Take the time to hear nature praising Him....Be aware that everything that has breath praises Him. God's breath (His voice) created everything and each one is expressing their praise.
Lyrics to my favorite hymn.....Great is Thy Faithfulness.. Join with all nature in manifold witness...to His great faithfulness, mercy and love...
Numbers 6:24-26 New International Version (NIV)
24 “‘“The LORD bless you
and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace. ”’
Matthew 5:9 New International Version (NIV)
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
1 Samuel 1:16-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Regard not your handmaid as a wicked woman; for out of my great complaint and bitter provocation I have been speaking.
17Then Eli said, Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.
18Hannah said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So [she] went her way and ate, her countenance no longer sad.
Mark 9:50 Amplified Bible (AMP)
50Salt is good (beneficial), but if salt has lost its saltness, how will you restore [the saltness to] it? Have salt within yourselves, and be at peace and live in harmony with one another.
Psalm 4:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
8In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
John 14:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
27Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]
Psalm 29:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
11The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
John 16:33 Amplified Bible (AMP)
33I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
Psalm 34:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
14Depart from evil and do good; seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it!
Romans 8:6 King James Version (KJV)
6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Psalm 37:37 King James Version (KJV)
37Mark the perfect (wo)man, and behold the upright: for the end of that (wo)man is peace.
Romans 12:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
18If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Psalm 55:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
18He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me.
Romans 14:16-19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.]
17[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men.
19So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding (edification and development) of one another.
Psalm 72:3 King James Version (KJV)
3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
1 Corinthians 14:33 King James Version (KJV)
33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Psalm 85:7-10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7Show us Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation.
8I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly.
9Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land.
10Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Galatians 5:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
22But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
Psalm 119:165 Amplified Bible (AMP)
165Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.
Ephesians 2:13-22 American Standard Version (ASV)
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,
15 having abolished in the flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;
16 and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:
18 for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
19 So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Proverbs 16:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7When a (wo)man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him/her.
Philippians 4:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
6Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition ([a]definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
7And God's peace [shall be yours, that [b]tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall [c]garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 26:3-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
3You will guard him/her and keep him/her in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because (s)he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.
4So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
Colossians 1:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
20 and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
Isaiah 32:17-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
17And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.
18My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
Colossians 3:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
15And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].
Isaiah 54:10-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
10For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.
11O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12And I will make your windows and pinnacles of [sparkling] agates or rubies, and your gates of [shining] carbuncles, and all your walls [of your enclosures] of precious stones.
13And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways [under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes]. The Lord [be] with you all.
Isaiah 57:18-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
18I have seen his [willful] ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him also and will recompense him and restore comfort to him and to those who mourn for him.
19Peace, peace, to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near! says the Lord; I create the fruit of his lips, and I will heal him [make his lips blossom anew with speech in thankful praise].
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
21There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.
James 3:17-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).
18And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].
Jeremiah 29:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
Ephesians 2:14 King James Version (KJV)
14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Elliott and Mommy traveled today to visit Grandpa. I had a great visit with Dad! The weather was nearly 70 degrees so I took him outside and walked around the boardwalk in the woods next to the nursing home! He recognized me and his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree! : ) Oh the JOY!! He said, "When I saw you coming, I knew you were one of my girls!" He recognized Elliott too.
Elliott and I had a good trip. I didn't take any pictures as I had my hands full....but it was one for the memory book in my heart. Above is a picture taken last week with Elliott and Grandpa! For those of you who do not know...sometimes my Dad doesn't know me and this was a goooooooooood day...I pray that his memory gets better and better.
Earlier in the day we stopped window shopped at a local Greenhouse...
It smelled wonderful in there!
All God's beauty for us to enjoy!
Let me run, Mommy!! : )
You can see Elliott had fun driving the cart! : )
My Little Man on a Mission!
Enjoying all the beauty around us!
It was fun as you can see by the pictures...
Check out those cool brightly colored chairs on the wall...
I have my eye on the green one!
I gotta get us some of these cool hats!
And to make the trip complete, we had to go for a ride..
Check out this blog if you missed Elliott's ride at Home Depot...click here!
Tonight, while going out to pay the rent, I met some friends along the way!
Driving along right here in town...they were undisturbed by my presence..I just rolled the window of the van down and snapped pictures...Apparently, they own the road! : )
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