Women Of Faith and Hope: Mother Ministry

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Prayer

Have you ever wondered, why we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss and dream? Well maybe it's because the most beautiful things in life are not seen, but felt only by heart.
Lately, I have been thinking about prayer, what is prayer? Why do I need to pray? How many ways are there to pray?
Prayer means to communicate with God and we all know communication is a two way street, we have to convey our message but also we have to listen to his message for us. I still have questions though, why do I need to pray? God knows everything already, what could I possibly add or say, he is in control of all things, well let me share. First, we are God's children and he loves to hear from us. Secondly, we deepen our trust in God. Thirdly, we start to depend more on God. Fourthly, we have the opportunity to express ourselves, be honest and truthful to the Lord, if I am going to walk with Jesus, I need to learn and to practice talking to him daily. Fifthly, our prayers move the heart of our God. Sixthly, it's an amazing way that we get to know and understand what God's plans are for our lives and the whole world. Seventhly, we need to pray through adoration, praying for who he is, not of what he gives us and we need to pray through thanks giving, thanking God, for all the people who care for us and loves us.
"Everyone of us needs half an hour of prayer each day, except when we are busy then we need an hour." St Francis De Sales.
Now, how many ways are there to pray? Too many, so many prayers and so many different ways to express our prayers for example: keeping a journal, take a prayer walk, pray over your calendar and schedule, pray scripture, pray about the news, partner up with someone, be quiet, keep a prayer on your lips, there is also those unexpected ways to pray: listening to a podcast, music, serving the poor and vulnerable or maybe taking a walk in nature and there is simple ways, such as: saying good morning to the Lord, share your needs, thanking God all day long, praise God for his character, repent as the Spirit convicts you, make appeals to the Lord, think about the Lord, sing to God, listen to his voice and say good night. Some different ways we can pray is by sitting, standing, walking, bowing, hands up, kneeling and prostrate.
If you are like me and can't pray or be in the moment, pray anyway, choose to listen, just say his name, have a go to prayer, say a prayer or praise, pray for someone else, pray for a heart of prayer, have someone pray for you, read different prayer, pray different bible verses over your life.
Prayer is one of the leading pastimes, in self reflection and gratitude and prayer can be a fundamental skill if one wishes to grow spiritually. Prayer can give us a better sense of self, it can be good for our hearts, increase life span, improves our attitude, helps us to be humble, we can gain forgiveness, prayer gives us hope, relives stress, we have a stronger mindset, prayer helps with recovery, it's a way to deal with the aftermath and keeps one's faith and prayer helps us to maintain a positive outlook on life.
"God speaks in the silence of the heart listening is the beginning of prayer." Mother Teresa.
Women of Faith and Hope, like the rolling stones song, "You don't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you will get what you need." and it's the same with prayer, I ask for strength, and God gives me difficulties to make me strong, I ask for love and God gives me troubled people to help. I might not receive the things I want instead, I receive everything I need, so pray and trust in God.
Written and created by My Mother Rose

A Christmas Blessing.

A Christmas Blessing,

May all the days of all the years that God has still in store, be filled with every joy and grace, to bless you more and more; may hope of heart and peace of mind beside you ever stay, and that’s the golden wish I have for you this Christmas Day! “For this day is born to you a savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.” Luke 2:11

Merry Christmas to you all, I am so looking forward to next year and to continuing on with Women of Faith and Hope. I have so much more to share with you all. His words are alive and are dwelt amongst us all. Have a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. God Bless Always.

Written, photo and created by My Mother Rose

🙏🎅❤️

Peace

Twenty third day of advent

This Advent let us call on the Holy Spirit of Peace, to settle within our hearts. Women of Faith and Hope do not be afraid, our God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, trust in his words, keep your minds steadfast and you will find yourself in perfect peace. Remember John 14:27 “Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace the world cannot give, this my gift to you. Do no let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”

God Bless always

Written, photo and created by My Mother Rose

Advent- Peace

What is Love to you?

I believe, I have said it before, "Home is where the heart is." Therefore where my heart is, my love follows. Mother Teresa, Her Essential Wisdom. 'The fulness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we serve. That is the fullness of our heart expressing itself in many different ways.'

God Bless Always 🌷💟

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Love

Mother Teresa Her essential wisdom “We have to love until it hurts, it is not enough to say, “I Love.” We must put that love into a living action. And how do we do that? By giving until it hurts.”

With Faith in Christ and in each other, we can pledge our love today, tomorrow and always. May we always live our lives bearing witness to the most holy love of all. Love to me is listening without interrupting, speaking without accusing, giving without sparing, praying without ceasing, answer without arguing, sharing without pretending, enjoy without complaint, trust without wavering, forgive without punishing and promise without forgetting.

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend, God Bless Always💟🙏🌷

A Creative Woman & Mother.

Mother Teresa, Her Essential Wisdom: "Mother's make the home a center of love, their role is sometimes hard, but there is the example of the Blessed Virgin, who teaches us to be good with our Children, we missionaries of charity also have to be Mothers and make our communities happy homes." 🙏🌷💟

God Bless Always, women of Faith and Hope.

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Advent - joy

Gift Giving

Thirteenth day of Advent

Gift Giving,

“Jesus best gift ever.”

This time of year, I do love. I do however hate the shops especially the carpark but If I am not driving it’s a different story, I love the shops. Ha-ha. I love the build up to it, the different activities, Church, markets, movies, Christmas lights and the wonderful Christmas parades and all the Christmas parties and get togethers and the carols which are my favorite and my list goes on, I love the big red poinciana tress and the smell of ripe mangoes and the cold air that blows from the air conditioner. The one thing though, that I struggle with the most is giving gifts but when I think about the greatest gift I can give someone, it is my time, attention, love and concern, and I am going to challenge myself and I put this out to you all as a challenge because no doubt, we will end up a little frustrated, annoyed, stressed because it is a busy time of year, so simply follow this quote by Mother Teressa, “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” We are giving a gift of love with no obligations, no strings attached, it’s a gift that we can give from our hearts, a gift that makes a difference in someone’s life or our own life, smiles are contiguous, and more smiles should be freely given out, especially this time of year. It is a time to bring the magic of Christmas and be that special gift for someone.

‘What can I give, poor as I am? If I was a Shepherd, I would give you a lamb. If I was a wise man, I would do my part. But what I can give, I give from my heart.’

God Bless Always 🙏🎁💚❤️

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I choose joy in the Lord

We choose to be joyful and it's a choice we should keep choosing everyday. So much beauty surrounds us, how often do we stop and take the time to notice?
In this weeks readings and gospels, I feel God is asking us to make a choice, we either make the choice to cry out for help 'Lord, come save us,' or we joyfully praise and glorify. I have to be honest, I feel like doing both, especially when past emotions and moments arise. I truly do believe you can't change the past or run from the past, however I feel though you can learn from the past, so it can shape you and help you grow into a strong woman who is able to handle present moments that are full of disappointment, impairment or heartache. It also prepares us for the future and as Women of Faith and Hope, we need not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about it's own things.
May our hearts be filled with great joy.
God Bless Always
Written and created by My Mother Rose.

Advent- Love

St Nicholas

Sixth Day of Advent

St Nicholas

Acts 20:35 I did this to show you that this is how we must exert ourselves to support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who himself said, “there is more happiness in giving than in receiving.”

Today, we remember St Nicholas or as we all know him to be as Santa Claus. Santa Claus, who was Sinterklaas (St Nicholas), rode a white horse and today he rides in a magical sleigh drawn by special reindeer. St Nicholas is a patron saint of children and a magical gift bringer. He symbolizes generosity and good will. Sinterklaas is Dutch for saint Nicholas, who was a kindly bishop of 4th century Myra, which is now found in Turkey.

I did little research and I found that, The Night Before Christmas written by: Clement C. Moore, was the first introduction to Santa Claus because originally he was writing about St Nicholas (Sinterklaas.) I wanted to make sure I had my facts right and so I went to Book Face at Orion and I saw this beautiful book and noticed the clear writing on the front page saying Clement C. Moore, The Night Before Christmas or originally, A visit from St Nicholas.

Women of Faith and Hope, may we mimic his giving actions by grace, spreading, advent joy and hope.🙏🎅

May God Bless Always

Written and created by My Mother Rose