Have A Blessed Easter

THE LOVE OF GOD

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.

Refrain:
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure—
The saints’ and angels’ song.

When hoary time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

Frederick Lehman

For God so loved the world, that he gave

his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth

in him should not perish, but have

everlasting life. For God sent not his Son

 into the world to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him might be saved.

John  3:16 

Because of God's love for mankind, 

He sent His Son, Jesus, 

to be the sacrificial lamb

offered for our sins.  

It is only because of His 

death and resurrection that 

we are able to become 

the Children of God.

The two most wonderful

days of the year are

Christmas and Easter.

Christmas when He came 

to earth as a baby and

Easter when He arose from the grave.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,

 keeping watch over their flock by night. 

  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, 

and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: 

and they were sore afraid. 

 And the angel said unto them, 

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, 

which shall be to all people. 

 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, 

which is Christ the Lord. 

 And this shall be a sign unto you; 

Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, 

lying in a manger. 

And suddenly there was with the angel 

a multitude of the heavenly host 

praising God, and saying, 

Glory to God in the highest, 

and on earth peace, good will toward men. 

 And it came to pass, 

as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, 

the shepherds said one to another,

 Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, 

and see this thing which is come to pass, 

which the Lord hath made known unto us. 

 And they came with haste, and found

 Mary, and Joseph, 

and the babe lying in a manger. 

  And when they had seen it, 

they made known abroad the saying 

which was told them concerning this child. 

 And all they that heard it wondered at those things 

which were told them by the shepherds. 

  But Mary kept all these things, 

and pondered them in her heart. 

  And the shepherds returned,

 glorifying and praising God for all the things 

that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 

Luke 2:8-20

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, 

and the world knew him not. 

He came unto his own, 

and his own received him not. 

  But as many as received him, 

to them gave he power to become the sons of God, 

even to them that believe on his name: 

John 1:10-12

Wishing each of you 

a wonderful Christmas

blessed by His presence.

A Good Thanksgiving

A GOOD THANKSGIVING

Said old gentleman Ray on a Thanksgiving Day:

“If you want a good time, then give something away.”

So he sent a fat turkey to shoemaker Price,

And the shoe maker said: “What a big bird! How nice!

With such a good dinner before me I ought

To give Widow Lee the small chicken I bought.”

“This fine chicken, oh, see!” said the sweet Widow Lee,

“And the kindness that sent it – how precious to me!

“I’ll give washwoman Biddy my big pumpkin pie.”

“And, oh, sure,” Biddy said, “ ’tis the queen o” all pies!

Just to look at its yellow face gladdens my eyes!

Now it’s my turn, I think, and a sweet ginger cake

For the motherless Finnigan children I’ll bake.”

Cried the Finnigan children, Rose, Denny and Hugh:

“It smells sweet of spice, and we’ll carry a slice

To little lame Jake, who has nothing that’s nice.”

“Oh, I thank you and thank you!” said little lame Jake;

“What a bootiful, bootiful, bootiful cake!

And oh, such a big slice!  I’ll save all the crumbs,

And give them to each little sparrow that comes.”

And the sparrows, they twittered, as if they would say,

Like old gentleman Ray: “On a Thanksgiving Day,

If you want a good time, then give something away.”

Author Unknown

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Corinthians 9:15 

To all my faithful followers,

I am sorry that I have been absent for a while.

Sometimes life gets in the way of what we want to do,

but I am richly blessed and thankful

for all my wonderful Lord is doing for me.

Here’s wishing you and your family many

THE SECRET OF FEARLESSNESS

Of all the memorials in Westminster Abbey, 

there is not one that gives a nobler thought than

that inscribed on the monument to Lord Lawrence...

simply his name, with the date of his death,

and these words:

"He feared man so little, 

because he feared God so much."

It was said of D. L. Moody that

he was humble as a child before God 

and as bold as a lion before men.

Great examples of how we should live our lives!

Sharing a few of my recent cards:

Sorry that I am so irregular with my posts.

Lots of things have been happening.  

I just had my kitchen redone.

I have been very busy making cards 

and rearranging my craft room.  

They sound like good excuses to me!

So much for that....

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13  

Faith looks back and says,

"Christ died for me."

Above and cries,

"He lives for me,"

Forward and whispers,

"He comes for me."

He is coming!

This message should thrill all Christians.

He is coming for all those who love Him and look for His appearing.

His coming is closer that most of us realize.

May we all be ready and watching.

  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 

with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: 

and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together 

with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: 

and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

A few of the cards I have been making:

  

  

Have a blessed week!