Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this morning!
What touches your heart?
Mine needed to compose a poem for the day:
GIFT FROM GOD
Once the morning moonlight
Made me shiver in delight,
It faded faintly in the mist.
But soon the rising sun
Lit the whole horizon,
Wrapped the village in pink,
And delivered it
To the mysteries of the day.
Love, Sue
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Spring Cleaning
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you have spring fever?
When I was young, my dad used to read to us at bedtime and one of our favorites was "Wind in the Willows." The story starts out with spring cleaning and since then I have a fondness for the first day, I can open up the windows to air out the house and dig into some serious spring cleaning. It gives me hope for a new beginning!
Last night, I went outside in the warm weather and raked in the yard, picked up the litter and looked at my bulbs that were popping up out of the ground. Life is good!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you have spring fever?
When I was young, my dad used to read to us at bedtime and one of our favorites was "Wind in the Willows." The story starts out with spring cleaning and since then I have a fondness for the first day, I can open up the windows to air out the house and dig into some serious spring cleaning. It gives me hope for a new beginning!
Last night, I went outside in the warm weather and raked in the yard, picked up the litter and looked at my bulbs that were popping up out of the ground. Life is good!
Love, Sue
Monday, March 29, 2010
A.K.A. Seth's Mom
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
How many hats do you wear?
Last week my wrist was swollen and sore from painting and money was low, so I prayed on Thur. night for a substitute teaching job on Fri.. Praise the Lord, I received a call to teach in our son's math and English classes.
He was great about it and even invited me to eat with him and his friends at lunch. What an honor! I think I will stay on Cloud Nine for about a week!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
How many hats do you wear?
Last week my wrist was swollen and sore from painting and money was low, so I prayed on Thur. night for a substitute teaching job on Fri.. Praise the Lord, I received a call to teach in our son's math and English classes.
He was great about it and even invited me to eat with him and his friends at lunch. What an honor! I think I will stay on Cloud Nine for about a week!
Love, Sue
Thursday, March 25, 2010
A Good Kind of Tiredness
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Have you ever felt tired and were moving slowly from working hard for the Lord?
Doesn't it feel wonderful?!!!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Have you ever felt tired and were moving slowly from working hard for the Lord?
Doesn't it feel wonderful?!!!
Love, Sue
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Continued Mission
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
What keeps you motivated?
I have been distracted by other parts of my life from my mission to paint prayers for the people of Haiti, so I did a little research on Twitter into the recent news from there. The conditions are horrendous! The night before last it rained all night long, flooding the tent cities. Most of the adult residents stood up all night long holding their children, to keep them up out of the water. Can you imagine?
The prison in Port au Prince broke apart during the earthquake, releasing 5000 prisoners, some of whom are a threat to innocent people. The photo from the BBC of a "chapel" in the prison showed that the prisoners were being housed there in crowded conditions with no bathroom facilities. The floor was a sewer, so the prisoners hung up hammocks from the ceiling to get out of the sewage. Plastic water jugs hung from the ceilings where they kept their water to drink. It's no wonder they fled when the walls broke apart!
Some Haitians are getting on fishing boats, risking their lives against the ravages of the sea to sail to Jamaica or anywhere to find better living conditions.
The people of Haiti need our continued prayers and support to survive the horrors they are still facing.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
What keeps you motivated?
I have been distracted by other parts of my life from my mission to paint prayers for the people of Haiti, so I did a little research on Twitter into the recent news from there. The conditions are horrendous! The night before last it rained all night long, flooding the tent cities. Most of the adult residents stood up all night long holding their children, to keep them up out of the water. Can you imagine?
The prison in Port au Prince broke apart during the earthquake, releasing 5000 prisoners, some of whom are a threat to innocent people. The photo from the BBC of a "chapel" in the prison showed that the prisoners were being housed there in crowded conditions with no bathroom facilities. The floor was a sewer, so the prisoners hung up hammocks from the ceiling to get out of the sewage. Plastic water jugs hung from the ceilings where they kept their water to drink. It's no wonder they fled when the walls broke apart!
Some Haitians are getting on fishing boats, risking their lives against the ravages of the sea to sail to Jamaica or anywhere to find better living conditions.
The people of Haiti need our continued prayers and support to survive the horrors they are still facing.
Love, Sue
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tears Turn to Dancing
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you ever have difficult days on the anniversary of the death of a loved one?
March 22 is usually a day of grief for me, because it's the anniversary of the day my younger sister died in a car crash. She was only 33 years old and I miss her.
I asked a friend to pray for me yesterday and the results were amazing! Instead of my usual tears and depression, I felt happy and productive, even painting into the evening.
I received a call from my mom who was having a good day too, so apparently the prayers extended to my family as well.
Thank you God for friends who pray and thank you for answering those prayers!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you ever have difficult days on the anniversary of the death of a loved one?
March 22 is usually a day of grief for me, because it's the anniversary of the day my younger sister died in a car crash. She was only 33 years old and I miss her.
I asked a friend to pray for me yesterday and the results were amazing! Instead of my usual tears and depression, I felt happy and productive, even painting into the evening.
I received a call from my mom who was having a good day too, so apparently the prayers extended to my family as well.
Thank you God for friends who pray and thank you for answering those prayers!
Love, Sue
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Insights Into Prayer Painting
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you ever surprise yourself with an insight that comes out of your mouth?
I taught a class on praying through art on Saturday at a neighboring church and learned some things by listening to myself teach! I said that Jesus stated that in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven one must come as a child; then I ventured to say that the same is true for the kingdom of art, because our inner child is the part of ourselves that creates.
So making art while we pray adds power to our prayers because we are praying with the part of ourselves that has childlike faith. This type of prayer is more affective than when we pray from our adult ego state, because of the doubts we learn by the time we become adults.
My students spent time in class painting and praying at the same time and were thrilled by how good it felt to do it. I can see that God is probably going to take me elsewhere to teach this type of prayer.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Do you ever surprise yourself with an insight that comes out of your mouth?
I taught a class on praying through art on Saturday at a neighboring church and learned some things by listening to myself teach! I said that Jesus stated that in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven one must come as a child; then I ventured to say that the same is true for the kingdom of art, because our inner child is the part of ourselves that creates.
So making art while we pray adds power to our prayers because we are praying with the part of ourselves that has childlike faith. This type of prayer is more affective than when we pray from our adult ego state, because of the doubts we learn by the time we become adults.
My students spent time in class painting and praying at the same time and were thrilled by how good it felt to do it. I can see that God is probably going to take me elsewhere to teach this type of prayer.
Love, Sue
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