*SHIARN IS A STAR* Happy Birthday Today

We are still flooding...BUT....

Happy Birthday 11th Jan 2011.
To Shiarn...
You and Mummy didn't make it it home due to the floods.
BUT, you are safe and sound. 
Here are some memories from Nanni to you. 

You were a very tiny baby, born six weeks before your time.
You have kept on growing ever since.

Here you are with your big cousin Kirra.
When you were smaller.

Soon you grew big enough to go to school.

                     You have fun running with the chooks.

And holding them.

You like to find out about nature.

Even a green tree snake.

Just love the Pirate train with Mummy.

AND..... RAT...(oh no)

You still like to be picked up and held by Benj, Kirra's new husband.

But in the end,

Your greatest happiness is...

 taking little cousin Izaiah 

on a walk of discovery.

 "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

                'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
                  before you were born I set you apart;' " 
                 Jeremiah 1:4-5

H A pp y  B i r t h d a y

From 2 little birds who live at your home...

Who know you and love you.

Together with us they send you hugs and kisses today.

Hope to see you soon. x x

We Love You. * ~ *

 

New Years Day In The Sun

After all the rain it is a thrill to have the sun back and shining.
Too much of any particular weather pattern can be too much.

We took our time driving back to Queensland from New South Wales.
Along the way we stopped off at Corinda for a break and a stroll.

                    I love the blueness of the Pacific Ocean. (Facing south)

The children are on their Christmas vacation.
So famillies camp on the hilltop.
Everyone enjoys a relaxed happy time.
(Facing East)

One holiday maker informed me of a family of dolphins which reside here and swim with those they trust.
He had the pleasure of a baby dolphin accompany him that morning.
(Facing North)

A seagull looks for tit bits and keeps a close eye on me.

What a beatiful world we live in. 

 Psalms 1–1-3

Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.


That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season

Frazer Island....Giving Thanks

Re Posted especially for Starry, and all my Blogger friends.
As I have written to her. 
It is approximately 50 miles from where I live.  


"He set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.
You (God) covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
But at your rebuke the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned for them.
You set a boundary they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
Psalm 104:5-9



A day out on Frazer Island.

Crossing the sand at Rainbow Beach to the Barge.

Carries approximately 15 vehicles.

Hubby Ray

Off the Barge and onto Frazer.

75 miles of beach sea, sun and sand to explore.

Ahhh the serenity.

Give way to aircraft landing.

Ship wreck of the S.S. Maheno 1935.

The S.S. Maheno was an Edwardian liner on the Tasman Sea crossing between New Zealand and Australia, and was used as a hospital ship by the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy during World War 1.  

                              Postcard of how it was.

   

Drive down the sandy bush tracks and hope no one comes from the opposite direction. Listen to the birds. Look at the many fresh water lakes.   Love those ghost gums.

Spot a Dingo (Australian wild dog).

He was so pretty.

Stop at the tropical shops for refreshments.

It's nice to go out for the day, but always nice to get home again.

*Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart... 

OVERWHELMED

OVERWHELMED.....That's where I was this morning.

Something was told to me yesterday, something going back many years.

Something which has hurt another person.

Something they still hang onto.....

This made me fret.

It caused me heartache!

And now it was my choice, what was I to do????

I decided to get up and make myself a cup of tea.

Hot tea with milk is regenerating, especially first thing in the morning.

For some reason? Instead of picking up my bible, I picked up a wonderful book that I had read long ago by Jeanne Guyon.

Jeanne was a French woman from the1700's, and remarkably ahead of her time. 

This lady specifies how to read God's Word slowly, ingesting every morsel.

Immediately a scripture verse popped into my mind.

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour."

(Luke 1:46-47)

Yes, like the mother of Jesus, I can also say this. 

My soul does rejoice in God, because yes, I too, am a sinner.

I began to meditate on this Word, as Jeanne describes. 

 I pictured that Word, held as if food in my mouth. 

Now as I savour the flavour, and as I allow fulfillment before the swallow,

 my nourishment is completed and I recieve the nurturing.

His Word, becomes live food within me...

 I am stimulated to become more like Him.

The apostle Paul once said.

"To be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord."

(2 Corinthians 5:8) 

I used to think this meant, at death.

Then this morning a different revelation!

I now believe, when we read the Word with total conviction,

we are transported to the throne room, and into His presence.

Rejoice in the Lord, for He is, our Salvation.

  

A Crocodile in your Life

One animal or reptile I have never liked, is the crocodile.

I have never trusted them, until...

We are up at Kakado National Park, in the Northern Territory and went out in a 'safe' boat to view the salt water croc's.

Our guide was paranoid about our safety. "Keep seated at all times," he instructed.

"Yes I agree with that," I thought!

The first one sighted came swimming over...

"Why he looks harmless enough,

rather like a big floating log, no noise, nothing." 

And this is where people go wrong......

BY Trusting!!!

When a bait is hung over the water. THAT LOG, suddenly becomes alive and jumps high up out of the water, to appease his greed.

No wonder so many people get taken and eaten by Croc's every year.

This reminds me of a scripture about Satan the devil..

The Bible INFORMS US:

  

"Be self-controlled and alert.
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (eat-up, destroy)  1 Peter 5:8

Ahhhh, so we'll be safe. Because if we see a roaring lion, we'll know it's the devil and stay away...LOL... NOT SO!! 

He actually counterfeits himself. 
The Bible INFORMS AGAIN..


For Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 5:8)
He wants you, and plans to get you, however he can.
And, he is very subtle in the process.  

* Doubt: Makes you question God???
* Discouragement: Makes you look at your problems instead of to God.
* Diversion: Say's wrong,  look's more attractive than right.
* Defeat: Screams that you're a failure, so you give up.
* Delay: Sneaks up and says, "do it later."  And, it never gets done.

INSTEAD

Look to the Morning Star, Jesus Christ.

Read His Word and believe His promise.

And He will help you to climb your Mountain,

One step at a time.

Then, your scar's will turn to Stars...

And You will Shine!!

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Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."

Colour Your World

COLOUR  your World- Its a gift from GOD *

Hi....Lovely to see you here again.... (I'm an Emu by the way.)
I am thinking about colours, where would we be without them?
Life would be so drab and depressing.

Colours lift your mood and make you feel happy.
Many creative artists have taken an old grey wall and face-lifted it with colour.

My hubby Ray standing in front of Steve Irwin's wall at Australia Zoo near where we live.
Sadly Steve went home to the Father in 2007 after receiving a stringray barb to the heart.
Steve was a happy hearted man, one that loved his family and devoted his life to animal conservation.

Aboriginal art on the side of a giant earth worm model in Victoria, Australia.

I would rather look at a picture than a wall....

Memories of the past depicted on a library wall.

So colour your world with happiness..

The Lords Word from Me to You..

"May the Lord bless thee and keep thee:

May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee,

And, give thee, peace."Amen.

Bless the Lord

Psalm 103

"Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
I love you Lord, and I thank and praise you for all our many blessings.

White cheeked honey eater on a eucalyptus tree

I am reminded how God gives us everything and much of that, we take for granted.

Galah

The wide variety of birds and their different coloured plumage.

Are a joy to the eye and ear.

King parrot.

They help keep the insects under control.

Blue winged kookaburra

Known as the bush clock, you can reply on them to awaken you with their laughter at the same time every morning.

They are one bird welcome in the garden as they eat the snakes.

If they laugh in the middle of the day it means a change in the weather. 

 Ring neck parrot

A Sweet intruder, and a joy to behold. 

Water hen

Walks daintily across the lillypads seeking a feed.

The wedged tail eagle.

Stands three feet tall and has a wing span of up to eight feet wide.

This all seeing majestic wonder reminds me of our God.

He defends his territory by soaring high above the earth.

And keeps an ever vigilant watch. 

"But those who wait upon the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
Isaiah 40:31

Bless the Lord, oh my soul for thou art mighty in all the earth.

Flower Wonders

Psalm 118:29
Give thanks to the LORD,
 for he is good;
his love endures forever.

The gazania.

August our last month of winter, and the flowers still bloom.
When God created the earth, He thought of everything. 
Right down to the beautiful design and formation of flowers.

In the garden of miracles we take our delight .......
In the different colours, shapes, perfumes and sizes...

Fashioned to bedazzle our heart and re freshen our soul.  

The Lord will guide you always,

He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land,

And strengthen your frame.

You will be like a well watered garden,

Like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58:11

And...a Great Carpenter Bee,

all from my front garden.

Queenslands my Home.

Just thought I'd share with you where I live.
Sun sea and sky. Pineapple, avocado, mango and paw paw plantations.
School children are up early and down surfing before breakfast, then home again to don uniforms and head off to school. Its an outdoor life, shoeless with zinc spread over the nose for sun protection.
I just read the other day that the lack of Vitamin D is becoming a problem from too much cover-up protection.
Lack of Vitamin D results in early onset osteoporosis. 
The beautiful Pacific ocean with crystal clear waters beckons the body boarder to surf the waves. 
Welcome to my little part of the world.

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