Be a blessing: Accept Others Just as They Are

Bright Blessings for a joyous day/afternoon/evening. Today I urge you all  to accept  others as they are even if they differ from you in opinions  color  religion  or political affirmation. This is a very important message in todays world . There is so much prejudice and hatred you seem to read a story in the news about it everyday. :-(  It is so sad  that we as humans have come to this against each other. So now more than ever, accept others as they are and embrace them with gentleness, kindness and love. Be a blessing: Accept others just as they are don't expect them to change love them for them. Be love  talk love  act love today and always . God Bless, Barb Gadway  XOXO  <3

Acts 10:34

King James Version (KJV)

34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

The blood inside of me is the blood inside of you. Why must we try and hurt our brothers and sisters when we are all the same? Believe in love. Dahvie Vanity quotes  

Be A Blessing: Be Gentle With Words & Actions

Bright Blessings for a terrific Thursday!!!!!  Today I urge you  to use gentle words and actions with those who are coming at you with a not so gentle tone . This can be so hard to do especially if your day has been a hassle, but always remember a soft answer turneth away wrath. Make that your motto to live by everyday. If the other person feels you have wronged them just by  changing your tone of voice to a more gentler response can calm their spirit down. This is one I must remind myself sometimes to do too. Do as I do if this some days  is a challenge  silently pray and ask God to give you his patience and guidance in showing love to the person/persons. So today and everyday Be a Blessing  Be Gentle in Words & Actions. God bless, XOXO Barb Gadway <3

Ephesians 4:2

New International Version (NIV)

2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.” 
― Max Lucado

Be a Blessing Be Willing to lend a Hand

Greetings and salutations!  Today is a beautiful day filled with hope Love and happiness. Enjoy it to the fullest! Todays Blessing is to be willing to lend a hand. When you see someone in need ... such as a car broke down along the side of the road or  a mom with small children is struggling to get her groceries in the trunk of the car.... offer your assistance. What a blessing it is  that someone took the time out of their day to help us in situations such as the ones I mentioned.... return the blessing to another.  And if they  ask you if you wish to be blessed with a gift of money for helping flatly refuse and tell them to pass the blessing onto another in need.  You will be blessed and be shown favor in  your Heavenly Fathers eyes.  Be a Blessing: Be Willing to lend a Hand .  God Bless, Barb Gadway XOXOXO

Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

A person's most useful asset is not the head full of knowledge, but a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen, and a hand willing to help. Unknown quotes 

To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand. Edward Everett Hale quotes 

Be a Blessing Communicate with Kind Words

Be a Blessing today only use kind words to communicate... sometimes with the course of our days and lives we get easily irritated  by a simple gesture or word of  another... remember they may be in the scenario as yourself so please always respond kindly/ You can move  mountains  just with simply using kind words in all your communication.  When you think you may  come across to another unkindly.... stop.....  silently take a deep breath in and out... silently count to 10 and begin again. That will calm your spirit  and mind :-)   So today I urge to communicate  always kindly  even  if the other person isnt. Your soul will be blessed  as will the other person and it will help them in calming down and using kind words too. Hugs Loves and Blessings. Remember God loves you and so do I. God bless, Barb Gadway

Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.
Lawrence G. Lovasik 

Proverbs 16:7 
When a man's ways please the LORD,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Be a Blessing: Give a Listening Ear

Blessings for a gorgeous marvelous monday  May the beginning of the week bring you Happiness Peace and Love  Today I urge you to be a blessing to another by just simply listening.Listen to their thoughts their plans their hurts . Don't we all at times just need a listening ear. What a simplistic  way to show another you care. So today   Be a blessing Give a Listening Ear <3  God Bless, Barb Gadway 

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” 
― Leo Buscaglia

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” 
― Ralph G. Nichols

Teach Me To Listen

by PAUL on JANUARY 11, 2010

The following prayer was composed by John Veltri, S.J., a Canadian spiritual director and expert guide for those presenting the Spiritual Exercises.  He died in 2008.  May he rest in peace.

Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers.

Help me to be aware that no matter what words I hear, the message is, “Accept the person I am. Listen to me.”

Teach me to listen, my caring God, to those far from me– the whisper of the hopeless, the plea of the forgotten, the cry of the anguished.

Teach me to listen, O God my Mother, to myself. Help me to be less afraid to trust the voice inside — in the deepest part of me.

Teach me to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice — in busyness and in boredom, in certainty and doubt, in noise and in silence.

Teach me, Lord, to listen.  Amen.

Mark 4:24 ESV 

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you

Be a Blessing: Simply Try a Little Kindness

Blessings for a Beautiful day Hope everyone is having a day filled with smiles and loves. Todays blessing is simply to try a little Kindness.... The song Try a little Kindness has been my motto to live by since I was a child.. its easy... its free.... and its heart healthy  and NO CALORIES :-)  enjoy the lyrics to the song and copy paste and google the link below to enjoy  the video  and today Be a Blessing: Try a little Kindness on a sister or a brother .  God bless, Barb Gadway 

Try A Little Kindness lyrics

Songwriters: AUSTIN, BOBBY/SAPAUGH, CURTIf you see your brother standin' by the roadWith a heavy load from the seeds he sowedAnd if you see your sister fallin' by the wayJust stop and say you're goin' the wrong way
You've got to try a little kindnessYes, show a little kindnessShine your light for everyone to seeAnd if you'll try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindnessOf the narrow minded people on the narrow minded streets
Don't walk around the downAnd out lend a helping hand instead of doubtAnd the kindness that you show every day
Will help someone along their way
You've got to try a little kindnessYes, show a little kindnessShine your light for everyone to seeAnd if you'll try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindnessOf the narrow minded people on the narrow minded streets
You've got to try a little kindnessYes, show a little kindnessShine your light for everyone to seeAnd if you'll try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindnessOf the narrow minded people on the narrow minded streets
http://youtu.be/KaCBTSQZq1E

Hebrews 6:10 - 

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.

Be a Blessing: Be a Friend

Always be a friend one to another... always show  each other kindness... use  kind words and actions.... remember that to make a friend , you must first be a friend to them. Today befriend a total stranger... be a blessing  ... be a friend . Smile.... wave.... say Good day  to another that you meet in lifes pathway today. Bring a smile to their faces and heart and to yours . Be a blessing: Be a Friend.  God Bless, Barb Gadway <3

“My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.” 
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Selected Poetry

Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.” 
― Alexander McCall Smith, Love Over Scotland

Proverbs17:17 NIV 

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity