May 12: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR FAILURE IS AN OCEAN FULL OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.

Affirmation; I am doing the best I can, and that is enough.

Give this gift to yourself…recognize and celebrate your effort. Give up the expectation of perfection and celebrate your effort. I have been doing some acrylic painting using Monet’s Lily Garden as my inspiration and following the guidance of much more accomplished artists’ online instruction. The gift of using Monet as my inspiration is that he is an impressionist! So as I’m learning to paint, the goal is to give the “impression” of water, of lilies & trees! 



Our lifelong journey of doing the best we can  is an impression of our best life! 

Keep going and celebrate your efforts!
This is a great time for Laughter, Song and Dance,💃🕺

Yesterday, we celebrated the 1st birthday of our 10th grandchild, sweet Elizabeth! My playlist is Stevie Wonder.
Happy Birthday to You https://youtu.be/Qwscb3QIVSg 
and Isn’t She Lovely

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: As you think about your strength and your confidence…do what is meaningful and what fulfills you. 


Step forward…God is calling your name. 


Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. ISAIAH 43:1

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Live in Grace. Walk in Love. By Bob Goff

May 12

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR FAILURE IS AN OCEAN FULL OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 
GALATIANS 6:9 

When my kids were little, every once in a while they'd ask to go roller-skating. Sweet Maria and I loved to say yes. But because I was a little older and didn't roller-skate very often, the next morning I was made aware of muscles I didn't even know existed. Who knew you could be so sore from going in circles on tiny wheels? Hiking up a mountain can be the same way. The next day that uphill trudge becomes a lesson in Muscles 101, and you feel like you're failing the class. 


But there are three things I've learned about climbing a mountain. First, there's almost always a point when you want to give up. Second, you don't get the breathtaking views until you push to the summit. And third, the summit is almost always just after the point when you want to quit. 

 

Life seems to work the same way: on the other side of our failures is an expansive horizon of love and acceptance. God already told us there's nothing we can do to change the way He feels about us. He wants us to keep pushing forward, to keep climbing, because He already knows the mind-blowing view He's got waiting for us. If we need to rest for a while, that's okay. He's not disappointed. He'll just wait with us while we're catching our breath. Don't give up. I know it's hard. Keep going. When you feel like giving up, remember something breathtaking is only a few steps ahead. 


What's your next step? What's your next move? 

Your Love Oh Lord, by Third Day

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