Barb's Having a Giveaway!!

GIVEAWAY

ends Feb. 14

Oh, Barb, that's me!

Yes, I am having a giveaway on my Treasures from the Heart blog.

Get on over there and check it out!!

Blessings to all.

barbara jean

My Morning Walks With God

I see so many interesting things on my morning walk.

Like this frog sitting on a fence post.
He made me smile.


Or these trees, and the tall grass in front of them.
I see potential nests there. =))

And this oh so perfect branch covered with moss.
or is it lichen?


As I was walking along, and asking the Lord what
He wanted me to do today,
This is what I looked up and saw.

The Lord said to me:
Please slow down.
Big, bright, unmistakeably.
It was there.
Please slow down.

But how do i do that Lord? What do I eliminate?
There are some things that just need to be done, need to be taken care of.
Big things. Important things.
Taxes, inventory.

Things i want to do,
like visit my parents, hang out with grand kids.

Things that are my ministry, like the store.

How do I slow down, Lord?

Then I got an email from a sweet new friend,
saying the same thing.
Slow down and say everything in your heart.

When God wants you to get a message,
He sends it all kinds of ways till we get it!

And He has done this before.
And I slowed down, and got back into His word.
You know what happened?

My spirit was calmed.
And it is as if He made more hours in the day.
I got the things done I needed to, even after taking 2 hours
out of my day to worship and spend time with Him.
He took care of me.
He lifted the burdens from my heart.

So, here I go again.
I will spend time with the One who Loves me most.
Cares for me most.
And wants to be with me most.
And His spirit will lift me to a higher place,
and show me what is really important in life.
My relationship with Him.

Thank you and blessings sweet new friend for the reminder,
and for your encouragement and support.

blessings to you all.


Barbara Jean

My Morning Walks With God

On my walk a few days ago,
I saw, off in the distance,
running across a big pasture,
4 HUGE dogs.

My first thought was,
"Hope they are friendly".
Then,
"Is that pasture fenced?"
Then quickly realized it wasn't.

About then, they 'ran' across the road.
Only they weren't really running,
they were gracefully 'leaping'.

Yes, it was 4 deer.
Four beautiful, deer, crossing the road in front of me.

They were running into an area of trees,
and on the other side of the trees was a pasture.

I hurried down the road a bit,
and quietly moved into the area where they had crossed.

I could see three of them, a bit of distance from where i was,
then i saw one in the trees, closer to me.

I slowly walked across the manure filled pasture,
waiting, watching, slowly moving forward,
careful not to scare the deer off,
looking for the very best picture i could get.




The deer looked up,
and knew I was there,
but did not run away.

She would eat a bit, and look up to check on me,
Then eat a bit more.

And then finally she meandered off down the trees to
cross the meadow with her friends.

When we were done,
and as i walked my way back across
the area and to the road,
I was thinking about how i had been totally
focused on getting those pictures.
I had carefully taken every step.
Looking for the best picture i could get.


I was not thinking about anything else.
I was totally focused on one thing.
I had not one thought of the day's problems.
No anxiety, no worries.


" Lord to help me do that in my walk with You.
Help me to stay totally focused on You.
Waiting, watching, slowly moving forward
always looking for Your best."

Blessings friends,

Barbara Jean

This was re posted from last summer for you to enjoy.

God Whispers

God Whispers


Listen Carefully



"Be still and know that I am God.
Ps 46:10

Blessings on your day.

barbara jean

I've Decided..... Raccoons would be fun!!!

Since I do not seem to be posting much over here,
I decided to start showing you some of my fun, interesting,
or hopefully helpful, previous spots.

Let's start with this one:

My Morning Walks With God

OH SO FUN!!!





Friday I went out for my morning walk, as usual.
I had just asked the Lord what treasures He had for me today,
and i looked up and right there in the road ahead of me
was a family of raccoons!
There was a mama, (well i guess it was the mama),
and 4 little ones!!

First time ever I had seen babies!

They saw me about the same time i saw them.
Mama stopped, stood up on her back legs,
and started to herd her little group over to the side of the road.
She was watching me the whole time.

I started right away to get my camera out of my back pack.
As I hurried, she hurried, and
they were just starting to go down into
the blackberries into a little hole.

I said "Wait!! I just want to take your picture. I won't hurt you."

But she scurried them down into the hole anyway.

My plea went out again:
"OK. Just come out into the clearing
so I can get your picture."

They were meandering down the slope,
hidden under the blackberries;
I could hear them.
At the bottom was an old, overgrown stream bed.
And then they appeared again.




"There you are" I said.
" OK, now stand still so i can get your picture."

She stopped. Turned around, stood up, and looked over at me.
It was so awesome!!

There she was, just standing there, with her 4 babies around her.

She'd begin to wander off again, and I'd holler again.

She did that 4 times, with me snapping pics as fast as i could.
I do hope they will be clear when you click on therm.

What a fun way to start the morning.
Made me smile the whole day.

What treasures did God share with you today?

Blessings, and raccoon smiles to you!!

Barbara Jean

It's not too late!!

IT'S A PARTY AND A GIVEAWAY!!

Donna, at Funky Junk Interiors
is celebrating over 1,000 followers with a big giveaway party.

Get on over there. Two more days of prizes,
and then still a few days to enter!!

blessings

barbara jean

IT'S A PARTY AND A GIVEAWAY!!

Donna, at Funky Junk Interiors
is celebrating over 1,000 followers with a big giveaway party.

You will not want to miss this one!!

There will be prizes offered every day for a week!
And I am the gift giver on one of them. =0))

So get on over there and sign up, a
and don't miss a day of the giveaway!

Blessings

barbara jean