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Peace

Peace

You Will Not Be At Peace With Anyone Until You Are At Peace With Yourself

If you are not at peace with yourself, you will not have a strong relationship with anyone. If you are not at peace because of an event that happened in your life years ago, pray to God to help you get through that event. Rehashing the past leads to events that will bring turmoil into your life daily. Peace must come from your inner being, and you must want peace. Ask God for forgiveness if you have done something wrong, as God forgives all his followers who genuinely repent of their sins. It would help if you did not let an event from the past keep robbing you of your inner peace, as it will destroy your soul because you think of that constantly. Life can be very peaceful if you are at peace with yourself and show that peace to others.

War

No one feels at peace in times of war. We worry about what the war will bring to our country and family. God eventually ends all wars, and there will be peace in the land again. If there were more compromises, we would not have any wars. Wars can be started because countries fight over a small piece of land that they could divide into two sections if only they would compromise. Peace is worth a compromise or two.

Living The Good Life

We are at peace with God and everyone when things go our way. Anyone can be thankful for that and very pleased with God. We pray to God to help us get back on track when things go wrong. One should pray every day and thank God for the many blessings in our lives. Do not pray to God only in times of trouble and sickness. Thank God for your health, house, family, friends, the food on your table, and much more, for without God in our lives, we are nothing. Never take God for granted, as no one wants to be taken for granted, as we all want love and respect from people.

When One Is Very Sick, You Feel A Strong Connection To God, That Is Full of Peace

You can almost feel God’s healing hands touching you while you are lying in your hospital bed. I have never felt more peace than I did in my hospital bed because I knew God was lying beside me and healing me. I talked to people more than I ever had in my life. God helped me get my voice back from an experience that happened when I was made fun of and bullied in kindergarten by my teacher and some of the students. God had plans that required me to talk freely and efficiently with everyone and regain that peace in my voice. God brings peace to all who follow him and want peace. I became a lay minister for my church, and I write Inspirations With Laura.

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Why Do bad Things Happen To Good People?

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

Sickness

All of us will get sick and die someday. Some people linger for many years in pain. You may be told that your illness will cause your death in a matter of a few years. An illness can make you go in a different direction in your life. Your new direction may help many people if you do what your heart and soul are called to do. Do not feel that your life is over, and start living your life more fully and getting the most you can out of every day you are blessed with. Help others learn how to cope with their illness and feel they can still contribute to society. God does not want any of his children to suffer, but no one gets by without any pain at all in their lifetime. There is great pain in a child’s birth, but once the baby is born, the parents rejoice with joy over the birth of their new baby. The baby is a part of them that will carry on after they are gone. I have seen my illness as a new direction, drawing me closer to God and others. Always remember there is always someone in worse shape than you are. God is not punishing you when you are sick or in pain, as it is part of nature that we will die from something one day. Make your life and days count for something while you are on earth. Help God spread his good works and help as many people as possible as you travel through your earthly life and then onto your heavenly home.

Someone Dies In A Car Accident

Most of the people that I know who have died in car accidents were very young. I asked myself why did God take them. The age of 16 seems to be the age of most of them who died. One was a baby girl, and one was age 27. It was hard for me to understand why God would take them now. God knows the day and time that we will die, but we have no idea which is a good thing. God has plans for us that we will not understand until we reach heaven. Some of us accomplish what God wants us to do sooner than others.

When Family And Friends Die

I was upset with God when my Mother died at the age of 57. She was young in my eyes. I finally understood that God was not the cause of her death, as her death was part of nature. Some inherited diseases or illnesses may take us down the road. We all grieve differently, and we will always ask why me, I say why not me, as it happens to everyone eventually.

Understand That You Are Not Alone, As God Is By Your Side

God feels your pain when you lose a loved one, as your loved one is a child of God and loved by God. Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we may have eternal life and dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Do not fear death, for eternal life awaits you. Thank you, God, for your many blessings in my life. Thank you, God, for wonderful parents, family, and friends and for putting the right people in my life at the right time.

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You Reap What You Sow

You Reap What You Sow

Separate The Shaft From The Grain

Farmers buy seeds that have been sifted to remove weed seeds. If you leave the weed seeds in, they will take nutrients away from the good seeds, and your field will be overrun with weeds, which does not help anyone except those who sell weed-killing chemicals. Weed-free crops make for a bountiful and fruitful harvest that will feed many. We always separate the shaft from the corn seeds, and you can see the shaft flying through the air and landing on the ground around the grain cleaner. When we plant soybeans, the volunteer corn that comes up is considered a weed that needs to be killed to have excellent, clean soybeans that will bring top prices at the elevator.

Hanging Around With The Wrong Crowd

If you hang around with people up to no good, you will tend to follow them, leading you down a downward spiral of destruction. Do not do something that you know is wrong just to fit in with the crowd. Do not become someone you cannot look at in the mirror when you wake up to a new day. Never let someone make you into someone you no longer like or cannot recognize anymore.

Your Actions Will Catch Up With You Eventually

You will eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions. If you have been bad and have not repented, you will be held accountable for your actions on judgment day. The shaft will be separated from the grain. If you have done worse than good deeds, you may be lost to all eternity forever.

You Do Not Study

If you do not study in school, you waste your time and your teacher’s time. It pays to study and be prepared for tests and get good grades. It has been proven that the more education you have, the higher your pay will be in life, and you will have a job you enjoy. If you do not apply yourself in school, you will not apply yourself at your job or in other areas of your life. Your education or lack of education follows you around your entire life. Beauty fades, but your education lasts forever.

Tend Your Garden And Prune Your Trees

A garden not weeded or fertilized does not produce much of anything. A soul that is not attended to is lost and will not grow. If you do not remove the dead branches on a tree, it will weaken the strong branches, diseases will enter the tree, and it will wither and die. A man that does not pray and does not nourish his soul withers and dies. Fruit trees that are not trimmed keep producing smaller and smaller fruit until there is no need to pick the fruit as there is little nourishment now. Prune out the people in your life who add no nourishment to your soul and try to take you down to a dark place that you wish not to enter. Once you enter, it is very hard to get back on the solid rock you once were on. Stay on the path God has made for you, for without God, you are nothing.

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Enlightening Experiences

Enlightening Experiences

Think About Enlightening Experiences In Your Life

I am sure you can think of many if you set your mind to it. Maybe something you learned changed your life for the better in some positive way. You could have had a spiritual reawakening after a near-death experience. Anything you learn enriches your knowledge of life in specific ways that can help you or others. Sometimes, enlightening moments can change your life and the lives of many. Perhaps you were a scientist working on something, and you found a cure for cancer after many trials and errors in formulations for a drug that put an end to cancer. Enlightening moments make you a better person who can make more of a difference.

Spiritual Enlightening

A near-death experience changes you forever. Your relationship with God grows to a new level. God impacts your life in many positive ways every day that you take for granted most of the time. Life is a gift from God, and when you need him and pray for him to help you in your darkest moment, he will be there to help you get through it. God’s spiritual awakening in you is a true gift from God that should not be taken lightly and put to good use every day to teach others about the power of prayer and the grace of God to those who truly believe and know that God is with them 24/7.

Knowledge Is Enlightening

If we did not care to learn new things, our life on earth would be a waste of time. Learning something new every day helps you and others in many positive ways. All walks of life are needed in our world, and no job is more important than another person’s job. We need a chain of people to get things done because if we lose a link, the work does not get done as it should, and the chain grows farther and farther apart until everything reaches a complete standstill. All the people God put on earth are here for a specific reason and purpose that we may not understand, but God. Never hide your knowledge and freely share it with others. Never take your expertise to your grave, as it does no one any good unless you share your knowledge and enlighten people’s minds while you can.

Enlightening Experiences Can Change The Way You Interact With Others

I used to be very shy before I had a spiritual awakening. I had let a person control how I acted around people for most of my life. I was very sick in kindergarten, and I almost died. That person was a kindergarten teacher, and I took her unkind words to heart. She and the other kids in my class would make fun of me for no reason, so I thought I could escape that if I did not say anything to others. God gave me back my voice while I was recovering years later in a hospital room. Never let someone or people take away your voice or the inner you, as you have much to tell the world.

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Do Not Put Off Things For Another Day

Do Not Put Off Things For Another Day

Do Not Procrastinate

Get things done right away, especially if you dread doing it. If you wait and wait, the dread will get worse, and you will be very stressed by doing it at the last minute. If you do not want to talk to someone about a business deal, speak to them anyway, and it may go much better than you ever dreamed of. Then, it will be out of your mind and crossed off your to-do list. If you keep procrastinating, the time will come when you can no longer function to accomplish what you wanted to get done in your lifetime. Some people do not want to plan their funeral or write their will. If you do not, someone will do it for you, which will most likely not be exactly how you wanted it to be. Tell people you love them, for the day will come when they are gone, and you wish you had told them how you feel and appreciated them being part of your life. Life waits for no man, and it continues, so make the most out of your life, live it to its fullest, and do not procrastinate.

Reach For Your Dreams As No One Can Do It For You

If you want to travel, do it and stop talking about it. You will never regret any of your travels, as they are a great learning experience and one of the joys in life. If you have your heart set on a particular career, put your heart and soul into it, along with college and late-night studying, and you will achieve your goals. Nothing in life is handed to you; you must work for it. A strong work ethic is what will get you far in life. You will not get far living on handouts, and you will not feel a great sense of satisfaction or self-worth. If one is unable to work because of health or a disability, you are entitled to handouts. If you do not reach for your dreams, you will have an unfulfilled feeling that will remain with you forever.

Have All Of Bussiness Papers Filled Away

Put your important papers in a file or lockbox. If they are filed and organized neatly, papers are easy to find. No one wants to search for important documents at the last minute. Ensure you can immediately find your birth certificate, social security information, work forms, insurance policies, and abstracts. Keep all necessary papers for at least seven years if you are audited.

God And Church

Praise God daily for the blessings he has given you, not just when tragedy knocks on your door. No one wants a rainy-day friend. Put God at the top of your priority list, and never procrastinate on your relationship with Him, or you will be lost. We are nothing without God in our life. Go to church or listen on Facebook as church brings you and others closer to God. Get things done ASAP.

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Easter Memories

Easter Memories

We would go to church on Easter Sunday and generally go to the sunrise service. We would eat breakfast with our church family. After breakfast, we would attend our church service. Our minister would always give an excellent sermon about Easter. I would have on a new dress and an Easter bonnet. My Mother would have a new dress on, and my Father would wear his Sunday suit.

Christ and Easter

Christ died for our sins on the cross. No one can have a greater love for one than to lay down their life for one. At Easter, let us reflect on how God has blessed us and the many prayers he has answered for us.  Christ is the reason we can know that our spirit or soul will be in heaven someday. Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Easter Gatherings

For lunch on Easter, we would generally eat with our relatives. We would have a ham dinner, potatoes, vegetables, sweet potatoes, and dessert. While the adults would visit, the kids would play board games. The youngest children would eat at the card table, while the main table was reserved for the adults.

Easter and Children

Easter eggs would be hidden in the house for us youngsters to find. We would eat the candy inside of the plastic eggs. My mother helped me decorate Easter eggs with various colors and designs. I had an Easter basket that my grandmother had given me for years. I recently gave it to my young cousin’s children. I hope they will enjoy it as much as I did during childhood. I had a stuffed Easter bunny and baby chick toys.

Easter is a Time of Renewal

I now eat out with friends or relatives after Easter Sunday worship. Easter is a time of renewal and new beginnings. I enjoy tulips, Easter lilies, and nature’s beauty every day. I hope you and your family will make many memorable and Happy Easter memories. God Bless you and yours.

 

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Always Try To Be Compassionate And Understanding

Always Try To Be Compassionate And Understanding

Put Yourself In The Other Person’s Place

How would you feel if you did not feel well and someone was mean and uncaring of your situation? I would feel worse than I did, to begin with, and most of us would. Try to help someone who is not well. Call them and reach out to see if you could help them get groceries or take them to an appointment. Buy a book for them to read or candy or flowers for them to look at. Talk to them on the phone as another person’s voice can be calming and healing. Never tell someone I know how you feel because you have no idea how they feel until you have been in their situation.

Be Slow To Anger

Yelling or upsetting someone is always uncalled for. Talk out the situation after you have thought about it for a while. Remember, maybe some of the blame lies on your shoulders. Never write a letter to anyone until you have cooled down and thought over the situation entirely. Stay calm, relaxed, and collected, and you will be glad you did when everything is said and done. A person who can talk things out is much wiser than one who lets his serpent tongue go. Never go to bed being angry at anyone. All of us make mistakes or grievous errors now and then.

If You Do Not Get Your Way, Do Not Have A Hissy Fit

You do not always have the ride away in traffic, and you have to wait your turn. Some people start yelling because of a traffic jam. The traffic jams will not clear up any sooner if you lose your temper. Remember, all good things come to those who wait patiently and silently. Children may have a temper tantrum, but adults should know much better. In front of your children, act like you want them to behave as adults. After all, they learn by example.

God Is Always Compassionate And Understanding With Us

God is slow to anger. He forgives us for our sins if we truly repent. He is very compassionate with us when we are sick and frail. God understands our thoughts and tries to lead us in the right direction in our lives that will serve him and others. God loves every single hair on our heads. God answers all of our prayers in his timeframe. He does not want any of his children to suffer. With God by your side, you will not suffer for long as he will care for you. God understands you better than anyone ever can and is more compassionate than anyone else.

Lift People Up And Have Joy When They Have Accomplishments In Their Life

If someone writes a book, congratulate them on their accomplishment. If a young person graduates from college, compliment them on a job well done. Honor people who go the extra mile to make someone’s life better and more pleasant through caring deeds. Be a go-to person for others and lift them to the highest mountain top so they can get a bird’s eye view of their accomplishments while on earth. Bring joy into people’s hearts.

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Nature And Spring

Nature And Spring

New Born Farm Animals

I love to see newborn baby lambs frolicking around on the farm. I used to love playing with the kittens born in the spring. I would carry them all around the farm when they were big enough to take away from their Mother. I used to hold a dark-colored calico named Blacknose when I rode my trike at about three or four. When they were big enough, my cats would wait with me while I waited to ride on the school bus. The good old days of being a child growing up on the family farm. We raised piglets; our Sows generally have six to eight little piglets. When it was time to separate them from their Mother, the Mother did not like it, and she made a bit of a fuss naturally. I loved it when we got baby chicks from the hatchery, as they were beautiful and had yellow feathers. They lived in a brooder house with a heat lamp and grew quickly. There is nothing prettier or cuter than newborn babies.

Working  The Soil And Planting A Garden

Nothing is more rewarding than working up your garden soil, planting seeds or plants, and watching them grow. I love the smell of freshly worked-up soil. I put garden fertilizer on the soil and work] it into the ground before I plant anything in it. I put natural weed killer in my garden as I like an organic garden. I rotate where I grow things in my garden to prevent infestations and plant diseases.

I look forward to eating leafy green vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, squash, green beans, and more.

Spring Is A Time Of Renewal

Everything comes back to life again after hibernation over the winter. When I work the garden soil, I will see frozen toads turned up out of the soil, and after the sun hits them for a while, they will jump around and find their spring home. Trees start to bud out, and leaves and blossoms soon follow, leaving the air with the smell of beautiful flowers. Tulips rise from the ground, and many different flower colors and shapes of tulips fill the landscape with beauty. Everything on earth needs a time of renewal. We have taken it easier in the winter months, and now is the time to work and enjoy the fruits of your harvest later in the year.

The Joy Of Springtime

I have a magnolia tree that is generally loaded with blossoms and has beautiful pink tulip-shaped petals. I also have a beautiful rhododendron bush that has beautiful blue-colored flowers. I have an apple, pear, and peach tree with lovely-smelling flowers and delicious apples at harvest time. The birds return from their winter homes, baby birds are born, and their parents are busy feeding them. They eat a lot of food from my bird feeders. Spring shows us that renewal is just around the corner after a long winter. Start your spring with joy in your heart. God has created many beautiful days to enjoy on earth before you go to your heavenly home.

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Lime Light

Lime Light

Do You Like Being The Center Of Attention?

I would rather blend in with people than be the center of attention. Some people want to be noticed constantly. They talk continually, so you cannot get a word in edge-wise. They ensure they are the last to enter a room, so all focus must be on them. They run late for many events, so everyone will ask where Jane Doe is. Sometimes, they like to complain about things to hear themselves complain over nothing relevant to anyone else.

Once You Are In The Lime Light, It Is Hard To Get Out Of  It

If you are famous, you are constantly in the limelight, whether you like it or not. Famous people sometimes go to remote islands so they can not be hounded by photographers and other well-meaning people who want an autograph. Famous people also try to protect their children from being watched and followed so they can try to live an everyday life. Everyone wants some alone time now and then to think, relax, and unwind.

Some People Are In The Lime Light For Bad Things They Have Done While On Earth

Sadly, famous bad people live on through horrible acts they have committed against humanity. People will say, “Did you hear that John Doe robbed another bank today? When Bonnie and Clyde robbed a bank, it was shown on the movie screen before the movie started years ago, and many people in the audience clapped for Bonnie and Clyde sadly. The people who have committed horrible acts while on earth will pay for them on judgment day, as no one can run away from their past Scott-free.

Heroes Among Us

Heroes deserve some limelight for their incredible acts to save people’s lives and protect them from things that would have most likely killed them if heroes had not stepped forward to save, serve, and protect. Military personnel, police officers, firefighters, medical personnel, and many more put their lives on the line to save ours. We should respect our soldiers and thank them for their years of service. Our heroes deserve to be in the limelight.

God And Lime Light

Always remember you would be nothing without God in your life. God is our great deemer, and he is there for us 24/7. God has saved my life many times through prayer and having the right person in my life at the right time. His hand can guide your surgeon’s hand, your friend’s hands, and many more. When I needed someone to help me, God provided the right person at the right time to help. God is a shining beacon in the night, and if you follow God’s compass for life, you will never be lost very long. God should be the number one being in your life. Love and honor God to your last dying breath and beyond, for without him, you would be nothing. God, I thank you daily for the many blessings you have given me. God will be in the limelight forever. Good always prevails over evil. God’s light shines all over the World.

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Do Not Get Stuck On One Page In Your Life

If you focus on one thing that happened in your life years ago, you will not be able to move to the next page. Life is like turning the pages in a book. Somedays, everything will tend to go wrong that, possibly, can go wrong. If you turn the page and proceed to the next page, you could potentially have a fantastic, memorable, and relaxing day. I am glad to turn the pages in my book of life because that is living life to its full potential.

Your Life Will Have Many Chapters In It, So Keep Turning Those Pages With Joy

The first chapter will be the day you were born and how much joy you gave your parents. They watched you walk across the room for the first time and say the word, Momma. They took you to school for the first time and accused you you would be fine. They asked you how you liked school. You finally walked or rode your bike to school on your own. The teenage years can be complicated for parents and teenagers. The teenager thinks they know it all, and they try to test out their boundaries. By high school, the teenager is more mature and can drive and decide what they want to pursue. The parents are happy to see their young adult graduate from high school, get a job, or go to college to further their education. When I graduated from high school, I celebrated at home, and friends and relatives came. We had ice cream and cake. I went on to college and took all the business courses I could, which have helped me with my career. You may get married and start a family that brings great joy and love.

Travel Can Be A Wonderful Chapter In Your Life

You will have many pages to turn in your book of life when you travel. Traveling opens up a whole new world for you to see and explore. Traveling enriches the soul and mind. I loved traveling to the countries that my ancestors came from and walking down the same streets they did in the 1600s. I learned what some of them had done years ago when I mentioned their last name. When I went to the country my great-grandfather came from, I saw the farm he grew up on and met with one of my cousins and her children. The farm where he grew up had a brick home built in 1949, and the man who lived there was still related to my family. The church my grandfather went to was still there and held some family history. I am sure glad that I traveled to the countries where my great grandparents on both sides of my family had come from. I loved turning to the next page of my life.

The Key To A Long Life

You look forward to another day and think, “This the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” You long each day to turn another page in your book of life.

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