carmenjoyce on April 21st, 2012

Been thinking a lot about this word…passion.  We use it in so many ways.  Are we passionate…what are you passionate about? The dictionary defines passion this way: a : capable of, affected by, or expressing intense feeling b : enthusiastic, ardent showing or expressing strong beliefs, interest, or enthusiasm     This word is used [...]

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carmenjoyce on November 7th, 2011

TRUE LOVE is an every changing emotion.  Al and I are celebrating 65 years of true love on the 9th.  Believe me it is different today than it was 65 years ago! This is a good thing.  Had we not been able to change when our circumstances changed  or as we changed in the aging [...]

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carmenjoyce on September 14th, 2011

OVER THE TOP, appropriately was the theme for the Anaheim WOMEN OF FAITH conference which I attended Saturday,  Sept. 10th. It was an over the top exerience in many ways.  It was my delight to hear 2 of my favorite singers, Amy Grant and Sandy Patti. Sandy shared her story which was an encouragement to [...]

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carmenjoyce on August 17th, 2011

Check it out at www.womenoffaith.com. September 9-10 Honda Center Women of Faith encourages women of all ages and stages in life by offering events, materials, and online resources.

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carmenjoyce on July 13th, 2011

Did you eat breakfast this morning?  … We are told that a nutritious breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  It is necessary to get our metabolism functioning and supply nutrients for the days activities. They tell us that if we don’t eat breakfast our body goes into a negative energy supply and [...]

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carmenjoyce on June 13th, 2011

Where is your footing? Do you ever feel as though you are standing on a hill of sand.  Do you see yourself standing and slowly sinking as the sand seeps in between you toes and you begin to those your balance.  Are you a victim of the shifting sands in your life that keep throwing [...]

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carmenjoyce on February 22nd, 2011

Have you ever tried to define the meaning of the word “Love”.  It is so important to understand what this most popular of all emotions is all about…and I am not the person to give you the technical definition or the theological definition of the definition a teenage lover might give you. Read more in [...]

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carmenjoyce on February 5th, 2011

Lord, today I am so full of “thoughts”.  I would like to express the deep feelings that you  have placed in me. I  Feel they are there to be shared.  Words just seem so inadequate.  How does one put their heart on paper?  Come to think of it – you have enabled people to express [...]

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carmenjoyce on January 20th, 2011

Are you an expression of God’s love?  That is my desire for the coming year as I just celebrated my 83rd birthday.  I asked the Lord what is His desire for me this year and it came clearly to me “Be an expression of my love”. Recently I have experienced such expression of God’s love [...]

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carmenjoyce on December 25th, 2010

May your Christmas day be filled with love and joy…from your friends & family…but especially from the Babe of Bethlehem, who seeks a dwelling place in your heart, soul and life!  Is He there?  or is He still knocking? Read the blog “Because of Christmas”.

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carmenjoyce on December 17th, 2010

Be sure and read the article “Strength, Power and Hope” under the Blogs.  No matter what is happening in your life at this time, I am sure you need Strength, Power and Hope – and Love – all available from the “Babe of Bethlehem” Merry Christmas  - Celebrate this magnificent gift – the author of [...]

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carmenjoyce on December 2nd, 2010

Did you see that! – What?  There He is again touching your life and you didn’t even notice??  It happens to me all the time.  I am learning to look for Him.  Of course, a lot of what God does for us is behind the scenes – we don’t see it but we reap the [...]

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carmenjoyce on November 13th, 2010

Sometimes it is hard to express the happiness that is described as the “joy of the Lord”. That deep feeling of contentment – that knowing that Jesus presence is with you regardless of what circumstances surround you.  Just knowing that God loves me as I am – not expecting  me to be someone else.  It [...]

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carmenjoyce on November 8th, 2010

“Really?..none of the fruit in the garden? God says you mustn’t eat any of it?”. “Of course we may eat it,” the woman told him. “It’s only the fruit from the tree at the center  of the garden that we are not to eat…..” “The woman was convinced. How lovely and fresh looking it was! [...]

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carmenjoyce on November 8th, 2010

How God must love us – too put up with our stupidity and continue to bless us.  We go through life enjoying daily blessings and favors from his hand and at the same time concern ourselves with the future “what-ifs”.  A new friend reminded me of God’s love recently with  his song “I love you [...]

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carmenjoyce on March 30th, 2010

“Being confident of this very thing that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” Philippians 1:6

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