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

HOPE IS LIKE WATER

PHOTO SOURCE

The other night, we were invited to a birthday dinner for my sister-in-law.  I was fetched by my husband and we went over to their house, a short drive from my office.

I was still feeling low with the allergic rhinitis striking back again with the temperatures rising at midday and lowering sharply at dawn.

When we got to my sister-in-laws', I begged to retire to a bedroom to rest for a while as the dinner time is still due in an hour.

I spotted a magazine published in Dubai and I decided to leaf through it to pass the time.  Then I came to this ad that says,



"Because hope, like water, flows naturally.
Hope is a beautiful thing-it can impart courage, determination and strength of mind.
It is hope that drives us forward when worry holds us back and it is hope that lifts us up when troubles weigh us down.

Let if flow."

(Ad from Masafi Co. Dubai)


Beautiful words which whisked me to

ALLELUIA

Last night I looked for this book because it suddenly came to mind.  It was gathering dust in the shelf.  I practically forgot about it.  It was given by our church during one of our Intersect Programs which solicited books from the US to fill an adopted school's Library.  The team from the US has previously pimped the said Library with new paintwork and new book shelves.  Now it was ready to be filled up with the multitude of books that came in boxes from the US.  They came in all areas of studies including an array of Children's books and Bibles.

Before the books were to fill up the pretty shelves, we needed to cover them in plastic to make them last.  This was where all