Bless and be Blessed this day.

barbara jean

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Wednesday Blessings

Barbara Jean

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

to you...
and all those you love.

Blessings blogging friends,

barbara jean

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GIVEAWAY

ends Feb. 14

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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