears, and anxieties in order to grow and develop into the person God designed you to be. You have to take time to be like the trees in the Fall -- shed the old in order to make room for the new! </p><p>Sounds simple, right? However, we all know it can be the hardest thing to do. </p><p>Here’s your tip to get started. Remember, every season has a reason. And every person has a season in your life. Start by detoxing in areas that are hindering your growth. Yes, this very well may begin with your “friends;” and you’ll see that some were only meant for a season and that season has passed. </p><p>Pray for God to send you that friend that is a lifter and not a breaker. This applies for your career, family, friends … anyone or anything that is hindering your walk with Christ. And when your strength runs out, go to the one that replenishes your heart, mind, and soul. He is the #WayMaker. Let God renew your spirit and make you #new again. Trust me… when you finally say “ENOUGH is enough” and walk away from the toxicity and damaging behaviors - #PEACE flows like a river. </p><p>If you need help getting started - let me start by praying with you. Then we can fix your resume (your crown) and help you begin anew. </p><p>𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕩𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖.</p><p>Have an amazingly blessed day and #GiveItToGod! </p><p>#WakePraySlay #Mentoring #Consulting #YouAreWorthIt #LeadershipDevelopment</p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-53589504198593176762022-08-31T11:45:00.003-05:002022-08-31T11:45:29.593-05:00Seek Him Early In The Morning<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYtZSghPD6_UgKKCN9zjHVOLAwITSQ8r9F0-RFnbBGonvOB_HAlkqEKeIxj8UL79hHg5el6ObnZAOD8YoeWfQkSaAeGWR0qpaGXBABi5Ge8pvijZ0jqfCtC5y5UJAhK_dc2zV6Q86j0WaFah51QzJCXy9sEnTkAlWXtZ6ejG1dKy_qYfSmiKOaZmOCw/s2048/CDA06384-7411-479A-9207-C89F3973E46F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYtZSghPD6_UgKKCN9zjHVOLAwITSQ8r9F0-RFnbBGonvOB_HAlkqEKeIxj8UL79hHg5el6ObnZAOD8YoeWfQkSaAeGWR0qpaGXBABi5Ge8pvijZ0jqfCtC5y5UJAhK_dc2zV6Q86j0WaFah51QzJCXy9sEnTkAlWXtZ6ejG1dKy_qYfSmiKOaZmOCw/s320/CDA06384-7411-479A-9207-C89F3973E46F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>There is nothing more amazing than to start your day by seeking God and inviting the Holy Spirit to walk with you throughout the day! </p><p>“O GOD, You are my God; Early will I seek You” (Psalm 63:1a, NKJV). In this scripture, the psalmist David proclaims, “Early will I seek You,” and we can apply his declaration to our own lives on several different levels. </p><p>If you have things weighing on your mind as you wake up in the morning, it’s good to go ahead and roll those over to the Lord. Commit your concerns to God, and trust Him to work them out. Ask God for wisdom to guide you in the decisions you’ll make. Indeed, there’s no better way to start your day than seeking the Lord! </p><p>Have I mentioned how much I love my mornings? </p><p>#WakePraySlay #HolySpirit</p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-65928313080975907382022-08-29T18:03:00.003-05:002022-08-29T18:03:41.413-05:00Top Ten Stress Relievers for Business<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTOEktJQnyw2rTngiOkOZ6UzmeeASYWmSUhV8o7Tis2S5uJUi21F0-CZr_nCUx5bE_QAf-dDhoPNEijNuf9SN-g_8Twuzg6fS6Lu2cTIFCLt_X59ROk4v_2mvxT34yKBc5S35S26AneeEloFosmFyXMPzIO4ATL2BVAVnLvbwO9ySGLpWt5ROxS3Hdg/s1170/72F187CE-C05D-40C7-9225-5576AD87B122.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTOEktJQnyw2rTngiOkOZ6UzmeeASYWmSUhV8o7Tis2S5uJUi21F0-CZr_nCUx5bE_QAf-dDhoPNEijNuf9SN-g_8Twuzg6fS6Lu2cTIFCLt_X59ROk4v_2mvxT34yKBc5S35S26AneeEloFosmFyXMPzIO4ATL2BVAVnLvbwO9ySGLpWt5ROxS3Hdg/s320/72F187CE-C05D-40C7-9225-5576AD87B122.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝?</p><p>It’s true, a certain amount of stress boosts your productivity. But then you push it too far, and it continues to build until it saps your energy and performance. </p><p>Below are my 𝙏𝙤𝙥 𝙏𝙚𝙣 quick tips and tools to help you do your best work by protecting and feeding your well-being: </p><p>1. Harness stress so that it spurs your productivity, not hinders your ability to have clarity and focus</p><p>2. Create realistic, sustainable goals</p><p>3. Aim for progress, not perfection</p><p>4. Decide when to set work/life boundaries and when to blur them</p><p>5. Leave a bad day at the office, at the office</p><p>6. Renew yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally</p><p>7. Forgive yourself when you make a mistake</p><p>8. Reduce the physical tension of spending too much time in front of your compute - go mingle with your staff</p><p>9. Guard your mind and heart from toxic thoughts (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)</p><p>10. Most importantly - break into a daily routine of starting your day in prayer and reading your Bible. It will energize you and propel you with a new energy to start your day </p><p>It’s time to begin a new day, a new week, with new thoughts and beliefs. </p><p>“𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥.” (2 𝘛𝘪𝘮. 1:6-7)</p><p>I pray your day has begun singing the old hymn… “On Christ the solid rock I stand! All other ground is sinking sand.”</p><p>You’ve got this!! </p><p>#TheFaithZone #NewBeginnings</p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-60137079683903346032022-08-07T21:12:00.001-05:002022-08-07T21:12:37.109-05:00Daughter’s Baptism - August 7, 2022 - From a Momma’s heart that is full and overflowing…<p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dcgztTtEqoUvorQ3I_lAUoYTeJXMQET5gliifEwipixAyB--DXxPvPmVxTbNLZo2NNY8BgduzCmGexoz1giLnhJ5V8L3tw7sBj7_e-upTaR31J4ulAyUhCc9CD4elJeru-0iQKG6JNdYR-IgdiBXxyGpiJdOE4gF1oFJ8r1OMQDr7_sp1dG_Cc8E2A/s4032/2174D853-4ED2-429D-A19D-3B575A8262B2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dcgztTtEqoUvorQ3I_lAUoYTeJXMQET5gliifEwipixAyB--DXxPvPmVxTbNLZo2NNY8BgduzCmGexoz1giLnhJ5V8L3tw7sBj7_e-upTaR31J4ulAyUhCc9CD4elJeru-0iQKG6JNdYR-IgdiBXxyGpiJdOE4gF1oFJ8r1OMQDr7_sp1dG_Cc8E2A/w300-h400/2174D853-4ED2-429D-A19D-3B575A8262B2.jpeg" width="300" /></a>There are certain dates in life you just never forget. They are days that either leave you full and overflowing or empty and saddened. Today was the kind of day that had this Momma all in her feelings and emotions. </div><p>If you’re anything like me, you write important dates in your Bible. Today is a date that definitely got recorded in my Holy Bible. 8-7-2022. The day our ten year old daughter made the public confession of her faith and walk with Christ our Savior by Baptism by water. </p><blockquote><p><i><b>“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” - Psalm 127:3</b></i></p></blockquote><p>There is something special that happens when you witness your daughters walk in Christ go deeper. It’s an answered prayer. </p><blockquote><blockquote><p><b><i>“Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” - Deuteronomy 5:29</i></b></p></blockquote></blockquote><p> Not only did we get to witness this transformation, but when your daughter comes up refreshed and renewed, it is amazing. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerzZ4GaAroJMHQCEkGvArnVVHCZTUhLTstACze6WEpN5z_wSy3tGKDNS6waQsruYWiAgnedF9HyqTDNYfCKuZ1q5Z1ZIvByqEh2TokSQomIDJWr7uXa-hSijAMGuOrp-o0JYr2lrTBFdG2oHFPIIuusQSc2dv5jOdV6s1S_y0Adywp88mwYzj7l9N1w/s3088/B63170EE-6CE2-4A91-9422-A30D0405B15F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerzZ4GaAroJMHQCEkGvArnVVHCZTUhLTstACze6WEpN5z_wSy3tGKDNS6waQsruYWiAgnedF9HyqTDNYfCKuZ1q5Z1ZIvByqEh2TokSQomIDJWr7uXa-hSijAMGuOrp-o0JYr2lrTBFdG2oHFPIIuusQSc2dv5jOdV6s1S_y0Adywp88mwYzj7l9N1w/w240-h320/B63170EE-6CE2-4A91-9422-A30D0405B15F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Afterwards, Daddy had to go back to work and she and I went to have lunch. I have to share how amazing her mind works and what a true impact her baptism had on her. <p></p><p>As we were sitting at the table, she said, “Mom, that water was so cold today!” </p><p>I replied, “I bet it felt good?” I meant, the cold water because it was so hot out today!</p><p>Her response brought tears to my eyes and truly overwhelmed my heart with indescribable joy when she said,”when I went under the water, I felt the old fall off and I felt new when I came up. It was like old skin stayed under the water. I can’t explain it.” With tears in my eyes, I responded with a simple, “you just did.” </p><blockquote><p><b><i>“All your children will be disciples of the Lord - I will make peace abound for your children.” - Isaiah 54:13</i></b></p></blockquote><p> I am so thankful for a Church family that invests in our children as if they were their own. Today’s event was not just about how her Daddy and I raise her, but it is also a reflection of what her precious Children’s Director, Ms. Stephanie and Mr. Aaron, pour into them when they’re with them. They are precious! When I think of them both, 1 Peter 5:2-3 comes to mind. <i>“Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them - not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.” </i></p><p> Forever a grateful heart and humbled to be her Momma and his wife. ♥️</p><div style="text-align: left;">With love,<br />Candye<br />“G18Mommy”</div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><p> </p></blockquote></blockquote><p></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-78316263439872058472022-06-11T08:28:00.000-05:002022-06-11T08:28:05.542-05:00Exit Signs <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3UTe5yRZolTt1eUDlneLAS-N3Rn5-k4SdhKeK_1oaj_LJNEcOStP_B1bazvaHRx_1R7vRu-uQzPpJpu4JlgdwONB3buNU7Fp3Wci-SaP_-nfxYKJAEQ3XZqy0GiXmDy6hIeC8DZIN5ISyYjM-_P4FsqgRc85THQYNiZMg2JmUM1YEvWPEURobyRSWA/s3264/56542F47-E473-4955-A75A-690BF62AA766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3UTe5yRZolTt1eUDlneLAS-N3Rn5-k4SdhKeK_1oaj_LJNEcOStP_B1bazvaHRx_1R7vRu-uQzPpJpu4JlgdwONB3buNU7Fp3Wci-SaP_-nfxYKJAEQ3XZqy0GiXmDy6hIeC8DZIN5ISyYjM-_P4FsqgRc85THQYNiZMg2JmUM1YEvWPEURobyRSWA/s320/56542F47-E473-4955-A75A-690BF62AA766.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Exit Signs. To many, it’s just a word in neon lights. Nothing more. Nothing less. However, to someone, it’s a sign that’s scaring you to pieces. You have no clue what’s beyond that door under those bright red lights that read E X I T. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For someone, you may be faced with many doors. Whatever this situation may be, your mind is riddled with so many questions. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕗</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕥</span><span class="s2">’</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕤</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕠𝕟</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕙𝕖</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕗</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕀</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕗</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕀</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕙𝕖</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕥</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕠</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕤</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕗</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕥</span><span class="s2">’</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕤</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕗</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕚𝕥</span><span class="s2">’</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕤</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕥𝕠𝕠</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Here’s the deal. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">It’s something we all experience in life because life is a series of ‘exits.’ <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You’re either going through one door, or your coming out of another door. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Don’t be afraid of the “exit.” Don’t be afraid of where God is getting ready to take you. You see it as a sign of leaving something behind but God sees it as a sign of a new opportunity. The issue with us, a lot of times, we’re simply afraid. Afraid of what we can’t control. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">I challenge you to look at those signs asking a different set of questions:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">What if it’s amazing?!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">What if it’s God’s calling?!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Then pray:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓛𝓸𝓻𝓭</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓲𝓼</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓱𝓮</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝔂𝓸𝓾</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓶𝓮</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓸</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓴</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓸</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓯𝓲𝓵𝓵</span><span class="s2"></span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓽𝓱𝓮</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓹𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓸𝓯</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓶𝔂</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: STIXGeneral-Regular;">𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮</span><span class="s2">?</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"></span></p><blockquote>Your exit could just be your new opportunity. </blockquote><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">You must be able to close a door in order to walk into what God has for you. God places exits in our lives because you wouldn’t be where you are right now if you never walked through that previously exited door. Every time one door closes, another one opens. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Will you walk through the door? Or, settle for what is familiar and comfortable to avoid being used in the way God designed you to be? </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Taking the first step is vital to starting; however, listening to the still, small voice within is the key to winning the race. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.” (Isaiah 43:2 NKJV)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20 NKJV)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">#WakePraySlay #SteppingOutInFaith #Exit #SelfWorth #Leadership </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Remember, as I've written before, if you take nothing else away from my blog - I pray you will never forget that you are "wonderfully and fearfully made" (Psalm 139:14). Never forget that you are the son or daughter of the almighty King of Kings and that you do not have to "BE" what the world expects you to be, but you do have to be what makes you happy! Do something kind today, be nice to others, and respect those you interact with. Strive to make a difference in others lives, but more importantly make a difference in your own life. Life is messy...thank God for Bounty paper towels, Grace & Mercy!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2"> "Pretty words aren't always true...and true words aren't always pretty, but when the truth is spoken, it's always beautiful!"</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Make memories and make today count for today will never come again. GO! Be the awesome person God designed you to be! Have a blessed day! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Blessings,</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Candye~</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">"G18 Mommy"</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel 17:47)</span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-54726808187269342482022-03-03T07:20:00.002-06:002022-03-03T07:20:38.324-06:00How To Be A Blessing <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEYaaGBoaISPxhondp3DCGBU2smVdpcDh8PQb7OVUz1R0JB7RIgBTtortJyncVTPOzy5RFUfHq4uehJ7Cwx5L5rtynlViB9GdB3r0lQGMnfm3ZXngY7ogoMvasHb33whhUDS31Oaq6pso62u0swdUzgsO5Ji-Vp33rkDOSU6ZVeVv5cN75L1pPbDe5wA=s960" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEYaaGBoaISPxhondp3DCGBU2smVdpcDh8PQb7OVUz1R0JB7RIgBTtortJyncVTPOzy5RFUfHq4uehJ7Cwx5L5rtynlViB9GdB3r0lQGMnfm3ZXngY7ogoMvasHb33whhUDS31Oaq6pso62u0swdUzgsO5Ji-Vp33rkDOSU6ZVeVv5cN75L1pPbDe5wA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Good morning!! Time to rise and shine and give God the glory, glory.... 💡 </p><p>Did you wake with a song in your heart? 🎶 </p><p>I did. I woke up thanking our Heavenly Father that he 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 to wake me. Just as he 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 to wake you! </p><p>Today is a gift! A gift that as you open your eyes, it’s like untying the bow on the package. 🎀</p><p>As you go through your day, unwrap the rest of the gifts that’s God has given you (from your “blessing box”). Then look and see what 𝚈𝙾𝚄 can 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 others, not what others can give you. When you step back and realize the benefits of blessing others, with no expectations, it’s so gratifying. </p><p>Need help thinking of frugal ways you can be a blessing? Here ya go…. Don’t say I never gave you anything. 🤗</p><p>🙏🏻 Pray 𝘧𝘰𝘳 someone… </p><p>🤲🏻 Pray 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 someone who is hurting or struggling through a tough decision…</p><p>𝙱𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚍!…</p><p>ѕмιℓє…</p><p>🗣 Give someone a 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎 compliment…</p><p>🙋🏼♀️ Lend a 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 hand…</p><p>✍🏻 Write (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥) a note of 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃…</p><p>📝 Send an 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 text message…</p><p>🌸 Ask someone how they are doing and then 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟…</p><p>It’s so easy to be a blessing and it cost you nothing and the return on your investment in others is 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼! And, let’s face it, don’t you enjoy when someone invests in you? Plus, I always feel so much better when I bless others! </p><p>Try it! I promise it will 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭! It will always help ease whatever pain or struggles you are going through. </p><p>My gift to you is the gift of 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. Never forget 𝕐𝕠𝕦. 𝔸𝕣𝕖. 𝔸𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘.</p><p>The Bible teaches us that Jesus is always first and that we should love our neighbors as ourselves. That means that others should come before us. Here’s my favorite acronym to remember that.</p><p>𝐉 – Jesus</p><p>𝓞 – Others</p><p>𝐘 – Yourself</p><p>You are a blessing when you look out for the needs of others. Pray today and ask God to work through you so you can be a blessing for His Glory.</p><p>“𝐻𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹…” (Proverbs 22:9)</p><p>Have a wonderfully blessed day!!</p><p>#WakePraySlay #BeABlessingChallenge #RiseUp #YouGotThis #Leadership #InspireOthers </p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-66852815068536757362022-01-01T14:49:00.000-06:002022-01-01T14:49:04.100-06:00New Year - New Beginnings! Welcome, 2022! <p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh74Ae_qX2_955QO2R80WrN_2K4_AuT3MzwvXdRc71i3SuMTENfIjk9DhfIBjdCwPzt5Hdoake5KpPLBnm_ICk0K8BlkeUBE1_IyLt5PWHJcLhad5Wa_qyka8FqGUAFAxN3KzWJgwX3W9W5Qoj7gJ1nyNiDE4hwaJgN31U4kkoEyiIfiKejz3tpnJ0cAA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh74Ae_qX2_955QO2R80WrN_2K4_AuT3MzwvXdRc71i3SuMTENfIjk9DhfIBjdCwPzt5Hdoake5KpPLBnm_ICk0K8BlkeUBE1_IyLt5PWHJcLhad5Wa_qyka8FqGUAFAxN3KzWJgwX3W9W5Qoj7gJ1nyNiDE4hwaJgN31U4kkoEyiIfiKejz3tpnJ0cAA=w400-h209" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Well, here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. This is a time when most will focus on setting resolutions that will more-than-likely fail within a month and leave you with a void and feeling like a failure. Despite how it makes us feel when we fail to keep these "goals", we do the inevitable and continue to set them year over year. It’s like we’re programmed to set ourselves up for failure. Why? Because others have told us that it’s what we’re supposed to do? Because we want to make changes that will impact our health and family and overall wellness? Yet, for whatever reason, we do not stick to them. We set them and then we get distracted, tired, overwhelmed, or worse, have a life-altering event that overtakes our focus and we forget about the goals and resolutions we set. This year, I want to encourage you to stop setting resolutions and begin seeking God for your Word of the year. That's what I have been doing for the last couple of years and it has changed my outlook on starting anew. </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Does anyone else feel like 2021 flew by without a blink? It feels like I was just writing a blog for the beginning of 2021. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">This year, I am starting it with an expectation of God’s goodness and mercies that will come with this New Year. I am confident that regardless of the challenges ahead, they will not shut doors that God has plans to open, nor will it steal my joy. This is a year of fresh, new beginnings. One that is full of expectations to grow deeper in my walk with Christ our Lord. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”</i> </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Revelation 3:8</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Remember when we were going into 2020? Everyone said it was going to be the year of #2020Vision. Then the pandemic hit and people were so confused. </span>Fast forward to 2021 which came and went with more confusion, supply shortages, the great resignation that took place with more people retiring and quitting their jobs, and a pandemic that carried on with more restrictions that we were certain would have ended by now. </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">2021 was definitely not the year anyone thought it would be. It was full of uncertainty and confusion. A year where our freedoms were shaken and our current leaders faced more division and chaos. I feel I have heard so many say the year was just not what they expected. Yet I can state with great humbleness, it was still a great year for me and my family. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS5ujicApDdtrq5duLL6wIGAGNmqeIlsg4o8eYuh6W5AFIc97HO3WnSashJ95fY1myyu-65JzfPljGt7AUtaRnkr8T85zw9fyMkCNKOrBb2t3Gy6m-ULac1vZIB-NR7w6pc5D2vVhHNXmU1-gwDkd47VP5X-YhFqyJVKF7Z1lz5I-i69NiOOTA3G2GLg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="531" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS5ujicApDdtrq5duLL6wIGAGNmqeIlsg4o8eYuh6W5AFIc97HO3WnSashJ95fY1myyu-65JzfPljGt7AUtaRnkr8T85zw9fyMkCNKOrBb2t3Gy6m-ULac1vZIB-NR7w6pc5D2vVhHNXmU1-gwDkd47VP5X-YhFqyJVKF7Z1lz5I-i69NiOOTA3G2GLg=s320" width="266" /></a></span></div><span class="s2">We had the privilege of seeing the miracles of God continue to work in our family. We witnessed healing in my Father that was an answered prayer from the Lord. It was a year where we watched family members face severe difficulties, yet supernaturally heal emotionally and physically. It has been a year full of blessings abundantly. <br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">As I began praying for God to give me a word for 2022, I could easily reflect back on 2021 and know it was evident that He had provided beyond our wildest imagination. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I began asking for a word that will provide guidance for where God wants to lead me and guide me to be. Clarity for my purpose. For years, I have been praying that the Lord fill my vessel so I can pour into others and that’s when I felt like the Holy Spirit was nudging me to let it start within me. I have said it for years, you cannot pour into others if your vessel is empty. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><span class="s2"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My word for 2022 is “Growth.” It’s going to be a year full of #GROWTH in so many areas. </span><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO8Yruprg8F7LWHN9OKblqddVF6QMFwmj6gRCUlZKXcWi4p3JmrRdVsGCdXL0CaJWVClip2gOaVhCvC6Gz7OaxNskx5WXaAcrEDbBoyIkH6pP57XWbDrc15DVco7eFHtZ3_j5BwvameV0STWUsyE7IecT3DBpXYkfCVtNwclckPk2zlTW-qph8FMXgNg=s1162" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1162" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO8Yruprg8F7LWHN9OKblqddVF6QMFwmj6gRCUlZKXcWi4p3JmrRdVsGCdXL0CaJWVClip2gOaVhCvC6Gz7OaxNskx5WXaAcrEDbBoyIkH6pP57XWbDrc15DVco7eFHtZ3_j5BwvameV0STWUsyE7IecT3DBpXYkfCVtNwclckPk2zlTW-qph8FMXgNg=w320-h309" width="320" /></a></span><i>Growth</i> in my walk with Christ.</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>Growth</i> in my relationship, love, and patience with my husband, daughter, family & friends.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>Growth</i> in my ministry. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>Growth</i> in my ministry of mentoring and pouring into others.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>Growth</i> in my career and where God leads me professionally. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><i>Growth</i> in my devotion to change.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">As I began to dive into what the true meaning of growth is, I realize it refers to </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">a positive change in size and/ or maturation</span><span class="s2">, often over a period of time. Growth can occur as a stage of maturation or a process toward fullness or fulfillment.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In general, it refers to </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">the self-improvement of your skills, knowledge, personal qualities, life goals and outlook</span><span class="s2">. Whenever you seek to better yourself in any way – be it your temperament, your formal education, or your maturity, you are seeking personal growth.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I completely love this and embrace it to the fullest. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Below are Bible verses about growth that I will meditate on throughout the year as I continue this journey God has me on and I am so thankful to have the most amazing husband and daughter to share it with. They are such a blessing and I am looking forward to us growing as a family. This word will be for our little family, as much as it is for me. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Job 42:10</span><span class="s2"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">2 Peter 3:18</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Colossians 2:7</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Isaiah 54:2-3</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">1 Peter 2:1-3</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">1 Timothy 4:15</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” </span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">1</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Corinthians 13:11</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Philippians 1:6</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“...so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God...” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Colossians 1:10</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Philippians 3:13-14</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">Philippians 1:9-11</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” </span><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;">John 15:5</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span class="s2"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXmg98BQRJ-r8CHkwWxXwXiSoFEgECfzhZr4at55UfQqIcoAXifBqA0PWq3UCWUa-yV9jXwiHMM9XbOYnas6Pmiqnk2hYoGqbZw3QV9ndgBBN5h5mdOyA7pD3ClZE94JnDMBrQE8mzWmvmG6dXY1FoVcEJiXiGN00bZ7jCuL2xwjofzqldqHrnCKUopQ=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXmg98BQRJ-r8CHkwWxXwXiSoFEgECfzhZr4at55UfQqIcoAXifBqA0PWq3UCWUa-yV9jXwiHMM9XbOYnas6Pmiqnk2hYoGqbZw3QV9ndgBBN5h5mdOyA7pD3ClZE94JnDMBrQE8mzWmvmG6dXY1FoVcEJiXiGN00bZ7jCuL2xwjofzqldqHrnCKUopQ=w160-h200" width="160" /></a></div>As I embark on this New Year, I pray God fills me like I’ve never before been filled. I pray the Holy Spirit will lead me, guide me, and continue to grow me into the person I am designed to be; to see #growth in all areas of my christian walk. I want to rest at the feet of Jesus for the first thirty days of the year and just bask in His Holy presence and become all I am supposed to be. I have little eyes that are watching every step I take, every word I speak, every action I make and it’s more important than ever to be the role model that will leave the most remarkable impression on her than ever before, and it starts with deepening my walk with Christ so I can be that for her. <span class="s2"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAUofewhukW98k7aJ_HvJUUbeD0sjnIA9VD2HwPST207Yif5xMR5c-XsGRnXHA9wAlziUbC4cRfd7Ar3OxKdzsGtscAuYt_3lKrTWTDJsoiu4zKsrJiu-L0Mv7QwG_38Uczkmp4nE1kSEaVwhU21AV0MP53lYHeZ8ke-LEoKNaB0L358-3l8rWbRNkVg=s3088" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAUofewhukW98k7aJ_HvJUUbeD0sjnIA9VD2HwPST207Yif5xMR5c-XsGRnXHA9wAlziUbC4cRfd7Ar3OxKdzsGtscAuYt_3lKrTWTDJsoiu4zKsrJiu-L0Mv7QwG_38Uczkmp4nE1kSEaVwhU21AV0MP53lYHeZ8ke-LEoKNaB0L358-3l8rWbRNkVg=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></span></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">After I received my Word of the Year, I took a quiz and the word it gave me was “Fulfilled”. Just confirmation that my word is to be #Growth. You cannot have fulfillment without growth. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdRTCSIcaqqP9Uf3RucpYJzVya2XSbUzbpsrz7nk8SwxD_PsjTBQWg3udRvFfTFbKIsqcJk38hfE29AWKTGIH8MrGv5TaXzviz5XXFDqMq0pke5ql8zVjJInFbvS5SbWyE02OXAUGky2aG2oV08zKkNGFpBSKQhiXfRu7PyWGMpjDN82NHbtfVlZ7I0Q=s1093" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1087" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdRTCSIcaqqP9Uf3RucpYJzVya2XSbUzbpsrz7nk8SwxD_PsjTBQWg3udRvFfTFbKIsqcJk38hfE29AWKTGIH8MrGv5TaXzviz5XXFDqMq0pke5ql8zVjJInFbvS5SbWyE02OXAUGky2aG2oV08zKkNGFpBSKQhiXfRu7PyWGMpjDN82NHbtfVlZ7I0Q=s320" width="318" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;">My prayer for everyone that reads this is that you will take time to rest at the feet of Jesus. Take time to ask for your word for the year and then allow God to grow you as well. Allow Him to help you become all you have been designed to be. Remember, you do not have to impress anyone - just the Heavenly Father! Begin this New Year with expectations of abundant blessings, restoration for all the devil stole from you and find quiet time with Him daily allowing Him to do a work in your life that will surpass your own understanding but elevate you to that next level. </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Regardless of your faith, you must see the writing on the wall. We are living in the end times, times that are full of uncertainty. Place your trust in our Heavenly Father, allowing Him to give you guidance and direction so you stay ready. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><span class="s2"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTT3ZXuNYteUJqziG5pMMIKtQLPkmeMz0s38zeACOpuWxNd-qATXQC7JvVmeY8S9NZnU_WnRBhyY98stJ97tb0Nh2T46w45QmgQphNN60zyf3vwASt-HDsBMUHqVn2d2DQi6R1x5Fl368L6nnDN2JncafcboaMm_eVOahThG3kkk9hlwBSdQ2_hunqzA=s2676" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="2676" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTT3ZXuNYteUJqziG5pMMIKtQLPkmeMz0s38zeACOpuWxNd-qATXQC7JvVmeY8S9NZnU_WnRBhyY98stJ97tb0Nh2T46w45QmgQphNN60zyf3vwASt-HDsBMUHqVn2d2DQi6R1x5Fl368L6nnDN2JncafcboaMm_eVOahThG3kkk9hlwBSdQ2_hunqzA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">From our family to yours - I pray your year begins and ends with abundant blessings and know that when all else fails - His love endures forever! You are not alone! </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-2245547840210626052021-08-21T11:00:00.013-05:002021-08-21T11:12:29.333-05:00Finding Peace<div class="separator">There’s something magical about mornings. I seem to find so much peace when I start my mornings alone with God, just being silent and let Him do the talking. That's exactly how my morning started. Adorned with God's beauty, grace, and mercy. </div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzhgB0rgTP4bCTmimpTn_dTMqHlXhK5aaVPvwaT6fVZ3M5JvB06w6mb_6Gl6S3jYjVLL3dS_nS0tN8Dq1gObJyACC5hJjhvb-_DNyvdw-b8vPbGMwna21LJUyIYNFjQmB38eNrSVQONeV/s2048/650CD9B1-3035-4E37-8207-62FAA1C3C19A.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzhgB0rgTP4bCTmimpTn_dTMqHlXhK5aaVPvwaT6fVZ3M5JvB06w6mb_6Gl6S3jYjVLL3dS_nS0tN8Dq1gObJyACC5hJjhvb-_DNyvdw-b8vPbGMwna21LJUyIYNFjQmB38eNrSVQONeV/w200-h200/650CD9B1-3035-4E37-8207-62FAA1C3C19A.jpeg" width="200" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgUaEHiN028dIOl5kz1dmkIeXPzgZeJ1s7COXam6sTENvNkH25ckgrnMt9Od_I0Nh9PNNCMNMbYj3XwQafKBV-fyQAZ80rHSkHZ9g_Ry21Or8o0O_uR9yrj3bQLquaguC4B4Xkt5CpbeX/s2048/90082973-1C84-42C5-A84B-6BCCE84497FC.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgUaEHiN028dIOl5kz1dmkIeXPzgZeJ1s7COXam6sTENvNkH25ckgrnMt9Od_I0Nh9PNNCMNMbYj3XwQafKBV-fyQAZ80rHSkHZ9g_Ry21Or8o0O_uR9yrj3bQLquaguC4B4Xkt5CpbeX/w320-h320/90082973-1C84-42C5-A84B-6BCCE84497FC.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I opened my eyes to the most beautiful morning. You may be asking yourself, “what was so special about her morning?” </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Well, let me tell you. It wasn’t because of anything special, but because I had the honor of God waking me early this morning for another day. Another blessing. Another opportunity. (Matthew 19:26)</span></p><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></p><p> <b style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">“But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”” (Matthew 19:26 NKJV)</b></p><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAE6Lmcd_4zSw6MHOxVFnXdgQT11ZiQi9ausOV8gKkNmqjQyFYZi-XTh7HerIttAH7JJI8tJ_jDSGY7SlQ3QOeWcl-V3qf-06pLurUqBdN0NsF0pSqY6_-G2IF7Oo6KSHYRXEB-poefAQ/s2048/F5BF8562-A24A-4626-90AB-E7908824A197.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAE6Lmcd_4zSw6MHOxVFnXdgQT11ZiQi9ausOV8gKkNmqjQyFYZi-XTh7HerIttAH7JJI8tJ_jDSGY7SlQ3QOeWcl-V3qf-06pLurUqBdN0NsF0pSqY6_-G2IF7Oo6KSHYRXEB-poefAQ/w200-h200/F5BF8562-A24A-4626-90AB-E7908824A197.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">I spent quite a while just sitting in the stillness, in his presence, on my patio this morning just enjoying the quiet. As He blessed me with an amazing view, I couldn’t help but think about all those struggling, lost, and fighting for their lives while I was privileged enough to just sit in peace. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">I honestly believe if you would slow down long enough to truly gauge your blessings, you’d find they certainly outweigh your struggles and trials. </span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHrH0GXURgNBtG-TYOLTTsT2ogtHohJZyMrugxfP1Kcj2XtMAraX97ZR6Ze8x1f0mjqngi5XssqTqIZ9EQZH_CqVqZ0OPWV6GFhElOXAJVXuW8sg5T95N3eKCpNvH3Jcvv2tsqe8oOxnF/s2048/2746538E-EAC6-4FE0-B8D9-81703DF78F29.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHrH0GXURgNBtG-TYOLTTsT2ogtHohJZyMrugxfP1Kcj2XtMAraX97ZR6Ze8x1f0mjqngi5XssqTqIZ9EQZH_CqVqZ0OPWV6GFhElOXAJVXuW8sg5T95N3eKCpNvH3Jcvv2tsqe8oOxnF/w200-h200/2746538E-EAC6-4FE0-B8D9-81703DF78F29.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">Today, I ask you to stop and take a moment to 1) enjoy the stillness in his presence, and 2) pray for our country, this illness that’s plaguing our world, and all of those who are just simply lost. Maybe get out your prayer journal and just spent quality time with the Lord petitioning Him for the people or needs you’ve inked on the pages. If you do not have a prayer journal, maybe today is a really great day to start one. Remember, when it’s hardest to pray is when we need to pray the most. </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">🙏🏻</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> Most importantly, don’t forget to “</span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px;">ℍ</span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝕚𝕞</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">” for your many blessings. </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">💕</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><u>For anyone reading this, here is my prayer for you today. </u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbLEBjwwW8Ye-8J13O6FmYvu8t5Li9gelhyMlQ97jROvm-eXlmIsWju03fYJeVkMZLe07wZVD72wnA-UwuCLQdu9XxI1StfOyFmsDxXD9aIctUcCpn2CR4wip4O-oWjvOewBgkubT1crw/s2048/BFCFFE12-3897-4711-8D7B-00D4D137D35A.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbLEBjwwW8Ye-8J13O6FmYvu8t5Li9gelhyMlQ97jROvm-eXlmIsWju03fYJeVkMZLe07wZVD72wnA-UwuCLQdu9XxI1StfOyFmsDxXD9aIctUcCpn2CR4wip4O-oWjvOewBgkubT1crw/s320/BFCFFE12-3897-4711-8D7B-00D4D137D35A.jpeg" width="320" /></a><i>Heavenly Father, I pray for the person reading this that
they may find peace and have complete healing in their mind, body, and soul. I
pray for complete restoration in all areas of their lives. I pray that their
circumstances would be changed and that they would have increase and
multiplication in their faith, finances, health and families. I pray the fear
inside of him/her will flee in Jesus Name. I pray for a breakthrough and declare that you
will show up miraculously in every situation they are facing. I pray miracles
are birth through the trials they are going through. I pray for revival and a
renewed and fresh anointing to fall on them that will bring increase like
they have never imagined. I pray that the deadness in him/her would come ALIVE in Your Name. Lord, go before him/her and protect the path you have them on and
let them reap blessings abundantly, knowing that it could have only come from
you. For these things, I give you thanksgiving in advance, declaring, trusting and knowing, you have already begun your works in, on, and through them. Amen.</i></p><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAAhjJILa8CsalOZy37-SNtC7dsXBtyDmFwlHHNCB_lvJI296o8hICaSl47Sjh5VPoY6Zym02gqhPPbwlIWAexnqp5oFkrDNK3eDXpRUS4Qoz_pt7UXeeMHnxAiTQbbu9k7szsiUnL74p/s2048/A67DCF9D-5414-4C3B-B876-57141AD38A0A.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAAhjJILa8CsalOZy37-SNtC7dsXBtyDmFwlHHNCB_lvJI296o8hICaSl47Sjh5VPoY6Zym02gqhPPbwlIWAexnqp5oFkrDNK3eDXpRUS4Qoz_pt7UXeeMHnxAiTQbbu9k7szsiUnL74p/s320/A67DCF9D-5414-4C3B-B876-57141AD38A0A.jpeg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my potion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him; To the soul who weeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:22-26 NKJV)</span></b></blockquote><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Remember, God did not give you a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7) Today, you need to take back authority over your life and remember your a child of the most High King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You are worthy. You are Enough. You are Blessed! </span></p><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: STIXGeneral; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><blockquote><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">, </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐦𝐚𝐲</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐰𝐞</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐀𝐋𝐋</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐦𝐚𝐲</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐛𝐞</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐇𝐢𝐬</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐚𝐧𝐝</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐚𝐬</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐰𝐞</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐨𝐧</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s3" face="STIXGeneral-Regular" style="font-size: 16px;">𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">!</span></blockquote><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">Have an amazing day! </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">Love, </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;">Candye </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">♥️</span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-52873374364134646972021-08-19T09:55:00.000-05:002021-08-19T09:55:11.387-05:00New Chapter In Our Journey - 4th Grade <h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9xXd5MqpD3UhUBYU5xvbpvPdkjEZoD7eTg46HdP0qw3H4UkeRlV4Zlvuai_SnJLVkOa4Y2249Dx3NbIkcXxLHIRMAu1Rowbtb4rrVYFTTHu9O3wRJalg-OmsaOWQH-e95q6n-uljN4XN/s2048/78BF57EA-49EA-447C-B1C7-A82B8F53A525.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9xXd5MqpD3UhUBYU5xvbpvPdkjEZoD7eTg46HdP0qw3H4UkeRlV4Zlvuai_SnJLVkOa4Y2249Dx3NbIkcXxLHIRMAu1Rowbtb4rrVYFTTHu9O3wRJalg-OmsaOWQH-e95q6n-uljN4XN/w150-h200/78BF57EA-49EA-447C-B1C7-A82B8F53A525.jpeg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ccKemd-9h86xoZNMuW1BX6ELwWBFq7chyyC0zgSsQ7leJSmq_UZGQsYKayz_uOkEn9qPcZuclCs9H_zRZ6RRXaok2M55ChwzK7BQCGrkByKgw-Dp44ccnieBrrprHEAzwo0jp33urdgn/s2048/7A235C12-FCED-4DEF-B7B3-BDD25CC00EC3.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ccKemd-9h86xoZNMuW1BX6ELwWBFq7chyyC0zgSsQ7leJSmq_UZGQsYKayz_uOkEn9qPcZuclCs9H_zRZ6RRXaok2M55ChwzK7BQCGrkByKgw-Dp44ccnieBrrprHEAzwo0jp33urdgn/w150-h200/7A235C12-FCED-4DEF-B7B3-BDD25CC00EC3.jpeg" width="150" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><u>4th Grade - Here She Comes.....</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Well, we started a new chapter in our journey of life today. What a phenomenal but emotional morning. </span></div></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AP3eYGgig39Fr8T9jllRcE8pdYXI5A4bfp54aaA_jZZeBoRR_O4AmW84Jc_H9Chu7AaNQZh9PEU8QkenB48OXIR4TBzLFlAMaphp9Kmsko6H03dbAl3iPO2jCmChKd-EUSchK4S81cgk/s720/08A6762C-BC17-4CF9-BF60-E35C7ED8791F.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AP3eYGgig39Fr8T9jllRcE8pdYXI5A4bfp54aaA_jZZeBoRR_O4AmW84Jc_H9Chu7AaNQZh9PEU8QkenB48OXIR4TBzLFlAMaphp9Kmsko6H03dbAl3iPO2jCmChKd-EUSchK4S81cgk/w200-h200/08A6762C-BC17-4CF9-BF60-E35C7ED8791F.jpeg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Day of Pre-School<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfIcTh3RpFAiFHF2zbFQ3LdLwXLDevaZzl8N88FcYiZa7ne5qlckaYrVhOJVwSWMEehf6G3O5hwF09wOSWYyNOpDNq7Nq285FapLvLeCcaFmUKIVzdqu0HYGMHLoMbbxVCe2IMOuttFGh/s2048/E587A2A0-E151-4DE6-9366-F7B6F6EDF8CB.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfIcTh3RpFAiFHF2zbFQ3LdLwXLDevaZzl8N88FcYiZa7ne5qlckaYrVhOJVwSWMEehf6G3O5hwF09wOSWYyNOpDNq7Nq285FapLvLeCcaFmUKIVzdqu0HYGMHLoMbbxVCe2IMOuttFGh/w150-h200/E587A2A0-E151-4DE6-9366-F7B6F6EDF8CB.jpeg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Day of 4th Grade</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 17.22px;"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We officially have a 4th Grader! This morning, we had the honor of walking our beautiful daughter into school. How did we get here so fast? Wasn't it just yesterday that we were taking her to her first day of Pre-School and introducing her to Ms. Lisa? </div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 17.22px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 17.22px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXS-qvS2l_UMZ7_NIMYGJSH-aGt2xVZtz8pxs7Idi4Iq9A2K-SrfS68dMTC1jV-9dRn7xKOTnaPNDH8DwX9N_tdZtYfIgiXUvi1Tsjaqj2hDQVvUxmlSSkZiG9aanpk4ZWAqJDdQdjEUJ/s2048/21F92A4B-96F3-4F3A-ABC9-012C1CAD84EB.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><span class="s2" style="font-size: 17.22px;"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzTBVkm_jcxcjHL7MzUyjekX9yDUWRYHh65nSPXrz-yIaClKmcUHSAJRYjIgb5Z7JnX86nd95c5UuIg099DKBtX5SIra5Uqx7m0fx_uVW3KWYD9x00tEZGA0YCdiIKJNRhKpKlPz_96k0/s2048/802A9C2D-CCBB-498E-8B6E-675C94CECD54.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: 17.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzTBVkm_jcxcjHL7MzUyjekX9yDUWRYHh65nSPXrz-yIaClKmcUHSAJRYjIgb5Z7JnX86nd95c5UuIg099DKBtX5SIra5Uqx7m0fx_uVW3KWYD9x00tEZGA0YCdiIKJNRhKpKlPz_96k0/w150-h200/802A9C2D-CCBB-498E-8B6E-675C94CECD54.jpeg" width="150" /></a><span class="s2"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXS-qvS2l_UMZ7_NIMYGJSH-aGt2xVZtz8pxs7Idi4Iq9A2K-SrfS68dMTC1jV-9dRn7xKOTnaPNDH8DwX9N_tdZtYfIgiXUvi1Tsjaqj2hDQVvUxmlSSkZiG9aanpk4ZWAqJDdQdjEUJ/s2048/21F92A4B-96F3-4F3A-ABC9-012C1CAD84EB.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXS-qvS2l_UMZ7_NIMYGJSH-aGt2xVZtz8pxs7Idi4Iq9A2K-SrfS68dMTC1jV-9dRn7xKOTnaPNDH8DwX9N_tdZtYfIgiXUvi1Tsjaqj2hDQVvUxmlSSkZiG9aanpk4ZWAqJDdQdjEUJ/w150-h200/21F92A4B-96F3-4F3A-ABC9-012C1CAD84EB.jpeg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Alexis and Raven (BF's)<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">As we were watching our daughter slip away down </span><span class="s2">the</span> hallways within the mix of all those adorable little boys and girls, an amazing friend called out to me, “<i>Candye, no tears...</i>” as I turned toward her, we giggled. She knows me all too well. </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">My eyes were FULL of water and it was taking everything I had to keep them from flowing down my cheeks. As I turned to see her beautiful smile, with her son on her hip, there they went - one tear after another slowly trickled down my cheeks, landing on my chest (my heart). </p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nHpiV9X6XBkMbCCzGiCKgmdre4irNGNV1AKBFC9Kwk0LHP9_C7PmSR_ev5i_rWmbN37I8b-iPsn41wWgklf9arCVI0dfS6h6AACtI4cYPKT0e1hdJP1myxId6efgdDeoRVb9DYgKBzvt/s2048/27FC28EA-6A55-4EAA-830C-147FA682968E.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nHpiV9X6XBkMbCCzGiCKgmdre4irNGNV1AKBFC9Kwk0LHP9_C7PmSR_ev5i_rWmbN37I8b-iPsn41wWgklf9arCVI0dfS6h6AACtI4cYPKT0e1hdJP1myxId6efgdDeoRVb9DYgKBzvt/w240-h320/27FC28EA-6A55-4EAA-830C-147FA682968E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">Being the positive, amazing individual she is, she said, “<i>let’s pray; that’s what you’re doing anyway, so let’s just pray together right now</i>.” </p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxgEQ3OKJhiyufpNPwLj_xmLnLYg1_VvvkoOGjo5gVrugVjOWOewPnh_OtSsPusLtq4kRQCXAWl3i4SF7HKDweG7gulciRMR0-0auQYeuWs-_VMLSnSxv6U_3oRtoM3W2OOFB7K7FlLcf/s2048/A50321AF-7D91-4A8E-BECC-1FEFBF706783.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxgEQ3OKJhiyufpNPwLj_xmLnLYg1_VvvkoOGjo5gVrugVjOWOewPnh_OtSsPusLtq4kRQCXAWl3i4SF7HKDweG7gulciRMR0-0auQYeuWs-_VMLSnSxv6U_3oRtoM3W2OOFB7K7FlLcf/s320/A50321AF-7D91-4A8E-BECC-1FEFBF706783.jpeg" width="240" /></a><span class="s2"><span class="s2"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2">So, the three of us stood there in the school parking lot and prayed over our children, the school, the teachers and faculty. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"><br /></span></span></div><i>Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day and the opportunity before our children as they</i></span><i> embark on their first day. Lord, send your Angels to provide a hedge of protection around them. Keep them safe and give them confidence and humility as they take these new steps in this journey. Give the teachers and faculty patience and understanding and strength this year that they will have the strength and eagerness to educate our children. Lord, please keep them safe and return them home to us healthy and happy. In your precious name we pray and give you thanks. Amen”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s2"><blockquote>BUT, that's when she added the most powerful part of the prayer. "<i style="font-weight: bold;">And may they be your hands and feet as they walk on this earth.</i>" </blockquote></span></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It was powerful. </b></span></blockquote><span class="s2"></span><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbwzgOSyJsVrAI2OgzspE68yskhp0NatqoshteTyXLGrhSjGhkCP37wPN4-7dS1tQbp_wWReBuH0aoPB-p-uOtvS15zkhDDyFi8QLbDCKfTz_54LLmeitVEyQ8T8GGDw7grQF1IQuuSI4/s640/IMG_0553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbwzgOSyJsVrAI2OgzspE68yskhp0NatqoshteTyXLGrhSjGhkCP37wPN4-7dS1tQbp_wWReBuH0aoPB-p-uOtvS15zkhDDyFi8QLbDCKfTz_54LLmeitVEyQ8T8GGDw7grQF1IQuuSI4/w150-h200/IMG_0553.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">Precious Baby</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">WOW!! YES, LORD! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I cannot tell you how much that statement resonated with me. It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I was so consumed with emotions and just trying to get through the prayer without bawling like a baby calf being ripped from it’s momma’s side that I never thought about praying that our children emulate our Heavenly Father. But she did! </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cIFG6_V5CGKxTB76gvZg9LTKHZO-L2aG1EqD0MUmVaU6yA8Q95L3uGJ-UPbCTp05KSprAJc863C0nZ4KaqbJBXIkJ-Wi3woECgYZBTfzYwwA6DBEuCDKgIWoilgDLd6d84m36ISquNzl/s2048/4964F067-8E8E-462B-8F12-A65C9F47AC72.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cIFG6_V5CGKxTB76gvZg9LTKHZO-L2aG1EqD0MUmVaU6yA8Q95L3uGJ-UPbCTp05KSprAJc863C0nZ4KaqbJBXIkJ-Wi3woECgYZBTfzYwwA6DBEuCDKgIWoilgDLd6d84m36ISquNzl/s320/4964F067-8E8E-462B-8F12-A65C9F47AC72.jpeg" width="240" /></a><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">She said how she did not plan on getting out of the car this morning but now she knows that she did because He knew I needed her. Oh yes I did! </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Just as His Word tells us, "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." (Deuteronomy 31:8) </p><div><br /></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">I am so thankful that God knows what we need before we do </span>and that He goes before us and prepares the way. I love how he sends us earthly Angels to be there beside us to support us and hold us up when we want to just go home, cancel all of our meetings, sit on the couch and eat Bon-Bon’s and ice cream. (Lol) </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><div><span class="s2"><span class="s2">As I drove away, tears trickled down my cheeks, yes, partially because I was overwhelmed with emotions that I just left my daughter to face her first day of 4th grade; but, I also was overwhelmed with a sadness for my friends that their</span> children are in Heaven and they do not get to walk them in to their first day of whatever grade they would have been in. </span>Every day is such a blessing and every breath is nothing short of amazing, yet I see and hear so many being vile and unappreciative and it breaks my heart. </div><div><span class="s2"><br /></span></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Lastly, it would not be complete without our traditional first day morning photo shoot. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy sharing our journey with you all. Thank you for being faithful followers and supporters. You are part of our world and we love you!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Today, I pray that we ALL may be His hands and feet as we walk on this earth! </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hzWFybVA2Wr0kGJ-lHcdFrWDLQSBuTQXb1KYNFdSwMe4-v7-6rcpiWBFlZ2sobzLGfOSENFs9Tv9hG7M1tJTfCbcM1b_OzACLKfwrAF2dYEDpHPzzH5trTs5ekOJeDi6LZHROGHIVpQj/s2048/B655990F-FB0B-4EBE-8E46-77F0B1D5AAF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hzWFybVA2Wr0kGJ-lHcdFrWDLQSBuTQXb1KYNFdSwMe4-v7-6rcpiWBFlZ2sobzLGfOSENFs9Tv9hG7M1tJTfCbcM1b_OzACLKfwrAF2dYEDpHPzzH5trTs5ekOJeDi6LZHROGHIVpQj/s320/B655990F-FB0B-4EBE-8E46-77F0B1D5AAF7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Traditional First Day Family Photo (4th Grade)<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></b></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">"For this child I've prayed and the Lord has granted the desires of my heart." (1 Samuel 1:27)</span></b></span></div></blockquote><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></div></blockquote><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">For
all you Momma's out there that struggle with the first day of school, like I
do, I pray for you as well. We are strong. We got this! I declare this will be <b>the best year ever</b> for all! FULL of blessings abundantly! </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>Make memories and make today count for today will
never come again. GO! Be the awesome person God designed you to be as you patiently
await the end of the school day! </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Have a blessed day! </p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;">Candye <br />#G18Mommy</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.5px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>“…the battle is the Lord’s” (1 Samuel 17:47)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">#NewPage #NewChapter #OurJourney #4thgrade #GPEOwls #HSOPresidentIsMyBFF</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-91123273787155861132021-07-17T11:13:00.002-05:002021-07-17T21:53:40.387-05:00Finding Peace In Grief<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspda4TG6jqXGOHG4OJ-oTIdvgn0_-iDPtvUXev4b2avcyObwHRm2GZcb7RxqQ4dpYeGgxPhfnvtuC9SczFW-Lpc2UQuhKf94m4Ey9r8LdP8krhRn9BNIRYd5J-97I77XKan4ZF3qa-dCs/s2048/265A28EB-1A0B-444F-9B55-0BC09B2C929D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspda4TG6jqXGOHG4OJ-oTIdvgn0_-iDPtvUXev4b2avcyObwHRm2GZcb7RxqQ4dpYeGgxPhfnvtuC9SczFW-Lpc2UQuhKf94m4Ey9r8LdP8krhRn9BNIRYd5J-97I77XKan4ZF3qa-dCs/s320/265A28EB-1A0B-444F-9B55-0BC09B2C929D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> I love how my Heavenly Father knew I needed to see #Hope this morning.❣️</span></div><p>My heart is so heavy this morning. Our family has lost two loved ones this week. I just learned of the passing of a cousin yesterday and then for days I have not been able to stop crying for my dear cousin and his 3 precious children that lost their amazing wife and mother. </p><p>So, as I sat and watched this storm roll in this morning, the dark clouds and the pouring rain, God allowed me to see this majestic, beautiful rainbow; not after the storm, but right in the midst of it. His reminder that even in our darkest storms, He is our protector, our healer, our provider, our shelter during the storm and most importantly He is our Savior that provides #grace, #mercy, and #peace that surpasses all understanding. </p><p>We may never understand why things happen like they do, but we can take solace in the never ending love of our Heavenly Father. </p><p>Life is unexpected, and death or sorrow can come at any time. There’s no way for us to prepare for these terrible events, but where this is loss, I’m reminded that there is another life with God in heaven. One day I’ll hold my sweet Bridgette and see all of our loved ones again. </p><p>"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)</p><p>In the darkness, it’s hard to remember that God will never abandon us during our times of grief and that He will always provide us with love and hope. It’s true - sometimes, Heaven just needs Super Hero’s. 😢✝️</p><p>"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:7-8)</p><p>My #Hope remains in my Heavenly Father. </p><p>Please keep our family in your prayers. There are 3 broken-hearted children and a grieving husband that could sure use extra prayers right now. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08NbBCeXJjU3ZHgE99Te9jLNA2wvig4vvuiMMzJ0cMau68rLvdE4yj0lGjmtM6Z1eFgJLeAdqxdY8DhsDu_3SejROR4DMKV1KZjN-SdKuJdovgHNdOblIZdUB-Ur9mThAQYbPF9kE_Phs/s2048/D65F230E-0EA7-47C0-ACBF-DFE8571726C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08NbBCeXJjU3ZHgE99Te9jLNA2wvig4vvuiMMzJ0cMau68rLvdE4yj0lGjmtM6Z1eFgJLeAdqxdY8DhsDu_3SejROR4DMKV1KZjN-SdKuJdovgHNdOblIZdUB-Ur9mThAQYbPF9kE_Phs/s320/D65F230E-0EA7-47C0-ACBF-DFE8571726C9.jpeg" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gqHOv1uppkg&feature=share</p><p><br /></p><p>https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rzcxfuBC4&feature=share</p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-55100385735034809692021-07-09T06:45:00.001-05:002021-07-09T06:45:28.679-05:00Releasing All That Burdens You<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ohOUSqTcmpYr9CH2ZgCe_5vjn7nNusb4_W_DYSdWlj6LnjjiSD_KUj7E9Zm3jjLja7sEydwkZJw7sixHEFrqtizOV06YePk6BwH9hY77u3VVcDALIZTgr8hGG95V2chIeQs1IoyWDEt/s2048/1FFCD23B-50C8-4FF9-B32D-3EB60F2CC45A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ohOUSqTcmpYr9CH2ZgCe_5vjn7nNusb4_W_DYSdWlj6LnjjiSD_KUj7E9Zm3jjLja7sEydwkZJw7sixHEFrqtizOV06YePk6BwH9hY77u3VVcDALIZTgr8hGG95V2chIeQs1IoyWDEt/s320/1FFCD23B-50C8-4FF9-B32D-3EB60F2CC45A.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Happy Faithful Friday! Time to rise and shine! </b></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">It's time to put our faith into action and trust the Word of God. The Bible tells us that "For with God nothing will be impossible." (Luke 1:37) </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">So why do we always get caught up on and in things of the past and things we have absolutely no control over? Why do we allow it to consume us and become our ‘god’? It's time to #LetItGo. Do you trust that God is big enough to handle your problems? Then LET Him! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">Here’s your challenge for the day. </span></p><ol class="ol1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><li class="li3" style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Make a list of issues you are having difficulty with right now. </span></li><li class="li3" style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Pray over them.</span></li><li class="li3" style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2">Hand them over to God, and let them go! </span></li></ol><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">There’s no better way to end a week than by releasing your burdens. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">Have a Fabulous Friday. GO! Enjoy this beautiful day the Lord has given and know that you are wonderfully and beautifully made in His image!! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>#WakePraySlay</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remember, as I've written before, if you take nothing else away from my blog - I pray you will never forget that you are "<b><i>wonderfully and fearfully made</i></b>" (<i>Psalm 139:14</i>). </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Never forget that you are the son or daughter of the almighty King of Kings and that you do not have to "BE" what the world expects you to be, but you do have to be what makes you happy! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do something kind today, be nice to others, and respect those you interact with. Strive to make a difference in others lives, but more importantly make a difference in your own life. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Life is messy...thank God for Bounty paper towels, Grace & Mercy!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">"Pretty words aren't always true...and true words aren't always pretty, but when the truth is spoken, it's always beautiful!"</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">Make memories and make today count for today will never come again. GO! Be the awesome person God designed you to be! Have a blessed day! </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">Blessings,</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">Candye~</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">"G18 Mommy"</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;"><i>"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel 17:47)</i></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-29230457902401638202021-05-12T08:21:00.000-05:002021-05-12T08:21:04.254-05:00How To Persevere In Your Weakest Moments <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvchDB2sSnX2in9mtoogTqI-oQ0qqVPGTRPMdpw-90ZzmFxsbLFvxpQYg8gfSsCkKYKOeovzq_2k0ZJ-QASKND7CvtA9oxmVeGj6CK_MVg87Hn-MzFN8V6h3dT20t-VeMU3qn3GImZ-dEZ/s2048/6DBDA0D1-41EE-411B-A8AD-248083E2574B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvchDB2sSnX2in9mtoogTqI-oQ0qqVPGTRPMdpw-90ZzmFxsbLFvxpQYg8gfSsCkKYKOeovzq_2k0ZJ-QASKND7CvtA9oxmVeGj6CK_MVg87Hn-MzFN8V6h3dT20t-VeMU3qn3GImZ-dEZ/s320/6DBDA0D1-41EE-411B-A8AD-248083E2574B.jpeg" /></a><span style="font-size: 17px;">The original audience of the book of Hebrews seems to have been Jews who had professed faith in Christ but who were now facing persecution from the unbelieving Jews. Sound familiar? Kind of like what we’re facing today.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">They were tempted to turn back, to renounce Christ and to go back to the temple and the sacrificial system. Believers who read the book of Hebrews today are faced with a similar temptation: the world and what we have left behind are always calling to us, wanting us to go back — if not to permanently return, at least to go back for visits as often as possible. But we are running a race. There is no time to backtrack or dillydally. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The race we are running is probably more like a military-style obstacle course than a nice and neat Olympic race. There are real dangers along the way, but we must keep moving forward. We have the examples of past saints to follow, but our supreme example is Jesus Himself, the one who blazed the way, finished the race, paid for our sins, and is now seated in the place of highest honor and authority. We look to Him, not only as our example but as our source of strength.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">When you feel like turning back, or you get tired and weary, remember to #KeepYourEyesOnJesus. Let Him be your source for strength and then preserve and press on. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><b><u><i>My Prayer:</i></u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Thank you, Jesus, for going to the cross and enduring its suffering and separation for my sake. May I forever and ever keep You as the center and circumference of my life and faith, in whose name I pray. Amen</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Remember, as I've written before, if you take nothing else away from my blog - I pray you will never forget that you are "</span><span class="s2" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">wonderfully and fearfully made</span><span class="s1">" (</span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">Psalm 139:14</span><span class="s1">). Never forget that you are the son or daughter of the almighty King of Kings and that you do not have to "BE" what the world expects you to be, but you do have to be what makes you happy! Do something kind today, be nice to others, and respect those you interact with. Strive to make a difference in others lives, but more importantly make a difference in your own life. Life is messy...thank God for Bounty paper towels, Grace & Mercy!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">"Pretty words aren't always true...and true words aren't always pretty, but when the truth is spoken, it's always beautiful!"</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Make memories and make today count for today will never come again. GO! Be the awesome person God designed you to be! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Have a blessed day! </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Candye </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">#G18Mommy</span></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-43071351489791280762021-03-24T07:15:00.001-05:002021-03-24T07:15:34.010-05:00God: Never in a Hurry, Always On Time <div><br></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86wMdcib6idQxj_lylThqAKbIvLs_7ly8J-ed8CMTkUfy2mzDG-o6GnJgYmso7naUtjSd5N19cKBDNxy9v5BdeMvF5h-C_LQqgahyphenhyphenxmQ_QLwtVC08_6J4evFACASs0otETyC8Eh7aXboE/s1600/image0-734046.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86wMdcib6idQxj_lylThqAKbIvLs_7ly8J-ed8CMTkUfy2mzDG-o6GnJgYmso7naUtjSd5N19cKBDNxy9v5BdeMvF5h-C_LQqgahyphenhyphenxmQ_QLwtVC08_6J4evFACASs0otETyC8Eh7aXboE/s320/image0-734046.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6943193170610562370" /></a><br><br><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">God: Never in a Hurry, Always On Time </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Be patient with God and with yourself. One of life's frustrations is that God's timetable is rarely the same as ours. We are often in a hurry when God isn't. You may feel frustrated with the seemingly slow progress you're making in life. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Remember that God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time. He will use your entire lifetime to prepare you for your role in eternity. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">The Bible is filled with examples of how God uses a long process to develop character, especially in leaders. He took 80 years to prepare Moses, including 40 in the wilderness. For 14,600 days Moses kept waiting and wondering, "Is it time yet?" But God kept saying, "Not yet." </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Contrary to popular book titles, there are no "Easy Steps to Maturity" or "Secrets of Instant Sainthood." When God wants to make a giant oak, he takes a hundred years, but when he wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process. James advised, "Don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed" (James 1:4b MSG). </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Don't get discouraged. When Habakkuk became depressed because he didn't think God was acting quickly enough, God had this to say: "These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!" (Habakkuk 2:3 LB) </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">A delay is not a denial from God! </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. Years ago people wore a popular button with the letters PBPGINFWMY. It stood for "Please Be Patient, God Is Not Finished With Me Yet." God isn't finished with you, either, so keep on moving forward. 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This makes my heart so happy! </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I pray that you're having an amazing Saturday morning! I pray you have heat and light and plenty of food. </p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">I love how God shows up when you need Him the most. I have a very specific prayer that I took to my Heavenly Father Thursday. This morning I woke and my sweet Father sent me to the daily Bible verse in my Bible app and this is the scripture. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." </span>Psalms 23:4 (NKJV)</p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">If you only knew the situation you would know the magnitude of this..... it is amazing! </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Then He directed me to Matthew 6:34.</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."</p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Matthew 6:34 (NKJV)</p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">I was just sharing in my Study of the Bible group, (@TheFaithZone) Thursday evening, that I take my prayer request(s) to my Heavenly Father the first time and ask (petition) Him and then every time thereafter I take it to Him with praise and thanksgiving, claiming that it has come to pass. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Is this how you pray? </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Remember, prayer is a privilege. We are granted access to God Most High. He isn't an afterthought, and prayer must be more than just a habit. We want to be continually in an attitude of prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) and approach God's throne of grace with confidence (Hebrews 4:16). But we also want to be sure that we are paying attention to the One seated on the throne and not just saying words for the sake of saying words. </p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">""And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words." Matthew 6:7 (AMP)</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">This morning, I want to encourage you that no matter what your needs are, your Heavenly Father already knows your needs before you ever petition Him. You only have to ask once - then give Him praise for the answer is already on the way. </span><span class="s3">🙏🏻♥️</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Please know that I'm praying for you. My prayer is that whom ever is reading this, that you are blessed, healthy and warm. I pray all of your needs are being met with abundance. </p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Don't forget to be a blessing and Have a blessed day!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Faithfully, <span class="s2"></span></p><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candye~</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461078809971_31979"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">17:47</a>)</font></i></div></div>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-29751907184090339442021-02-18T08:23:00.001-06:002021-02-18T08:23:19.528-06:00♥️ You Are Loved ♥️<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZo47pkSrvlgmAgOmhybXy1FeL8Z-OPVTjM0ubTg4S5IV72eYYQ1oMdjooHd4O-ZWuJLAHKS_h9RVghWw91cvJAm4QX3aVh0-UrUmJg1OfXKUhGD_o-Bj9W5s77LMcQRp32xfQ5v2vZgZ/s1600/image0-799568.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZo47pkSrvlgmAgOmhybXy1FeL8Z-OPVTjM0ubTg4S5IV72eYYQ1oMdjooHd4O-ZWuJLAHKS_h9RVghWw91cvJAm4QX3aVh0-UrUmJg1OfXKUhGD_o-Bj9W5s77LMcQRp32xfQ5v2vZgZ/s320/image0-799568.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6930609199655134642" /></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Good morning peeps. It's going to be a beautiful day! </div><div><br></div><div>Today's tip: I'm so glad God never fails to love but we do. How often do we need to be reminded of our love for our family or spouse or children? Every day, minute, perhaps moment? </div><div><br></div><div>We get so engulfed by our busy work life that our real priorities in life seem to slip away, or we let our emotions get the best of us, or we let little things get in our way - and that's just what the devil wants us to do, chip away at our precious time together. Many times, it's a small chip each day. How long will you wait? </div><div><br></div><div>Remind yourself daily that we're all in this battle called the journey of life together. Love those around you and never take a moment for granted. Let disagreements go. Be kind. Be humble. Be authentic. Most importantly, Love as Jesus does. Make memories and make today count. Have a blessed day! </div><div><br></div><div>Long ago the Lord said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself." (Jeremiah 31:3)</div><div>#WakePraySlay</div></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candye Daughhetee</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Independent Consultant, Rodan+Fields</span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3368" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="tel:316-393-0893" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/1">316-393-0893</a> - Cell</span></font></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3370" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4410" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit this site to: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cdaughhetee.myrandf.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4426">Change Your Skin</a></span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3370" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4393" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit this site to: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cdaughhetee.myrandf.biz/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4392">Change Your Life</a> </span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4390" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit My Blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://candyed.blogspot.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4389">Anchor In The Storm</a> </span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461078809971_31979"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">17:47</a>)</font></i></div></div>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-34533778004153290372021-02-18T00:46:00.000-06:002021-02-18T00:46:42.409-06:00Our First Marriage Tips Video - Take One <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image result for Marriage Tips Funny" class="rg_i Q4LuWd" data-index="0" data-lt="" data-src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSv-lKtZw3XjMts_ohxwxH5exQyHQF_4oGVxg&usqp=CAU" height="149" jsname="Q4LuWd" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSv-lKtZw3XjMts_ohxwxH5exQyHQF_4oGVxg&usqp=CAU" width="341" /></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marriage Tips - Take One... If we end up launching a special channel for our "tips" - this will probably end up as a "Bloopers" But, this was so fun!
We had so much fun this evening doing this impromptu video. We have been talking about launching a YouTube channel or doing Facebook live streams for a while now. Tonight we were just talking and my husband was being so funny that I thought, "we should just jump on and do a live right now." So we did. We logged into a Bible Study group I have on Facebook (The Faith Zone) and just winged it.
We are clearly amateurs, so be nice (lol) - but it was so much fun. This is Real! This was impromptu! This is raw, unedited and again, we're clearly</span></span> amateurs. <br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><br /></span></p><p><img alt="Image result for take 1 first video" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/22354492/thumb/9.jpg" style="height: 339.15492957746477px; margin: 0px; width: 602px;" /></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's the link... go check it out and give us your opinions... should we launch a YouTube Channel? If so.... what should we name it? </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link: </span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/KqDbV1SuFfU">https://youtu.be/KqDbV1SuFfU</a></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">
Big Hugs, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">Candye & Ryan</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><i>"...the battle is the Lord's" (1 Samuel 17:47)</i></span></p><p><br /></p>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-89817699073556172262021-01-22T06:59:00.001-06:002021-01-22T07:00:34.006-06:00Don’t Allow Comparison To Steal Your Joy! <div dir="ltr"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfGjkNbogVIlZyLxi-GQfStrobtgGgdGk7eCZ6zaNdLPi_6OBnMH4ch3Sp13BKnZXqvEwQo70lxy1t7ZgW2amWphhqOr8E5tjuWTvuAM11Gqma2kVTooJTaqrHE6Ya-hq59exSh2C2Rts/s1600/image0-753382.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfGjkNbogVIlZyLxi-GQfStrobtgGgdGk7eCZ6zaNdLPi_6OBnMH4ch3Sp13BKnZXqvEwQo70lxy1t7ZgW2amWphhqOr8E5tjuWTvuAM11Gqma2kVTooJTaqrHE6Ya-hq59exSh2C2Rts/s320/image0-753382.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6920568227096134482" /></a></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Good morning! Time to rise and shine! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He [King Ahaz] offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, for he said, "Since these gods helped the kings of Aram, they will help me, too, if I sacrifice to them." But instead, they led to his ruin and the ruin of all Judah. (2 Chronicles 28:23) </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Listen, it's easy to look around and compare ourselves to others and desire the same thing they have. Most would say, "that's normal." I'm here to tell you - it's not! King Ahaz did the same thing in this passage and was quick to choose the greener grass on the other side. However, little did he know, following others would bring his downfall. God has an exciting plan for you. One that was designed specifically for you. The question is, will you be bold enough to choose to follow it or get distracted today and chase after "greener" grass? Today's Tip: if you manicure "your own lawn" it will be beautiful and green too! Spend your time and energy focusing on Him and asking him to show you what and where you are supposed to be and He will show you. Then, trust him and he will make a way! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There's so much going on now days that you don't have time to waste it trying to be like someone else. You be you! You're beautiful! You're amazing! You're enough! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Now go have a fabulous day! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">#WakePraySlay #TheFaithZone </div><br><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candye Daughhetee</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Independent Consultant, Rodan+Fields</span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3368" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="tel:316-393-0893" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/1">316-393-0893</a> - Cell</span></font></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3370" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4410" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit this site to: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cdaughhetee.myrandf.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4426">Change Your Skin</a></span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3370" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4393" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit this site to: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cdaughhetee.myrandf.biz/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4392">Change Your Life</a> </span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4390" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit My Blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://candyed.blogspot.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465277320448_4389">Anchor In The Storm</a> </span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461078809971_31979"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">17:47</a>)</font></i></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></i></div></div></div>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-82853197687206845672021-01-14T07:09:00.001-06:002021-01-14T07:09:21.237-06:00Petition for Prayers... <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qevNETEBsxvD76IQUb8iv85279aIB3sB7TPN4VQJd-dLB8XhyphenhyphenOBtjvd-hBIXwhFTlurUQ4F7IHI5xYVnYVOAS6b0nbQrwXwK0Pt_R-IPXHjkbbd_Gzwi-9iXHe1JRRU83_ynU9npeOql/s1600/image0-761274.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qevNETEBsxvD76IQUb8iv85279aIB3sB7TPN4VQJd-dLB8XhyphenhyphenOBtjvd-hBIXwhFTlurUQ4F7IHI5xYVnYVOAS6b0nbQrwXwK0Pt_R-IPXHjkbbd_Gzwi-9iXHe1JRRU83_ynU9npeOql/s320/image0-761274.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6917602158766034242" /></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">I have to admit, it's exhausting to watch what's happening in the world right now. I finally had to just turn the TV off. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">There is no greater time than the present to dive into God's Word and let it consume you. Stay away from the lies the devil is trying to fill your mind with. We are a child of the Most High and He will take care of us. Regardless of who is President, Jesus is still the King of Kings and Lord of Lord, and He will prevail. I am trusting in Him - not the mortal man that is sitting is a White House. I'm putting my trust in the one that is going to bring all this corruption to the light so we can all finally see. I pray you will do the same. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Remember, what you let fill your mind will overflow into your heart! Take time today to just soak up God's love. Spend time in worship and song and praise with Him. There is no greater peace than that which comes from our Heavenly Father. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">"and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7)</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">My prayer today is that our Lord will reach down and pour out a blessing on all that are reading this. That you will have peace that flows like a river come over you. That you will be full of joy and that your fears will be small and your trust in Him be magnified. That today you will give more than you take and be a blessing that pours into others. Amen {Shalom}</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I ask that you will fill your mind and day with continual prayers for our country, for the President and his family, for the issues that seem to be unfolding in our country. Pray that the corruption will be exposed and that justice will be forthcoming. This is the moment that we all have been called to our knees. This isn't a time for the faint of heart and to hunker down. This is a time that we get to the feet of Jesus and repent and petition him to save our country. This is not only for us, but for the next generation, and their generation, and beyond. </p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass." (Psalms 37:5 NKJV)</p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"Let all the earth fear and worship the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The thoughts and plans of His heart through all generations. Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance." (Psalms 33:8-12 AMP)</p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p>Prayers & Blessings,<br><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candye~</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr">#G18Mommy</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr">#WakePraySlay</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465276061871_23119" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461078809971_31979"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">17:47</a>)</font></i></div></div>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-82579886241312208772021-01-06T23:09:00.001-06:002021-01-06T23:09:35.084-06:0030 Day Prayer Commitment <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy_wgt7JsTdnXRtK90LqJtojGEuZBbS92ywVay05C27lNoWiddAJ8ytPZOnNMThybYQDOTsG3CKn59KUo7qKakyuMpqSDMxdYbOVcdagRTQgkZaIquoN2jLL1Ipyi69yHMtva5c_pgR3a/s1600/image0-775101.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy_wgt7JsTdnXRtK90LqJtojGEuZBbS92ywVay05C27lNoWiddAJ8ytPZOnNMThybYQDOTsG3CKn59KUo7qKakyuMpqSDMxdYbOVcdagRTQgkZaIquoN2jLL1Ipyi69yHMtva5c_pgR3a/s320/image0-775101.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6914880925079116002" /></a><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div>𝐼'𝓂 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒. 𝐼𝓉'𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒! </div><div>𝒮𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 (𝒫𝓈𝒶𝓁𝓂𝓈 𝟫𝟣), 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓉!</div><div><br></div><div>𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓳𝓸𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓮? ✋🏻🙋🏼♀️</div><div><br></div><div>🙏🏻 PRAYER 🙏🏻</div><div><br></div><div>"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand]. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!" For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall. You will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon. A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But danger will not come near you. You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High]. Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. For He will command His angels in regard to you, To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service]. They will lift you up in their hands, So that you do not [even] strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and cobra; The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot. "Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him; I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never]. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With a long life I will satisfy him And I will let him see My salvation.""</div><div>Psalms 91:1-16 AMP</div><div>https://www.bible.com/1588/psa.91.1-16.amp</div><div><br></div>A storm is coming like we've never witnessed before. Regardless of your political stance, we MUST bind together in prayer. "So help us God!"</div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candye~</span></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3347" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv9212184311yui_3_16_0_1_1450199144556_3358" dir="ltr"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461078809971_31979"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"...the battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">17:47</a>)</font></i></div></div></div>www.candyed.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15360810902655163874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631525105315832119.post-17454873882319642712021-01-06T08:41:00.001-06:002021-01-06T08:41:31.577-06:00New Day<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidq-qhqZuzofwIkrTx1NRhIn_YnxotIsl2IshNRxFR8MBl-IuA8v89KP1dcbeZHrH14IhSaYnNwNsvUH27rrdluJ9azOT6XW2Tr_e6_hl8P8sqEfz_LjGiaTtUrRmqZJ-017RWQ70YkXk0/s1600/image0-791593.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidq-qhqZuzofwIkrTx1NRhIn_YnxotIsl2IshNRxFR8MBl-IuA8v89KP1dcbeZHrH14IhSaYnNwNsvUH27rrdluJ9azOT6XW2Tr_e6_hl8P8sqEfz_LjGiaTtUrRmqZJ-017RWQ70YkXk0/s320/image0-791593.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6914657224607583266" /></a><br></div><div><br></div><div>New beginnings bud around you and within you every day. You don't need to wait for a clean slate. God is in the business of making all things new. </div><div><br></div><div>His healing brings restoration beyond understanding, no matter where you come from or what you've done. I mean, look at this sunrise. </div><div><br></div><div>Today is a day full of hope and opportunity! Go make it worth living!! </div><div><br></div><div>"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." 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