I’ve got peace like a river…
Do you?
Sing along!!
Don’t worry if you get the words mixed up.
I did!
I’m singing alto.
I hope you hear Alexa
with the melody in the background.
Add your voice to mine…
I love this song!
Take Peace!
Have a Terrific Tuesday.
You got peace like a river
in YOUR soul?
I pray you do…
Hugs,
JanBeek
I can find peace –
It’s here in my heart.
Living in trust
Is a good place to start.
I can find peace
In stillness and prayer.
Don’t need to go far –
Peacefulness is there.
Find peace in the world –
Find oneness with all.
Find joy and contentment –
No need for a wall.
Peace in relationships –
Peace from above.
Just radiate inner peace –
And reach out in love.
Isaiah 32:17
“The effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness
will be quietness and confidence forever.”
Pray today for
peace,
trust,
stillness,
unity,
joy,
and
contentment .
They are waiting for you…
Just ask!
Thanks for visiting JanBeek today.
See ya tomorrow.
Every time Bob and I see someone who is driving like they don’t have a brain in their gray and wrinkled head, we comment to one another, “Too many birthdays!” We’ve been doing that for years. And guess what? Now we are they!!
Well, at least HE is they! At 81 (he’ll be 82 in December), Bob is 5 months ahead of me. He’ll always be older! I can smile in the rear view mirror, wear a hat to cover the gray, and pretend I’m still a young chick! Heck, age is just a matter of how you feel, right? HEALTH is everything! Love is essential. God is good!
Yup, today is my birthday…
and for the next 5 months,
Bob & I are the same age.
No way!!
The hair may be gray, and the face has a few added wrinkles with “too many birthdays,” but age is a matter of the MIND. Right? If you don’t mind, I don’t mind!
Just don’t call me old!!
Tell me I’m “bee-YOU-tiful”
like this card I received yesterday
from Bob’s sister!
(Thank you, Bonnie)
And pick a few flowers from your garden to decorate your table…
like my neighbor, Sue, did yesterday.
(God bless her)
Keep singing and dancing
(ya gotta keep movin’),
writing and blogging your thoughts,
dreaming and making those dreams come true,
living your passions,
and you’ll never have
“Too Many Birthdays” –
no matter how many years
the calendar tells you!!
It’s time to open presents,
sing the birthday song,
blow out a few candles (don’t try to count them!)
and praise God for the years
he has given me “Too Many Birthdays!”
I’ll take ’em all – gladly!
Have a Fabulous Friday!
I’ll see you tomorrow
and tell you all about
my “Happy (not too many) Birthday!”
Come on, friends, sing along.
I’m listening!!
(When I get old, I’m gonna wear more purple…
Just don’t rush me!)
Love,
JanBeek
What is it you have?
What is it you want to have?
Ask and you’ll receive.
Is it that simple?
Is that really all it takes?
Why isn’t it mine?
Why isn’t WHAT mine?
A yacht – a million dollars –
A villa in Italy?
Do those things matter?
If I have love and my health,
I DO have it all!!
Ponder that!
See ya tomorrow.
Hugs,
JanBeek
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today
I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing.
I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover,
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring.
I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory.
I can’t live on promises winter to spring.
Today is my moment, now is my story;
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing.
Play it again… sing along… think about the little things.
Rejoice in the JOYS that are yours today.
And don’t forget to thank God for all your blessings.
I’m praying for your health and safety,
and asking God to watch over you and your loved ones.
What “little things” can you add to that list
of things for which you are grateful?
Have a Wonderful Wednesday.
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Share our site with your friends who need a lift!
See ya tomorrow.
My post yesterday was titled with the single word:
Rest!!
I’m hugging you in prayer today.
I pray you were able to rest on the Sabbath –
and I pray you are ready
to sing his praises
as you celebrate a very happy and meaningful
DIFFERENT Easter Sunday today.
Here is my favorite Easter hymn. If you grew up in a traditional Christian church, you know this as well as I do… and you won’t be able to help yourself – – – you’ll HAVE to sing along!
God Bless You!
Have a good rest…
a very unique Easter…
… and a day filled with blessings.
Here I am – comfortably settled in this beautiful condo in Rancho Mirage, California. Southern CA is so beautiful! The temperature outside is a wonderful, windless 73 degrees and warming. Join me!
Share some poetry with me. I love poetry. Lately I have been engaging in a series of Haiku using the three lines of 5-7-5 syllables to pour my heart out. But, is that the intent of Haiku? Does each form of poetry have a built-in intent?
Free form seems to be in vogue these days. I have enjoyed exploring it.
Rueben Quesada, poet who featured
__ wrote:
“The most important thing I have learned
about being a poet is that writing poetry
is more about attending than intending,
more about silence than sound.”
But is listening something we do with headsets when we are out in nature? What about the rustle of the leaves and the sound of the birds? What about listening to the silence?
Welcome to My World
As I sit in the quiet of my patio
In the sunshine of southern California,
A golf cart buzzes by,
A club whacks a ball,
A ball flows silently toward its target,
A hummingbird hovers near the feeder,
Unsure of my presence, it lands
And sucks silently from the red nectar.
As I sit in the comfort of our living room,
In the ambience of southern California living,
A symphony plays Boyce Concerto Grosso in B Minor,
The dishwasher runs quietly behind me,
My fingernails tap those damn keys,
And Cristian is proud of my persistence –
It’s the key to successful blogging, he says.
I am attending – and so are you.
Welcome to my world.
Come sit a spell with us.
We have a saying here in Montana:
“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!”
So don’t waste your time complaining about the weather, just brush the snow off the chairs…
… brush off the barbecue, and just maybe…
… before the gorgeous sunset ends,
you can sit down to a cozy meal inside.
No need to complain. It is what it is…
May be back to 70 degrees tomorrow.
Only God knows…
See ya tomorrow! (Keep smiling!)
Specks of Splendor
Like a gold miner panning for gold,
I sift through life’s muck and mire
To look for the specks of splendor
That sparkle and dance like fire.
.
No matter how awful my day was,
At the end, I put on my Jesus glasses
And find the specks that sparkled,
The nuggets in muddy splashes.
.
The most dismal, dark, and cloudy day
Has shimmers of beauty in the trials.
With God’s help, I sift and find them.
Then tuck into bed with gratitude and smiles.
Don’t you just love this winter blast of arctic air?
Hang in there!
It IS warming up…
Look at that…
up to -5 by 9:00 pm…
That’s worth staying up for!
Happy Sunday, my friends.
God bless you!
Stay warm!
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