Give thanks for every moment!

i texted a note like this today to a friend diagnosed with a serious illness who was leaving Sloane Kettering after a week of treatments.  He will have to continue outpatient ....i wanted to post this hoping it might help some suffering the same things at this time...

EACH MOMENT WE HAVE EACH DAY IS A GIFT....A PRIVILEGE.  AN ILLNESS....SUFFERINGS...ACCIDENTS..... HAVE A WAY OF REMINDING US OF THIS.  SADLY, WE USUALLY NEVER REACH THE DEPTH WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH OUTSIDE OF TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THESE IN OUR LIVES.  WE ARE GIVEN A SPECIAL GRACE WHEN FACING OUR OWN MORTALITY THAT OTHER PEOPLE CANNOT EXPERIENCE TO THE DEGREE ONE CAN WHEN IN THE HEAT OF SUFFERING.  LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS HOLIDAY...AN THIS YRS LIST, I AM SURE FOR MY FRIEND, WILL BE ON A MUCH DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN A HALLMARK CARD CAN EXPRESS.  GOD BLESS ALL OF US...AND FOR MY FRIEND WHO IS OUR NEW MIRACLE,  THANK YOU GOD FOR HEALING AND ANSWERING ALL OUR PRAYERS!!  CELEBRATE MY DEAR FRIENDS...LET'S CELEBRATE OUR NEW LIFE THIS DAY AND THE MIRACLES YET TO COME.  LOTS OF LOVE AND CONTINUED PRAYERS TO YOU, YOUR FAMILIES AND ALL THOSE YOU LOVE.    GOD BLESS!

REMINDER :  Thanksgiving is every day....celebrate a little differently this year.....make your own traditions....be with people who love you and accept you just the way you are....put God first and the turkey later....be brave enough to follow your heart in where you go, who you are with and what you will do this Thanksgiving....who knows?:...it might end up being the best Thanksgiving ever....and it just might be the last one we get to celebrate!

til next time....find all the verses in Scriptures that talk about giving thanks....

Welcome US Virgin Islands

Thanks for joining us.  Please invite your family and friends to stop by our blog.  Know i am praying for you.  i do hope you will visit us again.  God bless!  angie

Welcome Qatar...أهلا وسهلا بكم 'ahlaan wasahlaan bikum

سعيدة جدا لرؤية الناس من قطر الانضمام إلينا. يرجى دعوة عائلتك وأصدقائك للقدوم لزيارة. يرجى معرفة أنا أصلي بالنسبة لك. آمل أن زيارة مرة أخرى. ربنا يحميك! انجي

saeidat jiddaan liruyat alnaas min qatar alaindimam 'iilyna. yrja daewat eayilatik wa'asdiqayik lilqudum liziara. yrja maerifatan 'ana 'asli balnsbt lik. amul 'ana ziaratan maratan akhraa. rabana yhmyk! anjy

So happy to see people from Qatar joining us.  Please invite your family and friends to come to visit.  Please know i am praying for you.  i hope you visit again.  God bless you!  angie

Invitation to my Advent Retreat

FYI....DEC. 1ST.....7-9 PM...ST JOSEPH'S OF THE PALISADES 66TH ST. AND PALISADE AVE,  WEST NEW YORK, NJ...i WILL BE GIVING AN ADVENT RETREAT TITLED,

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?" JOHN 1:38

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND INVITE ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS....AND CHURCH MINISTRIES

GOD'S PROMISES SAY....IT WILL BE AN EVENING WE ALL WILL NEVER FORGET!

GOD BLESS! angie

ps:  plz keep all those ministering and all those who are called to attend deep in your prayers.  TY

continued prayer request for my Mom...

Plz keep my Mom deep in your prayers ...she is having some difficulties....ty...

til next time....let's read Is 53 for her healing....ang

Prayer request for my Mom!

My Mom has done very well in rehab.  By the grace of God, this 94 yr old woman got out of the hospital in 6 days from serious issues and has been in rehab since and has gone from not being strong enough to stand to walking 70 feet with her walker and doing stairs.  Tomorrow i take her back to the hospital for a procedure that might require 1 overnight stay or two.  i ask for your continued prayers for her.  

Every time i think she might be close to going Home to Heaven, God has shown up in a very big way over the years to show His Might and Strength again and again.  i remind all of us to never give up on our loved ones nomatter how severe a case looks, nomatter how old or young one is....nomatter what people think and say including medical professionals....never give up....it is never over until it is over....and we all know we are journeying Somewhere, but in the meantime...Our God is full of Love and Miracles and Surprises each and every day!  Plz keep Mom deep in your prayers during this last hurdle in her recovery and say one for me as her caregiver and my entire family.  Praised be God's Holy Name!!!  

til next time....let's read Lamentations 3 in Its entirety....

Lam 3

22The LORD’s Acts of Mercy are not exhausted,

His Compassion is not spent;

23They are renewed each morning—

Great is Your Faithfulness!

My request for prayers today!

November 4th is a very special day for me in my relationship with God.  i now ask for prayers, fasting and almsgiving today from all who can and be assured i carry all of you this special day with me in all my prayers and all i do this day.  May God be praised now and forever!

til next time.....let's read 1 Cor 13.....LOVE!