God Surprises ...

 Today I went out my front gate and saw a tiny God Surprise ... In amongst the sower-sobs (weeds) ... a purple Violet flower greeted me to say good morning ... What a nice surprise.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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What I have learnt in June ...

God has been talking to me hard and fast in June ... So here are a few things I have learned.

• Life moves very fast !
• I keep promising God to spend more time in His courts but never quite get there ... To do this I need to turn off the TV.
• God keeps His promises.
• Learning something new can be uncomfortable ... God is growing and stretching me in my new job ... Stepping me up ... Some days I feel my age and some days I feel like a panicked teenager lost for words.  The day will come when I will feel more comfortable in these new shoes.
• I need to express my creativity more ... Do more Collage Art.
• Gratitude for finding a creative Christian community that are supportive and encouraging.
• A real sense of peace since I have moved back to Adelaide ... Whole heartedness ... Well being ... A renewed sense of purpose ... I am home.

Sharing God's Love is part of who I am. 

Doing that through my Postcards and Art is what He has called me to do.

God is Amazing!

Be Blessed and Be a Blessing.

Teena

I have linked back this blog post to Chatting at the Sky ... That's where the idea came from to post what I have learned in June ... Thanks for being so inspiring.

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June Blessings ...

Hello Everyone ...

I may have been missing from my blog the past few months ... but all for good reasons ... since moving back to Adelaide, I have under estimated the busy busy that comes of being back with family and old friends.

I feel so blessed by the Love of familiar faces and blossoming work opportunities.

Oh ... How God is working in my Life!

My life has just exploded in goodness and newness and learning.

So many things on my To Do List ... to name just a few ... I have started selling children name cards and need to add them to my Etsy site ... so hopefully in the next few weeks I will add them.
Next weekend I am participating in Eaglemount's LIFEWORX ARTFEST ... showing postcards and collages.

But through all of this one verse resounds in my mind ...

“Be still, and know that I am God; 

I will be exalted among the nations, 

I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 46:10

My God knows the plans he has for me ... and I am living in those days.

Thanks God!

May you all seek and find God working in your life everyday.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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Abundance and Overflow ...

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

Jude 1:2

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else

1 Thessalonians 3:12

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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You are Loved ...

Serving others ...

Lobethal Markets were great fun ... firstly because I had a friend to keep me company ... secondly because I had my eyes opened ... I saw a community working together ... and was reminded again about being of service ... being friendly and helpful ... so my mind is buzzing with ideas ... How can I serve and help every market community I visit?

Let's see how God wants me to move with this idea ... I know it is a God Idea and just need to wait ... He always comes up with ideas beyond what I can imagine.

Thanks God!

Can you think of someone who needs your love and encouragement ... maybe just stop and say a quick prayer and see what God will do ...  you have just passed on God's Love ... it's as easy as that!

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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... your law is within my heart.

I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
    out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock
    and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth,
    a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord
    and put their trust in him.  

Blessed is the one
    who trusts in the Lord,
who does not look to the proud,
    to those who turn aside to false gods.
Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many to declare.

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
    but my ears you have opened—
    burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, my God;
    your law is within my heart.”

Psalms 40: 1-8

Oh what a week it has been ... adventures and new discoveries ... every day is fresh and alive with learning ... but oh how exhausting ... all this paying attention and learning is wiping me out.

If you want to feel alive ... my lesson would be ... move states and start a whole new career in your 40's ... and you will feel alive.

My word for 2013 is Immanuel ... paying more attention to the presence of God in my life ... and it would be very true to say the psalmist David has it with ... my ears you have opened ... I desire to do your will, my God: your law is written within my heart.

How amazing God is to me ... no my plans but His!

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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