Amazingly and Miraculously Made

by Kay Heitsch

Our relationship with ourselves sets the tone for every other relationship we have. It also effects how we view life. ~ Quotes ~

It's important to have a good relationship with ourselves. We are one person we can never get away from. No matter where we go, there we are. It's funny, but it's true.

When people don't like themselves they tend to be unhappy with others and their view of life isn't all that great either.

We all have a different set of fingerprints. We also have our own DNA. We may have the same parents, but our DNA is still uniquely ours.

We are not here by accident. The Bible says, "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb..." (see Jeremiah 1:5) "We are amazingly and miraculously made..." (See Psalm 139:14 GWT)

Knowing that we are amazingly and miraculously made should help us love our neighbor as we love ourselves (see Mark 12:31) and also set the tone for how we view life.

A Future Full Of Hope

by Kay Heitsch

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. ~Future Quotes ~

How do we see our future? I like to keep in mind that I have a future full of hope! Like everyone else, I have had a lot of hurts in my past, but I want to let my hopes shape my future.

The following Bible verse has encouraged me over the years. "For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

I truly believe God has an awesome plan for each of us. He says His plans are for good and not disaster. Our future is filled with hope when we work His plan.

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Remember that you have a future full of hope.

Be Thankful For What We Have

by Kay Heitsch

Life isn't perfect, but we can be thankful for everything we have. Happy are they who take life day by day, complain very little and are thankful for the little things in life.

Life is not perfect, but we can be thankful for what we have. If we are not happy we need to have a meeting with ourselves. At that meeting we need to find out what we have been thinking about. I can bet we aren't thinking about how grateful we are.

Today is Memorial Day. One thing people in the USA can be thankful for are our freedoms. Many men and women have given their lives so we can enjoy our day to day lives.

Freedom isn't free. Life isn't perfect, but we should be thankful for what we have and grateful for those heroes who gave their lives for our freedoms. God Bless America!

It's All Good

 by Kay Heitsch

It's not important about holding all the good cards in life. But it is important how well we play the cards we hold. ~ It's All Good Quotes ~

It's been said that a good day is a good day. It's also been said that a bad day is a good story. At the end of the day it's all good!

No matter what we're going through it's how we can play the hand we hold in life. We can be a Victim or a Victor!

Today's Bible verse is one of my favorites. "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." Romans 8:28 NLT

If we keep this verse in our mind we can know that God causes everything to work together for the good! No one has all the good cards in life. What's important is how well we play the cards we hold.

Families Are Like Fudge

by Kay Heitsch

Families are like fudge. Mostly sweet with a few nuts! We are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. ~ Family Reunion Quotes ~

Today is my family reunion on my Mom's side. It will be nice to see family I haven't seen in awhile. All of the original 14 bothers and sisters, plus, their 1st cousins are gone now. We still have our Aunt Carmel who was married to one of the core 14. If it weren't for her being there I would be considered one of the OLD people!  :D

Our family have all grown in different directions yet our roots remain as one. And yes, our family is like fudge. Mostly sweet with a few nuts. I'm sure I'm considered one of the nuts and I love it!

Make Someone's Day Special

by Kay Heitsch

Earlier today I posted about being a "Day Changer." when I thought of this little story. 

Bill and I went out to eat with his Aunt Chris and his cousins. During the course of the dinner Bill told Aunt Chris this little story.

Bill told how when he was little he really looked up to his Uncle Joe. When Uncle Joe married Aunt Chris he knew she must be very special.

Aunt Chris was a nurse. Back in those days the nurses wore all white. Bill was sure she was an angel! Not only because she wore white, but because she was also so pretty. Bill smiled and told Aunt Chris he had a big crush on her.

You should have seen Aunt Chris's face. She had the biggest smile and tears filled her eyes.

I'm sure Bill being kind and sharing this little story made her day special and it was also a day changer.

Be A Day Changer

 by Kay Heitsch

Remember that a smile or one kind word can change someone's day. Be a day changer!

I don't know about you, but I like it when people smile at me or say a kind word. It's pretty natural for me to smile, but I don't always say what I'm thinking to a stranger. Sometimes I do and I usually hear, "Thank you! You made my day!"

Our Bible verse says, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." Matthew 7:12 NIV

We can all be a day changer when we remember to smile and say a kind word.