Friday 20 February 2009

Grit and perserverance



Good Afternoon, or whatever is the best greeting to you, in your part of the world!

It is the weekend again! Yahoo! Where does the time vanish; and it does! It has been an exceedingly 'unique' (I will put it that way) week; and there has been much on our plates.

We have been working towards 'fruition'; and there have been a few tid disappointments, delays, and unexpected 'curve balls' along the way. (You can refer to my May 1/07 post, How do you handle "curve balls?" if you wish a bittid of background! That post seems so long ago; and yet, it still holds some TRUTH, methinks! Also the February 21/07 post - Remember this? The tidbits may be encouraging as well).

We will be receiving some tidbit news either later today or on Monday. We are Prayful that it will be GOOD news. In the meantime, we have done all we can; and it is all left up to Him to Provide Solution. 'Leave the battle to the Lord'. We are going to enjoy this weekend; and "Praise Him In ALL Things" and continue to be Calm, Confident and Joyful! Plus, the weather, albeit cool, is gorgeous, with brilliant sunshine and bright blue skies!

Must apologize for not sharing tidbitz thoughts earlier with you, re: 'Hour of Power' (Dr. Robert Schuller - www.hourofpower.org); 'Enjoying Everyday Life' (Joyce Meyer - www.joycemeyer.org); and 'Living Truth' (Charles Price - www.livingtruth.ca). It has just been one of our more 'memorable' weeks; and everthing appears to be happening all at once. As I have suggested in previous posts, for those of you, who are interested in learning more ('Seek and Ye Shall Find') and to Embrace more of The Word, it is best that you check things out first hand for yourselves. Methinks you will be uplifted and inspired by these wonderful International Bible Teachers! Am looking forward to watching and listening to them again on the Vision Channel this Sunday!

A dear friend of ours is coming over this mid afternoon; and it will be great to get caught up on some overdue bittidz with her. She is bringing a bottle of 'bubbly' champagne; we will supply the 'appies'; tasty bittids from Costco! We have our 'found' chopped fire logs that have been drying out; so we will appreciate a crackling fire as well!

Tidbit - Keep on trekking, regardless of unforseen circumstances etc. Do your bit best to have a warm smile on your face, as often as possible. Smile bravely in the mirror at yourself; it does wonders for you, and it is 'infectious' to others! LOL!

Bittid - 'If He is For us, Who can be agin us?' There is solid comfort in those words. Charles Price was sharing that: 'He has created you for His Purpose'; that the 'Kingdom of Heaven is made up of Pearls'. As in the making of an oyster pearl. The sand irritates the oyster, the oyster thus covers the gritty irritant, and ultimately, a beautiful pearl is formed. The same with us; we are the broken and raw materials, as in all our failures, weaknesses, hurts, etc. and He 'cleanses us' so that we can, in our Walk, share His message to uplift others.

Love the above bit photo image of an 'oyster with pearl'. We are a constant 'work in progress' and we become like 'special' pearls! When I went to China some ten or eleven years ago, we went to a 'factory' and saw how pearls were made; very interesting! Over the weekend, I will take a few tid pictures of the tiny pearl earrings that are from that factory, as well as a lovely necklace and bracelet from another factory.

Here is wishing you a TGIF day (Thank goodness it is Friday!) and a nice R & R weekend! Also, I love the above picture image of the 'oyster man', happily devouring his oysters! Have written a few posts about collecting oyster plates / oyster shooters! We happen to have this particular plate, and I laugh everytime I pass by it...which is everyday! LOL!

Peace be with you, and God Bless.

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