Your Heavenly Papa is Proud of You!

February 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Happy birthday, Kathleen Elizabeth! You have graduated into a beautiful powerful woman of God! We are so proud to be called your Mum and Dad!

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Graduation is not only on the academical level in school and college where we grow up mentally and pass tests but also in the tests of life that God permits that spiritually we may mature.

As we graduate through these lessons of life how proud our heavenly Papa is of his children just as He was of Job “And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and shuns evil?” Job 1:8

Kathleen, as your earthly parents, we are also so proud of you, as is your heavenly Papa through all the testings you have gone through and how you have graduated to be a great wife and awesome mother creating a home of peace, harmony and beauty.

And now as you graduate to another year of your life you have graduated to the Worship and Arts Pastor at LifeAustin. We know with God’s grace and anointing you will excel in that area also as You walk with the King and continue to be a blessing!

 

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The Impact Of A Grandmother’s Love

February 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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Remembering the love and faith of my maternal grandmother, Annie Reynolds, who passed away on February 14th. 1956 at the young age of just 56. The smell of early spring hyacinths always opens the window of my memory and takes me back as she had hyacinths in her hospital room. I was only 13 when she died but those few years had a huge impact spiritually on my Christian walk and who I am today. 

Grandparents, never underestimate the impact you have on your grandchildren. Grandchildren, appreciate the love and wisdom of your grandparents while you still have them.

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Be Good Forgivers

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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I have been sowing some seeds from the fruit of our 50 years to inspire others in their marriage. I have already addressed:

1. Keep communication lines open
2. Keep the romance alive
Now today I would like to share:
3. Be good forgivers
It is well said in the following quote:
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. ~Ruth Bell Graham
We make a commitment for BETTER or for WORSE! In SICKNESS and in HEALTH!
By God’s grace, I have lived through some of that WORST due to betrayal so I do understand hurt and shame but have learned that although to sin may be human, to forgive is only divine. Is it easy? – absolutely not – but with God’s grace it is possible.
Anyone can live with the BETTER but when it comes to the WORST many walk away even though “for better or for worse” was in the contract.
Likewise anyone can deal with health but many fail when it comes to sickness even though that was also in the same contract we agreed to.
Gary Thomas has written an awesome book on marriage “Sacred marriage” where he states -“what if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?” Now isn’t that some food for thought! If we are never hurt how are we ever going to learn to forgive? Please note I am not excusing the offender but I do know God can use that pain for good. Nothing is more humbling than seeking forgiveness or offering forgiveness. Something of self has to die. Humility is the hardest of all Christian virtues to become. I say become because humility is not something we do but rather it is something we are becoming. Only when we are humbled will God gave us His grace toforgive.
“You can never be happily married to another until you get a divorce from yourself. Successful marriage demands a certain death to self.” ~Jerry McCant
Heed the verse “Do not let the sun go down on your wrath” Ephesians 4:26 In doing so we are not giving the enemy any place to in our marriages.
“In a time when nothing is more certain than change, the commitment of two people to one another has become difficult and rare.Yet, by its scarcity, the beauty and value of this exchange have only been enhanced.” ~Robert Sexton
It is always good to renew that marriage contract from time to time just to remind us of the promises in the contract which we signed. We have renewed that contract both on our 40th and 45th anniversaries. On both occasions I have carried the same white Bible I carried on my wedding day back in 1964 whose promises are ever faithful and have never changed.

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The Valentine card that changed Destiny

February 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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A young 19 year old girl while serving in the Women’s Royal Air Force in England and based at R.A.F. Hereford, which was the School of Catering for the Royal Air Force, met her destiny. With a base of 7000 men and only 200 women she was never shy of a date but as yet had not met her Mr. Right. Every 6 weeks there would be a new class of potential chefs brought in for training. At a fall dance on the base she won a twisting contest and met one of those trainees who not only won the same contest for the guys but also won her heart. From that night they saw each other most evenings for the next few weeks until his training was over and he had to return to his base on the other side of England.

This is where our story takes a turn as she waits to meet her Knight in Shining Armor at the canteen on the base to say goodbye as he is leaving Hereford the next day. Much to her embarrassment he doesn’t show and stands her up for all their friends to see.They try to console her but her anger overcomes her hurt.

The next morning at breakfast she had to sit in a different dining room as she was permanent staff and he had to sit in the trainee’s dining room. He sees her as she gets up to leave but doesn’t have the courage to face the tearful hurt in her eyes. He lets her walk away to a life without him as he boards the bus to take him hundreds of miles away.

But as Providence would have it, it was Valentine weekend, and to her chagrin she had already mailed him a Valentine card which of course she could not retrieve. When he receives her card back at his base he decides to take the risk to write and try to explain. His excuse for standing her up was that he didn’t want to have to say goodbye. Now who would ever buy that reasoning? Well she did and they have been married now for fifty two years!

That Valentine day was 55 years ago and John and I are still thanking God every February 14th. for His providence in our lives through the card that saved the day and our destiny in each other’s lives.

Psalm 78:41 Don’t limit the Holy One of Israel

CHALLENGE: Never underestimate the Providence of God in your life! 

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Book Review

January 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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BOOK REVIEW FROM REV. PATTI MARIANO OF PARKWAY ASSEMBLY, NORWALK  CT.

Do you have a desire to build a closer relationship with God but it’s just not happening?

Do you long to hear His Voice speak to you but it doesn’t?

Do you try to seek His Face in that quiet “secret place” but the cares of this world keep interrupting?

Perhaps there is a small part of your heart where weeds have disrupted the roots. It happens to all of us, and until we discover just what is keeping us from our Father, we face frustrations.

Maggie Bass has found a direct road to the throne room and she shares this in her book “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD”.

It is a rich and inspiring journey to an intimate relationship with the Savior. A “great read” to get you started on deepening and strengthening your own roots. While reading of Maggie’s incredible journey, you will want to take an honest look into your own life and determine how you can start your own “SECRET HISTORY”!

Rev. Patti Mariano

This Book and accompanying Study Guide will revolutionize your quiet time with God. Available now at Amazon/ Barnes & Noble/ Walmart/Kindle Nook / Ibooks/ Lulu/ Rhema Publications/ Cl France or a bookstore near you.

Or you can order the book directly from me today and receive a personal signed copy. Thank you for your support of my ministry. Walk with the King and be a blessing! e-mail maggiebass@epix.net or message me on Facebook

 

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