Ava Living | Lower Level Hall by Barb Solem

Ava Living | Lower Level Hall by Barb Solem


I love this design it's so beautiful it reminds me of royalty and the Castle courts.  I would love a house with this in it one day! 

The importance of Song

Singing is not just about ability or notes, but a metaphor for life.  There are the blues, cheerful pop, and songs of worship.  I have often told myself to sing a new song.  This is referring to the transformation of my mind to better things.  There are many scriptures in the Bible about singing a new song.  Here are a handful:

Psalm 33v3 Sing to Him a new song play skillfully and shout for joy.

Psalm 98v1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for all.

Isaiah 42v10 Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth.

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Learning to Love

I had an encounter with Love last night.  I learned to love, something that is easier said than done.  I learned to say that I forgive myself and others that have done wrong to me.  This sounds so easy when I am writing it here but I am telling you it's definately not.  It actually took me about 10 mins to even be able to utter the words that I forgive myself.  For what you ask?  For everything that has gone wrong in my life, I blamed myself.  Love is not just something that we do for others, but to be able to love others the very way we want to we must first love ourselves.

Love Birds Grow on Time

Give Love a Hand

I never thought that love needed anything. I guess it doesn't if you think about God being love but if you take a step back and look from the other side of the square, faith without works is dead so what is love without works? Love is patient, kind, not easily angered, doesn't boast, and these are all verbs, so love is ACTION. If you don't action love how do those who don't know about love obtain it?

Hope

A guitar used to accompany this worship singers

Its a funny thing hope.  But if I could say one thing about it, its in the worship we sing to our loving Father.  As I stand in my row or at the front of church singing Holy Holy Holy is our Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come.  This gives me hope.  Every step of everyday, these words give me hope. 
Communian is a symbol of the hope that Jesus Christ gave us.  As we sip of the grape juice and eat of the bread its a reminder of our hope that is in him.  As Jesus died on that cross He said.  It is finished.  This means the war has been won for us, that all the things we face in our life God has already taken care of it, if that doesn't give us hope what would?!  We need to know that we can let everything go and it will be taken to care of, just let it GO!!!

Being Sick

Muffy my cat makes me happy :D

I have gone on a lot about being sick, its a daily struggle.  But there are few things I can do to keep going, seek the Lord, pray, listen to music, and keep my sense of humour and my passion of photography.  Here are a few quotes that I like have fun reading them! 

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonics so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow. -O. Swett Marden

A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable. -Moshe Waldoks

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in the long run. -Charles Chaplin

Don't deny the diagnosis; try to defy the verdict. -Norman Cousins

We are all here for a spell. Get all the good laughs you can. -Will Rogers

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. -Sebastian Comfort

Provers 13v12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,       
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

How do you react? A few Questions.

What happens when you get it wrong?  Doesn't seem like that much of a big deal does it?  Be honest when you get something wrong do you actually get upset or do you move on? 

What do you do if you hurt someone's feelings? Do you apoligise?  Do you defend yourself?  Do you take it hard or let it go?  Do you cry? 

I have done things the wrong way so many times, I think we all have but how many times have you taken it to heart or have you just moved on not taking it on?  Since I have a Brain Injury I have been unable to express myself they way that I would like to others, it seems that it all comes out the wrong way.  I have met and talked to many people with my disorder who have had many broken marriages, relationships and friendships.  The trick is to be open about how hard it is to express yourself successfully but only to those you really admire.  Don't forget though:  Proverbs 4v23 Guard your heart above all else,
      for it determines the course of your life.

Peace and love is not just the hippy way 

The Word is Love

The true meaning of love is apparent when you hit a hard place in your life.  The wonder and beauty of this love is so unique that it can't be replicated.  It's important to know that God is love so it is in these low moments that God becomes more real and far more tangible to us.  You do not need to hit rock bottom to get this tangiblity of God but since we are all human and tend to hold too much pride it can take a few hard knocks to get to the place where we can accept the avaiblibility of God and love.  Anyone that has been truely rock bottom will know that there are many things that we could have done better, decisions that we could have made to prevent the fall of our life.
Another point to make is that God is the Word and God is Love therefore the Word of God is love ... the Word is Love.
How many times have we been told to read the the Bible? How many times has it been a chore to?  We must know that reading the Bible is important, not just because it informs us of the ways of our God, but because it is Love.
The world needs love, the word needs the Word and the world needs God these are all the same thing.  Oh how the world would be transformed if everyone took that as a need as apposed to 'just a belief'.