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I would love to invite you into my home to have a cup of tea with me. We could sit in my sunny kitchen and talk about all the things that are going on in our lives. I could share with you the news I hear from my grown daughters. How my grandkids are growing. We could laugh together over the funny things that they have said. It would be fun to share the ins and outs of our family life, and talk about our latest creative projects. We could share what God has been teaching us, in our personal lives, and encourage each other on this walk of faith. We could pray together, laugh together, and even cry together. Since most of us will never be able to sit down together face to face, I would like to invite you to join me here. So come on in and have a cup of tea with me.

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Joy

Joy

About Me

Crossville, Tennessee, United States
I am a 61 year old, wife, married to my best friend for 40 years. We have been blessed with 6 children, & 13 grandchildren. I love mentoring women in their spritual walk & in the everyday. I have a diverse background, having spent over 30 years living and ministering in a small South American country. Now my family resides in a small town in the lovely state of Tennessee. We have experienced the blessing of adoption, but also the hard of dealing with a child with RAD and other mental health issues. You can live life with the cup half full or half empty the choice is yours. I choose half full.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Bear with one another, Be thankful!

God has gifted each of us in such incredible ways!  It is a joy to see the diversity with which he has created us.  He has equipped each of us with the gifts that we need to do his work in the place where he has put us.

Col. 3:12-15
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

As God's chosen ones, we are to strive to be holy, merciful, full of kindness, meekness.  To be humble and patient with each other, bearing with one another and forgiving, just as Christ forgave us!  Then, on top of all that, we are to put on love which binds everything together. Oh! and by the way, be thankful! 

I think those verses are so cool.  I was reading them in my devotion time this morning.  I love the idea of love binding everything together.  You know when you bake and mix eggs in a batter, you do it to bind the ingredients together...Love is what holds it all together.  Because of God's love for us, and our love for Him and one another, we can be merciful, kind, humble, choosing to put others ahead of ourselves.  We can be long-suffering, and patient with one another...Bear with one another, forgive one another.  It's all possible because of love.   

Then after we've put these into practice, we are also to let the peace of God rule in our hearts.  You would think that would be the easiest, but I recognize that oftentimes I don't let the peace of God rule in my heart.  How often I get "stressed" by all the things on my "to do list".  Would I snap at my children or husband, if the peace of God was ruling in my heart?  

To close it all off...on top of all of that, Be thankful!!  You know I find when I am filled with a heart of gratitude, the little things don't bother me.  It's all covered.  The focus isn't on me.  It's all about Him and all that He is doing and has done!  The attitude of gratitude will change your life!  

Blessings!
Joy   
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