Who Am I ?

Do you ever wonder this?
Have you ever felt lost and think, what does my life mean?
If you knew the story of your life in advance, would you
 rush ahead or give up before you began?

Think about this, just for a moment.....

"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord,
Plans to prosper,
Not to harm you,
Plans to give you a hope and a future. "
Jeremiah 29:11

Now that's encouraging...
And yet, you may say while reading this, I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.... its all just too hard..

Me at 3.

We were not a rich family, my father returned from the war, shell shocked.  I was born the second youngest of five children. My father became incapacitated when I was eight, my grandfather died not long after....
My mother went to work, and we learned from a young age, that life was tough.  The best part of all our hardships was belonging to a church family. The old tin Lizzie, driven by our minister, came regularly to pick up my younger brother and I each week for Sunday School.... 
What a joy that was. Riding down those dusty country roads singing chorus's at the top of our lungs, and learning the accepting love of Jesus Christ. 
I met and married my first husband when I was very young.
My mother was against it. We were unevenly yoken, she said...
And through much hurt and pain, I learnt she was right.

Pictured with my first child, daughter Femia.

When you are young you think you know it all.

I was no different.

I married into a different culture and to a man who I loved dearly, yet one who denied the Lord.

When I walked away over thirty years later, I was a broken mess.

Yet today in wisdom, I thank the Lord.

I know if my marriage had been different God would never have come first.

And in time, I was to come to realise how...

"He turned my mourning into dancing,

and my sorrow into joy."  Psalm 30:11

My younger daughter Daniella, with five of my grandchildren when small.

From left, Antonio, Luke, Kirra, Elyshah and Joel. 

 Today, Joel, Luke and Elyshah at Nanna's.

Because of what I have come through, and what I have come from,

I know first hand that God's promise above is true.

Today all of my children have a faith in God, and all of my grandchildren have grown up in Him.

My eldest granddaughter has married a Christian man.

They are both at Uni studying teaching and plan to be Missionaries.

My youngest granddaughter Shiarn.

My youngest grandson Izaiah with cousin Shiarn.

Their road to travel has just begun.

There will be good times and not so good. 

But if they acknowledge the Lord in all they do, the blessings will flow.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,

And lean not on thine own understanding.

But in all thy ways acknowledge me.

And I will make straight, thy paths."

Proverbs 3: 5-6

                                                 SO TRUE !!!








 

*SHIARN IS A STAR* Happy Birthday Today

We are still flooding...BUT....

Happy Birthday 11th Jan 2011.
To Shiarn...
You and Mummy didn't make it it home due to the floods.
BUT, you are safe and sound. 
Here are some memories from Nanni to you. 

You were a very tiny baby, born six weeks before your time.
You have kept on growing ever since.

Here you are with your big cousin Kirra.
When you were smaller.

Soon you grew big enough to go to school.

                     You have fun running with the chooks.

And holding them.

You like to find out about nature.

Even a green tree snake.

Just love the Pirate train with Mummy.

AND..... RAT...(oh no)

You still like to be picked up and held by Benj, Kirra's new husband.

But in the end,

Your greatest happiness is...

 taking little cousin Izaiah 

on a walk of discovery.

 "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

                'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
                  before you were born I set you apart;' " 
                 Jeremiah 1:4-5

H A pp y  B i r t h d a y

From 2 little birds who live at your home...

Who know you and love you.

Together with us they send you hugs and kisses today.

Hope to see you soon. x x

We Love You. * ~ *

 

In The Heart Of A Child

A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones' chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own heart.

                           Grandson Joel with his daddy David. 

Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to one four-year old's comment.
Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart.
'Listen', she said...
'What do you suppose that is?'
 He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep within his chest.
Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked,

'Is that Jesus knocking???'


"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6

Teach children wisely.

Grandson Joel now 18 still walks with the Lord.

Peter Anthony ... Blessings.

My little car struggled up the steep incline only to be stopped on the crest by red signal light's. Glancing downwards for a moment my eyes then averted once more towards the road.
Transfixed I stared as a huge coach, maneuvering around the tight corner looming towards me and almost hitting my car by mere inches.

My mind wandered to think of my eldest son Peter.
He drives monster's such as this for a living.
It's his birthday on Saturday (30th) and he is hundreds of miles from family.
Now residing in north west Queensland, he drives a variety of different coaches, catering for the mines.
I pray his day is bright and that the coming year is full of the goodness of the Lord shining with Joy upon him.
I commemorate my son and all he means to those of us who love him.

His name means:
Peter:  The Rock
Anthony:  Worthy of Praise
God loves Him.

He was one of those perfect babies who kept to a timed routine.

Always a sunny child, he looked at life though rose coloured glasses of love.

  Nehemiah 8: 19

                            "For the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Even as a toddler, he reached out to take his big sister's hand.
Family have always been priority to Peter.



Femia and Peter

John 3:18

"My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue,
but in deed and in truth."
Quick witted, he always has something funny to say
He has the ability for turning sadness into joy.

Picture here on the right of his sister Femia, with her husband David, two of his cousins, Vanessa and Brad and his younger sister Daniella. 

At ten years of age he plagued me for a little brother. 

God granted him the desire of his heart.

Pictured proudly here with Lee-Joel, brother and gift from God. 

So my son.

My prayer for you today is.

"A wife of noble character YOU can find.

                                She is worth far more than rubies.
                                You have full confidence in her
                                and lack nothing of value.
                                She brings You good, not harm,
                                 all the days of her life...
                                 (and you Bless each other)" AMEN
Proverbs 31:10-12
May the Lord Bless thee and keep thee..
safe,
happy,
and strong
in Him always

CLEAN Water "Praise God">>

This Video is from Mozambique South Africa, given to me by a Lovely Christian Lady who assisted with the water cleansing treatment. The people are so joyful and appreciate all they have.

Thalassemia (WHAT???) The children cry out for help.

Never heard of it???

Well the predominent countries are, India, Pakistan and Iran with millions of sufferers.

Thalassemia minor is an inherited form of hemolytic anemia that is less severe than thalassemia major. This blood smear from an individual with thalassemia shows small, pale, variously-shaped (poikilocytosis) red blood cells.

These small red blood cells (RBCs) are unable to carry the sufficient amount of oxygen required by normal RBCs.

Cells require oxygen (O2) to live, because O2 is what our body cells feed off.
Without O2,  cells will starve and die. .
When you breath in air you get approximately 21% O2 as you inhale.
Transported to your lungs it hops aboard the fresh blood's haemoglobin in RBCs pumped from your heart.
Via circulation it then gets transported all over your body to feed and revitalize billions of cells to keep you alive.

Treatment for these children is a blood transfusion every month.

Without this treatment the sufferer would die.

And what about the children who's parents cannot afford this??

There is also a cure, but it is an expensive one, and not one that is readily  available.

The cure is a Bone Marrow Transplant,

or for some, the Stem Cells from the mother. 

Yet this is not a hundred percent success.    

For related bone marrow donation (generally from a brother or a sister) there is really no age limit, a bone marrow harvest can be safely performed between 6 months and 60 years of age if the donor is in good health.
It is only for unrelated (donor registries) bone marrow donation that the age limit is much narrower, generally between age 20 and 40.

Money speaks,  so donations are desperately needed.
This is a despairing disease and the sadness is.... many die.
Should the Lord place it on your heart to help then your donation would gratefully be appreciated.

http://www.cure2children.org/node/222


"There will always be poor people in the land.
Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." Deuteronomy 15:11

Father's Day

My son Lee-Joel with his son Izaiah(left).                

We celebrated Fathers Day in Australia today.
I really think this name should be broadened to be.
Father, Stepfather, Grandfather's Day.

I was eight when my father left our home.
I found him again when I was eighteen.
It is lonely growing up without a father.
It is sad when you have no memories of a hug or a kiss from your father.
When he never played with you, took you on a picnic or said, "I love you."

For many, a stepfather or grandfather is the substitute.
Unfortunately, after eight, I missed out on these also.
Now I am not complaining, this is simply a fact....
And, the fact of many.

The good part was my early teaching about my beginning.
My knowing, I had a Heavenly Father who was always there.
A Father who loved me with an unconditional love,
And one who promised me, "He would never leave me nor forsake me."

He is the God who created me in His spiritual image.
My God who created the whole world and universe with His Word.
My God who is mightier than any imaginable divinity my mind could conjure.
My God who made a way of escape for me when I sin.
My God who forgives my sins when I confess with honest repentance.
My Father God, who loves me with an UNCONDITIONAL TOTAL LOVE...

His love is the Agape Love:
The Selfless Love with All Spiritual Power. Beyond Everything!!

"Our Father which art in heaven,  Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."
Matthew 6:9-13

I believe in this prayer. I do not recite the words without thought.
My very Heart,  is in the beautiful love,
The Father has for Me.
In this prayer, that He Gave.....

 

A Secret FIND!!!!

Gosh don't you just love to discover more from our wonderful world!!

I enjoy learning about other lands different from my own.

Recently I have been visited here by a talented artist and gentle soul from India.

His name is Heman, and he expresses his inner child through treasures of art...

Aren't they simply wonderful!!

In the picture above there seems to be a large bird sitting on the roof of the house.
While the neighbour goes home carrying gifts of a tree and a lollipop? gladly outstretched in his hands.
Isn't it a peaceful happy scene.

You can tell a lot about a person by the things they draw, and the colours used.
Look at the two birds sitting together face to face on the roof. Companionship and love.
Its night time yet everyone is joyfully playing outside.
There is even a small fire for comfort, and the dog sits perched high.

More playing, wind blowing the trees, butterflies floating and the sun enjoys looking down with joy.

Please visit Hemans Blog and see it for yourself.

http://childrensheaven.blogspot.com/

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands." The Bible, Acts 17:24..........

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear."

The Bible, 1 John 4:18....

A Beautiful World in Refection of Our Heavenly Father....