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Simply Sunday-Think Happy Stuff

March 10, 2013 By Cyndi 9 Comments

I found this coffee mug in the hospital gift shop (I’ve spent a lot of time in the hospital this week with my family members). It looked so cheery and springlike, I decided to get it. I also loved what it said, “think happy stuff.”

It reminded me of my daughter when she was young, and I would tuck her in bed at night. She was always afraid she would have bad dreams so after we prayed, we would think happy stuff like Christmas, birthday parties, swimming pools, and playing outside.

I’d list all the things she loved, hoping she would dream about happy stuff. Of course we still had to leave the hall light on and we couldn’t shut her door all the way. But most of the time, thinking happy stuff worked!

I think it’s good to think happy stuff! Philippians 4:8 (NLRV) says, “Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.”

There’s so much bad and sin in our world, we need to fill our minds and our hearts with happy stuff and the best thing we can fill ourselves with, is God’s word.

Do you have to remind yourself to think happy stuff? Are you filling your mind and heart with scripture?

Have a blessed Sunday!

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Simply Sunday

February 10, 2013 By Cyndi 3 Comments

This is just what I needed to hear today. Thought you might need to hear it too!

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Have a blessed Sunday!

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We Are Not Defined By Our Mistakes

January 13, 2013 By Cyndi 4 Comments

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Somedays we need this written out for us! We are not defined by our mistakes or sins.

Psalm 103: 8-12 says,

The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He will not constantly accuse us,
    nor remain angry forever.
He does not punish us for all our sins;
    he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
    is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
He has removed our sins as far from us
    as the east is from the west.

Rejoice today knowing that you are forgiven!

Have a blessed day!

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Beauty For the Heart~Christmas Lights

November 11, 2012 By Cyndi 5 Comments

Yesterday was warm we decided to put our christmas lights up outside. I laid them out and checked each strand to make sure they were working. Colt loved the christmas lights and I snapped a quick picture with my iphone.

Jesus said of His people:

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16, NIV)

Let your light shine and have a blessed Sunday!

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{Day 28} Beauty for the Heart: Finishing Is More Important Than Starting

October 28, 2012 By Cyndi 10 Comments

Each Sunday in October, I’ve been sharing Beauty For the Heart and telling you things my Mom taught me before she died from gastric cancer in 2009. The first Sunday of October I shared about passing on our faith, then we realized that life is short and last Sunday, I shared with you how Mom taught me to look for the blessings.

Today I’ll end with this truth that Mom taught me ~~finishing is more important than starting.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 NLT says, “Finishing is better than starting.”

My Mom was always starting things. She was one of the most talented women I have ever known.

For a season she decorated wedding cakes out of our home.

She took and mastered calligraphy.

She was a writer for Home Life Magazine and our local newspaper.

She started a business called, Windows by Wanda, and made window treatments.

We often laughed at all the things my Mom started.

But the one thing my Mom started and finished was a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Mom chose to live her life following hard after Christ and she passed that down to me. Because of my Mom I have a relationship with Christ and now it’s time for me to take the baton of faith and share it with those that I come in contact with.

It’s not how we started the race but how will we finish this race?

I don’t want to drop the baton. I want to finish well!

So my question for you is this, when it’s all been said and done will you finish well?