Life sure is not always a bed of roses

Hi..

 ☻✿☻Life sure is not always a bed of roses nor is it a continuous walk on thorns but a combination of both.

 Alphonse Kerr said,"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."

 Difficult times don't last for ever.

 .•。★Jeremiah 31:13 "Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow." 

 *¨`*•..¸✿Family is surely a school were God teaches us many things and develops the "Fruit of the Spirit" in us.

 ☻✿☻As mothers most of our lives is spent helping kids with home work, pressing on, believing, holding on in faith, praying, paying bills, making beds, fixing breakfast and lunch etc.

 Some moms manage the home and a job outside.

☻✿☻Bringing up kids is not all fun and marriage sure is not a life long date but it's truly rewarding and fulfilling!

 There are times of joy and times of tears. 

 There will be ups and downs.

 Times of lack and times of plenty.

 There will be times of endless talking and times of long silence.

☻✿☻But when we hold on together through the pushes and pulls of life the end is rewarding.

 It's a joy to see kids grow, its satisfying to see relationship with kids and spouse be strengthened through years.

 *¨`*•..¸✿ Our spiritual walk too is not easy. God did not promise we will not face the enemy's attack but promised to see us through and said we are more than conquerors!

 Looking back we can thank God not just for good times but also for the storms and thorns because it's the tough times that has made us stronger and so it is worth it all. 

☻✿☻And God makes everything work for our best and binds us with cords of love that cannot be broken!

 .•。★Isaiah 35:1[ The Future Glory of Zion ] The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them,And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; ..

 When God allows us to pass through testing times we should know we'll come out stronger and better.Let's learn to walk through the desert praising God. 

 Soon the dry deserts in our lives too will bloom.

 God permits these desert walk so that we learn to cope with pain, rejection, misunderstanding, loss, death etc

 Let's thank God for the good and bad times, for the roses and thorns, for times of plenty and times of want. Our Lord is faithful to see us through and bring us victorious!

 Be Blessed,

 Julia

The monsoon season...

Zechariah 10:1
ASK OF the Lord rain in the time of the latter or spring rain.
It is the Lord Who makes lightnings which usher in the rain and give men showers,
and grass to everyone in the field."

Isaiah 30:23
He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.

It's the monsoon season (rainy) here in India. Our state Maharashtra gets rains between June to September.
The farmers in Western India and other parts of this Nation have been awaiting this season. Many villages and towns have faced severe water scarcity this year. Pray this season will bring great relief.
Thank God for the rains it sure is refreshing.
Job 5:10 "He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside."
Psalm 135:7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Be blessed..

Julia

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~RAIN DROPS~By © Al Albrecht
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Beautiful, precious rain drops,
Upon the window pane,
Comes a feeling of joy and gratitude,
To hear falling drops of rain.

The birds have stopped their singing,
And the grass turns green again,
The leaves upon the trees are washed,
In the summertime when it rains.

The earth seems to smile at the sun,
While the clouds go drifting by,
As thunder peals in the heavens above,
And lightning flashes on high.

What a gift from God in the heavens,
Who sends rain in time of need,
To water the earth and freshen it up,
Giving life to all, indeed.

Beautiful precious rain drops.
Upon the window pane,
Such a precious gift from above,
The Rain, The Rain, The Rain.

Sun, moon, stars

❤Song of Solomon 6:10 "Friends Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?"
❤ John 12:46 (Jesus said) "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness"

° ☾ °☆ ★ The SUN gives us light and is the main source of energy. But Jesus Christ our Lord is The SON, who is the Light of this world and He not only brightens up our life but also is the main source of our life and the Holy Spirit gives us spiritual energy.

° ☾ °☆ ★ And we have many people in our life like 'STARS'.~ Family, loved ones, brothers and sisters in Christ and friends who sparkle and make your life twinkle.

° ☾ °☆ ★ But let's be like the 'Moon' that reflects the Sun's light. Let's reflect The Son's light in the darkest moments of our family, loved ones and friends life and in the darkest corners of the earth.
We are "lights" called to rise and shine for our Lord Jesus Christ and not to be hidden or kept under wraps but need to shine forth( like light houses) so that the lost can find their way home, the struggling can rise up.
❤ Matthew 5:16, "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."
❤Psalm 148:3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.
❤Jeremiah 31:35 "This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name:"
Have a blessed day...
Keep shining.....
YSIC
Julia

❤Psalm 97:4 "His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles."
❤Isaiah 60:1“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you."
❤Matthew 5:14“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden."
❤Luke 11:33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light."