A Daily Dose of Good Medicine

 

I often visit friends and family and one thing I have noticed in their home is how proudly they display their Bible on the living room table. I always tend to praise them for having their bible where everyone can enjoy its presence; but once I ask them if they read it often their response is..."I've never even open it, its just there for decoration".

 

Their response shocks me all the time and if they don't read it how could they receive an answer to their prayers?

 

Many years ago a sister in our ward gave a beautiful lesson on reading the scriptures. One thing she said stayed with me all these years. She said, "In order for us to talk to God we need to pray; but in order for us to hear Him talk to us...we need to read the scriptures".

 

Ever since I heard that lesson I have never missed a day of prayer and of reading my scriptures. It doesn't matter what name you may know The Lord as, what matters is that you pray to Him and read the scriptures on a daily bases. It will keep the channels of communication always open between heaven and earth. 

 

Our Lord Jesus Christ has many names and here are just a few that pop into my mind right now.

 

Jesus Christ

 

The Bread of Life

The Savior

Wonderful

Living Waters

Yahweh

The Son of God

The Alpha & The Omega

Emmanuel

Elder Brother

Master

The King of Kings

Jesus

The Christ

The Only Begotten

 

 

No matter how many names we can describe the Savior, He will always be The Bread of Life to each of us.

A daily dose of reading the scriptures can change your thoughts of the day and guide you to do what is right. He can change who you are, He can make you His disciple, He can cleanse you of all sin, He can make you live again and He can fill your life with pure happiness...an everlasting dose of good medicine. 

  



Wedding Flowers

 

Hi everyone. As always its been a busy week here at home. My cousin Eric is getting married in 2 weeks and I have been given the task of making all the flowers for the wedding. The small bouquet on the top picture is one of the bouquets I made for the bridesmaids. The bride is having 6 little bridesmaids (7 & 8 yr. olds, plus her little 3 year), so the bouquets had to be on a smaller scale. I also made the maid of honor's bouquet and a friend of hers who is also in the wedding party...those photos are not pictured in this post...sorry I forgot to take a picture.

 

The bouquet on the bottom is the bride's flowers. She wanted all the flowers made in an ivory white color and that's what I did, except her bouquet is bigger and more stunning than the others.  

 

 

 

I think her bouquet is beautiful.

I also made 8 long white pew bows, I am so happy everything is finished since I now must finish lots of home chores and painting. I will post photos of the wedding in two weeks.

Have a great week.

 

Orchids in Bloom

 

Another Orchid for me....Oh what a great gift.

 

My neighbor's daughter knocked on my door last week and surprised me with this gorgeous Orchid. It is full of blooms and it is gorgeous. I didn't know how to react to this gift since I didn't know why I was getting it in the first place. But her genuine gratitude was sparkling before my eyes and I knew there had to be a "WHY" for this gift.

 

Well...2 months ago I had taught her how to use coupons to get things for free, she has done marvelous with my instructions and she wanted to say thank you with a gift for teaching her how to get almost everything for free. She said it has helped her save money which she couldn't do before couponing.

 

I was touched and very surprised to be given such a beautiful gift. This is how my Orchid looks today and now I have 2 of them since I had gotten another one last April when my cousins were here from New Jersey.

 

 



Bedazzling m Flower Pots

 

 

 Since Spring started it seems that I have been very busy at home and I still have so much to do... but one day last week I took the morning to bedazzle my flower pots with a box full of some old jewelery I had for crafting. So as I listened to all the birds chirping in the trees I got more creative...it was a beautiful cool morning to do this and I had a wonderful time doing it.

 

So here are my flower pots all dolled up for the Summer...I am sure my grand-daughters are going to love them.

 

 

 

Have a great week.



My New Spring Wreath

 

It is actually Spring and the hot air is being felt throughout Ohio. One nice thing is that the air conditioner right now is only on through the day and at night it is turned off and the windows are open to the beautiful lake Erie breeze.

 

I have been very busy at home getting ready for my mother and nephew's visit for 1 week in June and one of the things I did this last week was this very colorful wreath for my front door. I am not a flower person so you will not find flowers throughtout my home. Flowers in my home decor do not make me smile. I am a neutral girl and the simpler the better. But I wanted my front door to pop out with color and that it would say "Come on in my friend".

 

So I bought these small clay pots, I painted and decorated them and then I hot glued them to my wreath after I put the ribbons on it. It has a Mexican look to it but I love it even though my Latin culture flows proudly through my veins, I am in love with my wreath.  

 

So spruce up your front door with color and enjoy the comments. Now to finish all my other projects, have a great week everyone...chao.

 

 





Cute Decorating Ideas

Last week I came upon these great decorating ideas that I truly loved and I had to share.

1. I saw this and I first thought it was painted on the stairs, but it isn't. These adorable mice running around are actually decals anyone can purchase through http://marthasteward.com

 

Only Martha would come up with this...its so cute.

 

 

2. I came across this beautiful sofa constructed in wood and then the cushions were added. I love it and yes I want this for my living room and it will be on my "get list" for the apartment. 

 

 

I have done this ceramic work before on my old dining room table, but this cute design is very nicely done...I love it.  

 

Cheap, durable and so easy to do.  Just by a couple of differnt size PVC pipes and cut them in smaller pieces, glue them together with a heavy duty plastic glue and then screw it to the wall. I am doing this in my kitchen to divide the kitchen from the living room...love it

 

Some old windows can become a piece of art after placing some family photos in the back of them, add some wooden letters spelling out "FAMILY" and you have a gorgeous family wall.

 

 



I LOVE SHOES!!!!

 

Did I ever mentioned how much I love shoes? Yes I do! 

 

 As a teenager and throughout my 20's and 30's they were my biggest obsession. I used to buy shoes almost every week. One time I counted 63 pairs of dress shoes. I had every color, every style and heights reaching as high as 5 inches tall. I felt powerful and in control, I loved them and I still do. But 1 year after my RA diagnosis I was unable to walk because of the arthritis eating away my ankles, I had to get ankle implants and then my Orthopedic prescribed custom made full length steel braces to wear at all times.

 

These are my short braces before getting the full length ones up to my hips.

 

 

 

 My love and desire to wear my lovely shoes died when he told me about the braces, but my dreams of wearing my lovely hi heels have never died. 

 

Tho I cannot wear those hi heels anymore, I look at them, I admire them and I dream of wearing them again someday. My dream may never come true, but in my mind and in my heart I make those dreams come true as I dance the night away with Fred Astare.

 

Here are some lovely shoes...love the floral print.

 

 

I wouldn't wear these but they are very sexy. 

 

A little glitter for dancing.

 

 

Some for showing off the beauty of the legs.

A little glass shoe for planting...I love this idea.

 

 

Some Bling for special occasions.

 

 

And a little Judy Garland to make all dreams come true.

 



Cute Crafty Ideas for Kids And Adults to Make

 

 

 

I came across some these adorable crafty ideas on the Internet.

So I had to share.

 

1. Flowers made out of assorted printed fabric. 

 

 

Flowers made out of felt...very easy to make.

 

 

Cute critters made out of pine cones.

Fabric covered picture frames.

I am going to make these for a Christmas gift.

 

Quart size empty paint cans are great to bring in birds into your yard, house them and feed them.

 

Cute painted clay pots to also house and feed the birds.

Hot glue a plastic lid to close the bottom and drill a hole on the side with a Mason bit to open the birdhouse and hot glue a hook on the top.

 

 

More Summer tips coming next Sunday...have a great week everyone.

 



Before and After Passing Through The Viel

 

 

Several weeks ago a good friend of mine posted this picture on her facebook page. The impact of this photo made me rediscover how beautiful we will all be once we leave this earthly life.

 

The transition from one world to the next automatically transforms us to a youthful looking body, one we once had and into the arms of our Savior Jesus Christ.

 

Leaving this world can be a bittersweet moment for us since we are leaving our loved ones behind as we enter a new life in the spirit world.

 

Though the years may pass as our lives here have been difficult at times, our journey back home can be of much joy by knowing that we chose to abide by correct decisions we may have made in this life. Our journey into the next life can be very easy and joyful for ourselves and those we leave behind if we make prayful decisions here on earth.

 

 



The Plan Of Salvation

 

The joy of knowing the fullness of the gospel, the perfect Plan of Salvation and having the knowledge of where we are going after death is God's greatest gift to us.

 

This afternoon after 8 months of suffering with cancer, my sons father passed away. The loss of a father can be very hard for a son, but know the gospel very well and knowing we will all meet again in the spirit world; can bring much peace to an aching heart and a troubled mind.

 

As one son mourns his father's departure, the other son welcomed him with open arms in the spirit world.

 

As a soul enters the spirit world they have the blessing of seeing those who have passed before them. These precious souls are waiting to embrace their incoming relative with much joy, a happy reunion for all of them. Peace begins for those who have departed, but those who are left behind begin a new life morning the loss of their loved ones can be difficult if they do not know the plan of salvation.

 

As Latter Day Saint members we know the departure is only for a time and our future encounter with our loved ones is not far long. We know they are now clean of all illness, clean of all sin, and clean of all imperfections. Those that could not walk...now walk, those that could not see...now see.

 

My son is now at peace and is happy his father is not suffering any more.  He will miss his father a lot, but his knowledge of the gospel brings him peace and comfort in knowing he now will prepare to complete his father's temple ordinances beyond the veil.