Dear Friends of joyfulandhappyliving, Thank you for joining with me in praying for the safety and peace in Ukraine: Dear Heavenly Father, We love You and humbly beg for Peace and Safety to once again inhabit Ukraine. Dear Lord, thank you for the character and determination of the people of Ukraine. Grant them Your protection. […]
Today the world is filled with hate — hate in the embodiment of a man named Putin who has caused a war with innocent people. Yesterday Putin and his Russian forces killed people and a child in a maternity hospital in Ukraine while women were in labor there! God the Father, God the Son Jesus […]
The blogs in this blog post are for everyone no matter if the reader is young or old, living in his or her home or living in a retirement community, healthy or sick. But occasionally I want to write special blogs for certain groups and today is one of those days. I want to focus […]
A few days ago was National Acts of Random Kindness Day which occurs every year on February 17th in the United States. It is also celebrated in New Zealand. You don’t need a special day to do an act of kindness. You can just do it any of the 365 days of the year 24/7 […]
Dear Friends, Have you ever kept a gratitude List? A GL is a list of things you are grateful to the Lord for putting in your life! You can call it by various names such as a Thank you list, a Gratitude Journal or a thank you notebook. Whatever you call it, it is a […]
Day before yesterday, I read Joli Beasley’s post about cooking with one arm. What a wonderful post. It has made me think about my own experiences with living with a birth defect. I was born with a condition called Amniotic Band Syndrome or ABS. This is a fairly rare condition caused by fibrous tissue from […]
Good Morning Friends! Well, as we all know it is almost New Year’s Day! I don’t know about each of you but I like to make New Year’s Resolutions this time of year! Where did the custom of making resolutions at the first of a new year begin? I didn’t know so I looked it […]
When I look back on all the Christmases I have celebrated in my life, one thing stands out! We as both a country and as individuals need more Christmas! My parents celebrated Christmas with extreme reverence and beauty. A large decorated Christmas tree graced our den. It was beautifully decorated and surrounded by magical packages. […]
Today is November 3o, the last day in November. As I close out this month I want to share with you a very special memory–the memory of when I saw an angel! I had always wanted to see an angel. I had heard television preachers tell about seeing angels and I always thought “I wish […]
Three days ago on November 13, the world celebrated World Kindness Day. Don’t be embarrassed if you are unfamiliar with this little known but vitally needed holiday. I had never heard of it until a few hours before it began last Saturday. The first World Kindness Day was celebrated in 1998 as part of the […]
