tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34512179554259988292024-03-19T05:06:47.682-04:00Celebrating Ordinary Days With Extraordinary PromisesThe Blessedness of Believing A Devotional Journey of Life's Lessons and God's Promises by Linda Mose MeadowsLinda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-82227977083319668692021-08-11T21:28:00.000-04:002021-08-11T21:28:38.340-04:00You’ve Got A Friend <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPqPZFiCzq-zvCgcDTK-bdOiUZy3uQCCQbWTW5z7-Ly7x6-Wz8XscmQLt3IwZ4EfTn4cAJqdMziA-RydHSNfhQlG3DZZnZdzTWz2eppi1i-MJW-Sea5cHiIAS-ptvatUfRY1KysO3ELY/s1800/CD49B23F-54FB-48D8-9A65-E4E69ADEACB8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPqPZFiCzq-zvCgcDTK-bdOiUZy3uQCCQbWTW5z7-Ly7x6-Wz8XscmQLt3IwZ4EfTn4cAJqdMziA-RydHSNfhQlG3DZZnZdzTWz2eppi1i-MJW-Sea5cHiIAS-ptvatUfRY1KysO3ELY/s320/CD49B23F-54FB-48D8-9A65-E4E69ADEACB8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOzzYXzwzSNaNvGGnepQOhEOrLsN8-VBjel8a2D13A76YeYBkLD_PKFlJoAhQCZHcinnz-iQBvdBbj_sxtrUYLNuYwTifc12RkrOlWHZzYJGVHWYr89JhyphenhyphenAUUvrowe559fFbWmQlrpnw/s1800/8CE7F391-CF93-4CEE-B987-9A2683779CDB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOzzYXzwzSNaNvGGnepQOhEOrLsN8-VBjel8a2D13A76YeYBkLD_PKFlJoAhQCZHcinnz-iQBvdBbj_sxtrUYLNuYwTifc12RkrOlWHZzYJGVHWYr89JhyphenhyphenAUUvrowe559fFbWmQlrpnw/s320/8CE7F391-CF93-4CEE-B987-9A2683779CDB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>One of my favorite songs is: “You’ve Got A Friend (originally by Carole King with Roberta Flack )</p><p>This song came rushing to my mind as I was creating my recent fiber artwork of this fine gentlemen! One of my dear friends Sheri shared a photo of her father with me. Her photo was in black-and-white and it was absolutely stunning, I realize that we seldom describe a masculine photo as stunning, but it was captivating! I hadn’t seen a photo like this in ions! Gazing at this photo transported me back to pleasant childhood memories of the father figures my brothers and I were surrounded with. Our father, uncles, grandfathers and their friends were strong figures in our lives, Yes, we could rely and count on their strength, loud voices, steadiness, humor, kindness, stern demeanors and definite bravado. So I knew I wanted to pay tribute to them as I recalled the impact they made on each of us! This quilt creation honors them all!</p><p>Oh, yes google & enjoy Donny Hathaway singing, “You’ve Got a Friend- it’s a real treasure!! </p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Shared with a Transparent Heart,</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Linda Mose Meadows,Fiber Artist, Quilter & Author of the Devotionals:</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Blessedness of Believing A Devotional Journey of Life’s Lessons and God’s Promises;</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Destined to Receive, Reflections and Devotionals Celebrating The Love of God</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The freedom train exhibition reception was held at the Frederick Douglass -Isaac Myers museum on Thursday, July 29 at 7 pm honoring the art of the renowned Ed Towles. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVB3_-uSfrObDTq5KJRNRaFnW8HwaQGQWOd2sPJ2DVxyJVnp7rq2vQUTkJ4Wnrtda_ZkYpoGyzWx9vH_I9DfNsJetRk5hP4GgvZBWRUmM3gkhgN7SmmCXd__oNddMlyOk6vO5EADUEzw/s640/81F05420-A568-4A7E-B305-884A71844295.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVB3_-uSfrObDTq5KJRNRaFnW8HwaQGQWOd2sPJ2DVxyJVnp7rq2vQUTkJ4Wnrtda_ZkYpoGyzWx9vH_I9DfNsJetRk5hP4GgvZBWRUmM3gkhgN7SmmCXd__oNddMlyOk6vO5EADUEzw/s320/81F05420-A568-4A7E-B305-884A71844295.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); 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font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">The curator Kibibi Ajanku explained that the “The Freedom Train exhibition tells the story of Harriet Tubman and her resistance to bondage and enslavement. The artwork of Ed Towles presents a necessary celebration of Black power and resilience that allows for a comparison of past to present. During the year 2020, in addition to a world-wide corona pandemic crisis, widespread protests were witnessed across the United States in response to the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many other African Americans at the hands of police brutality. The oppressive nature of violence in current times is driven by the same systemic oppression of the chattel slavery that America was built upon.”</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZuf26Xhsvs74ddR0KxOTIH9XHcUArZKZYzAjTxi8D37db4q8wKJu9T4ORsPrzhRNuInxwa4FJ-LjIMBiyAe8RNPHFFZL1PhnlbHY-6zjvAVycYP2-7sQMgzRBU44WGTrtA-dpfPvCNc/s1080/B1BCEC79-E102-4086-AF1C-38C3D468E9FF.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZuf26Xhsvs74ddR0KxOTIH9XHcUArZKZYzAjTxi8D37db4q8wKJu9T4ORsPrzhRNuInxwa4FJ-LjIMBiyAe8RNPHFFZL1PhnlbHY-6zjvAVycYP2-7sQMgzRBU44WGTrtA-dpfPvCNc/s320/B1BCEC79-E102-4086-AF1C-38C3D468E9FF.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It was quite an honor to be in Mr. Towles presence, see a selection of Mr. Towles artwork regarding Harriet Tubman and celebrate with other art enthusiasts Ms. Ajanku’s curatorial excellence. </span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Learn more about Ed Towles at: www.edtowles graphics.com</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I’m extremely grateful for being able to share another blessed artful experience,</span></div><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Linda Mose Meadows,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> author/blogger/ fiber artist </span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://blessednessofbelieving.blogspot.com/2008/10/jon-onye-lockardgreat-anointed-visions.html?m=1">http://blessednessofbelieving.blogspot.com</a></span></div>Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-67194805534822354742021-07-15T20:03:00.001-04:002021-07-15T21:20:53.750-04:00Inspiration Is Where We Find It<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Helen Keller</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Thanks for sparking the creativity & inspiration Amber J. Mose and Iveigh!</p><p>When my my niece, Amber posted the picture of her daughter happily enjoying her strawberry ice cream my heat strings played a happy melody!! Instantly I wanted to capture this joy in a quilt and gift it to my little niece ! This photo was a delightfully delicious reminder that good and wonderful things can inspire us when we least expect them. I am grateful to God for the simple abundance in the midst of challenging times.</p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Shared with a Transparent Heart,</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 23.56px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Linda Mose Meadows,Fiber Artist, Quilter & Author of the devotionals:</i></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica-Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.49px; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;">Sweet Clarinda” (</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;">January 2018 she transitioned from this world to a divine life everlasting </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;">). This is a tribute I created in honor of our phenomenal Mama! </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 16pt;">(2021, size: 29 1/2” x 42 1/2 “, mixed media: beads, threads, textiles, acrylic paints) </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 16pt;">Our Mother Clarinda Jackson Mose was an eloquent “Renaissance Women” who lived life with zeal for 80 years. She was not only our beloved friend, mother and grandmother, but an avid/outspoken educator, an advocate, Literacy Volunteer, swimmer, world traveler, peace keeper, an Afrocentric soul, A Creative who’s inspiring presence in our lives continues to motivate and spur us on! She’s now our beloved angel. </span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div>Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-55250829922506487252017-01-01T20:11:00.005-05:002021-07-14T01:15:57.297-04:00HAPPY NEW YEAR! A PRAYER FOR 2017!<br />
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Our Grandfather Ellsworth Jackson age, 24</div>
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Happy New Year!!<br />
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Heavenly Father we thank you for allowing us see this year's end and enter into a brand new day, a day that allows us to experience the start of a new year. We're crossing over a brand new threshold filled with your possibilities and promises. We humbly come before you, like my Grandpop Ellsworth with his hat in hand! We too have hearts filled to the brim, with Thanksgiving for 2016's peak and valley experiences. Surely it was because of your magnificence-your outstretched hand that kept us. God you allowed us to witness your love in action and to realize "an in-spite of" growth! Through life's upsets we now have a new understanding that blessings delayed were and are not blessings denied! Thank you for the uncomfortable challenges, and adversity! You taught us patience and provided us with your unmerited grace. Your love is our elixir. We appreciate that your will is done in our lives and in those that matter to us.Yes Lord we will rely on you! We entrust our lives to you and will not be afraid! Give us greater wisdom and joy for our 2017 journey. We seek you and your kingdom as we declare:The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid? No weapons formed against us will prosper! We decree that we are victors in Jesus' mighty name. Amen.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">New Haven was excited about Having Our Say come to town and the Divas were a great part of these festivities! The Long Wharf Theater along with New Haven Free Public Libraries encouraged participation in a series of city-wide literary events correlating with the Delany's first 100 years: traveling re-enactments with local actors, a History Slam, Community Talks, story telling and discounted and free theater tickets. The city was a buzz with Having Our Say! The excitement was inclusive of The New Haven Stetson Free Public Library and Long Wharf Theater partnering with the Divas' Digest Book Club on Saturday,February 27, 2016 to partake in a spirited and revealing inter-generational "Having Our Say" free and open to the public Community Talk complete with the trimmings. Divas' members, President Sharon Brooks and Elizabeth Nearing, Long Wharf's Community Engagement Manager co-facilitated the afternoon's event. Diane Brown, Stetson's Director also assisted in the coordination of the afternoon's event and the repast-replicating the Delany's Papa's Birthday Celebration.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">The Divas happily convene 6 pm bi-weekly on Wednesday's at The New Haven Stetson Free Public Library to discuss our designated monthly book selections. We started off 2016 with Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston's riveting novel:Their Eyes Were Watching God followed by February's selection of: Having Our Say written by Sarah and A.Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth which brought history to life!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Needless to say this year started off in fine literary fashion! I suspect Dr. Bessie and her sister "Sadie" Sarah Daley would have been initially curious,and subsequently very appreciative. I imagine they'd be equally talkative about their intriguing </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">lives. Community Talk attendees celebrated and applauded Dr. Bessie and Sarah Delaney's 100 plus years of living through America's 20th century historic milestones. They and their families resilience, determination, coupled with their sheer power of their indomitable human spirits shed light on what many African Americans had to navigate through in the 1920's and beyond! </span></div>
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Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-44578845471539181302016-02-12T19:18:00.001-05:002016-02-12T19:18:54.914-05:00REMEMBERING OUR AMAZING GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY OF LOVE: EVELYN RUTH JACKSON<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruth received her education in </span></i><st1:place><st1:city><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Montgomery County</span></i></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><st1:state><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maryland</span></i></st1:state></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Her passion was caring
for others. Had her educational pursuits been fully realized, Ruth would have
excelled as an exceptional medical nurse. She was married to her sweetheart,
the late Ellsworth C. Jackson for 61 years. To that union was born three
children; the late Calvin Eugene Jackson (Ret. Air Force), Clarinda Jackson
Mose (Ret. Educator), and the late Kenneth Lee Jackson (Air Force veteran). She
encouraged and was supportive of her loved ones in achieving their highest
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member of the Women’s Society for Christian Service (the predecessor of The
United Methodist Women). She was a beloved resident for 18 years where she
served as the Sunshine Chair of the Tenant Council of The Heritage House in </span></i><st1:place><st1:city><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rockville</span></i></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></i><st1:state><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maryland</span></i></st1:state></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruth was a past member of the planning committee for
the Ricks-Green Family Reunion and was especially instrumental in championing
civil causes with a far reaching positive impact (i.e. ensuring the preservation and authenticity of the structure of the Pleasant View
Methodist Church, advocating for the upkeep of the surrounding grounds
inclusive of the Pleasant View Cemetery and the enhancement of the structure of
the historic two-room Quince Orchard School House, which is now a museum
frequented by many). Her collective efforts, along with that of other dedicated
family and friends, ultimately resulted in the inception of The Pleasant View
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or sick neighbors who dubbed her as their "Angel." Sunday meals were
lovingly prepared replete with all the trimmings including her applesauce with
cinnamon, piping hot coffee, and a lemon frosted cake, which was always served
on her lovely China, anticipating the arrival of her beloved cousin Thompkins
Hallman and other family and friends.</span></i><br />
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probably see Ruth wearing her neat apron baking her delicious Congo Bars from
her sister Mabel Prather’s recipe, a sheet cake, or melt-in-your-mouth
wonderful chocolate-chip walnut cookies, which she eagerly shared with friends
and her broad circle of acquaintances. She brought many recipients great joy. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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friends and family experiencing difficulties. Ruth enthusiastically
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compassionate woman who constantly demonstrated love. To meet her was to love
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that visited her, phoned, sent greeting cards, and photos. She treasured that
and they'd get tucked into her devotionals, phone books, Bibles, and photo
albums. Often you'd see her enjoying them again, reading and commenting on how
lovely each one was. When she received a bouquet of flowers from her grandson
Eric she'd comment on the beauty of the arrangement and simply beam. When her
grandchildren visited she was attentive and observant of each one. You may even
hear her giggle and recount a great moment that was humorous. She wanted others
to be happy and expressed that sentiment without reservation. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Kenneth's German Shepard was in her care and she labeled him as
"Puppy" who was later arthritic and would sometimes sprint out the
screen door chasing the neighborhood children who she believed taunted him
behind the closed gate. Even Duke was exonerated in her eyes. In Ruth's eyes
even animals deserved kindness and consideration. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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exhibited pride in her work as a dedicated and competent domestic. She lovingly
served The Robert Ostrosky Family and Dr. Julius and Mrs. Amsterdam for
numerous years. Her work was not only exemplary but her temperament was
seasoned with grace. Her prayers were realized in seeing her loved ones
thriving, happy, and accomplished. She attested to God's care and goodness towards
all. One of Ruth's favorite scriptures is I Corinthians 2:9 "Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard. Neither has entered into the heart of man the things that
God has prepared for those who love him." </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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leaves to cherish her memories her daughter, Clarinda Jackson Mose, of Lake Spivey,
Georgia; nine grandchildren, Diane Powell, Carlton Jackson, Linda Mose Meadows
(Richard), John Mose, Jr., Steven Mose (Zina), Eric Mose (Miranda), Kenneth Lee Jackson, Jr., Michael Jackson
(Rachel), and Ryan Jackson (Mary Beth); twenty-one great-grandchildren; Brandon,
Zachary, Yolanda, Rachel, Christian, Christina, Tiega, Amber, Michael, Mary,
Taylor, Jaycina, Morgan (Jermaine), Geordan, Taylor, Kristina (Eric), Katrina, Malikah,
Jibreel, Madison, and Mikayla; numerous great-great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mabel Bernice Prather (the late Watson) of Rockville, Maryland and Madeline Allen
Washington of Silver Spring, Maryland; sister–in-law Mary Brown; Godson Troy; and a
host of other nieces, nephews, family, and friends. </span></i></div>
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in death by two brothers, Zetroe Hilary Brown and James Wallace Brown (Mary); four
sisters, Estelle Celeste Summerour, Helen Lucille Lee (the late William), Emma
Jackson (the late William), and Frances Edna Payne (the late Portney); and
granddaughter Marjorie Martin.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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During my lunch stroll, I normally marvel at the crunchy leaves, enjoy these New England homes and interesting roof tops, busy birds and rushing traffic. But on this particular day as I was nearing closer to my destination of returning to the church's door-where I work, I could see the bright red leaves of a tree that grows brighter with each cold day! The weather does not deter it's strength or beauty. For a moment I stood still and just gazed at the leaves, stood as close to the tree's trunk as I could and simply was amazed at the majesty of this vision and thought to myself that God's paint brush is divine. I looked up and appreciated the gray sky's backdrop and the beautiful landscape of the autumn bliss. Lord we thank you! Friends just look-up! There is beauty all around you!<br />
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I awoke feeling very good about the
day before us and anticipating what fun was in store for me and my family. Collectively
we agreed on the night before that we’d head to “The City”! This was our designated
day of exploring and enjoying the sites and sounds of especially <st1:place>Harlem</st1:place>, <st1:city>Manhattan</st1:city> and possibly Br<st1:place>ooklyn</st1:place> with our friends
which were no strangers to <st1:city>New
York City</st1:city>. In my eagerness of good fun, learning and
enjoying a new site-for a moment I reflected that we were definitely in for a
treat, because Shelly being a native New Yorker knew the lay of the land! Several
days prior she and Ollie came for a visit in route to their home in <st1:state>Florida</st1:state> and we thought it a great idea to have a New York City
Adventure during their visit with us. I enthusiastically agreed. Living in <st1:state>Connecticut</st1:state> makes for relatively easy travel to <st1:city>New York City</st1:city>, so instead of catching the Metro North Train we opted for
traveling by car. I know little about Brooklyn and have often found my self gazing
at incredible Pinterest photos of upscale restaurants, cozy sidewalk cafes or couples
happily embracing, people smiling and others strolling confidently in picture perfect
weather conditions. Many of of those Pinterest pics included the backdrop of the <st1:place><st1:placename>Brooklyn</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>Bridge which really caused my curiosity to soar.</st1:placetype></st1:place>I imagined I too would know these experiences and my
spirit said, “Yes!” Not imaging that the experience would quickly become a
reality! You’ve heard the saying, “Today is your day _________ (fill in the
blank with your name)!” Off we were
headed to <st1:city>New York City</st1:city>. So our first destination was Brooklyn and our eating at a
great Greek Diner with ample servings. Yes, you guessed it, not many blocks away there it stood looming
larger than life the Brooklyn Bridge!</div>
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Initially the bumpy ride to “The
City” was filled with gridlock, road construction, lane restrictions with
plenty of starting and stopping causing my enthusiasm to wane! The ride felt
more like a roller coaster than a cruise. Maybe we should have started out on
our adventure earlier because before long I became overly hungry, extremely hot
and fatigued! I was in good company because Shelly was suffering with a
migraine. It was without a doubt, a sizzling afternoon. The heat index seemed awfully
cruel with the scorching sun beating down on us. It was a mean hotter than July
day in <st1:place>Brooklyn</st1:place> and our loved ones insisted that we approach the underpass
anyway! I could see the sunlit bridge in the distance, the closer we walked towards the
bridge the more menacing the heat felt and descend the stairwell anyhow! I said it, I know I expressed that this wasn’t the location I’d seen in
the magazine photos. I was being ignored. My folks seemed a little to eager to
get to that sun drenched walkway of the <st1:place><st1:placename>Brooklyn</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>Bridge</st1:placetype></st1:place>. As I’ve heard it said, “I wasn’t feeling it!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had enjoyed the idea of crossing
the bridge but this was not quite how I envisioned this day! In unison my family and
friends audibly reminded me that I wanted to do this. I thought, and
expressed my displeasure, “Yeah but I am changing my mind!” My spirit was
annoyed-“they have got to be kidding!” Looking back, I now see that that moment
in time was ordained to happen on a blistering day!<o:p></o:p></div>
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What? Yep! God does know the plans he has for each of us!<o:p></o:p></div>
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And here I am today reflecting and
interpreting Sarah Young’s Facebook morning devotional post about skewed vision
causing us to miss out on God’s grander picture! Her words were: “examining …details
they obscure your view of the grandeur all around you…” And then I read Mark 5
and seemed to focus on verse 34 “<b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></sup></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">He said to her,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="woj">“Daughter, your faith has healed you.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="woj">Go in peace</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="woj">and be freed from your
suffering.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lord what’s the correlation between an outing with friends and the woman with
the health issues? I can’t say I immediately understood-it took prior conversations and further scripture readings for me to understand or have an inkling of what the spiritual and life lessons were that I was supposed to grasp. But if transparency is in order, often I am adamant when
my mind is made up-the mental force field is now impenetrable, stern, blinded, unyielding by my thoughts because I believe I know! Know what you ask? What I’m not convinced I should
do! But what I realize today is that I’ve simply made up my mind about the
circumstances and the unforeseen outcome! Now I also understand that just possibly my anxiety, my
fears about many matters have shielded me from the entire "big picture"-the whole truth. And
you’ve figured out that with that thinking God and prayer are no where in the equation.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">“Do not be anxious about anything, but in
every situation, by</span></em><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><em><b>prayer</b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><em>and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to
God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” <b>Philippians 4:6-7</b></em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a
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<span style="color: #990000;"><em> “There is no fear in love. But perfect love
drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is
not made perfect in love.” <b>1 John 4:18</b></em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><em>“Humble
yourselves, then, under God’s mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his
own good time. Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for
you.” <b>1 Peter 5:6-7</b></em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So let’s revisit my/our trek across the <st1:place><st1:placename>Brooklyn</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>Bridge</st1:placetype></st1:place>. After leaving the stairwell
and reaching the bridge level, the sun was awaiting. Oh very unfriendly indeed. But it didn't stop the throngs of bikers and walkers. Initially,
feeling the sun blazing against my skin was shocking, yes it was terribly hot,
but I remembered to travel with my hat which acted as a visor protecting and
shielding me! It’s coming together now friends, I know you see it! The Lord our Shepherd shields,
guides-protects us! We have to take initial steps to begin the journey God has
in store for us. The first steps of our outing on the bridge with adequate
covering made it tolerable. Thank you Lord. Those with wide brims, umbrellas
and hoods must have known. And then my focus began to change-enjoyment took
over! (God cares for us and longs for us to experience his delight.) I spotted
a lone vendor, purchased a Selfie Stick for my iPhone, laughed, chatted,
marveled at the scenery with our friends. (There are divinely directed paths
awaiting us!) The further we walked, the more scenic, majestic and appreciative
I was of our surroundings. Lord I almost missed a breathtaking moment! It was
an amazing vista, the Manhattan Skyline, a <st1:city>New York City</st1:city> "must see", that I almost forsook! This was a living experience, one I hadn’t
seen or known! So Lord I thank you for the sound thinking of loved ones, who
pleasantly let their love overshadow my adamant stance! Oh yes about the woman
with the issue of “blood”, I believe she reached beyond her limitations, her fears and was
freed, released from bondage-she was delivered! She got out of her own way! That’s simply it friends,
God desires us to move beyond our “knowing”,our familiar experiences-to
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Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-55880820870521804072015-07-30T15:48:00.000-04:002015-07-30T15:54:32.820-04:00GIVE EAR DEAR LORD !<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> to the prayers offered in this place. </em></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>2 Chronicles 6:40</em></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This entry today has evolved over the week and I believe I understand what God was revealing to me several afternoons ago, allow me to share please. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning while listening to Pandora Radio, turning the volume up and becoming attentive to the lyrics of Hear My Cry by Fred Hammond, an <em>aha moment</em> was again being birthed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[Verse 1:]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry Oh Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Attend unto my earnest prayers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />From the ends of the earth floor<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry unto thee<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When my enemies encamped about me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />They stumbled and fell<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Within in my heart<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I will cry out<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />To the Lord for help</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hear my cry<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[Chorus:]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry Oh Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Attend unto my earnest prayers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rescue me Lord Jesus<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And take away my every fear<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Heavenly Father,Heavenly Father,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I lift my hands to you)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[Verse 2:]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In darkest hours<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Of affliction<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />My faith will not be moved<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When the storms rage<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And the winds blow<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Beneath your wings<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I will hide<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the shadow<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Of the Almighty<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />My soul will surely abide</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hear my cry<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[Chorus:]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry Oh Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Attend unto my earnest prayers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rescue me Lord Jesus<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And take away my every fear<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry Oh Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Give ear unto my earnest prayer<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Strengthen me<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />King Jesus<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Holy Spirit draw me near<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[Ad Libs]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rescue me Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Uphold me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Vindicate me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rescue me and strengthen me Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Holy,Holy,Holy Spirit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Don't leave me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Renew me<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Remember me<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Reassemble me Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />My heart is in my hands<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And I give it you<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Help me Lord<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[x3]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I cry for our children Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I cry for our families Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And our nations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And our cities<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And our leaders<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />On their behalf<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We cry unto<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hear my cry<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Oh Lord<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Down on our knees<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Begging you please<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[x2]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rescue us<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Lord Jesus, take away our every fear<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Our Pastors Lord<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[x2]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We pray for our shepards right now<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We're down on our knees<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Begging you please<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">[x2]</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Lord hear our prayer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Mind you that during my lunch walk I felt no way mournful or heavy nor prayerful. I regret the later admission. I believed I was just going about my daily business of having yet another exhilarating lunch walk , glad for the hour reprieve from work, appreciative for the opportunity to stretch and move my limbs. It was very warm outdoors but it felt therapeutic, refreshing and then I distinctly recall a "rush", a feeling that I was seeing many things more clearly! I attributed the clearing of my blurry computer vision to time, exercise-being outdoors. The curbs, street cracks and sloping sidewalks were taking on a new feel. The walk I normally rush through was more paced and not hurried. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">My daily "safe walking route" with the strollers, moms. business suits, and shaded trees appeared brand new. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">These prior ignored details, were brand spanking new discoveries like the worn top of the trellises with cascading flowers, the beauty found in the uneven leaning scrubs and tree branches, the weather beaten light fixtures swinging over the worn porch entrances, the unnoticed attic windows with the ornate carvings, the scurrying brown birds, a dumpster with the crocked lid, the humming and boisterous motors of passing traffic or the bold tangerine colored lilies snuggling with the overgrown weeds-this all seemed to serve a greater purpose. Surely all of those things hadn't just cropped up! </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I contend that the culmination of my cathartic experiences were gentle nudging's from God. This was I believe, His creative way of lovingly demonstrating that<em> I am here</em> and <em>you've been too consumed with</em> <em>your many concerns and desires</em> <em>and the remedy, the answer you seek</em> <em>is found in me!</em> <em>Pay attention it's crucial!</em> <em>An awakening is in order for you Linda!</em> </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's agree that our spirits are in sync and are saying, <em>"Give ear dear Lord!"</em> </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as I delve into the dimensions of what exactly a spiritual awakening means for me, I encourage you to ask God for help and what this also means for you. Go ahead and surrender your will and trust in God, delve into Holy Scripture and rely not on your own understanding but in all your getting, obtain a deeper understanding of who God is in your life, take him along as your "walking" partner. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The revelation is not so startling for some but for me it really is a spiritual shaking! I suspect God is eager to shake up your world and vision also! You ask what can that possibly look like? My answer is it's a reality of the unimaginable-the good found in the new things of Him, courage in </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scaling unforeseen heights/new opportunities and more importantly having revived, reborn hearts of expectancy, new insight(s), exciting joyous ordinary day(s), blowing breezes with extraordinary promises, cloudy skies with a content spirit, awkward moments with full reliance on our loving, faithful Heavenly Father,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Our revival is occurring, God is ever present and I declare He does hear us even in our unaware lives, have a blessed day.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Shared with a Transparent Heart,</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Linda Mose Meadows, Inspirational Author of the devotionals:</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">The Blessedness of Believing </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">A Devotional Journey of Life’s Lessons and God’s Promises (Tate Publishing)</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Destined to Receive, Reflections and Devotionals Celebrating The Love of God (Amazon.com)</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">http://blessednessofbelieving.blogspot.com/</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/23px "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">https://blessedauthorlm.wordpress.com/</span></span><br />
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<br />Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-47258956601929785442015-04-26T17:45:00.000-04:002015-04-26T19:10:27.574-04:00LOVE HAS COME TO SEE ABOUT YOU! <img src="webkit-fake-url://824d55d8-0184-443d-b241-a261f37fb39d/imagejpeg" /><br />
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<b>My very good intentions were to arise at approximately 5:45 this morning test my glucose level, eat my breakfast complete with yummy egg whites, fruit medley, turkey sausage, and cereal as the songstress Jill Scott says, <i>"</i>Beaming all the way!<i>" </i>ready for an action packed Super Soul Sunday! Oh my friends, I had things to accomplish and folks to see, oh but all those plans were squelched when I sat on the side of our bed and hacked a succession of rowdy, nervy coughs! Clearly the nuisance of mere cold symptoms had elevated and comfortably made themselves at home within my throat and chest. I had been in semi denial, days before when it started as an irritating earache which I believed I had promptly dealt with, so I thought! But as I sat myself in our sun porch, pulled back the curtains and marveled at the streaming sunlight,witnessed the tree branches bowing to the majesty of the day,instantly the realization hit-this is where I'd be. I peered at my favorite mug half filled with lemon tea, flanked by cough medicine and throat lozenges and said to my self, " You are going nowhere today!"</b><br />
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<b>There was no doubt that I had a terrible cold and the symptoms of a sore throat, consistent "woof" coughing, scissor sharp "feeling"s when I swallowed all were evident that it was time to "give up the ghost" and succumb as Zora's grandmotherly character might yell, "Set on (not sit) dawn (not down) sum (not some) were (not where)!"</b><br />
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<b>Clearly, I understand now that this day has broader strokes than my immediate cold and flu symptoms. The Holy Spirit is active and alive, breathing and revealing new truths for our spiritual growth and enlightenment. I choose to believe this morning's predicament is the perfect opportunity for God to demonstrates his love not only for me, but for all of us! We've all experienced what it is to be sick, to have to take a back seat to momentary interruptions in our lives, and the reality is the duration of our untimely "interruptions" is not for ours to determine. But it concludes when the symptoms are waning, when the antibiotic or natural remedy takes hold and it winds down and/or simply runs its course. For many it may not be a cold, or the flu, but a season of grief, a season of heartaches, unexpected setbacks, family misunderstandings, spiritual pain, physical ailments, abandonment-stuff and happenings that we have no recognition or name for! It's present,in your face, just like these nasty cold symptoms. It's no mistaking we get it-that "this thing" has a toehold on us and won't let go!</b><br />
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<b>Thank goodness for Kirk Whalum's musical interlude and opportunity to exhale! In midst of what's occuring there is good news-Ecclesiastes reminds us there is a time and season for everything. And if we faint not... if we just settle in our spirits that we may have to relent and take the ride, coast in the wind shear, listen to what God is sharing then we can safely take the round trip with Him! And I declare, just as my friend Sheri lovingly brought me a thoughtful-timely and unexpected care package, a gift of love & consideration to tackle my cold symptoms, God will do the same for you! </b><br />
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<b>Love will come, has come and will see about you! The gift will assure you that you are not on this trip alone! He'll send his amazing agape, benevolent love to tend to you! Love that will come, anchor and lift you, soothe you, console you and wrap you-because that's how dedicated He is towards you. So confidently be assured you belong to: </b><br />
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You Are The Living Word by Fred Hammond<br />
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(Bread of Life sent down from glory,<br />
Many things you were on earth,<br />
A holy king a carpenter,</div>
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Bread of heaven, sent down from Glory<br />
Many things you were on earth,<br />
A holy king, a carpenter,</div>
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You are the living word<br />
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Awesome ruler gentile redeemer,<br />
God with us the living truth,<br />
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You are the living word<br />
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Jesus, Jesus, thats what we call you,<br />
Manger born, but on a tree,<br />
You died to save humanity</div>
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You are the living word<br />
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oh oh oh,<br />
oh oh oh,<br />
oh oh oh oh oh oh,<br />
oh oh oh oh oh oh,</div>
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You are the living word<br />
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Jesus Jesus<br />
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Jesus Jesus Lord<br />
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You are the living word<br />
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Don’t you love those lyrics: “You are the living word!”</div>
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On this particular morning’s commute by bus, I felt like Jill Scott’s lyrics “off to work beaming all the way! ” As the bus zoomed through the early morning traffic, hurried past commuters, and snow jacketed children huddled at their bus stops, I caught a quick glimpse of the young man that I’d see often cradling the morning’s/day’s newspaper-strutting in cadence fashion on the sidewalk. In an instant thought I wondered how his newspaper business was impacted with the advent of on-line subscribers? Now that might cause one to step up his sales pace. His outdoor work attire was a neon colored vest. I surmised that that was a precautionary measure, so motorist would see him as he dashed in out of traffic, providing carside sales.</div>
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I just felt that surely he must have a great heart- a positive temperament as he paced bellowing that the paper was for sale. I believe God fashioned him with an upbeat disposition? Disposition made to take on “the elements!” Lord knows it was brisk that morning and I wondered if his neon vest, khaki slacks were layered in some kind of warmth. But my thinking shifted! Immediately I wanted to chuckle out loud and burst out with hearty laughter because a wonderful memory surfaced.</div>
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She is clothed with strength and dignity;<br />
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In that split second it was a warm summer afternoon, I was walking down Highgate Avenue receiving instructions from my industrious, younger middle brother Steve who had a newspaper route. I have to ask Steve how old he was when he started his paper route. Steve’s had a great personality with easy-spontaneous humor all his life. A real people person who is liked and loved by most. I believe he delivered the morning and evening newspaper. Probably he met the truck for the paper drop off, pulling a wagon and then loading and carrying a side sack of heavy newspapers as he rode his bike. No such thing as subscribing to The Buffalo Evening News on the internet. Now what possessed me to help? I am not quite sure what prompted my cooperation. Possibly it was the pay, he promised. Maybe it was sheer noisiness or that spirit which says, “That’s easy! You can do this too!” Does that spirit ever convince you of the same?</div>
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I don’t know too many siblings that eagerly cooperate unless there’s some financial incentive. At any rate I started out zealous. Steve knew each family and or person that was his Buffalo Evening News Clientele and where they wanted and expected their paper to be delivered. Mail boxes, front porches, side screen doors, milk boxes, dog houses-whatever. Neatly tuck and keep it moving that was my task. Can you detect that my enthusiasm tappered out quickly. So being a true big sister, I placed the newspaper where I wanted not necessarily understanding that I was disturbing the natural order and flow of business. Next day his customers awaited his drop-off and they weren’t pleased. He said, “Lin what did you do?” Customers that normally went to the side door found their papers everywhere but where they expected. Needless to say my help was not needed!</div>
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Isn’t it just like us to constantly do things our way, when order has been set and things are just fine. Our impatience can mess up a good thing!</div>
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I thank God that Jesus exonerates us, excuses our “know it all philosophies”, stretches out a loving arm and demonstrates a selfless love! His mercy endures-not predicated on climate! Oh yes my friends even overlooks our impatience. Here are a list of scriptures that will encourage you to keep your momentum and to appreciate and also exercise personal patience. Our Lord and Savior tolerates us and it’s time that we not be so quick to abandon the “paper routes” in our life that seem tedious. Maybe we can remember to serve others with greater grace, take heart and be dutiful regarding the things God has called us to do!</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><br style="line-height: 1.7;" />8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excelle<span style="line-height: 1.7;"><a data-mce-href="https://blessedauthorlm.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/image.jpg" href="https://blessedauthorlm.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/image.jpg" style="line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"></a></span>nt or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8,9</b></span></i></div>
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"Flash freeze", ever heard that phrase? I hadn't but I am well acquainted now! Just yesterday I experienced the scariest fall ever. Right there in front of our own front door Mother Nature had created an undisguised ice rink. Saturday I hadn't been privy to that evening's weather forecast of the impending, fierce icy conditions, day long rain, chilly air, plummeting temps and terrible driving conditions. But thank God when my tumbling ensued I was layered and dressed for wintry weather just naive regarding the hazardous conditions. Off we were to Sunday Worship--I pushed my way happily out the door knowing that my family was following suit. Literally It felt as though I was bouncing happily, anticipating the day. And as soon as I stepped out the door, no further than the landing, my balance was immediately off. Ever been there, startled and (you fill in the blank)? It felt weird, strange not to be steady on a foundation that was familiar, level, concrete. Mentally I am still trying to collect my thoughts about the awkwardness of it all and how my sure steps were compromised. I recall that it was all happening so quickly, my tumbling down, slip sliding, grasping for security, grabbing at air-gasping in horror, legs tangled, gliding down one step at a time, all uncontrollable. This moment felt shocking, humiliating, publicly becoming disheveled and finally managing to get up! Instinctively I uttered, "I'm alright!" Was I really?<br />
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And so a day later I am resting, recouping and achy but relieved! As I scroll through Facebook marveling at my friends entries, appreciating amazing art, gazing at photos of beautiful culinary treats, shaking my head at the outrageous public antics and then I see it-pause to read Philippians 4:8, and understand that's God's words are my divine safety net in the midst of all the Facebook entries! It was like a"flash freeze" moment! And for a split second I knew those words were for me, for me not focus on the fall,and who may or may not have witnessed its impact, but instead to celebrate my getting up-rebounding and shaking off all the hazardous "what ifs" when icy conditions may exist!</div>
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<i>8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.</i><br />
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The fact is that my body is sore from the fall but thankfully the impact of yesterday's fall only left me mildly shaken, nothing extreme, nothing deadly! Friends truly I appreciate God cushioning my fall and allowing me to be transparent. I tried to brace myself, grab hold of the metal railing with no success and hindsight says, that was indeed fortunate. No concussion, missing teeth, broken limbs and busted lips. i survived I bet my fall was minor in comparison to what you've survived! We do know about some rough patches don't we!<br />
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Life's moments can beat you down and tear you up! They may leave you "jacked-up"! But thank God It's only temporary! The odds are with us that we will experience some unforeseen mishaps, collisions and/or occurrences but I choose to believe that God will reveal his goodness even when it hurts! He does care for you, Think about how it was evident during what seemed like a most unlikely time in your life! This too is another trans formative season. If you have't experienced it-- just you wait and see!</div>
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Oh but you will bounce back and the scars may or may not be visible. But your resilient spirit will assure you that your faith in God has strengthened you! And the bottom line is we'll know and the NaySayers will have to also admit God is a keeper.And in the meantime while you are moving through life re-energized and possibly wobbling read Philippians 4:4</div>
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"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.And the God of peace will be with you."</div>
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Friends go on and trust Jesus, there is no need be overly preoccupied about the icy conditions, the Lord is faithful!</div>
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Linda and Richard Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501314215324623353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451217955425998829.post-28111683444004972692014-10-13T17:06:00.000-04:002014-10-13T22:27:30.518-04:00IN YOUR HEARTS AS YOU PRAY BE SURE TO UTTER, " THANK YOU LORD, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME!"<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> And be gracious to you; <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'</span></em><br />
<o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><em>Numbers 6:24-26</em></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></o:p><br />
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and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia;">2 Samuel 2:6</span></em></div>
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What had ignited this thanksgiving in the midst of some
confusion that was begging for attention and recognition like a screaming toddler? Surely it couldn't
have been this Monday morning’s unanticipated “cleaning up”, “straightening up”
as Mama aptly labels it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I do know
that something definitely led to this mornings praise and worship that overshadowed
all of the foolishness. Maybe it was my momentarily scanning Facebook, reading
my notifications then virtually visiting my friends pages which had me
gravitate towards the wall of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Random
Acts of Kindness. Looking at their colorful graphics and spiritual messages
there was no doubting that I would immediately share several of their timely,
upbeat-encouraging words and post them on my own wall. Sounds familiar I bet.
Determined to keep the momentum flowing I hurriedly ate my breakfast, and got busy
focusing –“straightening up”, gathering a load of rugs to be laundered, then it
was a frantic pace of applying cleaning solutions, wiping and spraying as I
cleaned the bathrooms. It was much too quiet so I turned on Pandora and enjoyed
my Tramaine Hawkins station. Absolutely I love hearing her sing: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Changed</i>. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A change, <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A change has come over
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My spirit concurs, “Me too, Sister Tremaine, I can attest to
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Lord knows that is distinctly the truth, I have got options on
how I’ll choose to respond and engage the enemy. Yes, thank goodness for the reminder of that on yesterday. Instead
it is time to be still and remember the joy God showered on me and a gathering
of friends yesterday. My heart initially was heavy but God had a great surprise
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As I reflect on Sunday, it was so sweetly orchestrated by
the divine. Several of us all had a similar idea and that was to meet at our elder
friend's home-unexpected there we were. It began when we casually gathered and
then it happened, assembling our chairs closer (circular fashion) to our
beloved elder/surrogate mother/ aunt/ confidante/ friend. And we felt it, subtle but
pronounced, it was in the air, the outpouring of the divine elixir of shared
wisdom, love, and anointing flowing freely. Mother wit took her rightful seat
to. Laughter, prayer, repentance, joy, struggles, victories and pain weren't withheld. Nodding
of heads and voracious hearts eagerly soaking up nuggets which caused the conversational
coverings to be freely exposed, flung aside and open heartfelt issues sprung. Oh I am so thankful for the unearthed revelations
birthed and shared! We concurred that what the devil had intended for our demise, God turned around and allowed
"it" to be for our good. The liberated conversations, the fellowship, the kindred
hearts erupted into prayerful thanksgiving that God was so active in the midst of it all and we continue to stand on those truths. We are persevering still, we overcame much and it's evidenced that our scripts are yet unfolding. God had and has plans for our good. It's so clear that that God sent my sisters and adopted mother this way! Collectively our hearts
leaped when we realized that although there are apparent difficulties and
valley experiences that we must encounter, it never negates the awesomeness of
our Jehovah God! He's with you and me especially during our moments of isolation. So my energy burst entailing: scrubbing, searching and reflecting
indeed is a part of this watershed of thanksgiving to the Lord. Surely you see
it also! It validates we are not abandoned and alone, it’s just a matter of
when God will connect us with other believers. And you know what? Our meeting
together could not have occurred on a better day! This was indeed no random act
but God’s way of once again displaying his kindness. Thank you Holy Ghost! Time to go and tackle my closet for the clothes give-away! <o:p> </o:p>Be blessed my brothers,and be further encouraged my sisters! <o:p></o:p><br />
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<em>Yours is the kingdom of heaven and of earth! We acknowledge
that we belong to you and every good and perfect gift comes from you God even
when our worlds are quaking! Thank you Lord for all you've done for me and
mine! Without you we’d be forever lost. You are our great and mighty Heavenly Father!
We decree and declare that the spiritual gifts you've provided will enlarge our
territories for your plan and our consecrated good. We love you and are so appreciative of
your numerous acts of kindness and mercy towards us, and that which concerns
us. Let us not be hindered, nor distracted by the evil one. Bless those that are
in need of a divine touch and are in search of a new direction. Let us be
instrumental in sharing the Good News of the Gospel and
your love through service and prayer. Help us Lord in our struggles to overcome hurts and hardship. We
will not be weary in well doing and cheerfully endeavor to serve you in spirit and in truth. With hearts ready for service we
continually behold your presence in awe and thanksgiving!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for the blood shed for our
redemption and salvation. Yours is the honor, glory and the praise, in Jesus
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Good Friday I shared reflections at St. John Episcopal Church of New Haven's 7 Last Words "I Thirst "(John 19:28). This power packed afternoon examined Jesus Christ's human response during a horrific crucifixion. The other esteemed participants were: The Rev. Canon George Kovoor, Dr. Grace Kim, Dr. John Hare, Mrs. Terry Hare (cellist) and Mr. Robert Messore (guitarist). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shared a fascinating account about a young man, Kingsley who lived in the Cameroon (West Africa), resided in cramp, overrun dwellings with his family, worked as an underpaid life guard and was determined to have a better life. On his second attempt he and his family made the difficult and excruciating decision to scrape their meager earnings together and allow Kingsley to venture on to Europe. Long story short, Kingsley survived a horrific journey, several set-backs, including being stranded in the Sahara Desert and enduring an overcrowded rusty boat ride nearly capsizing! Kingsley clearly shares that his life is “very, very hard” but feels that there must be a solution for a better life. He's a young man in a valley depressed situation and is seeking refuge outside of his familiar surroundings. Admittedly life’s setbacks and hardships will cause you to hang your head, bury your head in the chest of loved ones and sob. And these occurrences may just catapult you in the hands of the wicked who intend to crucify you. Oh it's harrowing and just possibly you end up facing a treacherous shore with a fleet of rusty boats and no life-jacket. But what does this have to do with Jesus, so glad you asked? I believe there's a distinct correlation with being thirsty and yearning for more of life. Yes, more choices, more freedom, more! Jesus is clear about his need and his unnerving pain. Kingsley may not have endured the pain Jesus suffered but there is a deep down desire for relief! Surely it's not the relief which 5th Avenue and Wall Street declare is needed. But I discern that more agape love, peace, joy and encounters that keep us humbly seeking God’s grace and mercy are the order of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a dry and barren land we're longing for Your hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a dry and barren land we're longing for Your hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come flood our hearts again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">John 4:14</span> (ESV) 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.[a] The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">John 7:37 </span>(ESV) Rivers of Living Water 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Isaiah 44:3 </span>(ESV) 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">John 19:28</span> (ESV) The Death of Jesus 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">John 7:38</span> (ESV) 38 Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Endurance</span>-we must have endurance and not give up or give in! Endure hardships, calamity, tests, even exposure for the world to scrutinize. Jesus remained on the cross, the scriptures were fulfilled because of his obedience. We should thank God for Jesus having an obedient spirit! What often appears and finality is not entire story. Your triumphant moment is yet to be revealed. As He endured the suffering and shame on Good Friday, Easter morning was on the horizon. On lookers could only see what they saw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Prayer-</span> Jesus teaches us to remain steadfast and in a posture of prayer. Surrender your will, even when faced with righteous indignation, surrender! Whisper in faint tones, cry out if you must-especially when we are facing desert experiences, it’s essential that we thirst for more of God. Seek Him through studying the word of God. Don’t know what to pray, pray the scripture, use those very words when you need direction. More of Him and less of _____________ ( you complete the sentence). The divine Jesus is draped in humanity audibly expressing a real need to be rescued! This simple petition with the life altering sentiment states “I thirst!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Drink</span>- In other words, “Lord I need you to save me right now!” Remember Jesus’ words to the woman at the well in John 4:14 ESV 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.[a] The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jesus “the bread of heaven”, the giver of life needs a lifeline! He goes directly to the source. Mimic that and be assured that God knows what’s happening to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Remain Humble</span>- Jesus has modeled for us bold humility! He didn’t operate in his might to obliterate all those that betrayed and him, instead he remained suffocating and drowning in his own blood, body sagging from the pull, weight and gravity of a mean, cruel life experience. The enormity at that moment was more than his body, soul and spirit could sustain! Heaven must have wept for our crucified Lord & Savior. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And why is that? Because God has a plan to prosper and not harm you! Jeremiah 29:11 assures me of all of this. Kingsley reaches his destination, weary and warn but he makes it! Surely you can too! Thirsty, go on friends drink up!</span></div>
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had not known better, I would have thought I was in a department store
warehouse. No, but this was a school gymnasium. There I stood with on April 11, 2014
witnessing many happy parents and their
daughters saunter out of Hill House High School with stunning prom dresses and
accessories only if they desired-at no cost! The beauty of this afternoon was
seeing the apparent joy on everyone's face, not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> <span class="textexposedshow">to overlook the fact
that parents didn't have to spend exorbitant amounts on prom expenses. This was
a win win event! Find a prom dress, try
it on if you wish, claim it and leave with a smile. The pressure of purchasing and acquiring a prom dress was no longer a factor! Thanks to the ingenuity of Ms. Khalilah Abdulrahim good things are occuring for many young people in Connecticut. She truly has a heart for </span></span></b><st1:city><st1:place><span class="textexposedshow"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">New
Haven</span></b></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="textexposedshow"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">'s young people and assisting them in making their dreams happen. She realizes the importance of them achieving
scholastic excellence in pursuit of brighter futures. She's birthed Project
Hope, and endeavors to turn dreams into possibilities! In my estimation Khalilah's truly a super
star! Learn about her amazing endeavors and her circle of supporters for good
which has rippled throughout this community-"Say Yes To The Dress” what a novel
idea! </span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> Go right ahead </span></b></span><span class="textexposedshow"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Khalilah
and move to the front of the class. <a href="http://articles.courant.com/2014-04-11/community/hcrs-87733-statewide-20140409_1_dresses-project-hope-hillhouse-high-school" style="color: #37404e;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://articles.courant.com/2014-04-11/community/hcrs-87733-statewide-20140409_1_dresses-project-hope-hillhouse-high-school</span></a></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #37404e;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />
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<strong>From My Heart To Yours:<br />Linda Mose Meadows, </strong><strong> Author of:</strong><br />
<strong>Destined to Receive, Reflections and Devotionals Celebrating The Love of God </strong><br />
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<strong>The Blessedness of Believing (createSpace, March 2013)</strong><br />
<strong>A Devotional Journey of Life's Lessons and God's Promises </strong><br />
<strong>(Tate Publishing, Nov. 2007)</strong><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Friends, I encourage you to acquire this outstanding literature and include it in your personal libraries. Present it as a treasured gift, the recipient will be delighted. Keep it in arms distance you'll be glad you did! Heartbeats A Journey Through the Soul by Ronette D. Jacobs is indeed a marvelous present and I am confident that readers will concur that our heartbeats are in sync! We are not alone in navigating our way! It's a fact that on each of our journeys we are yearning, seeking and searching for our truths. In those truths we specifically thirst for the living, lively God that will never fail nor forsake us. The author of Heartbeats has birthed an earnest and real literary work that is well acquainted with her own and our humanity and indwelling divinity! Below is a 5 star book review that I've written. The cover of Heartbeats A Journey Through the Soul speaks volumes about this entreating, rich content. Follow your road!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">As Daryl Coley sang the lyrics Great is thy Faithfulness Lord Unto Me right there in my living room I realized that it was time for revisiting a sacred moment of thanksgiving during my morning devotion. The music softy beckoned and encouraged my soul to navigate the deeper things of life. My answer was to start with Heartbeats: A Journey Through the Soul! Heartbeats reminded me I am many things to many people but more accurately I too am a part of a beloved community of faithful believers. I realized that it was no coincidence that I would gaze upon Heartbeat’s amazing book cover and take a literary stroll with Heartbeats: A Journey Through the Soul by Ronette Denise Jacobs. Her poems caused me to look inward, "awaken" my spirit, embrace forgotten memories, reflect and appreciate her truthful and soulful deliberations. I saw my issues mirrored and surface in Ms. Jacobs poignant words. These soulful stirrings of Ms. Jacobs spoke profoundly about my own private hurdles and yes, many triumphs. I contend that the author beautifully captures our humanity in her transparent accounts, it’s as though she’s standing behind the reader nudging them to not be sidetracked by the familiar but instead to skip, jump, rest, sing, laugh, wrestle if they must. But more importantly never to abandon their momentum. The reader is encouraged to embrace their life's journey and honor the call. Thank you author, educator, innovator: Ronette Denise Jacobs for your literary jewel! We celebrate you and the gift of Heartbeats: A Journey of the Soul, I entreat you to publish more works, don’t stop what you’ have started, you are a voice in the wilderness! Thank you for your earnest accounts. We hear you, agree with you and await your next work! Thank goodness, thank God! Great is your faithfulness!</span><br />
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Ever have the phone ring and the
person on the other end was the friend you were fondly thinking of? This morning that was the case! We laughed,
giggled and then concurred that our relocation to <st1:state>Connecticut</st1:state>
was indeed a good thing. It was apparent that God had once again orchestrated
it all. All being inclusive of our move from <st1:state>Florida</st1:state>,
the East Coast ministry trek, the new friendships (never negating the cord
connecting us to our tried and true friends), the laudable community
partnerships, our abounding appreciation and enthusiasm for love, life and
what seems like some fatal challenges. Literally it felt like doors were
slammed in our face when I thought we’d instead be embraced. Too many days it
felt like a bad dream. Good decisions seemed to have gone awry. Prayer has
keeping power friends. When yours seem limp, other’s who know the virtue and power of prayer can certainly cover you!</div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">“You
intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now
being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20</span></span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I am grateful for how God allowed
us to exert energy in preparation for our next level. It was as though we were
spiritually matriculating. My heart must have been yelling, “New level, new
level! So glad it’s our turn Lord!” Oh it’s no denying that we better not take credit
for a step up or a door open. We are not that clever in raining down blessings! None of our life's story could have been self imposed-crafted with our intellect or maneuvers.</div>
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We were approaching the 2013
Christmas season-Richard and I were traveling (several weeks ago) on the
freeway. I was joyously anticipating visiting my Mama and Grandmother in <st1:city>Atlanta </st1:city>(really overdue for a visit). I knew I could not be there for Christmas but wanted to
begin creating a festive atmosphere in their home. And then there was a hiccup, a startling
interruption. The visible highway markers and signs indicated that <st1:city>Hartford</st1:city>’s
<st1:place><st1:placename>Bradley</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Airport</st1:placename></st1:place>
was just down the road, possibly 20 minutes away and I’d be boarding the plane momentarily.
And boom, a car wreck-a wreck that was
startling! It caused us to fear, shutter, scream, and wonder if this was our end, dying on the interstate. The result totaled our
minivan and the offender’s compact car. The
small Volkswagen merging in the lane we traveled was all wrong! I don’t know
what the driver’s problem was but it was terrible timing! And then it all became surreal, a seemingly slow motion video. The cars colliding, the metal crumpling, the axles braking, the front end torn
up, the shock, the disbelief and there we were in the midst! But, Great God the three coiled guard rails
sustained the impact of our van! It seems we bounced against the sturdy coils
and Richard’s hands held tight to the steering wheel. And the saving grace was
the coils appeared to nestle the Volkswagen from diving into the ditch or back into the oncoming traffic. Oh it could have been fatal with
the loss of life or injuries, but here we are on this side of a new year, January 2014
alive-well! No broken bones, no fatalities!</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="textjer-29-11"><i>For I know the plans</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><span class="textjer-29-11"><i>I have for you,”
declares the</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></i></span><span class="textjer-29-11"><i>, “plans to
prosper</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><span class="textjer-29-11"><i>you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV</i></span></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Yes, mayhem occurred and we
survived it all! God kept us! What a miracle. </div>
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Often our lives reflect that we've
been banged up, crippled even. Folks think you’re in a daze still suffering
from shock. Oh, but our gracious Lord and Savior allows us to survive an atrocity, a humiliation, a setback causing
us to feel as though we’re abandoned, standing on the side of the road. Be confident that divine help is on the way, even if it’s unsuspecting. </div>
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Next time you’re on life’s highway
think of the coiled guard rails, the helping hands, sound advice, friendly stranger, the answer to prayer as a safety net! Think of it as a safety net
representing the Father, Son and Holy Ghost-protecting us, cushioning the blow during
startling incidences. Notice I did not say ACCIDENT? Our Heavenly Father causes
no accidents, but saves us on countless occasions. I know you recall His
rescuing mission, you! Take a moment and just reflect on your 2013 journey, incredible right? We are now very familiar, well acquainted with the
realization that God’s mighty outstretched arm protects us! Thankfully He beautifully ushers
us from one season into the next. The year 2013 brought about new developments,
uncertainties, new transitions, new relationships, but definitely a firsthand
account of His love! Can I get a witness?</div>
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faith filled 2014! Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="texteph-3-16"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">“I pray that out of his glorious riches</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-16"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">he may strengthen you with power</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-16"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">through his Spirit in your inner being,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-17"><b><i><sup><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">17 </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">so
that Christ may dwell in your hearts</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-17"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">through faith. And I pray that you, being
rooted</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-17"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">and established in love,</span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-18"><b><i><sup><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">18 </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">may
have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-18"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to grasp how wide and long and high and
deep</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></i></span><span class="texteph-3-18"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">is the love of Christ,” </span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Ephesians 3:16-18 (NIV)</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="font-size: 16px;"><i><span class="text Ps-126-1" style="position: relative;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Then the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> restored<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16117A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></span> the fortunes of<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.65em; vertical-align: top;" value="[<a href="#fen-NIV-16117a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20126&version=NIV#fen-NIV-16117a" style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> Zion,</b></span></span></i></i><i style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="indent-1"></span></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-126-1" style="position: relative;">we were like those who dreamed.<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.65em; vertical-align: top;" value="[<a href="#fen-NIV-16117b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20126&version=NIV#fen-NIV-16117b" style="text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>] </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color: red;"><span class="indent-1"></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="text Ps-126-2" id="en-NIV-16118" style="position: relative;"><i><span class="text Ps-126-2" id="en-NIV-16118" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; position: relative;">Our mouths were filled with laughter,</span></i></span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We joyously celebrated one of the newest ministries in New Haven, CT. The presence of the Lord was evident during this historic installation service for St. Luke's 17th Rector, Rev. Richard Dean Meadows, Jr. The prelude performances of Rev. Paulette Thompson-Clinton's duet with Maria Fusco our Musical Driector, our beloved St. Luke's Steel Band and the masterful interpretative dance by Wes Yarbor regarding Rev. Meadows' spiritual and personal journey were all outstanding and surely anointed. The stately and reverent processional reminded onlookers that collectively hearts, hands and prayers were the testament for this holy occasion. It was indeed a day we will long remember. The letter below was a part of the "installation booklet". As you read my settlements, you'll quickly grasp that all that our eyes witnessed and hearts experienced made for such a sweet, sweet day! Many thanks to you Lord!</span></div>
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today it seems that I'd rather sing then write. In my spirit I am singing
because finally we've arrived at home in </span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Connecticut</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
with you. It's refreshing and assuring that you also can attest to this! It's
an enthusiasm that seems to be bubbling up! It's that giddy, offbeat, joyous
song about a new day which has evidenced the "goodness of the Lord in the
land of the living!" Sandwiched in my spirit are many songs from the traditional
to the rousing musical numbers acknowledging that we've come this far by
faith-all to the glory of God.</span></span></div>
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he was conducting business with The Episcopal Diocese of </span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Connecticut</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">.
When he invited me along, originally I thought of it as "tagging
along"- an opportunity to enjoy a relaxing afternoon and simply marvel at
the fall foliage! This "joy ride" was reminiscent of our past
excursions which always seemed to evolve into something much deeper. My hunches
were right! Once again it was much more than I could have imagined! After our
quick arrival we met and greeted the warm Diocesan staff and before long, we
were perusing the aisles of </span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Connecticut</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">'s
parish publications, clergy resources and mounds of historic documents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the historic archives, marveling at the huge collection of books, artifacts and
the treasure trove of documents highlighting St. Luke's amazing heritage. And
then it was apparent this was God's intention! His intended mission that we
travel to the Diocesan Archives and see the elder's vision "up close” on
paper, in weathered photographs and be humbled by their massive mission,
appreciate their struggles, their victories and grasp a greater
understanding of the immensity of this call to serve St. Luke's! </span></span><span class="yui3130rc11138273407307627393"><span style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was a field trip that I would forever honor.</span></span><span class="yiv0749120698yui3130rc1113827340730762948"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> It
was as though a flood gate of enlightenment burst while we huddled together
reading newspaper clippings, clergy accounts and letters written in the 1800's,
all of it was mesmerizing! After my husband met with the Bishop I began
scouring over the insightful articles, gazing upon the aged black and
white photos, learning of the past church rectors, noted vestry and energetic
parishioners. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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news, </span></span><span class="yui3130rc11138273407307627395"><span style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 13.5pt;">birth announcements,
salutations and memorabilia. Loyal and loving seemed to resonate in my spirit.
God was once again ordering our steps and giving us a glimpse into how St.
Luke's foundation was layered with dedicated ancestors and a community
collectively endeavoring to forge their way leaving an indelible imprint not
only in New Haven, the surrounding community but, also Haiti. It's no wonder we
are such an outstanding parish. Oh it gives me such pride and exhilaration that
now this HBCU graduate and post VTS seminarian stands on the shoulders of
forthright, determined, and insightful individuals. They were prayer
warriors- movers and shakers of their era (affecting us today). Now we will
stand confidently with St. Luke's Episcopal Church's 17th Rector, Rev. Father
Richard Dean Meadows, Jr. and continue in carving out our history's next
chapters. Yes, our stories will be filled with the complexities of our day, but
we will journey with Jesus, shepherded and growing spiritually. In our assured
faith walk we'll be confident that he's lead of the Lord. And it won't just be
a leisurely ride, but prayerfully an amazing mission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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providing intentional ministry for generations to come-erecting lives, loving
the Lord and serving our neighbors. Oh St. Luke's, I thank God for merging our
paths and our hearts believing together with a prayerful countenance that with
God all things are possible! Oh it's wonderful to be in the hands of the Lord,
come on family let's sing to the Lord a new song, written for our time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I am still humming the melody, "Lovely Day!" Imagine a day filled with fun, fitness and literacy. Well that's just what our Double Dutch Fun Day and Outdoor Games was! It was sandwiched with those essential elements and it evolved into a marvelous day
of sheer fun. St. Luke's Episcopal
Church and The New Haven Free Public Library-Stetson Branch hosted a terrific multi-generational
event in the historic Dixwell Community on September 28, 2013.
This was indeed a super Saturday! Enjoy this ISUU celebrating our many community supporters and participants. I praise God for providing me with the vision, the backers and most especially bringing the </b></span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Double Dutch Fun Day and Outdoor Games </b><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to fruition!</b><br />
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