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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

DESTINY

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2017/01/destiny.html

DESTINY

Noun

1. a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

2. what will necessarily happen to any person or thing (one's fate)

3. that which determines events: said of either a supernatural agency or necessity

4. the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Sometimes it feels like I'm standing still:

stuck...not even moving toward my destiny.

Do you ever feel that way?

What do you do in that situation?

I've learned over the years that there are times I need to encourage myself...just like King David did at Ziklag.

“David Encouraged Himself in the Lord”
1 Samuel 30: 1-25

Key Verse-6

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http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/david-encouraged-himself-in-the-lord-john-hamby-sermon-on-god-brings-hope-117983.asp

Music helps.

Turn it up loud.

Sing with Martina and me...

"ANYWAY"

Martina McBride

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7u2ZGonyuQ

I also fill my mind with good things.

THINK ON THESE THINGS

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.

Philippians 4:8

The Holy Bible

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http://biblehub.com/philippians/4-8.htm

Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

"Destiny

is not a matter of chance;

it is a matter of choice.

It is not a thing

to be waited for;

it is a thing to be achieved."

William Jennings Bryan

"When we are powerless to do a thing,

it is a great joy

that we can come and step inside

the ability of Jesus."

Corrie Ten Boom

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http://tenboom.com/en/

http://corrietenboomquotes.blogspot.com/

Everything is possible for him who believes.
Mark 9:23

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Now faith is being sure of what we hope and
certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Commit to the Lord whatever you do

and your plans will succeed.

Proverbs 16:3

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Maybe it's true.

Maybe we don't know what we have

until we've lost it.

But maybe it's also true

that we don't know

what we're missing

until we find it.

We all need encouragement to take the next step toward our destiny.

I said a prayer for you, and for every person who will read this.

I asked God to give you courage and strength for your journey, and faith to be certain of the things you hope for, that you do not yet see.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Link:

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2017/01/destiny.html

Friday, December 30, 2016

NEW YEAR'S EVE

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/12/new-years-eve.html

December 31st

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve, I will make a toast,

a "cup of kindness"

for days gone by,

and for past loves, and old friends.

I'll drink a cup of my homemade wassail
for auld lang syne.

Some call this Marcia's Fire Water!

RECIPE: Wassail:

Melt one package red hots (candy)

into one gallon apple cider.

Simmer on LOW in a pan on the stove.

STIR CONSTANTLY until all the red hots melt.

Serve HOT.

This is simple and delicious!

Happy New Year!

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is known in many countries, and traditionally sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve,

to say "Goodbye" to the old year.

Robert Burns, is credited with writing the lyrics to the song, Auld Lang Syne. Burns wrote a poem in 1788, that was set to the tune of an old Scottish folk song.

I never liked the lyrics to the song, Auld Lang Syne. This year my grandchildren's high school orchestra played a different and beautiful rendition of Auld Lang Syne, and I loved it. There were no words to get in the way - just beautiful music.

What do those words that everyone sings on New Year's Eve mean, anyway? I've sung it so many times in the past 50 years that the words have become a blur.

I thought of the opening line on the song as a statement that old friends should be forgotten.

It appears the words are a rhetorical question.

Should old acquaintances be forgot?

Have the flames of love extinguished?

Has your heart grown cold?

Can you never once reflect on (auld lang syne) days gone by?

I'll add a question mark to the lyrics.

Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,
and never thought upon?????????
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On Old long syne???????

CHORUS:
On Old long syne my Jo,
On Old long syne,
That thou canst never once reflect,
On Old long syne??????????????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne

The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago", "days gone by" or "old times".

Consequently "For auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus, might be loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times".

The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton (1570–1638), Allan Ramsay (1686–1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as older folk songs predating Burns.^[5] Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "In the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "Once upon a time..." in his retelling of fairy tales in the Scots language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne

History of an American Folk Song

By Kim Ruehl

http://folkmusic.about.com/od/folksongs/qt/AuldLangSyne.htm

The literal meaning of "Auld Lang Syne" is "Old Long Since," or "Long, Long Ago."

The lyrics talk about raising a toast to days gone by and all the joyous adventures embarked upon between friends.

The most commonly remembered verse in America is the opening:
"Should old acquaintance be forgot /
and never brought to mind? /
Should old acquaintance be forgot /
and days o' lang syne?"

These lines ask whether one can forget the days that have gone by and the friends with whom those days have been spent.

Consecutive verses recall those days, before ending with the verse:
And there’s a hand my trusty friend
And give us a hand o’ thine
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.

Read the full lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" or purchase/download James Taylor's version of the song.

http://folkmusic.about.com/od/folksongs/qt/AuldLangSyne.htm

"Repairer of Broken Walls."

Have you experienced loss this year?

Have family, finances,
hopes and dreams

collapsed, decayed,
or been destroyed in 2016?

Do you think

things have been damaged irreparably?

I'm praying for you.

Don't give up.

I bring a message of HOPE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Sunday, May 1, 2016

REMIND ME

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blospot.com

Have you lost hope?

Have you tried your best,
but your dreams have not come true?

Me, too.

So - what now?

Remind Me Who I Am
Jason Gray
SONG LINK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKyY8zfjBMQ

Dear God,

I tried my best,

but if today I lose my hope,

please remind me

that your plans

are better

than my dreams.

In JESUS' Precious Name,

AMEN

I prayed for you today.

Would you pray for me?

We are loved by GOD.

His plans are better than our dreams.

"For I know the plans I have for you,"

declares the LORD.

"plans to prosper you,

and not harm you,

plans to give you HOPE,

and a FUTURE."

Jeremiah 29:11

The Holy Bible

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blospot.com

Friday, November 27, 2015

CLOTHE YOURSELF WITH HUMILITY

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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This week is Black Friday, where retailers open early and shoppers stand in line for great sales on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It's not an official holiday, but it signifies the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

While many are shopping for toys, gifts and new clothes, two of my friends experienced deaths of a beloved family member and friend.

The deaths were unexpected. One buried a mother, and the other has a funeral today for a friend who was like a father.

My prayers are with them, and with all who are dealing with the death of a loved one.

When I awakened this morning, I heard part of a sermon by pastor James MacDonald. His words sometimes come across as sharp, but he always is biblically sound. GOD has used him multiple times to say things that I needed to hear.

LINK: http://jamesmacdonald.com/tv/humble-yourself-part-2-b/

LINK: http://jamesmacdonald.com/

This morning MacDonald spoke about humbling ourselves before the HAND of GOD. He literally had the congregation put their Bibles on top of their heads to illustrate we are to submit ourselves under the WORD of GOD.

MacDonald said when the Bible speaks of the HAND of GOD - it usually means the circumstances GOD allows in our life.

So when the WORD says we are to humble ourselves under the MIGHTY HAND of GOD - it means we are to humble ourselves under the circumstances that GOD allows in our life, because if GOD allowed it, we should not grumble or whine or complain because GOD will bring us through and "exalt us in His time."

The next part of that scripture (in 1 Peter 5: 5-7) says that we are to cast all our anxiety on Him because He cares for us.

1 Peter 5: 5-7
5   You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.

6   Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,

7   casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

That is the message GOD had for me this morning, and perhaps it's a message for your heart today, too.

MacDonald also said that it's not enough to HEAR the WORD - but we must have a change in action to obey the WORD - or it's worth nothing.

So - I told GOD, and I'm sharing with you, that I cast all my cares on my Heavenly Father, and I humble myself - I clothe myself with humility - before Him, and humble myself under the HAND of GOD, and the circumstances He allows in my life.

Cast all your anxiety on Him.

GOD cares for you, and He loves you.

GOD is your loving Heavenly Father, and the WORD says that HE is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)

You are not alone, and those you love who die and have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, are not removed from you forever. It's terribly hard to say, "Goodbye for now," but one day you will have a glorious reunion in Heaven.

Heaven is real, and all your loved ones are alive - right now - in a beautiful place that GOD has prepared for them.

Just before JESUS returned to Heaven, He comforted His disciples, the friends He loved, with these words that we find in John 14: 1-3:

1 Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.…

When you look upon the body of someone who dies - remember you are looking at the body (the house) that GOD gave his/her spirit to live in while he/she walked on this earth.

They don't need their body (this house) anymore because they are now clothed in JESUS' righteousness, and GOD has prepared a new house (body) for them that is whole and healed and will last throughout eternity.

They are alive and well with JESUS and the angels and loved ones who have gone before.

GOD sends His angels to surround us, and He gives us the indwelling Holy Spirit to comfort us.

I'm praying for you today.

I love you with JESUS love.

Cast all your cares on Him.

He cares for you.

Let's Talk about Heaven: Debby Anderson, A12: 0612608430778: Amazon ...

This is a wonderful book for children and adults! Our children's pastor, Judy, gave this to my daughter when her uncle died.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend.

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Monday, October 5, 2015

H O P E

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

This blog is dedicated to all those
who grieve the loss of a loved one.

I'm praying for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

"But we would not have you ignorant, brethren,

concerning them that fall asleep;

that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope."

H O P E

1. The feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.

2. A person or thing in which expectations are centered.

Copyright 2011 Liz Bentley.

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HOPE

is grief's best music.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who HOPE in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary.

they will walk and not faint.

Copyright 2011 Liz Bentley.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

⁷“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose HOPE (confidence) is in Him.
⁸They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.”

Copyright 2011 Liz Bentley

SONG:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lkfCku6Be4&feature=player_embedded

Psalm 39:7

"But now, Lord, what do I look for?

My HOPE is in you."

Copyright 2011 Liz Bentley

“May the love

hidden deep inside your heart

find the love waiting in your dreams.

May the laughter

that you find in your tomorrow

wipe away the pain

you find in your yesterdays.”

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Sunday, October 4, 2015

EMPTY

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Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Are you hurting today?

I want to share words of encouragement
that fit the empty places in your heart.

Empty

vacant
blank
vacuous
having nothing inside
void
containing nothing

Do you have empty places in your heart like I do?

I'm grateful for those people who have shared words of love that fit that empty places in my heart.

Thank you

for your loving words.

Sometimes you say something...

and it just fits in this empty place

in my heart.

I hope the messages and photos in my
STORYTELLER greeting cards touch a special place in your heart.

HOPE

is grief's best music.

May your heart always be filled

with the joys of simple things.

"Man cannot discover new oceans

unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

Lord Chesterfield

"Life is like riding a bicycle -

in order to keep your balance,

you must keep moving."

Albert Einstein

Do you feel forgotten?

Remember, GOD knows your name.

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https://myspace.com/joshuaarif/video/israel-houghton-not-forgotten/3993919

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Let me wish you a Happy Birthday.