Why I changed?

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In my childhood days, I was not fond of animals. I don’t like touching them and the last thing I will do is to have a pet a home.

But people really change. I remember, when I was in still in  the Philippines,  we found a very little kitten in front of our door  one early morning. Judging from it’s appearance, we found out that the little kitten was just a few  days old. We did not know how the kitten managed to find it’s way to our front door, but it broke the hearts of my children. They wanted the kitten, and my heart melted too. But we didn’t know if the kitten will survived, coz it was so small and thin. Well, that kitten longed for it’s mother, so I decided I will be the mother. I found milk bottles that my children used before and started feeding the kitten. And sure enough, the kitten became the  cat that the family loved. But the cat story ended when the house that the family lives burned down. No one has seen the cat ever since.

 

Here in Norway, it is almost normal to have a pet at home. It can be a cat or a dog.

 

 

 When my youngest daughter was a little girl, she kept nagging me to buy a cat for her, but my ear was deaf. I don’t want a cat because then I have to clean the house everyday and not to mention cat’s po po on the floor. And she grows up without a pet at home.

 

But history repeats itself. When our neighbor went to live on the nursing home, her cat was left alone on herself. And typical me, then I felt so sorry for the cat that I said yes to adopt it. Adopting a cat again!

 

And finally, my youngest daughter dream had come true. After 17 years of waiting, she has now a pet at home. She is turning 21 this year and still we have the cat.

 

But this cat really changed me. Now it is me who  loves to play with  her. Playing with a cat was not even  in my wildest dream before. 🙂  And  I  talk to her too. I believed we understand each other. Now I don’t mind at all cleaning the mess after  her. And her food is on my budget too. 

 

Now I am really fond of cats, especially mine 🙂 She makes me feel not alone when everybody is away. Anyway animals is God’s creation too.

 

So; I am a cat lover now:)

JOY


 

 

Hva er et mennesket?

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Hva er et mennesket?

Et menneske,

når det har gjort sitt beste,

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står det allikevel bare ved begynnelsen,

og når mennesket tror gjerningen er fullkommen,

mangler det ennå meget.

For hva er mennesket?

Hvor meget kan et menneske makte?

Hva kan det fremme eller skade?

Om mennesket lever i hundre år.

er livet bare en dråpe vann i havet,

og som et sandkorn på havets bunn.

Så lite er et menneske liv mot evigheten.

Syrach

 

 

Likevel tenker  jeg at vi mennesker er verdifulle for Gud selv om vi kan ikke opprette mye på den korte tiden vi har fått tildelt her på jorden. Kort tid på jorden, men evig liv hos Gud.

Hva er et menneske for deg?

                                      JOY

 

 

 

 

Nytt års- feiring utenom det vanlige!

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Livet kan gi oss mye overraskelser på godt og vondt at det blir aldri kjedelig . Dagen i går gikk da egentlig greit til å begynne med. Jeg jobbet til klokka tolv og alt var i skjønneste orden. Til og med himmelen så ut som den ønsker det nye året velkommen.


Fikk tatt disse bildene etter at jeg var innom en butikk som hadde begynt allerede med salget. Alle julevarene var på halv pris. Og folket strømmet på, selv om julen nærmer seg slutten. 

Jeg skulle bare kjøpe julekalender poser som jeg har tenkt å bruke til å putte inn sjokolader for å gi til de eldre som bor på en institusjon  på Filippinene, som jeg har tenkt å besøke når jeg drar ditt i slutten av januar måned, derfor jeg var jeg på butikken.

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Jeg ble fascinert av himmelen, som jeg alltid gjør og kunne ikke la være å knipse bilder. Velsignet mobil telefonene som er utstyrt med kamera:)

Det ble fine bilder av det også.

Da jeg kom hjem i ett tiden, var mannen i gang med å steke kalkunen. Den var svær. De hadde ikke mindre på butikken. 

Det var mer enn nok til oss fire personer som skulle inntas middagen.

Mens jeg ventet på maten, heklet jeg  ferdig denne tøffelen, som skulle gis egentlig som gave til en av mine søstre, men ble ikke ferdig før jul.

Klokka fire, ble  kalkunen stekt ferdig. 

Mannen har stått for matlagingen. Jeg har bare laget waldorf salat og dekket bordet.  Jeg har det som plommen i egget.

Det var litt tidlig å spise midddag på en nyttårs-aften, men datteren i huset var sulten etter  jobben på en nær butikk og jeg var også utsultet. Vi hadde ikke pyntet oss for andledningen.  Datteren min i sin arbeidsklær og jeg likedan. Mannen kun i hvit t-skjort og dongeri bukse. Kun svigermoren var pyntet. Hun var også bedt til middag 

Maltidet ble avsluttet med iskrem til dessert.

Datteren forsvant etter maten. Hun skulle ordne seg til nytt års-festen sammen med venniner. Svigermoren dro hjem etter en kopp kaffe og sjokolade.

Og hvem som orket å pynte seg etter det da? I hvert fall ikke jeg og mannen. Jeg fant joggebuksen min og satt meg på sofaen og bladde gjennom ” English  Grammar for dummies”. Kanskje den ene personen som pugger på engelsk gramatikken på nytt-årsaften.

Ja, ja. Jeg hadde tenkt å ta bilder av rakettene i hvert fall etterpå. Vel, det ble ikke brukt mye tid til pugginen, men  tv -titting.

Halv time før midnatt, skjedde det jeg hadde minst forventet meg. Jeg fikk innmari vondt i magen og ble så kvalm. Skjønte ikke hvorfor. Er ikke  gravid engang og jeg bare smakte på rødvinen fra glasset til min mann og  fikk kanskje en teskje av den. Maten var ikke noe galt med. Men tiden ble tilbrakt på det glade hjørnet. Og tårene sprettet ut, ikke av glede, men av smerte. Jeg så stjerner, ikke i himmelen, men i hodet mitt. Takket være smertestillende medisiner, som lindret litt av smertene . Og mens mannen betraktet rakketene på himmelen og sa at jeg nå kunne ta bilder,  vandret min sjel til soveland. Jeg kommer vel til å huske dette nytt-årsaften. Nyttårs-feiring utenom det vanlige:)

Begynner året med denne bønnen

Nytt År

Jesus la oss fortsatt kjenne din røst og ditt nærvær også  i år . Oppleve ting med dine følelser. Bli fylt av hva ditt hjerte lengter etter. Takk for at du viste oss den smale veien til livet. For uansett hvor trange veien er, gjør du rom for hver og en. Ved å gå den smale veien til livet, får vi konsentere oss om målet. Vide veier får oss til å flakke med blikket og kan komme bort fra deg.

Takk for at du har gitt oss livet med mening og hjelp oss til å gripe mulighetene hver dag til å spre livet rundt oss.

Godt Nytt År til dere i himmelen!

 

Hva med dere? Hvordan feiret dere nytt år?

JOY

 

 

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Pain!

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What causes pain? As an individual, we experience pain whether we want it or not. In my life I had experienced:

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Pain because of sickness

Pain of losing someone to another and death

Pain of separation

Pain  of too much work

Pain in giving birth

Pain in shattered dreams

Pain of being mistreated, abused or cheated

Pain  if my loved ones have difficulties coz I feel their pain too.

 

I think most of us had gone through those kinds of pains and dealt with them differently.

 But how can we manage to get over it?

How can we go on living when our hearts and body is aching?

 

In the past few days I have muscles and joint pain and have to strive to do my job. Strive to take care of my home and other extra activities that should be done. And sometimes I feel sorry for myself. But when I think of other people especially in my family circle  that have more problems than me, I feel ashamed feeling sorry for myself. I have a lot of things to be thankful and I’m still lucky.

 

Lucky to have a job

Lucky to have a family and a home

Lucky to have food on the table

Lucky to have clothes to wear

Lucky to have a very kind husband

Lucky to have children and grandchildren

Lucky to have eyes to see, ears to hear and to move and have my being.

 

How do I dealt with my past pains and how do I deal with my present pain?

 

I think I survived coz I thought that one day it will get better. Life is like  a circle and sometimes we are up and sometimes we are down. And as long as I do my best and  forgive those that hurt me and let God do the rest, then I will be ok.

 

Jesus suffered so much pain for us.

 

 As a believer, we are connected to him and whatever we are going through, he too is going through it with us. Coz He is the head and we are the body. We can’t do it alone without Him. He has been the source of strength for me and had given  me hope when everything was hopeless. He assured me that although my loved ones are far away from me and I could not easily help them when they needed me, but He will be there for me.

 

And He said: “Cast all your cares unto me and I will give you rest “

Pain is a part of life and as long as we are on this earth, we are going to experience pain. Thanks God that one day it would end and He will dry the tears in our eyes. !

 

So for me, I just have to focus on God and keep on living and making the best of this life that He has given me. Pain or no pain.

JOY ( A repost from my other blog: Joysnotepad.blogspot.com)

Visdoms ord i Øst!

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Hva vi er, er resultatet av hva vi tenker.

Buddha

 

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Av hvem du har lært visdom?

Av hvem, som ikke er vise.

Hver gang jeg hos dem så noe støtende,

Tok jeg meg i akt å gjøre det samme.

Muslih-eddin-sadi

 

 

Å lære uten å tenke har ingen verdi.

A tenke uten å lære er farlig.

Kung-fu-tse

 

Den virkelig vise fører et jevnt og varsomt språk.

 

Lao-tse


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I wish!

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I wish God had blessed me with beautiful voice so that  I can sing songs for the elderly, coz I heard that music is healing for the soul, body and spirit.  But I am only good in talking, not singing. So I have to let others who has the gift to do it. Happy to have ears to hear though.

I wish I can play an intrument, but my fingers wouldn’t obey me! 

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I wish I can draw or paint pictures of Gods creations’. But I could not, so I just take pictures of them.

 

 

I wish I can write something worth reading, but still I don’t know what it is. But I do love reading inspirational books. It’s like drinking cold water in summertime. Also it builds me up. Everyone of us needs to be inspired once in a while, coz sometimes this present world can crush us to pieces.

This is my favorite book thats inspires me everyday.  Reading is my passion. So although I can’t write stories, I love reading what others have written 🙂

 

There are a lot of things that I wish I had, but God has reminded me that I have what it takes to be the person He wanted me to be. And I know that I have a lot of things to be thankful about. And if I write them , it will be a long list.

 


 

This is my  wish for everybody though: ” To be  blessed by God in every area of their lives, and to be be a blessing to each other!

 

Charles Dickens said: Reflect upon your present blessings, of everyman has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.


A repost from my  English blog: joysnotepad.blogspot.com 

 

Brother’s love!

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This story that I read from internet really touched me. Hope others will be touched too!

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A Brother’s Love

 

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy’s tummy.

 

 

 The pregnancy progresses normally for Karen, an active member of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee. Then the labor pains come. Every five minutes. Every minute. But complications arise during delivery. Hours of labor. Would a C-section be required? Finally, Michael’s little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.

 

The days inch by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric specialist tells the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst”. Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, now they plan a funeral.

 

 Michael, keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he says. Week two in intensive care. It looks as if a funeral will come before the week is over. Michael keeps nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. But Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.

 

 She dresses him in an oversized scrub suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and bellows, “Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed in ICU.”

 

 The mother rises up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glares steel-eyed into the head nurse’s face, her lips a firm line. “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen tows Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:

 

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray ” Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate becomes calm and steady. Keep on singing, Michael. “You never know, dear, how much I love you, Please don’t take my sunshine away—“

 

The ragged, strained breathing becomes as smooth as a kitten’s purr. Keep on singing, Michael. “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms…” Michael’s little sister relaxes as rest, healing rest, seems to sweep over her. Tears conquer the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glows.

 

 “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don’t take my sunshine away. God heard the little boys song and his plead.

 

 

Three weeks later they heard these words “The baby girl is well enough to go home!”

 

 Woman’s Day magazine called it “The miracle of a brother’s song.” The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love.

 

 For with God nothing shall be impossible – Luke 1:37

 

— Author Unknown — sent to Joy by : Jacquelinemae A. Rudd

Shared By : Joy Lyons

 

My thought!

This little boy’s love for his sister won’t just give up. He kept tugging his mom so that he can sing for his little sister. Maybe he thought that when he sang for her when she was in mothers tummy, she was alive and to keep the baby alive, he must continue singing for her. And God answered his prayer. So we too must not give up in praying to God, coz God always answer prayers in His perfect time.

God too keeps knocking at our hearts door,

 coz His voice makes as alive. Apart from Him and his words we are lost and will wither. But sometimes we are so stubborn and won’t hear from Him.

 

 

In psalm 36:9 It said that with God is the fountain of life and through Him we can see light.

 

And who would not want to find the fountain of life? Everybody does! So let us focus our eyes to God coz He is “the fountain of life!

 

Father, thank you for the life that you had given to us and for providing a way so that we can have an everlasting life with you. Let us be life bearers and let everything we put our hands into flourish and multiply, for your glory. Let us see others and everything  with your eyes, hear with your ears and feel with your heart.

JOY

A repost from my other blog: Joysnotepad.blogspot.com

 

Mine heklede pandaer og gryteklut!

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en blå en

 

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en rød en ( denne sendte jeg til en snill dame) Håper hun får det snart:)

en grønn en

Pynte gryteklut.

Slik ble det når man kjeder seg. Man blir kreative:)

Ha en fin søndag!

JOY

 

 

 

Busy life!

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I wonder if I can still find someone who is not busy with everything that’s need to be done in their lives!

 

I wish the day has more than 24 hours, so that I can spend time with all the things I supposed  to do with the 24 hours that God has giving me everyday.

 

But how do I do that?

When my alarm clock rings and the morning, I wish I still have more time to sleep .

 

 

Still have more time to have a quiet time with God before I begin my day.

 

Quiet Time with God

 

Then when I get up, I wish I have more time to enjoy my breakfast.

Have more time in front of the mirror so that I won’t look so tired when I arrived at work.

 

 

At work, I wish I can spend more time with the elderly so that they will feel not feel neglected. I wish to do a lot of things together with them, but I don’t have enough time.

 

At home I wish I will have more time  to do all the household chores. 

 

 

More time to spend with my with my loved ones, but the circumstances and distance holds us apart. I’m happy though for internet coz through facebook I can communicate with them and see their pictures.


I wish I have  more time to spend with my hobbies like:  handcrafts, facebooking, writing blog, reading christian articles, hobby books, blogs and connecting with others to name a few.

 

I wish I have more time to spend with my friends. To be a part of their lives too. I have many of them that I seldom see!

 

 

 

 I wish I will have more time to study Gods word and to share Gods love to others.

I wish I will have more time to exercise. So that I will be stronger.

 

More time to just watch God’s creation and meditate on His goodness.

 

 

But I have only 24 hours a day and I get so frustrated when the days go by and I’m getting older with still so much things I wanted to accomplish. Then God reminded me in:

Ecclesiastes 3: There is time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.

 

THEN I  JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT AND LEARN TO ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF THE 24 HOURS A DAY THAT GOD IS GIVING ME EVERYDAY!.

 

Anyway I will be in heaven one day ( I hope so) then I will have all the time I need.

 

 

Is there someone out there who knows how to use the 24 hours a day wisely?

JOY

Den vakre himmelen!

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Thoughts to ponder in between

Leadership qualities

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Leadership does not depend on being right. – Ivan Illich


Don’t accept evil

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

 Be generous

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thought for the Day #342 ? Forgiveness is hard

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. – Dalai Lama

 

Cultivate ideas

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. – Nicolas Malebranche

Strength in adversity

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don’t pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God. – Luis Palau

Ønsker dere alle sammen en vakker dag!

JOY