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³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?.......³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:“For your sake we face death all day long;   we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[j]

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor deamons,^[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.   Romans 8:31-32. 8:35-39. 

Discernment is not a bargain with God. It is not saying, "Hey God, how about I do (whatever) and you  do (insert bargaining tool) for me?"  Doesn't work that way. First of all HE does what is best best for is...ALWAYS...Without fail. Our problem is that what is best for us is not always what we want. So discernment means sitting back and listening to Our Heavenly Father. (And you know me and  listening!  Not one of my better traits. However, I am really learning it has sooo many advantages-none the least of which is that I get into less troule!). Just as with our children and grandchildren we want what is best for them. Doesn't always make us popular but there you are!  One of my grandsons said the most wonderful thing to me a few weeks ago. "Nana, do you know why I love to come to your house?"  I said, " because you love me?"  He said, " well that too.  But you let us do most stuff unless its going to hurt us"!  He couldn't have said anything to make me happier!  Just apply that to God and how he feels about you. Discernment=freedom!  Once you listen and discern what He wants for you the decision is made!  Freedom to move on with our life and know it is blessed and we are 2 B2BS!!!  To blessed to be stressed!  Amen...That is all...over and out!  Have a blessed week...listening.  T*A*I*S! 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
 Proverbs 3:5.  

No worrying. Worry takes time and energy and focus...all of which is wasted when spent on worrying. And worrying tends to let our own blessings slide by without our enjoying them.       Holy Moly!  No can do!   My Mother was a great worrier. And I do mean great!  "Black Belt in  Worrying" great.  Daddy was not.  I learned early on to give Mother one thing to worry about and then she focused on that and the little things slipped by. Worked great!  But nothing slips by God.  Seriously. I've tried. (silly girl!) However, worry is not one of my things. I have learned to go to prayer and release whatever I think is a problem and move on. There's that thinking thing again that gets us in trouble. Rarely do we have all the information on whatever it is we are want to worrying about. (And make no mistake...worrying is a choice) We jump to the "glass half empty" attitude and assume it's doom and gloom. And the worrying begins.  UGH!  Not to say some things don't give me pause...But I don't really worry.  I try to decide if I can do anything to help and usually the answer is: PRAY!  Trust in The Lord.  Lean not on my own understanding.  Do I think I know more than God?  Forget about it... Turn it over to the only ONE  that can take care of it correctly. Then move on with your life and enjoy the blessings HE has in store for you today.  And have a blessed day.  That is all...over and out!    >^.^< 

Today is the day!

This is the day The Lord has made.  I WILL be glad and rejoice in it.   Amen!

Each day is such a gift and I have learned to enjoy each one for what it brings. But I must remember that I have an obligation to pass it on!  Yes, share the joy of The Lord whenever I can. Today lets  have eyes to see and ears to hear those around us and share the love, the joy the peacethat passes all understanding!  AMEN!  T*A*I*S!    >^.^< 

Blessings Blessings Everywhere!

But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not grow weak. Isaiah 40:31

I find peace and hope in this verse and take take great comfort from it. The older I get the easier it is for me to give it all to HIM and simply enjoy the blessings I have...which are legion! With all the pains and aches and health issues I have right now I can see where I would spend what time I have left on this earth with the whiny face.  YUCK!  What a monumental waste of time...precious time that I can't get back once squandered.

Ah, time...amazing how a few short decades  :-) ago I thought...well actually I DIDN'T think...but you know what I mean.  The fact that I have a term here that has an end date never occurred to me.  I was sure my earthly party would go on forever.  I have since  learned differently.  And I am strangely filled with joy by it.  Not that I am ready to leave...Oh NO!  Far from it. But I am not deluding myself that I am the only one God has picked to live forever. What I am is the only one to live MY life.  And a life is a terrible thing to waste. People walk with us but NO ONE walks for us. It is our journey and we must choose our path and our Leader.  I chose to follower my Lord and Savior.

Many of us dwell on the wrong that goes on in our lives. Pooh!  What a waste when there is so much RIGHT!  So many blessings. Blessings we are too busy to see.  Too busy to see...do you understand how ludicrous that is?  We should be too busy counting our blessings to see the other stuff.  Deal with the other stuff, yes, dwell on it no.  Learn from it yes, wallow in it no. Our blessings are everywhere...we just have to look, see, embrace and pass them on!  Ah, but that's another story.

My challenge to you is to keep a paper and pencil handy (or what ever you use to make lists) and write down all the blessings that come your way this week...or even just for today.  If you have "ears to hear" and eyes to see...in other words if you are open to them,you will not have enough paper to write them all down.  Seriously...not my promise but HIS!  

And now with that I will go back to bed, to sleep, per chance to dream...and wake in my beautiful world of unimagined blessings.

Amen and Selah!  (I love to say that.  If the Psalmists can use it so can I, don't you think?) T*A*I*S!

Blessings my friends!

2 Blessed 2 Bee Stressed!

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Make your choice...

Another glorious day in my life. Work and family that I love and a God that Loves me and blesses me daily to show it...who can ask for more? I think about people that don't have a family or God in their life and it makes me sad. I try very hard to pass my blessings on, but some people just like being gloomy. SERIOUSLY? Have they tried some joy and love and FUN??? Once they did they would never go back...don't you agree? I am assuming you are a happy sort. Most of us are. It's a choice thing. You choose your attitude. Problem is what we choose gets to be a habit and if we are down one day we forget we can choose to be happy the next. OUR CHOICE! See what I mean? Too much fun out there to let it go unused. Make your choice...BEE HAPPY! It's healthy for us and infectious for others! Have a blessed one Guys!!! >^.^<

Hellllloooooo-AGAIN!

Well...here I am back again! Seems I have 80 thousand things going on and I really need this time and place to organize and center myself so to speak. Let's see how it works...

Still having back issues. Had an spinal injection this morning and when it was over I couldn't walk. Jeez! That's never happened before...I wasn't nearly as concerned as the staff there. But all was well in about an hour and I was on my way.

I know I have issues...health and others. But I have so much to be thankful for. My Orthopedic Surgeon understands me so well after 6 surgeries over the last 7 years. He will pat me on the back and say, "I know. You have things to do and it's my job to keep you going so you can do them!" (Ah, I have taught you well Grasshopper! :) )

The whole idea is to keep counting my blessings and dealing with the issues. NOT counting my issues and letting them get me down. Hey! Life is way too short to mess around with things you can not control. The choice is yours...Bee Happy is mine. How about you? My sister sent me the above plaque. She knows me and appreciates my love for Bumble Bees. Aerodynamically Bumble Bees should not be able to fly. But no one told the bees that so the just do it. How awesome is that? I was blessed with parents that never told me I couldn't do anything. They told me to try and see what happened. I did and I do...end of story. It has always been worth it and I have very few regrets. Here I am with my wonderful parents. Circa 1945, Tokyo, Japan...Holy Moly!

Both are gone now. They were my biggest fans...always on my side, always cheering me on and always proud of me...or so they said. Not to say I didn't get in trouble...occasionally I did. My sister and I were talking yesterday about that. Before Daddy died he asked me if I had any regrets about my childhood. I said yes, one big one...He looked shocked. What he asked? I said that I had not given them more trouble! He and Mother laughed. But seriously, it never occurred to me or my sister to disobey or talk back...well not to Daddy anyway! That just was NOT done. We traveled all over the world and loved it and each other. I hope my boys feel somewhat the same about their childhood.

I have been blessed my whole life...my husband continues to put up with me and my never still a minute craziness after 44 years! Yikes...he is really getting old. He turned 7o in November. When he was 60 he went back to school to keep his brain from turning to mush he said. He got his BA, his Masters, and this Fall will take Comps for his PhD. I am soooo very proud of him for many reasons, but this is way up there! He has that same Bumble Bee thing going. I didn't occur to him that he couldn't so he just did. That's the secret...Just Do IT!

I think for now! Check in often to see what's going on in my brain...if you dare! >^.^<

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Back Again...

I am sitting in the hospital after back surgery #6.  I am feeling really well and can't wait to get home and back to my life with less pain!  God is so good to me!

I think I am going to use this blog for my own personal thoughts and ideas and hopes and wishes...sort of a journal.  Hope that's OK with you.  We'll see...but I am excited about it.  I still have Nanas Beeline (http://nanasbeeline.blogspot.com) for my Weight Wathcers stuff, but this is different...as I said I'll see how it goes.

Blessings to all!

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