The soldier's uniform expresses to the eyes that look upon it, the honorable character of Truth, Righteous, Faith, and Grace. The weapon identifies itself as being in the hands of a competent person having courage and great skill to use it.
This soldier has been disciplined to perform on the battlefield with endurance and perseverance that dwell within the soul of such person; determined to perform every skill possessed to its highest level. If you gaze into the eyes of this soldier, you will see hope. If you observe the footsteps, you will see steadiness, sureness, and strength.
This performance expresses readiness to defend the country and its people that this soldier Love. The soldier dressed complete in uniform, has performed with honor and captured the hearts of the people. With tears and prayers they express their Love with Thanks and God's blessings.
Those who meet the soldiers in uniform, recognizes the great sacrifices they have made, and will take a moment to say a friendly "Hello" It is because they honor the sacrifices that were made and the training they received to bring honor to wear the uniform.
Soldiers never have to say they are fighting because they love their country, they express it in their performance.
Those who have been elected by the people to perform in governmental positions say they are serving their country, because of their love for it.
What sacrifices have they made?
The elected officials get paid to perform their duties and enjoy things that many others are not privileged to.
To see the way many of our elected official behave, they seem to care more about the party they represent, than the country and its people.
Is honor expressed in the character of elected officials in the same way it is expressed in the character of the soldier's uniform?
Written by Ellen J. Barrier
Everlasting LOVE
"Everlasting LOVE is built upon the solid foundation of TRUST, held up with the support of TRUTH."
___ Ellen J. Barrier
Love is the greatest gift given. It is compassion expressed for another person.
Love is willing to sacrifice time and something of value with someone else.
Love is not selfish
Love does not harm
Love protects and secures relationships
Love is willing to sacrifice
Love is not a gamble
Is It So Wrong to Fall In Love and Sacrifice?
by Ellen Jean Barrier
A Molded Vessel
There are
things we go through that are painful to endure: They are the storms of life
that comes to challenge our strength. They are the trials and tribulations that
confront us. During these storms, we gain patience. And we get experience,
which gives us hope. After having endured and persevered through the storms of
life we become stronger, and wiser. Our character is improved. Happiness comes
when the storm is over.
Release Your Supernatural Strength
Through Prayer, God is Our Hope
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. (Isaiah 40:29)
Release your supernatural strength, and accomplish all your
goals.
We are Strong like the Eagle
The strength
of the eagle is in his wings. Our strength is in our prayers.
Therefore we
have hope. In hardships, and persecutions, we don't give up. Instead, we mount
up! And we defeat our challengers. We succeed.
Scripture:
They that
wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles: they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
(Isaiah 40: 31)
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A Mother’s Love is The Best Medicine
A mother’s love is like an everlasting bed of roses, that continues to blossom.
A mother’s love bears strength, comfort, healing and warmth.
Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires
hope.
The connection between a loving mother and her child is an
everlasting bond.
In times of sickness, a broken heart and spirit, a mother’s
Love has a special healing effect that will reach within the soul of her child
and heal aches and pain in places within them, that medicine cannot cure.
Your mother’s Love is present within your soul. She will never
leave your side. In your time of need, she will guide.
___ Ellen J. Barrier
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LOVE Keeps Family and Friends Together
We will
Never Be Apart on Christmas Day
LOVE is the
most precious gift we each share within our hearts, on every Christmas Day, so
that we will never be apart. On this
Christmas Day, when I give thanks and pray, it will be your presence, I will
embrace in a special place within my heart; so that we will not be apart.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS! FRIEND
From: Ellen
J. Barrier
Happy Thanksgiving Day
Hello my friend. It is so good to see you again.
I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving Day.
The things we share with each other are deeply felt from
within our hearts; that neither of us will ever forget. For the gifts that are
priceless, are the ones that are heartfelt; their roots are within our soul.
God bless our friendship,
Ellen J. Barrier
Working Together for Peace
God Give Us Peace
Without Peace We Are Without Freedom
Without Peace We Are Without Freedom
“To experience the spirit of peace, one must have freedom. Neither
can be obtained without the other.”
We live in a world of violence. Peace is never accomplished
through the methods of anger and hate by causing harm to others.
When people find ways to communicate with each other by working together creating plans, to solve and resolve the cause of differences, peace is accomplished.
We are Working Together for Peace
Prosperity is for all people
Success is our goal
Greater Opportunities are Ahead
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Sweet Memories
The things we treasure in our hearts are memories we hold
dear to us. Each of us has a treasure of
sweet memories from our past. As an adult, my sweet memories are the times I spent with my parents, during my childhood
years.
One of my memories
was my first bike. This was a gift from my father that he brought home, when I
was in my preteen years. I recall the excitement of getting on the bike and
falling, before he told me, “You have to balance the bike.” Having him there to
give me encouraging words were the results of my learning to ride the bike, within 15 minutes without falling again. MY father was so proud!
Other memories were going fishing, with my parents. The first fish I caught was a catfish. My
father took it off the hook, and placed it in a pail of water. He then, told me
to touch the fish. When I did so, it
moved, and that was a frightening experience. For a short period of time, I
refused to touch a catfish. My parents told me, if I wanted to go fishing, I had
to take all the fish I caught off the hook; and put the bait on the hook by
myself. My father helped me to overcome
the fear of touching a catfish. He taught me how to remove a catfish from the
hook, without getting poked by the fins.
There are many sweet memories I treasure with my parents,
among them are the games they played with me and my nieces and nephews, who are
very close to my age. I am the youngest of my six siblings; most were teenagers
and young adults when I was born; with the exception of my brother James, who is seven years older than I am.
My parents’ presence at the performances I gave in churches
and in school was encouraging and supportive. I grew up on a large farm and
enjoyed the space and fruit orchards, fields of vegetables, pecan and walnut
trees, cows, horses, dog, and cat.
I am blessed to have had, two parents who loved me. God placed me
in their lives, at a time when they did not think they would conceive another
child. I lived with my parents until the age of 21, before getting married and pursuing my dreams.
My parents passed away several years ago, within a year
apart.
The sweet memories of my parents still live on within my
treasure of memories.
Written by Ellen J. Barrier
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Hello My Friend
Hello friend,
How are you doing today?
I hope things are going well with you.
I pray you will be greatly blessed in the days to come.
God bless you and your family in safety, and in good health.
We are not defined by belief or by faith nor religion. We
are the family of God.
Words of Inspirations:
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give
grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11 K.J.V)
Love is the Strongest Link that Binds Us Together
God’s Love is revealed within us, when it is expressed for
all people.
It is the power of God’s Love that links us together. The
strength of his love dwelling within our spirits binds us together in times of
disasters, despair, heartaches and tragedies and forms a chain of power as one
people.
Within this chain of an opportunity to choose to love God,
comes the choice to choose to love those who he has created. Therefore, it is impossible to love God and
choose who we love and hate.
God is Love, and to Love God, is to Love rather than
hate. Hate close opportunities to have
peace with others and establish a meaningful relationship.
*We are not defined by belief or by faith nor religion. We
are the family of God.
With Love and Peace,
Ellen J. Barrier
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A Prayer for Blessings
God be merciful to me, and provide me with your blessings. Help me to show Love for others, as you have shown Love for me. Give to me your peace and blessings of good health. And provide me with the protection of your Angels to keep me safe. Let your blessings of happiness and prosperity with success, dwell within my shelter on this day, and in the days to come.
__ Ellen J. Barrier
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You Are In My Prayers
You Are In My Prayers
Hope comes from
prayer.
It gives us strength to endure and to
persevere.
persevere.
Heaven is the only
place where prayers are not made.
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There is One Creator of Life
All life exists because of one creator.
God is the creator of all life.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God said to the fist couple he created; Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seeds; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every herb for meat: and it was so.
Source of information: Genesis Chapter 1 (King James Version}
Written by Ellen J. Barrier
Happiness
Happiness is never found in materialistic things; it exists in things that cannot be physically possessed. Therefore, happiness is priceless. It can never be purchased.
Love is happiness.
__ Ellen J. Barrier
Undisciplined Children
Undisciplined children such as the sons of Eli, grow up to
become adults. Many of them have children of their own. From undisciplined
generations of people, society becomes filled with those who contribute to
problems relating to acts of violent behavior; such people harm others without
remorse, and destroy property, without caring who the owners are. They have no
conscious of guilt for the evil acts they commit against others.
God warned Eli to disciple his children while they were
young. Eli refused to discipline his children despite God’s instructions. The
results of his adult children bad behavior brought embarrassment to him, along
with God’s punishment.
God’s message will always stand for all parents to
discipline their children: Undisciplined children show no respect to their
parents and neither to others. They have no regards for the laws of the land.
Medication cannot be used as a tool to discipline bad behavior. It will never
replace the disciplinary measures used by parents. Failure to discipline children
results in world problems. That is the penalty.
Every generation has been given the same blueprint to follow
for the good of society. When that blueprint is disregarded by parents and
those in leadership positions, the chain is broken and the human race suffers.
Story written by Ellen J. Barrier
The Darkest Moments When Hope is Gone
May the God of hope and peace comfort your mind and heal all
your hurts.
When hope is gone, in your darkest of moments, if you pause
and consider; who has created you and all life, and the things that exists in
both Earth and in the heavens above; is also, able to deliver you, and solve
all of your problems, hope will return to you.
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.” St. Luke 1:37 (K.J.V)
_Ellen J. Barrier
Contentment
Contentment
I thank God for his love for me, and for each choice I made.
I chose love over hate.
I chose forgiveness over grudges.
I chose peace over war.
I chose thankfulness over complaints.
I give thanks to God for the contentment I found within me.
I now live my life, with the satisfaction of my choices.
When I chose contentment, I chose happiness.
__ Ellen J. Barrier
*Contentment is a state of happiness and satisfaction.
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