Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’

I Will Testify

Posted: May 14, 2013 in pray, love, music, life, religion, friendship, prayer, words
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Testify To Love by Avalon

All the colours of the rainbow
All of voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I’ll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the Hope in every heart will speak what love has done.

How about you, will you testify to love for as long as you live?

I will do my best to testify for God for the rest of my live, but I know I will only be able to achieve this with God’s help. That is why I pray each day that He will continue to help and guide me each day.

Did You Know…? #1

Posted: March 28, 2013 in blogging, family, friendship, life, love, religion
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Here are five things you probably didn’t know or never really thought about:Love

  1. At least five people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
  2. If not for you, someone may not be living.
  3. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.
  4.  A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don’t like you.
  5. You are special and unique.

I particularly like #5 as this reminds us of exactly how God considers us…special and unique, just the way He made us!

Attitudes of the Mind

Posted: October 18, 2012 in blogging, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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So following on from my blog post a few days ago Hard Hearted, where I spoke about how we must not let negativity take us over, I want to remind you that how we feel inside is reflected in our actions. I.e. if we’re feeling angry inside our actions reflect our anger. Likewise if we’re happy inside and feel loved, we will show love to those we meet.

Therefore no matter what’s going on in your life, give it to God and leave it with Him so that you may feel inward peace and love, and thus your actions will be those of a loving person.

How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking ~ David Joseph Schwartz

Words Can Be Dangerous

Posted: July 17, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religion, Twitter, words
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No matter how much we try to always say and do only what God would want us to say and do, during times of great stress or anger we can all be guilty of saying something which the second we say it, we regret it…and those can often be the fatal words in a relationship.

I read the following statement on Twitter recently:

Be careful with your words. Once they are spoken, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten!

Doesn’t that just sum up perfectly what I was saying? Yes we should be very careful about what we say, particularly in moments of frustration or anger, as those are the words most likely to hurt or upset  the person they are aimed at, and in turn leave a lasting pain which they may forgive, but they will never forget!

Do You Care?

Posted: June 21, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religion
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Ever come across someone who appears to listen to you but later shows they really haven’t listened to a single word you’ve said?

I would guess we all know someone like that! I would also guess that they are not particularly caring people when it comes to others, am I right?

J Clarke once said

One who cares is one who listens.

and that kind of sums up what I was saying doesn’t it.

Of course there is one person who we can all talk to who I guarantee will always listen to every word you say, and will show is love and compassion for you on a daily basis. Do you know who I’m talking about?

GOD!

Don’t ever stop caring about others. Be Christ-like and listen to what others say to you and saw you care about them.

Lies!

Posted: June 9, 2012 in friendship, life, Uncategorized
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Why is it that some people just seem to lie freely without a second thought?

Why is it that some people tell us lies without even realising what they are saying can’t possibly be true?

Why do people tell us lies about others in the knowledge that the other person they are talking about is a friend and therefore respected by us, so we’ll obviously find out they have lied about them?

And the worst of all it when the person actually says things to you about yourself which you know are total lies!

Lying can be hurtful and can destroy relationships so why do some people think it’s ok to do it?

For me I think a lot has to do with how the person lying, feels about themself. i.e. are they insecure, trying to show their power or influence over others, or simply showing off?!

Whatever the reason, there is really no justifiable reason for lying to someone. I recently lost all respect for someone because they said I had said and done specific things which quite frankly, if they knew me at all, would know, they were things I would never ever do!

Some people just aren’t worth getting hot and bothered about, as any problem that exists is obviously with them. So don’t let those in your life who lie to you, rule your life, to make to form inaccurate views of yourself or others.

Believe in yourself and try not to be wrongly influenced by those who would seek to give you false information.

Who’s Will?

Posted: May 17, 2012 in blogging, friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion
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Following on from yesterday’s blog post entitled Ready For A Change where I challenged you to consider whether you were ready to change for God, I now want you to consider what you ask for when you pray…

Are you praying for your will today or for God’s will in your life? ~ Joyce Meyer

It’s all well and good saying you are ready and willing to change for God, but when it comes down to your relationship with God, are you actually still praying for your desires and your wishes when you talk to God, or are you leaving it all to Him to plan your life?

So today’s challenge is this…

Are you praying that God’s will be done in your life, or are you still holding onto your own desires?

Always Special

Posted: March 25, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, words
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They say it takes a minute
to find a special person
an hour to appreciate them
a day to love them
but then an entire life
to forget them.

 

Do you agree with those words?

How many people from your past who weren’t special to you, do you actually remember much about?

But then there’s the people who have a huge impact on your life, who influence you and make a huge impression on you, do you ever forget about them? I’m sure even if they are people who are long gone, they still come to your mind sometimes, and I’m sure you still love them for being that special to you.

Are there people in your life who are special to you? Have you told them how special they are to you?

Share your happiness, share you joy, tell those special people in your life just how much they mean to you.

It Doesn’t Matter

Posted: February 21, 2012 in life, love, music, religion, Salvation Army
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I’m sure we’ve all said it, and I’m also sure we’ve all heard it, that “it doesn’t matter” even although we know it really does matter!

So why do we say that?

Is it to make the person we’re saying it to feel better, or not feel so bad, or is it because we want to keep the peace and not get annoyed, or is it simply because we know in the grand scheme of life that it really doesn’t matter?

Well we may say “it doesn’t matter” sometimes when it really does, but when God says He doesn’t care what we’ve done in our past, He really does mean it!

Whether our past indiscretions have been small lies, or faults, or whether they’ve been far more serious or evil, God will accept our plea for forgiveness and help. God loves each one of us, and wants each one of us to love and serve Him, and His only pre-requisite is that give Him our all…our joys, our desires, our faults, our failures, our mind, our heart, our all.

All There Is Of Me by The Three Sopranos:


Family Divisions

Posted: February 9, 2012 in bible, family, friendship, life, love, music, religion, work
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In the last few days I’ve spoken about how we all need family, how good it is to be part of God‘s family, and the gift of making a child part of your family. So what are my thoughts for today?

Well following a conversation with colleagues recently, I’ve been thinking about families where there are divisions, or long-standing feuds…I should hasten to add, I’m not referring to my own family!

Through conversation it became apparent that we all know of families where one sibling does not get on with another sibling, either to a level they tolerate one another and some where they can be very unkind towards one another without any prompting. Does this sound familiar to any of you?

I must admit that I always find it very sad when I hear of families where there are these divisions, sometimes, long-standing division that no-one can really remembers why there were disagreements in the first place. We only ever have one family, and therefore we should cherish one another, not argue and disagree about things past or present.

We often hear the phrase

We can choose our friends but we can’t choose our family

So what!

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12 NIV)

God expects us, and needs us, to love everyone in our life, regardless of whether they are a friend, a family member or a stranger. Go on, don’t just tolerate your family, love them, just as God loves them.

 

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