Photos capture special memories of times spent with loved family and friends.  Or they remind us of places that we have visited or scenes that we have seen. For many years, Mum and Dad were invited by many groups, gatherings and Church fellowships to present slides program that showed through a projector, slides that Dad had taken. Mum used to do the talking and also poems. One program was called : “ Stop,Look,See” It contained very,very beautiful slide pictures of lovely flowers and nature items. All these  were created by our Loving Heavenly Lord: the Master Creator ❤️ May we  also stop…look…see and give praise to Him Who created us, the world and lovingly loves us! ❤️

 When Mum first started work, she was quite young at that time. One of her older friends gave her a lovely verse plaque gift to celebrate her starting work, and she kept it on her dressing table from then onwards, right through to after she was married and still had it near the mirror in Mum and Dad’s bedroom. 

This was the verse:

Take  a moment to look upwards

 when the morning has begun.

Looking down

you will see just shadows 

Looking up 

you will see the sun 

May we every day look up to our loving Lord ( the Son) with thankful hearts, and be encouraged in His love ❤️

 One afternoon last week, I looked out through our side glass windows and saw a very beautiful rainbow! It was so pretty! The colours were lovely! 

  Rainbows remind us of the beautiful love of our loving Lord. The Lord loves us in  a wide variety of ways just like the variety of colours in a rainbow. The bow arch faces toward Him because He so very lovingly died for us, instead of us, and  brought us eternal peace ❤️

    I was thinking about musical instruments the other day. There are lots of different types of instruments! They each make their own uniquely lovely sound. But when played together in an orchestra, the combined sound is lovely! Just like that, everyone is different. We all speak different, have our own likes,interests, and look uniquely different. But when our inner hearts of  lots of people around the world  sing praise to our loving Lord and His love, it is a big harmony of praise to Him! May we always praise Him for His daily blessings ❤️

 It is very nice the way certain smells can bring back special memories of past things that happened in our lives. When we thought that the electricity may have gone out for a while, dad went on a search for lots of candles in our home so that we would have light at night! He lit one of the candles, and the smell  brought back happy memories of past birthdays when people have blown out the candles on their birthday cakes. Everyone joins together singing the “happy birthday song”. Some singers may sound a bit more “on key” than others! But all are happy and joined together to want to celebrate the “ birthday girl or boy” whatever their age.

   Our loving Lord is the candlelight in our daily life. He guides us, encourages and gives us future hope, in all that we are going through now. He promises to “ never will I leave you, never will I forsake you” One day we will have a huge celebration with Him and it will be much better than a million trillion birthdays ❤️ 

  One of my favourite parts of the Queen’s platinum celebrations was her talk with Paddington Bear! It was so delightful and funny! He offered her a marmalade sandwich from under his hat and she explained to him that she kept a spare marmalade sandwich in her handbag! They enjoyed a nice of tea together!  

I don’t really like marmalade sandwiches but my Grandma used to really enjoy bread and butter spread with apricot jam! She wasn’t very well, and  would always enjoy eating this! 

Jam is so very sticky! If you get jam on your hands ( or paws! ) it sticks to you! Our Loving Lord’s love is like jam. He spreads it thickly all over our day in so many ways. May we have eyes to see it. In our pain and tiredness, His love is the sweetness that brings us through ❤️

  I was thinking the other day about when I first got a bike and learnt how to ride! Mum and Dad gave me a bike for my birthday and I was so excited! It had a pretty floral patterned seating saddle. I was so wobbly when I first started! Dad held onto the bike until I could manage to ride on my own! Then all of a sudden, I could steady myself and ride, and went off down our driveway! I had lots of fun then riding in our court! 

  Some days we may feel a bit “ wobbly” inside. We may have a lot of pain, or feel tired, or just a bit anxious. Our Loving Lord is always there to reassure us that we are kept safe is His love. His loving  hand is on our lives and He knows what we are going through ❤️

 Many years ago, Mum bought me a plain white fleecy top, and stitched a pretty row of flowers along the top. It looks so lovely! I still enjoy wearing it, as I think that they are “stitches of love”! 

  Our Loving Lord “sews stitches of love” throughout our day and our lives! ❤️They are little blessings that seek to encourage us and remind us of his neverending love. Our days may sometimes seem a little plain and white,but his love stitches brings beauty to all that our day and lives are holding ❤️

   I was thinking the other day about all the varieties of Arnotts biscuits that you can buy, and they all have their own particular name! There are Marie, Milk arrowroot, Milk Coffee, Scotch Fingers, Granita, Tim tams, Shortbread creams, Monte Carlo, Gingernuts, Salada,and many,many more! 

   We also all have our own unique names. Our Loving Lord knows all of our names, and gently whispers our name to us through the day to comfort and encourage us. We may not hear Him  talking, but we know His love ❤️ One day we will hear His beautiful voice face to face ❤️

 Our loving Creator Lord created all creations! It is wondrous when you stop and think about it! There are so many different types of insects and animals! They are all uniquely different! Our Lord gave snails there own shell as a mini home! And the colours and patterns of butterflies are so very beautiful! May we give Him always praise! 🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

  I was thinking the other day about the word : holiday. It originally came from two words which are “holy” and “day” Every day really is a holy day! Our loving Lord has created it, and makes the sun rise and sun set on each day. He watches over us in each minute. May we live each day in His love and for Him! ❤️

  I think that these pictures

of colourful painted eggs are very pretty! They look very lovely! They are also a very nice reminder of Easter and our Loving Saviour’s love on the cross and triumphant resurrection! Eggs represent new life.Our Loving Lord Jesus came out of the tomb and gave new life  to all who believe! Just like   the painted eggs, it doesn’t matter the colour of your hair, skin, clothes you wear, your favourite colour, He died for us all! 

     It is often in the little “ordinary” things that happen in the day that our loving Lord says a little “I love you” to us ❤️ The other day I was in the laundry and sunlight was shining through the window onto some white paper that was there. But it shone through some coloured bottles of detergents that were there, and it created a rainbow on the paper! It looked so pretty! It was a reminder that He lovingly cares for us and keeps us safe in His hands.

Earlier this year,  Dad and I decided that we would get a seedblock to hang on a hanger on our side patio, for birds to come and eat. Dad put the seedblock near our side sliding glass windows so we could out and see if birds arrive. So far though no birds have come visiting! Perhaps they will visit soon.  

  It is very encouraging and comforting that just like our Loving Lord cares about the sparrows but even more He cares about us! He knows how we are feeling and what is happening in our lives. He knows each time our “ chirping” turns into tears ❤️