THE SHIMMERY SUMMERS

A HAMMOCK UNDER MANGO TREES

 Summers shimmer at the back of my mind.

Over to the redeemed days at 9,  I come back to find again the mysteries of my childhood mirth.

The leafy arms of the fruit trees fan me to sleep at the close of the day and gently rouses me up at the threshold of another sunshine, laden with new hopes in its pockets.

If not for Pam of Writing Apples of Gold and Diane of An Encouraging Word,

WHEN GRACE NEVER STOPS TO AMAZE

FROM YOUTUBE

No matter what situation I am in,

My God is in His throne.

He is God alone.

In the good times and bad,

You are God alone.

UNSHAKABLE

UNSTOPPABLE

WHEN MAGNITUDE DWELLS IN MY HEART

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In the jungle of the commercial world, one often gets lost .   Staying on schedule, working on priorities demanding attention, skills and time, easily leads us to go home weary.

Chores at home get piled high and it fights the battle against running off to bed.  Sometimes there is  something that pops up which needs to be done with, no matter what.  You strive to be awake and do it wholeheartedly.

Mornings get me foggy and sometimes the mountain climbs to my appointment with my Creator get pushed back with a promise to spend it during the midday break.  Then, you know too well what happens next.  Distraction comes... and house-sits without a lot of pushing ...... on tiptoe. 

JUICING

PHOTO SOURCE:  Jack LaLanne

Juicing has become a healthy habit for me.

I believe it helped me walk again at only 12 sessions of Physical Therapy after a stroke at 53.

I had a delayed menopausal period because of juicing and it helps stabilize many organs of the body.

Come join me at Health for Life Blog Page for more of my testimony regarding juicing and you will be inspired to get down with it.  Plus there are a lot of healthy literature you will find.

Diane is a licensed Practical Nutritionist and has gone out of her way to share her own miracle healing.

PEACE IN OUR HEART

Advancement in age comes with lesser confidence in venturing on new things and lesser risk-taking.

I am in this vicinity.  Happy-go-lucky and riding on the fast lane is no longer a welcome treat.

Philippine school year has just opened.  The easy phase of the summer streets are gone, now replaced with traffic jam.

Coming to work has become a difficult task and it is necessary to leave earlier.

I don't like the rush and if ever I wake up late, I detest having to let my husband take me to the office on the motorcycle.

Way back the younger past,

WHERE MY ROADS TAKE ME

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Summer crawled so slowly that year.  I came home from my Aunt's after a year of living with them.  It was a year away from home.  I had to sojourn on the homesickness road with the firm determination not to skip a school year.  I helped around my Aunt's printing business like sorting and collating printed forms for clients.  I delved my hands into bookbinding and putting ribbons on wedding invitations.  The latter part, I really enjoyed.

My mom had a hard time sending me to

ALEXANDER'S BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

PAGE 8 OF ALLELUIA; WORDS OF PRAISE BY M. PODESTA

Who is not thrilled at the intimacy of Psalm 139?

Every human being was conceived in her mother's womb.  Even though you are a woman who has never borne a child, you yourself were formed within one.

If you have read my introduction of the book Alleluia; Words of Praise by Michael Podesta, who is a calligraphy artist,

P31 WOMAN VIRTUES

10 Virtues of the Proverbs 31 Woman

We want to encourage women to serve God in every aspect of their lives.

1. Faith - A Virtuous Woman serves God with all of her heart, mind, and soul. She seeks His will for her life and follows His ways. (Proverbs 31: 26, Proverbs 31: 29 – 31, Matthew 22: 37, John 14: 15, Psalm 119: 15
2. Marriage – A Virtuous Woman respects her husband. She does him good all the days of her life. She is trustworthy and a helpmeet. (Proverbs 31: 11- 12, Proverbs 31: 23, Proverbs 31: 28, 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 5, Genesis2: 18)
3.  Mothering - A Virtuous Woman teaches her children the ways of her Father in heaven.

FLOWERS WHISPER BEAUTY

I want to link this post to Laura's blog over at The Wellspring.  She has a very beautiful post entitled,

Playdates With God: The Flower Remembers.

 

 She wrote this beautiful line about the flower,

 

"She holds her secrets in closed up petals—clasped tight like prayers. Until the appointed time. And then she opens to great applause."

 

Her analogies of the time spent conversing with